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 50 compatible printer ink
cartridges:
OEM #: BCI10BK Color: Black Yield: 170 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $7.95 Your Savings:$10.00 (55.71%)
3 or more: $6.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI11BK Color: Black Yield: 300 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $5.95 Your Savings:$6.80 (53.33%)
3 or more: $4.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI11C Color: Color Yield: 240 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $9.95 Your Savings:$12.00 (54.67%)
3 or more: $8.75 ea.
OEM #: BCI10BK/BCI11C Color: Set
MSRP: Our Price: $43.95 Your Savings:$17.65 (28.65%)
OEM #: BCI11BK/BCI11C Color: Set
MSRP: Our Price: $35.95 Your Savings:$29.70 (45.24%)
OEM #: BC10 Color: Black Yield: 3,000 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $43.95 Your Savings:$1.00 (2.22%)
OEM #: BC11e Color: Color Yield: 4,000 pages
Our Price: $44.95
OEM #: BCI10BK Color: Black Yield: 170 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $17.45 Your Savings:$0.50 (2.79%)
OEM #: BCI11BK Color: Black Yield: 300 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $12.50 Your Savings:$0.25 (1.96%)
3 or more: $11.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI11C Color: Color Yield: 240 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $22.95 Your Savings:$0.04 (0.17%)
Technical Specifications (BJC 50):
Printing method: Bubble jet ink-on-demand
Print speed: Up to 5.5 ppm in black, up to 2 ppm in
color
Print resolution: 720 x 360 dpi in color, 720 x 360
dpi with smoothing in black
Standard emulation: Canon extended mode, Epson
LQ-2550, IBM Proprinter x24e, Canon BJ-10e mode
Standard interface: IEEE 1284 (ECP), built-in IrDA
(for cable-less printing)
Media types: Back print film, coated paper,
envelopes, fabric sheets, glossy photo paper, high gloss film, high
resolution paper, plain paper, transparencies
Media sizes: Letter, legal, A4, #10, or European
envelopes
Media handling: Optional auto sheet feeder; 30
sheets at paper weight 20 pounds; five envelopes, 10 transparencies, 38
pounds maximum paper weight
Hardware accessories: Universal adapter/charger and
power cord; lithium-ion battery LB-50; printer cable BIFC-50; BC-11e
color BJ ink cartridge; BC-10 black BJ ink cartridge; ink cartridge
storage box; BCI-11 color BJ tank; BCI-11 black BJ tank
Documentation and software: User's Manual; Quick
Start Guide; Windows Print Guide; BJ Printer Driver for Windows;
registration and warranty cards
ProductDescription for Canon BJC 50
(From the Manufacturer, Canon)
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.
Canon BJC 50 Street Price: $167.00 - $210.00
PCWORLD.com Editors' review:
No doubt you've heard of subnotebooks. Well, the new Canon BJC-50--at a
list price of $349--is what you might call a subprinter: About the same
size as a cigarette carton and weighing just 2 pounds, this color ink
jet qualifies as the company's smallest, lightest, most completely
mobile printer.
Those scant 2 pounds include the weight of the BJC-50's built-in,
rechargeable battery. They don't include the unit's AC adapter and
parallel cable, but you can get along without these: The battery is good
for about 100 pages of output on a single charge, and the printer
includes an infrared port for wireless printing from notebooks. However,
I wouldn't recommend that you print in a public place, such as a plane:
the BJC-50's annoying whine will almost certainly bother your fellow
passengers.
The BJC-50 doesn't come with a paper tray, so you must laboriously
insert paper one sheet at a time--or pay $59 for the optional 30-sheet
feeder, which will add weight and bulk. Alternatively, you could pay $50
less for the heftier (a whopping 3.1 pounds) BJC-80 with its built-in
30-page sheet feeder, but then you wouldn't get a built-in battery. If
portability matters most, the BJC-50 could make a splendid traveling
companion.
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