I have read this group for a while and I plan on going with a canon
I550. It seems to have the same technology as the I850 minus a bit of
speed which is not an issue. I just cant afford the few extra bux for
the 850 bux I can get a 550 for 85 dollars shipped brand new.

I thought it was a fantastic deal but would still appreciate any
comments good or bad before ordering monday morning.

Thanks everyone.

jkh wrote:

>I have read this group for a while and I plan on going with a canon
>I550. It seems to have the same technology as the I850 minus a bit of
>speed which is not an issue.

The i850 has all of the features of the i550, plus smaller 2 picoliter
droplets for cyan and magenta, which makes a difference in shading and
detail. This helps it to produce photos that equal or beat many 6-colour
printers.

On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 01:50:54 -0400, Bill <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>jkh wrote:
>
>>I have read this group for a while and I plan on going with a canon
>>I550. It seems to have the same technology as the I850 minus a bit of
>>speed which is not an issue.
>
>The i850 has all of the features of the i550, plus smaller 2 picoliter
>droplets for cyan and magenta, which makes a difference in shading and
>detail. This helps it to produce photos that equal or beat many 6-colour
>printers.


Thank you for the reply. Yes that was a major selling factor for me
and the picture comparison on toms hardware. Simply amazing. The
review there stated the contrast of the i850 may be more desireable
than the I950. Either way, I can not afford the I950 so the 850 it
shall be.

I am glad there are no major clogging reports. I did run into one
report but it leaned to be a defective model.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 01:50:54 -0400, Bill <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> jkh wrote:
>>
>>> I have read this group for a while and I plan on going with a canon
>>> I550. It seems to have the same technology as the I850 minus a bit
>>> of speed which is not an issue.
>>
>> The i850 has all of the features of the i550, plus smaller 2
>> picoliter droplets for cyan and magenta, which makes a difference in
>> shading and detail. This helps it to produce photos that equal or
>> beat many 6-colour printers.
>
>
> Thank you for the reply. Yes that was a major selling factor for me
> and the picture comparison on toms hardware. Simply amazing. The
> review there stated the contrast of the i850 may be more desireable
> than the I950. Either way, I can not afford the I950 so the 850 it
> shall be.
>
> I am glad there are no major clogging reports. I did run into one
> report but it leaned to be a defective model.

Depends on why you plan to use it. I'm quite happy with i550 - it does all i
need. I can print some photos in quite decent quality, but mostly doing
other stuff. If you're about printing photos, you should know that they are
quite ink eaters and paper is damn expensive.

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 14:23:02 +0200, "SleeperMan" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Depends on why you plan to use it. I'm quite happy with i550 - it does all i
>need. I can print some photos in quite decent quality, but mostly doing
>other stuff. If you're about printing photos, you should know that they are
>quite ink eaters and paper is damn expensive.
>


Refilling with proper bulk ink is quite cheap. Paper is not that bad
now a days but around the holidays I do print alot of photos so having
the better quality is nice.

I am quite experienced with inkjet printing and had excellent results
with a lexmark z55 for the past 2 years. It wasn't the easiest thing
to work with and it took alot of playing and experiementing with
papers and inks but thats over with. It crashed on me so now im
leaning toward this model.

It seems over all speed and quality, no one could go wrong with this
printer for the time being. If I had the extra money handy I wouldn't
hesitate for the 950 model.

I was considering the 550 at first but the photo comparison on toms
hardware convinced me the 850 was the better all around bargain. The
550 seemed to be the quality of the top lexmark models. I wanted to go
beyond that and move to something a bit better.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 14:23:02 +0200, "SleeperMan" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> Depends on why you plan to use it. I'm quite happy with i550 - it
>> does all i need. I can print some photos in quite decent quality,
>> but mostly doing other stuff. If you're about printing photos, you
>> should know that they are quite ink eaters and paper is damn
>> expensive.
>>
>
>
> Refilling with proper bulk ink is quite cheap. Paper is not that bad
> now a days but around the holidays I do print alot of photos so having
> the better quality is nice.
>
> I am quite experienced with inkjet printing and had excellent results
> with a lexmark z55 for the past 2 years. It wasn't the easiest thing
> to work with and it took alot of playing and experiementing with
> papers and inks but thats over with. It crashed on me so now im
> leaning toward this model.
>
> It seems over all speed and quality, no one could go wrong with this
> printer for the time being. If I had the extra money handy I wouldn't
> hesitate for the 950 model.
>
> I was considering the 550 at first but the photo comparison on toms
> hardware convinced me the 850 was the better all around bargain. The
> 550 seemed to be the quality of the top lexmark models. I wanted to go
> beyond that and move to something a bit better.

I saw those pics, too and it is quite a difference. But to make your choice
easier, let me say that you're lucky, since you say i550 costs 85$... Here
i550 comes 210 US$, i850 comes 350 US$ and i950 comes about 630 US$ . now go
and figure why i bought "only" i550...
You could send me one over airmail...would be cheaper than bought here...

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 14:47:12 +0200, "SleeperMan" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I saw those pics, too and it is quite a difference. But to make your choice
>easier, let me say that you're lucky, since you say i550 costs 85$... Here
>i550 comes 210 US$, i850 comes 350 US$ and i950 comes about 630 US$ . now go
>and figure why i bought "only" i550...
>You could send me one over airmail...would be cheaper than bought here...
>


Probably so. I would be more than happy to order and send one if you
like. Heh, hard way of getting things but ya gots ta do what ya gots
ta do.

I just odered one that costs 138 shipped to me. It was the best price
i found.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 14:47:12 +0200, "SleeperMan" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> I saw those pics, too and it is quite a difference. But to make your
>> choice easier, let me say that you're lucky, since you say i550
>> costs 85$... Here i550 comes 210 US$, i850 comes 350 US$ and i950
>> comes about 630 US$ . now go and figure why i bought "only" i550...
>> You could send me one over airmail...would be cheaper than bought
>> here...
>>
>
>
> Probably so. I would be more than happy to order and send one if you
> like. Heh, hard way of getting things but ya gots ta do what ya gots
> ta do.
>
> I just odered one that costs 138 shipped to me. It was the best price
> i found.

I just hardly understand how can be such difference in price between USA and
Europe.

SleeperMan wrote:

>Depends on why you plan to use it. I'm quite happy with i550 - it does all i
>need. I can print some photos in quite decent quality, but mostly doing
>other stuff. If you're about printing photos, you should know that they are
>quite ink eaters and paper is damn expensive.

Paper isn't that expensive if you shop around...Canon brand is way too
expensive for anything other than the rare photo printing.

Personally, I use Office Depot 8.5x11 and print two photos per page to
get 5x8 or four photos per page to get 4x5 (rough sizes). Using that
paper and refills, my cost per photo is less than the local photo labs.
Sure the sizes are not the same, but it's close enough for the photo
album, and with some trimming and/or matting, they fit standard frames.