Canon BJC-2000 Bubble Jet Printer

Canon BJC-2000 Bubble Jet Printer
Manufacturer: Canon Computer Systems
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Canon has created a printer so versatile, it can even be used as a scanner. The BJC-2000 color inkjet printer not only produces color, monochrome and photo-quality prints, it also accepts a Canon scanner cartridge to turn it into a scanner. This color bubble jet printer produces three types of prints merely by changing ink cartridges. It produces vibrant color prints at 2 ppm at 720 x 360 dpi with the standard color ink cartridge. With the optional black ink cartridge installed, the BJC-2000 yields crisp monochrome prints at 5 ppm. Used with the optional photo ink cartridge, this printer produces bold, photo-quality prints. The Canon Drop Modulation Technology reduces graininess while enhancing fine color gradations for more precise images. Use the scanner function by installing the optional IS-22 image scanner cartridge, which fits in place of the ink cartridge and lets you scan in color at 360 dpi. The BJC-2000 prints on a variety of media, including plain and glossy paper, greeting card stock, labels and photo stickers, transparencies, T-shirt transfers and envelopes. The BJC-2000 prints on paper up to legal size (8.5 x 14 inches) and holds up to 50 sheets of paper in the built-in sheet feeder. It also accepts banner paper. The included Canon Creative Home software makes it easy to create customized documents and crafts with templates and clip-art libraries. For added versatility, the BJC-2000 includes over 300 TrueType fonts on CD-ROM. The BJC-2000 is compatible with PCs running Windows 3.1, 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0, and connects easily via a parallel port interface.
Amazon.com Review
Canon's BJC-2000 Bubble Jet printer is a well-rounded unit aimed at the home market. This affordable model offers a terrific balance of quality and flexibility. In addition to its printing tasks, the BJC-2000 offers the option to add document-scanning capability.

The parallel-compatible BJC-2000 is quite compact. Paper feeds downward from the rear of the unit and ejects horizontally from the front. During printing, the output tray slides out, and slides back underneath the unit to save space when you aren't printing. A small door in the center of the case flips down to allow access to the ink cartridge. When you open the cover, the print head presents itself automatically. To remove the print head cartridge, you simply flip up a blue lever and lift it out. Canon uses an interesting approach--a removable print head that accepts separate black and tri-color ink tanks. This configuration also allows you to remove those two tanks and replace them with a single high-capacity black ink tank.

Top resolution from this printer is 720 x 360 dpi and rated speeds range from 0.9 ppm for fine mode color printing, to 5 ppm for draft-mode, black text. The BJC-2000 is designed to print on a number of different media, including T-shirt transfers, greeting cards, transparencies, envelopes, and plain paper. One of the unit's most distinctive features is its optional scanning head. This inserts just like a print head and immediately turns the printer into an 8 bit, 360 dpi, sheet-fed scanner.

The BJC-2000 comes with Canon Creative Home--a software bundle with different applications that let you print greeting cards, kids' stationary, and photos, as well as perform optical character recognition (OCR) and connect to the Internet. The BJC-2000 isn't the fast ink-jet printer on the market, but its design simplicity and bargain price make it a fine choice for your home.

Pros:

Easy to set up and use
Flexible and economical ink tanks
Generous software bundle
Scanning option
Highly affordable

Cons:

Relatively slow print speed
Parallel cable not included

Canon BJC-85 Portable Color Bubble Jet Printer

Average customer rating:

Great light weight portable printer
Slow and unreliable
Nice Paper Weight. Now where's my printer i ordered!
Poor paper feed
Good, with one discrepancy (sp?)

Canon BJC-85 Portable Color Bubble Jet Printer

Manufacturer: Canon Computer Systems
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Canon BCI-11 Black Ink Cartridge (3 Tanks)
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Canon BCI-10 Black Ink Tank
Belkin F3U133-06 Pro Series Hi-Speed USB Cable (Six-Feet)

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Canon BC-11e 4-Color Cartridge

Product Features:

Lightweight color Bubble Jet printer
USB and parallel ports, Mac and PC compatible
IrDA technology for wireless printing
720 x 360 resolution in color or B&W
Up to 5 ppm black printing

ASIN: B00004SGBW

Amazon.com Product Description

The Canon BJC-85 color bubble jet printer is an exceptional combination of lightweight portability and professional-quality desktop printing--a remarkably fast, commanding little printer, enabling you to produce letters, memos, and reports on all your excursions. The perfect companion to your desktop or laptop, both Mac and PC compatible, the Canon BJC-85 color bubble jet printer is practical for travel and use just about anywhere with its long-life battery (and optional battery pack) and the AC adapter. Plus, fast built-in infrared IrDA wireless technology lets you print without a cable connection.

Sleek size is just an introduction to the printer: documents print in crisp 720 x 360 dpi black and at a surprisingly swift speed--for a portable printer--of five pages per minute in black and white and two pages per minute in color. These rates are supported by a 30-sheet paper feed for continuous printing. The crisp and vibrant colors delivered by the Canon BJC-85 color bubble jet printer on charts, graphs, and photos are necessity, not luxury, whether you are home or away. With the addition of the optional IS-12 color image scanner cartridge you can transform the BJC-85 into a sheet-fed color scanner, which is an outstanding opportunity to gain two compact and portable machines in one.

Even with the AC adapter and optional battery included, the Canon BJC-85 weighs in at just 4.5 pounds. Printing while on the road or in the air is easy when you carry the Canon BJC-85 color bubble jet printer's impressive high quality with you. A universal power adapter, color and black ink cartridges, and a CD-ROM with printer/scanner drivers are included. Canon offers a one-year limited warranty on parts and labor with SelectExchange on the BJC-85 printer.

Product Description

BJC-85 Color Bubble Jet printer is compact, easy-to-carry and offers full desktop quality and speed, it's a total mobile office solution for businesses on the move, anywhere in the world. The BJC-85 is the fastest portable printer in its class, so you can be sure of meeting deadlines wherever you are. Printing at up to 5 pages per minute in mono, it turns out page after page of smooth, crisp and smudge-free black text to give you excellent, professional-looking documents in seconds. Color quality is also exceptional, so you can print superb presentations and reports on the go too. The Fast IrDA (FIR) port lets you print without connecting up cables. Place your PC, notebook or mobile phone next to the BJC-85 and infrared communication transfers the data direct to the printer for fast, fuss-free printouts.

Customer Reviews:

Great light weight portable printer.......2007-01-28

The Canon BJC85 got me through my MBA program. The combo cartridges that house both black and color cartridges are somewhat pricy. Primarily, I used the black cartridge for the research papers required for class. On many occasions, I had to escape the two young rambling kids to finish school work. The small and light weight printer was super easy to print in my car with a power inverter. As long as the out-feed area is clear of obstructions, I never had a paper jam.

Slow and unreliable.......2006-03-17

I have had this printer for almost four years now, and while it has saved my bacon on the road a number of times, it has also really let me down at some crucial moments. First, like a lot of older Canon printers, it is noisy and slow. It takes forever to get started on a page. But also like a lot of canons, when it is working right the output is beautiful.
But you cannot count on finding ink cartridges for this printer on the road. It also has a weird and unpleasant ink cartridge system which includes two very different little trays, and three different kinds of tank.
But what made me finally leave the thing in a hotel room was its tendency to get halfway through a print job and jam or inexplicably give an error signal. I have spent hours trying to get a clean copy of a single transparency. Very frustrating.

Nice Paper Weight. Now where's my printer i ordered!.......2005-08-05

This would be a nice printer. If only I could get it to print! Not to mention when I turn it on it makes a god awful sound like some thing is jammed. I've tried over and over to try to print something. I've checked my options, turned it on and off and still it sits there not printing. If your looking for a portible printer you have other options and I suggest using them.

Poor paper feed.......2004-02-08

I have owned BJC 70 and BJC 80. Both have difficulty feeding automatically. I have had to guide each single piece of paper in order for the feed to catch.

I have also gone through a power supply. Currently my power button is not operating and cannot turn on.

I paid the high price of $300 for dependabilty thinking that it was reliable but the variety of mechanical failures have caused me to look for another brand name. I do love the portability design, but I guess design does not equate with dependability.

Good, with one discrepancy (sp?).......2003-07-11

This is a good quality printer. I like it. There's only one thing I don't like. The ink tanks (cartridges) are small. It seems like I'm always putting in a new one. And of course, they have to have all three colors in one tank so that the remaining ink of the other two colors gets wasted. At least the tanks are cheap.

Average customer rating:

Canon Model BCI-21BK Black Ink Tank

Manufacturer: Canon
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Product Features:

Canon Compatible Ink Cartridge
New Product

ASIN: B0006GDLZE

Product Description

Canon Compatible COM-0954A003, COMPATIBLE Canon BCI-21 Ink Tank (Canon BCI21). Black Replacement Tank. - Fits printer models: BJC2000/BJC2010/BJC2100/ BJC2110/BJC2115/BJC2120/ BJC2125/ BJC4000/BJC4100/ BJC4200/BJC4300/BJC4304/ BJC4400/BJC4550/BJC4650/ BJC5000/BJC5100/BJC5500, FaxphoneB740,MultipassC2500/C3000/C3500/C5000/C530/ C545/C5500/C555/C560/C635

Average customer rating:

A convenient, small printer, but with bothersome quirks.
Canon BJC-50
Beware
Infrared works well with Windows ME
I like this product.

Canon BJC-50 Color Bubble Jet Printer

Manufacturer: Canon Computer Systems
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Canon BCI-10 Black Ink Tank

Product Features:

Compact, portable design
Lithium-ion battery
Parallel and infrared IrDA interfaces
Drop modulation technology enhances print quality
Ready for color image-scanner option

ASIN: B00000JH71

Amazon.com Review

Need a printer while you're on the road? Take the Canon BJC-50 with you. This battery-powered, compact, color bubble-jet printer makes a great traveling companion for your notebook computer.

Setting up the BJC-50 was easy. We just followed the Quick Start Guide to install the lithium-ion battery and ink cartridge and to connect the AC adapter and printer cable. We then turned on our computer and followed the Windows setup wizard for setting up a new plug-and-play printer.

In our test of the BJC-50, we printed several color, black-and-white, draft-quality, and letter-quality samples. The samples included graphics, large and small letters, and a variety of color shades. Draft-quality printing was fast but attractive. Letter quality demonstrated modest improvements in character quality, and the printing was reasonably clear and sharp. Color shades were accurate, if not bold. There was some ink "bleeding" on ordinary uncoated paper, and even a discrete glance betrayed the BJC-50's bubble-jet origins--all as you would expect in a small bubble-jet printer.

At only 2.1 pounds the BJC-50 is exceptionally lightweight; its case is slim, attractive, and very compact--easy to tuck away in a backpack or briefcase. If you need color printing on the go, the Canon BJC-50 is a solid choice.

Pros:

Compact and lightweight
Portable, battery-powered

Cons:

Requires switching between color and black cartridges
Single-sheet feed (feeder optional)

Product Description

The Canon BJC-50 is a lightweight, portable printer with print quality equal to their inkjet printers. The BJC-50 offers two convenient features, especially for portable printing. For taking your computing on the road, the BJC-50 comes with a battery. It also has a wireless IrDA interface for cable-free printing. The Canon BJC-50 comes with TrueType fonts, and resident bitmap fonts. It's capable of printing envelopes and transparencies, and with the optional auto sheet feeder, it has desktop printing capacity. As with other Canon products, the BJC-50 has an optional Color Image Scanner Cartridge that quickly converts the printer into a desktop scanner. Simply insert the cartridge into its slot and the BJC-50 becomes a sheetfeed scanner in just minutes.

Customer Reviews:

A convenient, small printer, but with bothersome quirks........2007-02-22

I purchased this printer after a very bad experience when I traveled away from home and needed to print out a simple document. So I had my laptop and I saw those ads about a business that offers to be your office away from home. Well, I could not get the document printed out. So I did my research and purchased the BJC-50 since it was the smallest portable printer available at the time (the two Canons and a HP version). My BJC-50 is about seven years old and still works. It worked well with my laptop and Windows 98 and now with my laptops using Windows XP.

PROS:
The BJC-50 is the smallest available travel printer for printing documents and prints at a relatively acceptable speed.

The BJC-50 printer includes a LiON battery which makes for truly portable printing. I'm amazed how long a charge lasts and the battery pack is inside a battery compartment in the printer (not externally like the HP Deskjet 460 series). Well, the LiON battery is piggy back attached to the HP 460. I'm guessing that HP recommends removing the battery before traveling. You don't need to do that with the BJC-50. Just remember to slide the power lock switch on the right side of the BJC-50 to prevent the printer from accidentally turning on when traveling.

CONS:
The REALLY BAD part of this printer is that the ink cartridges, once opened, do not last very long. The color cartridges dry out faster than the black cartridges. And the ink cartridges do not provide feedback to indicate the amount of ink remaining in each cartridge.

The printer is relatively loud when it is printing.

You need to be careful when feeding the paper otherwise the printer ejects the paper.

I cannot get the IS-12 Scanner Cartridge in the BJC-50 printer to communicate with the IS application under Windows XP even though Canon's web site and the Readme file says it is supported (there is a configuration issue somewhere). This is more effort than its worth for now.

SUMMARY: This is one temperamental printer. While it provides convenient printing on the go, I think it takes more effort than it should just to get something printed.

I'm purchasing a HP Deskjet 460WF. I'll let you know how I like it soon.

Canon BJC-50.......2002-02-27

Excellent printer...everything that I thought it would be . Works wells all the time. Works wells with Windows XP and downloaded driver from Canon site.

Beware.......2001-08-06

I purchased the Canon BJC-50 in August of 1998. It has taken at least three hours to three days of effort to get it to work for each time that I have occasionally used it. I have used it mainly for color printing, and also for scanning with the optional scanning cartridge. It is particularly troublesome when switching from scan to print functions. It is quite noisy. I can not depend on it to function when I need it. It usually works eventually, but only after many trial and error attempts. Email technical support usually does not provide a quick solution. There have been no quick solutions. There have only been time consuming, painstaking encounters with this machine.

Infrared works well with Windows ME.......2001-01-21

Even though it said that the infrared wireless printing only works with Windows 95, I found that it worked just as well with Windows ME installed in my laptop.

Two great benefits of the BJ-50: 1. Infrared wireless printing (if your laptop supports it) 2. There is battery in the printer, so you don't have to connect it to an electrical outlet to print! Both features are VERY convenient.

Print quality is decent, but I can't comment on ink life since I have just begun to use the printer.

I like this product........2000-07-26

"Excellent" That's all I can say...

Average customer rating:

Excellent Product
BC-20 Cartridges

Canon Model BC-20 Black Ink Cartridge

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For Model Number(s) - Canon BC-20 for BJC-2000 Series; MultiPASS C530, others
Contains - 1 Cartridge
Page-Yield - 900
Quantity Per Box/Pack/Carton - Each
Ink Jet Color(s) - Black

ASIN: B0006GDM2G

Product Description

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Product.......2007-06-23

I have been using this ink cartridge for 7 years now and I haven't had any problems with the genuine Canon product.

BC-20 Cartridges.......2005-09-13

Over the years I have used about a dozen BC-20 ink jet cartridges. They do not refill well, so I gave up early on that approach to economy. I have had two new cartridges that were dry right out of the box, and one that was electrically non-functional. I try to buy these things as cheaply as I can because I figure one out of four will not work. However, when they do work, they are excellent and last a looong time.

Office Depot(R) Model 187 (BCI-3BK) Black Ink Cartridge

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Office Depot(R) Model 187 (BCI-3BK) Black Ink Cartridge

Manufacturer: Office Depot, Inc.
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brand name:Office Depot
manufacturer:Office Depot
model name:187
color:Black
maximum yield per unit:500 pages

ASIN: B000189W1Y

Product Description

When it comes to saving money on your replacement inkjet supplies, there is no easier way than Office Depot brand replacement cartridges. The Office Depot 187 offers premium performance and dramatic savings, replacing the Canon BCI-3BK cartridge. Every Office Depot replacement inkjet cartridge offers premium-grade inks that produce crisp, bold text and graphics. Plus, Office Depot brand inkjet products are backed by our 100 No-Risk Quality Guarantee to perform to your complete satisfaction. Compatible to Canon Model BCI-3eBK ink tank.Compatible Canon models:Color Bubble Jet: BJC-3000, S400, BJC-6000, BJC-6100, BJC-6200, BJC-6200S, BJC-6500Pixma: iP5000, iP4000, iP4000R, iP3000, iP3000i550, i560, i560s, i850, i860, i865 i6100, i6500MP780, MP750, MP760S450, S500, S520, S530D, S600, S630, S750, S4500, S6300If you do not see your manufacturers model here, please refer to the Ink Depot Tool on the homepage.

Canon BJC 8200 Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer

Average customer rating:

A review 5 years down the line
Improve the Ink!!!
cartridge and paper buying difficulties
falling in love again
Photo quality... almost

Canon BJC 8200 Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer

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Belkin F2A046-10 IEEE 1284 A-B Parallel Printer Cable (10-FT)
Hewlett Packard C6944A Premium Plus Glossy Photo Paper

Product Features:

Includes USB Camera Mate and photo paper, a $100 value; see description for details
1,200 x 1,200 resolution in color or B&W
Image optimizer smoothes edges and enhances digital images
Parallel and USB ports, Mac and PC compatible
Large individual ink tanks

ASIN: B00004T8MV

Product Description

Imagine printing photos - right from your desktop - with photolab quality. The BJC-8200 Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer delivers spectacular results with ease and finesse. In fact, this incredible desktop printer is one of the most advanced in the world, featuring numerous technological breakthroughs that enable you to output photos that are simply amazing.The BJC-8200 printer features 1,536 nozzles per printhead, making ink application faster, more precise and detailed. This Microfine Droplet Technology actually applies ink drops just 4 picoliters in size. So whites are whiter, details and highlights are more brilliant, and complex, multilevel gradations are now a reality. The built-in Image Optimizer smoothes jagged edges, sharpens lines and borders and enhances overall clarity and quality. And Photo Optimizer automatically cleans up highlights, details, contrast and shadowing without altering your original photo. So photos become bolder and more distinct - just how you intended. The BJC-8200 printer was designed with many advanced features that make printing easier than ever. It features the Canon Think Tank System - an intelligent ink-management system that automatically eliminates ink waste and saves you money. It uses individual ink tanks for each color, so you replace only the color that runs out. And its unique optical low-ink sensor alerts you when ink is low, so you can pop in another tank just at the right time. You can also swap the ink tank with Canon's optional IS-52 Color Image Scanner Cartridge and instantly turn your printer into a 600 dpi sheetfed scanner.

Amazon.com Product Description

Equipped with built-in USB and parallel ports and both Mac and PC compatible, the BJC 8200 is an ideal companion to your desktop or laptop. You'll print crisp text and true colors on photo paper, transparencies, and much more with this sleekly designed, small, light printer.

Setup and installation are smooth and easy with the Canon Quick Start Guide. The ink cartridges are easy to install but require several more steps than usual because each tank is installed separately. However, the ink management system minimizes waste and saves you money; you replace only the color that runs out. We also like the reassurance of the low-ink sensor, which sends a message when the ink is low so you can refill before you start a new project.

Print speeds are approximately a minute for 4-by-6-inch prints and up to 3 minutes for an 8-by-10-inch print. The 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution in black and color produces vibrantly colored and detailed photo prints. The unit's auto feed speeds production, holding about 100 sheets of plain paper and 80 pages of high-resolution photographic paper. The BJC 8200 runs a little loud for our taste, but who could resist a remarkably fast, commanding little printer, enabling you to print high-quality photos in your home or office?Although the BJC-8200 has a highly intuitive interface, you may need to consult the manual to use some functions. We prefer having a hard copy of the user's reference at hand, but Canon's guide is online. The BJC-8200 printer includes a creative software applications CD-ROM featuring printer setup guide and Canon Photo. It prints on a wide range of paper types, including PhotoPaperPro, brilliant white, Bubble Jet, banner papers, envelopes, fabric sheets, greeting and glossy photo cards, glossy photo paper, high-gloss photo film, and high-resolutionand plain paper, transparencies, and magnetic sheets. We didn't try them all but if results remain consistent, the outcome is sure to impress even the master photographer.

Canon offers a one-year limited warranty on parts and labor with SelectExchange available. --Barbara Price

Customer Reviews:

A review 5 years down the line.......2005-04-14

My brother bought a Canon BJC-8200, five years ago, and after a while he outgrew it and passed it onto me. It's amazing that a printer that was created in 2000 can produce pictures (and regular documents) with such a high quality even by 2005 standards. It amazes me that in the time that I've used this printer, I've gone through 3 different computers. I figured it was about time that I sang it's praises.

The most indispensable (and money saving) feature of this printer, is the separate ink cartridges. It blows my mind that to this day printers are produced that use all-in-one color cartidges, making you replace an entire color cartridge if you just run out of just the magenta ink. Even if you don't buy this printer, this feature should be a requirement in whichever printer you do buy. Also, this printer is durable and produces very high quality prints.

There are a couple of drawbacks. The printer is a bit slower than the newer models that are available. It also doesn't support direct memory card and digital camera printing. Realistically though, I don't know one person that uses this feature on their printers as most prefer to adjust and crop the pictures on their computer before printing.

The printer wasn't expensive when it was first released, and you can see that you can now pick up a used one for the price of a couple of tickets to a movie. Not a bad purchase for people on an extremely tight budget that want to print photos at home.

Improve the Ink!!!.......2002-01-26

I specifically wanted this printer for photos and the quality is certainly very good. However, the inks used by Canon have very little UV protection and are susceptible to fading fairly quickly in a sunlit room. Otherwise, I had some minor installation problems and the printer is on the slow side, especially compared to my Lexmark. The Canon has superior color accuracy and it is a pleasure not to have to pay $(...)+ for ink refills. I would not recommend it for daily black and white typing duties, but for photos it is a superior product.

cartridge and paper buying difficulties.......2001-09-07

This is a great printer, but I am having a hard time buying paper or ink cartridges other than on the web. At say, Circuit City or Office Max, almost all of the paper is for ink jets. The only Canon paper I have seen is the Canon Glossy Photo Paper, which is OK, but not as good as Photo Paper Pro. I did find BCI-5 ink cartridges at Circuit City, but these are discontinued and there were no BCI-6s in sight.

falling in love again.......2001-03-28

I purchased the Canon BJC-8200 several months ago and i fell in love with it. Often you buy a product and it does not live up to the manufacturers claims. This printer does. The picture quality even at maximum elargement is , in a word, fantastic. I have a mid-range non professional digital camera and the printer produced outstanding professional looking copies. I took some pictures of a friends wedding and sent the pictures to them, they were thrilled with the prints. They could not believe this quality from a home printer. I believe at any price you wont find a better product. The separate Ink cartridges, a must for anyone. It flat out saves money. The ease of use, incredible. I am no pro, but you would never believe that if you saw the prints from this product. Look no further, buy this, you will be happy with it.

Photo quality... almost.......2001-02-15

This printer is excellent.

I am using it with windows 2000 (for which the setup is a little messy and none of the distributed software installs) and a Canon S100. I use ULead's PhotoExplorer 6.0 (freeware) for printing 4 pics on a 8x11.

The print depends heavily on the paper being used; with the best quality print being gained from the Canon Photo Pro paper that comes with the printer. The print is indistinguishable from a photo ! Especially if you do some software trickery of resampling the image to a higher resolution.

One noticeable problem is that the pictures are a little washed out. The Photo Optimizer setting makes the picture a little darker (puts more black) and gives the illusion of greater detail.

The printer is also very slow ! But that doesnt really bother me.

Otherwise the printer is VERY economical to run especially with Best Buy's buy 2 cartridges get 3rd free !

Average customer rating:

Canon Model BCI-21C Tricolor Ink Tank

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brand name:Canon
manufacturer:Canon
model name:BCI-21C
color:Tricolor
maximum yield per unit:200 pages

ASIN: B0006GDM0S

Product Description

Compatible Canon models:Color Bubble Jet: BJC-2000, BJC-2100, BJC-4000, BJC-4100, BJC-4200, BJC-4300, BJC-4400, BJC-4450, BJC-4550, BJC-4650, BJC-5000, BJC-5100, BJC-5500Color Fax: CFX-B380IFFaxphone: B740MultiPASS: : C500, C530, C545 C555 C560, C635 C2500, C3000, C3500, C5000, C5500S Series: S100If you do not see your manufacturers model here, please refer to the Ink Depot Tool on the homepage.

Average customer rating:

OK if you can get one for $50 or less
The best Printer I ever had.
What a hunk of crap
Got this printer for three years
Got this printer for three years

Canon BJC-1000 Color Bubble Jet Printer

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Canon GP201 Glossy Photo Paper for Bubble Jet Color Printers (20 Sheets)
Canon 1029A004 Photo Paper Pro for BJC-8200 (8.5"x11", 15 Sheets )

Product Features:

Bubble jet, ink-on-demand printing
Prints on plain, glossy, transparent, and other surfaces
Includes software for making greeting cards, calendars, and more
360 x 360 dpi color resolution
Approximately four pages per minute in black

ASIN: B00000JH6E

Amazon.com Review

The Canon BJC-1000 gives you both affordability and a wide range of color printing options to make the most of your images. It's a great printer for home and family use.

The BJC-1000 comes with Canon's Creative Home software, which makes it easy to make custom greeting cards, calendars, T-shirt art, and more. It handles a wide range of print media, including glossy photo paper, transparencies, banner paper, greeting cards, and even T-shirt transfers.

The Canon BJC-1000 is fairly easy to set up, and comes with a comprehensive, easy-to-follow manual. It gave us sharp, colorful printouts at about two minutes per page in color mode.

The Canon BJC-1000 comes with a standard color cartridge, but also accepts photo-realistic, high-resolution color cartridges, neon color cartridges, and high-resolution black cartridges. While you probably wouldn't use the Canon BJC-1000 for high-volume professional applications, it fits the bill nicely for a home printer--it's especially good for printing photos and greeting cards for friends and family members.

Pros:

Affordable
Compatible with a wide variety of print media
Comes with software to make greeting cards, calendars, and more

Cons:

Must purchase parallel cable separately

Product Description

Now you don't have to spend big bucks on a color printer to get big features. The BJC 1000 series takes today's most useful and popular color printer capabilities and packs them into its compact, state-of-the-art design, yet still delivers the best printing value in its class. It's the perfect choice for budget-minded families and students.It's never been easier to add brilliant color, crisp black or even photo-quality to your documents. The BJC 1000 series handles it all with ease. Set up in seconds and start printing everything from greeting cards, school reports and homework to notes, letters, memos and Web pages. Its sleek design looks great anywhere and its compact size fits on any desktop.

Customer Reviews:

OK if you can get one for $50 or less.......2006-04-07

Worked fine for a couple of years then one day just stopped responding. Price for used one is outrageous. Price for cartridges is equally outrageous. Get a refill kit from Sams' Club.

The best Printer I ever had........2005-10-30

I owned this printer since 1998 and it is still working. It is reliable. It let you print a lot of pages before the ink is out. You can network this printer without a problem. It can easily be put on a print server and used by all the computers on the network. I don't have driver on disk anymore but the driver is still available on the net especially on canon's website. The only problem I have in recent months is the ink is becoming scarce. Most stores don't carry the ink anymore. I just recently found the ink on amazon.com which, is great for me.

Overall, I recommend this printer.

What a hunk of crap.......2003-10-29

Sucked. Clunky piece of junk. Though it only cost me potatos to buy... but it cost me a forture to operate. If you own one do yourself a favor and through it out with the empty ink and buy something economical. $35 for black and it prints... no it bleed ink onto the paper at a rate of 500 pages per tank... AHHHHHH! That's scary. 7 cents a page. Canon please bend me over and take my money.

Got this printer for three years.......2002-10-31

No problem at all. But if you need to print a lot of stuff, you 'd better get a laser printer.

Got this printer for three years.......2002-10-31

No problem at all. But if you need to print a lot of stuff, you 'd better get a laser printer.

Average customer rating:

Sturdy little fellow
Great printer for the money
Pick something else
Falling Out Of Love
canon bjc-5100

Canon BJC-5100 Bubble Jet Printer

Manufacturer: Canon Computer Systems
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Monster PC700 Computer PowerCenter¿ with Surge Protection

Product Features:

1,440 x 720 dpi color output
7-color photo printing (with optional photo cartridge)
Media up to 11 by 17 inches
Up to 10 ppm black, 4 ppm color
Complete software bundle

ASIN: B00000JKKN

Product Description

The BJC-5100 is the ultimate business printing machine - able to meet the everyday challenges of any busy office. Because time is money, it gives you the power to print sharp, professional-quality black text documents at blazing fast speeds. And because image is everything, count on brilliant photo-quality color performance whether you're printing brochures, flyers, photos or even Web sites. But its real advantage is its versatility, enabling you to interchange a wide selection of Canon Specialty Inks and Papers to achieve truly amazing results.The BJC-5100 produces color and black prints at 1440x720 dpi resolution. This printer has a 130-sheet paper tray, and prints on media up to 11x17 inches in size. Canon offers a full range of inks and papers that let you take advantage of the BJC-5100's endless flexibility. Use plain and specialty papers, envelopes, cards and transparencies.

Amazon.com Product Description

The BJC-5100 is the ultimate business printing machine--able to meet the everyday challenges of any busy office. Because time is money, the BJC-5100 gives you the power to print sharp, professional-quality black text documents at blazing fast speeds. And because image is everything, count on brilliant photo-quality color performance whether you're printing brochures, flyers, photos, or even Web sites. But its real advantage is its versatility, enabling you to interchange a wide selection of Canon specialty inks and papers to achieve truly amazing results.

Customer Reviews:

Sturdy little fellow.......2003-05-08

I have absolutely loved this printer. It carried me through 3 years of school without constantly running to the computer lab to print drafts of papers. It handles a very high volume well.

I have also found that by ordering off-brand ink tanks I can save a lot of money. Frankly, if you buy the Canon, HP or whatever manufacturer's ink, you're really being bilked out of a lot of money.

I'm selling my printer because, like many of you have found out, it is not XP compatible. That's very clearly stated on the box. A manufacturer has no obligation to provide you with new drivers because you didn't read the printer information before upgradning your computer. If you're running an older OS and plan on doing so for a while this is a great little printer. It comes with my highest recommendation!

Great printer for the money.......2003-01-15

I own two of these machines and I have to admit I am a fan of Canon products. I also own their digital camera and copy machine. For the money it is hard to complain about this printer. It delivers nice crisp text at a very acceptable speed and can do some really nice things with digital images using their photo cartridge. If you buy cartridges for this machine at your neighborhood office supply, you could complain that it can be expensive to run. I personally used compatibles that I purchase on the internet and use a refill kit on the larger tank in holder two. This really makes the machine economical. The fact is that if you use a manufacturer's ink on any machine, you will pay a premium price. That's how they make their money. The larger format ability of this machine is also a bonus considering the low cost to initially acquire.

Pick something else.......2003-01-08

I have the Canon 5000 and the 5100. Both are essentially the same printers, except for its parallel port protocol. If you have Win95 or Win98, then this is a decent printer. This series of printers' use a proprietary printing language, so getting third party support or moving this printer to another platform/OS is out.

It does print on multiple paper formats, and is very good at printing photo grade images, but is very lousy at letter sized envelops. Not a very robust printer, especially when the print cartridges are hard to find and expensive. For the cost of two cartridges you can get another new Canon BJC-5100 printer.

These printers are also "Win printers" BUT, they do support "HP Laserjet II" protocol. Its undocumented, but all laser printers and Jet Ink printers support this. So if you need to use it on a machine that it is not compatible on, then at least you can print in black.

Look at HP products, they have better support and cartridges are a lot cheaper.

Falling Out Of Love.......2002-09-10

I have owned my BJC5100 for just under 2 years. Maybe not even. Now that I have a new PC, I find that it is not supported by the Windows XP drivers. Canon, doesn't support it on these drivers either. I have tried a few tricks to get it to be recognized, and to print, but have only succeeded in becoming frustrated. Especially when it sits there like a...paperweight.
I love my little BJC5100. Unfortunately this love affair has to end. Fortunately, the printer will be gifted to a young relative who will be able to use it. This I find much better than sending it to a scrap heap.
As far as a review of the printer: well, you have to see it for yourself. It prints in brilliant, crisp colors, professional looking black type, and, newspaper quality grayscale. To own one IS to love one.

canon bjc-5100.......2002-08-02

this printer was obsolete the day i bought it about 2 years ago. when you turn it on or submit a print job it beeps, clicks and whirs for abour two minutes before it ieven begins to print.

it is very tempermental and if you push any buttons before it is finished clicking and whirring (there are long silent gaps so be sure it's finished)it locks up your whole computer. this is with windows 98. i was told by a canon technician that it was not designed for w 98 or higher.

the printing is tempermental and slow. i am sorry i bought it and now that mine is broken i will go to the top of a tall building and drop it off the roof.

Ink Cartridge BC-21e For Canon BJC-2000 Series; MultiPASS; FaxPhone, Color (CNM0899A003)

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Ink Cartridge BC-21e For Canon BJC-2000 Series; MultiPASS; FaxPhone, Color (CNM0899A003)

Manufacturer: Canon
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Kitchen

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For Canon model B740.
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Sold as: Each

ASIN: B0007UQACA

Product Description

Item #: CNM0899A003. Replacement Ink Cartridge for Canon Printers
Dependable Canon cartridges are the perfect partners for your Bubble Jet printer
Ink Cartridge
BC-21e for BJC-2000 Series, 2100 Series, 4000, 4100, 4200, 4300, 4400, 4550, 5000, 5100 Series; MultiPASS C530, C545, C555, C560, C2500, C3000, C3500, C5000, CC5500; FaxPhone B740.
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