Canon S500

Description: Model ID 6861A006 / Canon S500 - Printer - colour - ink-jet - Legal, A4 - 600 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 12 ppm - capacity: 100 sheets - ... more

Canon S500 ... parallel, USB / The Canon Bubble Jet S500 printer can reach class-leading print speeds of 12ppm (pages per minute) of sharp mono text and 8ppm of color print making it an excellent choice for fast action offices or home office users. The advanced Canon Bubble Jet S500 printer offers true 2400 x 1200 dpi print resolution and takes advantage of Canon's MicroFine Droplet Technology to give exceptional quality photo prints. MicroFine Droplet Technology allows the print head to fire precision droplets of just 5 picoliters in size so that images and text are sharper and more precise than ever before. Optimum speed is achieved by "relay paper feeding". As the Canon S500 finishes printing at the end of a single sheet of paper, it is already loading the next sheet. This ensures that the print process is virtually continuous and the efficient paper handling ensures super-fast print speeds.

Newest Review: ... something like photographic paper. For more precise details you need to access the S500 User Guide on the CD and it is well ... more

... worth doing so. The 24 page manual the size of an A5 booklet entitled S500 Quick Start Guide, is all a newcomer (or an old hand) to the printer world needs to set the machine in place, get it connected, install the four ink tanks and install the driver, with instructions for Windows and Mac users. The installation instructions are for Windows 98 but if you have ME it will sort things out for you with ease without you having to refer to the manual instructions. One word of warning, DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO TOUCH THE PRIN...more

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Canon S500: Printer’s Delight (988 words)
by - written on 15/02/02
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A small windfall has enabled one of my 6 granddaughters to join the 21st century and get a computer but the funds wouldn’t run to a computer AND a printer, even a cheap one. Well they would have but it would have meant a 15” monitor instead of a 17” screen and no CD writer. So I decided that the way out of the dilemma was to giver her my Canon BJC 3000 and buy myself a new one. Having had excellent service from the BJC 3000 for over 12 months I naturally leaned heavily in Canon’s direction primarily because Canon printers have separate ink tanks and after consulting all the usual sources I decided that the Canon S520 would be the machine ... Read the complete review

Technical Details for Canon S500

Product Description	Canon S 500 - printer - colour - ink-jet
Printer Type	Personal printer - ink-jet - colour
Form Factor	Desktop
Dimensions (WxDxH)	43 cm x 29.4 cm x 17.7 cm
Weight	5 kg
Localisation	German
Max Media Size (Standard)	Legal, A4
Max Media Size (Custom)	216 mm x 356 mm
Print Speed	Up to 12 ppm - B/W Up to 8 ppm - colour
Max Resolution ( B&W )	600 dpi x 600 dpi
Max Resolution ( Colour )	2400 dpi x 1200 dpi
Interface	Parallel, USB
RAM Installed ( Max )	56 KB
Media Type	Envelopes, transparencies, greeting cards, plain paper, glossy paper, coated paper, photo paper, high-gloss film, banners
Total Media Capacity	100 sheets
Power	AC 220 V
System Requirements	Microsoft Windows 95/98, Apple MacOS 8.5 or later, Microsoft Windows 2000 / NT4.0, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Apple MacOS 9.x, Microsoft Windows XP
Manufacturer Warranty	1 year warranty