Thursday, January 27, 2005
Canon BJC 6000 Printer and Ink Cartridges Review
| Canon BJC 6000 printer uses large separate ink cartridges
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Canon BJC 6000 Printer Key Features:
- Eight-ppm black
- Five-ppm color
- 1440-by-720 dpi color and black printing, laser-like quality
- Large individual ink tanks
- USB, Mac OS, and network compatible
- Scroll Down the page for Full Detailed Technical Specifications
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Important Printer Buying Tip: ALWAYS check for the ink cartridge prices before you purchase a printer. Why? Sometimes cheaper printers end up costing more because its ink cartridges may be way expensive. You should calculate the "cost of ownership" per month. The math is simple: (number of prints per month) times (cost of the cartridge) divided by (the yield of the cartridge). Yield is the number of pages that can be printed with one particular cartridge. For example, assume that average home user prints 150 black pages per month using a black cartridge that yields 200 pages and costs $28. The monthly "cost of ownership" is (150 pages) x ($28) = $21 200 pages Also look at the printer ink alternatives; besides the original manufacturer's cartridges (OEMs), you may have the selection of remanufactured cartridges, compatible ink cartridges, and ink refill kits. |
Below is the list of Canon BJC 6000 compatible printer ink cartridges:
) OEM #: BCI3BK Color: Black Yield: 500 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3C Color: Cyan Yield: 500 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3M Color: Magenta Yield: 500 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3PBK Color: Photo Black Yield: 280 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3PC Color: Photo Cyan Yield: 280 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3PM Color: Photo Magenta Yield: 280 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3Y Color: Yellow Yield: 500 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3Bk/C/M/Y Color: Set |
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) OEM #: BCI3eC/BCI6C Color: White |
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) OEM #: BCI3eM/BCI6M Color: White |
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) OEM #: BCI3eY/BCI6Y Color: White |
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) OEM #: BC30e Color: Black Yield: 5,000 pages |
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) OEM #: BC31e Color: Color Yield: 6,000 pages |
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) OEM #: BC32e Color: Photo Color Yield: 6,000 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3BK Color: Black Yield: 500 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3C Color: Cyan Yield: 500 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3M Color: Magenta Yield: 500 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3PBK Color: Photo Black Yield: 280 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3PC Color: Photo Cyan Yield: 280 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3PM Color: Photo Magenta Yield: 280 pages |
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) OEM #: BCI3Y Color: Yellow Yield: 500 pages |
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Detailed Specs (6000 BJC ):
Product Description for HP 7410 (From the Manufacturer, Canon)
The Canon BJC-6000 is designed for both busy workplaces and home offices. It provides fast, affordable, professional-quality, high-resolution black and color printing. An intelligent ink system with individual tanks eliminates waste and saves money, and optional Canon Photo Inks and specialty paper create amazing near-photo-quality output.
To set up the Canon BJC-6000, we followed the instructions on the Quick Start guide. Because the BJC-6000 comes with several large tanks (one each for black, cyan, magenta, and yellow), and because the tanks and cartridges are separate, setup took longer than usual. The Canon
Creative Pro CD-ROM comes with several complementary applications, so software installation took a little longer as well.
In our test of the BJC-6000, we printed several color and black-and-white samples in each of the printer's four modes--draft, good, better, and best. Our samples included graphics, large and small letters, and a variety of fonts and color shades. Black text was razor sharp and approached the quality of a modest laser printer. There was only a tiny bit of ink bleeding, even on normal uncoated paper, and a multi-colored tight-register sample looked especially impressive.
We also scanned and printed a 32-bit color photograph. Even without the optional Canon Photo Inks and specialty paper, the hard copy was warm and detailed, capturing the texture of the original with surprising accuracy. We also appreciated the speed--up to five pages per minute (ppm) in color.
The Canon BJC-6000 is an impressive bubble-jet printer with a great software bundle; it would make an excellent addition to any small office.
Pros:
- Sharp, near-laser-quality black printing
- 1440 x 720 color printing
- Up to 8 ppm
- Great software bundle
Cons:
From Winmag:
Canon's BJC-6000 is the only printer in this group that uses a separate photo cartridge-a practice that seems to be on the decline. It's also the only one that uses separate ink tanks for each color. That makes setup a little tricky, since the color, photo and black ink cartridges have to be loaded with the appropriate ink tanks. The refill process is made somewhat easier by its optical low-ink sensor.
Printouts on photo paper were very good with both the photo cartridge and the regular color cartridge. The photo-cartridge output was markedly less grainy and had slightly better color variations, especially with reds.
Black text was admirably dark and smooth, about equal to the Stylus Color 900's output and not quite as sharp as that of the DeskJet 895Cse. However, its draft mode was much fuzzier than the other printers' low-resolution modes and not suitable for correspondence. Spot color was solid but muted in tone.
The BJC-6000 was a little slower than the Epson and the HP, but faster at printing text than the Lexmark The BJC-6000 and the Stylus Color 900 are both a tad larger than the other two models tested, which could be a consideration if space is tight.
This printer model is not being manufactured by Canon any more
PCWORLD.com Editors' review:
WHAT'S HOT: For a competitive $199, Canon's BJC-6000 provides the fastest performance of any ink jet in its price range. In fact, at 4.4 ppm on text, it's speedier than all but two other models here--the $399 Epson Stylus Color 900 and the $299 HP DeskJet 895Cse. Similarly, the BJC-6000's 1.1-ppm graphics speed puts it ahead of all but the Epson. Text quality is impressive, with a strong, solid black and clear letterforms, even on italic, bold, and small type. Similarly, the BJC-6000 did an impressive job on our color photographic output test. Printing on high-quality paper with the photo cartridges in place yielded lifelike, photo-realistic images and terrific colors.
WHAT'S NOT: Narrow parallel lines overlap, color graphics wash out and lack detail, and gray-scale images display a coarse dot texture. Even printing in high-resolution mode on ink jet paper doesn't help much. The software driver is packed with features, but poor design makes navigating them a challenge.
WHAT ELSE: The BJC-6000's design is unusually sturdy for an ink jet, with tough yet flexible paper trays. Unlike any other model in this review, the Canon has separately replaceable ink tanks, so you don't have to discard all the color ink when one tank runs out (a great design that other printers should emulate). This efficiency contributes to the BJC-6000's low total cost of ownership--it's far and away the most affordable in this roundup. An ethernet adapter is available for about $130.
BEST USE: Small-office users who need clean, quick text output and have limited graphics demands will like this printer.
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