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 S800 compatible printer ink
cartridges:
OEM #: BCI6BK Color: Black Yield: 300 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $4.85 Your Savings:$7.10 (59.41%)
3 or more: $3.75 ea.
OEM #: BCI6C Color: Cyan Yield: 280 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $4.85 Your Savings:$7.10 (59.41%)
3 or more: $3.75 ea.
OEM #: BCI6M Color: Magenta Yield: 280 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $4.85 Your Savings:$7.10 (59.41%)
3 or more: $3.75 ea.
OEM #: BCI6PC Color: Photo Cyan Yield: 280 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $4.85 Your Savings:$7.10 (59.41%)
MSRP: Our Price: $4.85 Your Savings:$7.10 (59.41%)
3 or more: $3.75 ea.
OEM #: BCI6Y Color: Yellow Yield: 280 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $4.85 Your Savings:$7.10 (59.41%)
3 or more: $3.75 ea.
OEM #: BCI6BK/C/M/Y Color: Set
MSRP: Our Price: $43.95 Your Savings:$111.05 (71.65%)
OEM #: BCI6BK/C/M/Y/PM/PC Color: Set
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MSRP: Our Price: $63.95 Your Savings:$139.05 (68.50%)
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 #: BCI6BK Color: White
Our Price: $6.95
3 or more: $5.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI6PC Color: White
Our Price: $6.95
3 or more: $5.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI6PM Color: White
Our Price: $6.95
3 or more: $5.95 ea.
OEM #: BCI6BK Color: Black Yield: 300 pages
MSRP: Our Price: $12.95 Your Savings:$0.04 (0.31%)
Technical Specifications (Canon S800):
Print speed: 4 x 6 inch in approximately 1 minute,
8 x 10 inch in approximately 2 minutes
Print resolution: 2400 x 1200 dpi
Print technology: MicroFine Droplet Technology
Print method: inkjet
Memory: 80 KB
Input capacity: 100 sheets at 24 pound paper stock
Ink cartridges: Canon Think Tank System
Media handling (standard): 100 sheets max.
Media types: Banner paper, glossy photo, glossy
photo paper, high gloss photo film, high resolution paper, letter,
legal, envelopes, photo paper pro, photo paper pro 4 x 6 inches,
transparencies, t-shirt transfers
Nozzle configuration: 1,536 nozzles (256 x 6
colors)
Interface: USB and IEEE 1284 parallel
Compatibility: Windows 95/98/2000, Windows Me,
Windows NT 4.0, Mac OS 8.1 or later (with built-in USB), iMac, iBook,
PowerBook, G3/G
In the box: Setup Software and User's guide CD-ROM
including Printer drivers, Reference Guide and e-registration; BJ
Solution Disk CD-ROM including PhotoRecord (Windows), ImageBrowser (Mac)
and PhotoStitch (Windows/Mac); CompactFlash Card Reader
Warranty: 1-year limited warranty with
InstantExchange Program
ProductDescription for Canon S800
(From the Manufacturer, Canon)
The Canon S800 color ink-jet printer provides speed and flexibility,
requiring no special papers to achieve refined color, precision, and
detail for all your photo printing needs. The S800 uses a six-color
printing process with individual ink tanks, while a 100-page sheet
feeder in a straight paper path supports continuous printing. With both
USB and parallel ports, it's a suitable match for your Mac or PC.
You can print an 8-by-10-inch color photo on plain paper in under two
minutes, and a 4-by-6-inch in about one minute, both in photo quality.
When the onscreen message warns you that ink levels are low, just drop
in the single color ink cartridge you need.
Designed as a compact and quiet printer for users seeking high-quality
photo printing, the S800 also enables you to transfer photos from your
digital camera to your computer through the CompactFlash card reader.
The S800 includes printer drivers, a BJ Solution Disk CD-ROM, and
PhotoStitch software, plus PhotoRecord for Windows users or ImageBrowser
for Mac users. Canon also includes a one-year limited warranty on parts
and labor.
This printer model is not being manufactured by Canon any
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PCWORLD.com Editors' review: WHAT'S HOT: The S800 looks just like an ordinary ink
jet, but this photo printer packs two extra ink tanks (dilute shades of
cyan and magenta) to help it capture subtle lighting and transitions. We
found it indeed produces photos with great detail and subtle, rich
colors and textures. Despite the use of six inks instead of four, the
S800 incurs reasonable ink costs; based on Canon's estimated yield for
an ink cartridge, a page of text costs only 1.9 cents and a page of
color graphics runs 12.8 cents. When we retested the S800 using a USB
interface, it made a threefold jump in graphics performance to a
reasonable 0.6 pages per minute. WHAT'S NOT: With a text speed of 2.4 ppm, the S800 is
pokier than most of the other ink jet printers we've tested. Except for
color graphics, the S800's output quality in our tests was inferior to
that of the less-expensive S600. Text looked grayish and rough in
places, narrow parallel lines overlapped, and color graphics looked
slightly hazy with marginal detail. WHAT ELSE: Canon provides graphics-oriented software
with the S800, including PhotoStitch, for combining photos into
panoramic shots, and PhotoRecord, for archiving photos. The S800
includes a thorough online manual, but no printed manual. UPSHOT: Good photo quality and extra features make the
S800 a suitable photo printer, but slow text-printing speeds and
not-so-great text and graphics quality mean it falls short as an office
printer.
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