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 S300 compatible printer ink
cartridges:
OEM #: BCI24BK Color: Black Yield: 150 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $3.89 Your Savings:$5.10 (56.73%)
3 or more: $2.89 ea.
OEM #: BCI24C Color: Color Yield: 270 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $5.65 Your Savings:$14.34 (71.74%)
3 or more: $4.45 ea.
OEM #: BCI24B/BCI24C Color: Set
MSRP: Our Price: $22.75 Your Savings:$82.25 (78.33%)
OEM #: BCI21BK/BCI24BK Color: White
Our Price: $5.95
3 or more: $4.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI21C/BCI24C Color: White
Our Price: $6.95
3 or more: $5.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI24BK Color: Black Yield: 150 pages
Our Price: $8.99
3 or more: $8.79 ea.
OEM #: BCI24C Color: Color Yield: 270 pages
Our Price: $19.99
3 or more: $19.54 ea.
Full Specifications (Canon S300 Printer):
Print speed: Up to 11 ppm black, 7.5 ppm color
Print resolution: 2400 x 1200 dpi color, 600 x 600
dpi black
Compatibility: Windows 98/Me, Windows 2000
Professional and Windows XP, Mac OS 8.5 to 9.x, and OSX
Warranty: 1 year limited warranty with instant
exchange, optional extended service plan
ProductDescription for Canon S300
(From the Manufacturer, Canon)
For printing standard office documents and glossy family craft projects,
the Canon S300 printer delivers outstanding quality and value. Sized at
just 10 by 15 inches, it was thoughtfully designed for comfortable use
even in cramped home offices. (In this case, good things definitely come
in small packages.)
Color prints are churned out at up to 7.5 color pages per minute, with a
color-saturated 2,400 x 1,200 dpi resolution. Canon's bubble-jet
technology supplies 128 nozzles for each color, all of which originate
from the same compact cartridge. Monochrome print jobs are processed at
up to 11 pages per minute, and receive a letter-perfect 600 x 600 dpi
resolution.
The S300 can produce exceptional, photo-quality prints, including
edge-to-edge, 4-by-6-inch photos. Paper-handling possibilities include
envelopes, transparencies, glossy photo sheets, and banners, as well as
plain paper in letter and legal sizes. The printer connects to your
system via a single USB cable, making installation simple and keeping
your desk free of clutter.
PhotoRecord image processing software is included, along with drivers
for both Windows and Macintosh systems. Canon provides a one-year,
limited warranty with instant exchange service available as an option.
MSRP for Canon S300: $70.00 Street Price: $86.00
PC WORLD.com Editors' review: WHAT'S HOT: Canon priced the S300 at only $99, yet gave
it enough oomph to churn out text at a speedy 5.1 ppm and graphics at
0.8 ppm. And despite the low buy-in, ink costs only 2.3 cents per page
of black and 12.1 cents per color page. WHAT'S NOT: Photo output looked good, although slightly
washed out with some feathering on the edges. However, the S300 did not
fare particularly well on our test file of narrow lines, and it rendered
rough-looking, streaked gray-scale graphics with little detail. WHAT ELSE: Canon provides an excellent online manual
with wizards. This printer offers only a USB connector--you won't find
serial or parallel connectors. The software CD-ROM includes PhotoRecord
digital photo album software. UPSHOT: The S300's low purchase price plus its
reasonable ink costs equal a great value for this all-purpose printer.
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