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 S630 compatible printer ink
cartridges:
OEM #: BCI3BK Color: Black Yield: 500 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $4.65 Your Savings:$9.30 (66.67%)
3 or more: $3.45 ea.
OEM #: BCI3C Color: Cyan Yield: 500 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $4.65 Your Savings:$7.30 (61.09%)
3 or more: $3.45 ea.
OEM #: BCI3M Color: Magenta Yield: 500 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $4.65 Your Savings:$7.30 (61.09%)
3 or more: $3.45 ea.
OEM #: BCI3Y Color: Yellow Yield: 500 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $4.65 Your Savings:$7.30 (61.09%)
3 or more: $3.45 ea.
OEM #: MBCI3BK Color: Black
This product is currently not available.
OEM #: MBCI3C Color: Cyan
Our Price: $21.00
3 or more: $20.50 ea.
OEM #: MBCI3M Color: Magenta
Our Price: $22.85
3 or more: $22.20 ea.
OEM #: MBCI3Y Color: Yellow
Our Price: $20.95
3 or more: $20.35 ea.
OEM #: BCI3Bk/C/M/Y Color: Set
MSRP: Our Price: $37.95 Your Savings:$112.05 (74.70%)
OEM #: BCI3eC/BCI6C Color: White
Our Price: $6.95
3 or more: $5.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI3eM/BCI6M Color: White
Our Price: $6.95
3 or more: $5.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI3eY/BCI6Y Color: White
Our Price: $6.95
3 or more: $5.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI3BK Color: Black Yield: 500 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $14.95 Your Savings:$0.24 (1.58%)
3 or more: $14.65 ea.
OEM #: BCI3C Color: Cyan Yield: 500 pages
Our Price: $12.95
3 or more: $12.45 ea.
OEM #: BCI3M Color: Magenta Yield: 500 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $12.95 Your Savings:$0.04 (0.31%)
3 or more: $12.45 ea.
OEM #: BCI3Y Color: Yellow Yield: 500 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $12.95 Your Savings:$0.04 (0.31%)
3 or more: $12.45 ea.
Specifications (S630):
Print speed: Monochrome: 17 pages per minute,
Color: 12 ppm
Printer ink cartridges: Black ink cartridge
(BCI-3eBK), cyan ink cartridge (BCI-3eC), magenta ink cartridge
(BCI-3eM), and yellow ink cartridge (BCI-3eY)
Paper handling (standard): Letter, legal, envelope,
greeting card envelope (A4, A5, B5), U.S. Commercial #10 envelope,
European DL envelope
Paper handling/output: 30 sheets
Paper types: Photo Paper Pro, banner paper,
envelopes, glossy photo cards, glossy photo paper, high-gloss photo
film, high resolution paper, plain paper, transparencies, T-shirt
transfers
System requirements: Windows 95, 98, 2000, Me, and
XP; Macintosh OS 8.1 to 9.x and OSX
In the box: Canon S630, Photo Paper Pro (4 by 6
inches, 5 sheets), BJ Solution CD-ROM with PhotoRecord
Warranty: 1 year limited
ProductDescription for Canon S630
(From the Manufacturer, Canon)
A midrange printer with ample features and quality for its price, the
S630 from Canon should appeal to a wide range of users. Impressive image
quality is due to a 2,400 x 1,200 maximum color dpi and a picoliter drop
size of 5 pls (that's really small if you're wondering).
An input tray of 100 sheets can handle a wide variety of paper sizes
(from 4 by 6 inches up to 8.5 by 14 inches) and supports a wide variety
of paper types. The S630 connects either via USB or parallel port and
comes backed with a one-year limited warranty.
This printer model is not being manufactured by Canon any
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PC WORLD.com Editors' review: WHAT'S HOT: We retested the S630 using its USB
interface; as a result, text speed increased from 3.9 pages per minute
to 6.3 ppm, and graphics speed jumped from 0.3 ppm to 0.7 ppm. The Canon
S630 Bubble Jet closely resembles its sibling, the less expensive S500,
but ultimately comes out ahead in print quality. On text documents, the
S630 produces clean letters and evenly spaced and textured serifs. Like
the S500, the S630 prints slightly dark graphics with sharp details and
even textures.
WHAT'S NOT: Although photo output looked good, the
colors were a bit off: Skin tones appeared slightly ruddy. If you're
planning to print photos, your $200 would be better spent on a model
like the Epson Stylus 785EPX. Like the S500, the S630 has poorly
attached paper-feed and output trays that fall off easily when you move
or bump them.
WHAT ELSE: Generally, the S630 is almost identical to
the S500--it has the same dimensions, the same purple shell and
silver-speckled lid, and the same connectivity options (a USB port for
new PCs and a parallel port for older PCs).
As on the S500, drivers bundled with the S630 include lots of features,
but you may have to do some exploring to feel comfortable with them. For
example, the S630 lets you create watermarks or superimpose an external
file on the printed document (such as adding a letterhead image to a
document), and it even lets you convert an image into a duotone using
black and any color on the color wheel.
UPSHOT: Though it's no home-office dynamo, the S630
provides better text quality than the S500 and does a nice job on
low-resolution snapshots. The fast text speed and good text quality make
it a good choice for a home office.
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