Canon PIXMA iP6700D Photo Printer (1441B002)

I've only had this printer for a little over a week, but I am thrilled by the quality of the images produced (color only so far), and I find the printing speed more than adequate for my at-home, hobby use. Also, I've been using the Canon Photo Paper Pro glossy paper and love it! By far the best print paper I've ever used.This was an upgrade from an Epson CX5800F all-in-one and it certainly has been worth it. One common problem I frequently experienced, and read about, with Epson printers are that the print heads often clog and need frequent cleaning if the printer has been idle for more than a few days. So far I have not had this problem at all, though the longest it has been idle is only 3 days.There are many features to this printer that I have not yet explored, though the manuals and disks seem easy to read and follow.The only drawback I've found so far is that the ink status is not very informative. The dialogue box for this function shows the colors, their part numbers and gives the less than totally informative message "ink levels are adequate." There's no level indicated, or how many possible prints are left. Perhaps there is an advanced function somewheret that shows this information and I've just not found it yet.If you like to print at home and are looking for photo store quality and are not terribly concerned about cost per print, I whole-heartedly recommend this printer.

I bought this printer from Amazon after reading the mostly positive reviews. I was going back and forth between Canon and Epson. I had read that the comparably priced Epson models went through a lot of expensive ink so I went with the Canon. I've owned several Canon cameras in the past and have always been satisfied with the operation and quality. This printer however has been a lemon since day one. I followed the instructions for quick set up, loaded the software and hooked up the USB cord. I think I got one print out of it and then it showed an error- U071 more than one yellow ink cartridge installed. I went to the manual and it said to make sure the cartridges were installed in the proper order, so I removed and re-installed the cartridges. No luck, same error code. I turned off the printer and turned it back on. Same error code. Remove and re-install the cartridges, turn off and on. Finally ready to print. One print later and the error code appears again. After trying to use the printer like this on several occasions and having printed maybe a total of five pages I called Canon tech support. The representative had me removed the cartridges, take out the print head, blot the bottom on a piece of paper and re-install in printer. The error code cleared and he had me run a maintenance print on the cartridges which came out looking fine. I thought that maybe it was going to work now, however after printing out one more print it went back to it's old ways. I've had it for maybe a month now and I'm tempted to ask Amazon for a replacement. Of course I've long since thrown away the box. After the hassle of trying to get this simple printer to work properly I'd definitely be hesitant to ever buy another Canon printer. If I do get this one to work or end up getting a replacement that works I may amend my review. The prints do look good when it does print.

I purchased this printer after reading many of the positive reviews here. I won't bother restating whateverybody else has said and instead post what I've found that's new. Follow these simple steps and you'll get superior quality images and user experience.1. The on board digital film reader works extremely well, though it doesn't support folders so only put a few photos on the card at a time. It can take up to 10 seconds to scroll to the next picture when dealing with large images. Also the printer can't open any file over 4 MB, nor can it open Canon RAW format.2. On the mac, the colorsync software causes clearly inferior output to what the onboard image processor is capable of. I suggest downloading your photos to your computer, do all your edits, then copy the edited photos to the memory card, and insert that into the printer. I think the printer is HIGHLY optimized for printing directly from the camera and it does a fantastic job at this.3. Only use genuine Canon paper. I get streaks on Office Depot photo paper on the high quality settings.4. Setup was very simple, but the initial setup instructions are only printed on a large red banner in the box. It's not in the normal manual, and only has a footnote in the print quality guide. Don't throw away your banner until you finish setup (requires paper to perform initial calibration too)5. Due to aspect ratio constraints of the paper, you may find it much easier to perform your Crop functions in the printer itself when doing borderless prints. The printer is very careful to maintain the proper aspect ratio at all times.