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 HP 7410 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 #: BCI6G Color: Green Yield: 500 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 #: BCI6R Color: Red Yield: 500 pages
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
FREE SHIPPING
MSRP: Our Price: $63.95 Your Savings:$139.05 (68.50%)
OEM #: BCI6BK/C/M/Y/PM/PC/R/G Color: Set
FREE SHIPPING
MSRP: Our Price: $63.50 Your Savings:$115.50 (64.53%)
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
Our Price: $12.95
OEM #: BCI6G Color: Green Yield: 500 pages
Our Price: $12.95
3 or more: $12.65 ea.
OEM #: BCI6R Color: Red Yield: 500 pages
Our Price: $12.95
3 or more: $12.65 ea.
Full Specs (Canon PIXMA IP8500):
Print speed: Black: 16 ppm (approximately 3.8
seconds per page) Color: 12 ppm (approximately 5 seconds per page) 4"x
6" borderless photo: approximately 23 seconds
Print resolution: Black: 4800 x 2400 dpi Color:
4800 x 2400 dpi
Print method: Color inkjet
Nozzles: 768 x 8 colors (C, M, Y, Bk, PC, PM, R, G)
Memory: 80 KB RAM buffer
Print cartridges: 8-color ChromaPLUS ink cartridge
system
Input capacity: Information not available
Paper handling : Information not available
Paper sizes: Letter, Legal, 4" x 6; 5" x 7; US #10
Envelopes
In the box: PIXMA iP8500 Photo Printer, PIXMA
iP8500 Print Head, Ink Tanks: BCI-6C Cyan, BCI-6M Magenta, BCI-6Y
Yellow, BCI-6BK Black, BCI-6PC Photo Cyan, BCI-6PM Photo Magenta, BCI-6R
Red, BCI-6G Green, Power Cord, Easy Setup Instructions, Documentation
kit, Quick Start Guide, Registration Card, Setup Software & User's Guide
CD-ROM, Canon Photo Paper Pro for Borderless Printing 4" x 6" Sample
Pack
ProductDescription for Canon IP8500
(From the Manufacturer, Canon)
The Pixma iP8500 Photo Printer features the Canon eight-color ChromaPLUS
ink system for richer, more true-to-life color reproduction that will
satisfy even the most demanding photographer. Its addition of red and
green ink tanks expands the color spectrum to a level achieved only by
professional printers, and the difference is vividly clear.
Easy-PhotoPrint v3.0
Easy-PhotoPrint 3.0 lets you select and print any image on your PC,
perfectly trim images, correct images using lab-quality retouching
features, correct red-eye, smooth facial lines and skin tone, sharpen
faces, remove blemishes, and print in a variety of sizes and layouts.
Plus, Canon Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) uses
a high-performance print head with an amazing 6,144 nozzles, ejecting
precise, consistent droplets as small as 2 picoliters. The result is
richer images with improved brilliancy rivaling that of positive film.
Your images will come to life as never before.
Thanks to eight individual ink cartridges, you can replace only the
color that runs out, rather than an entire ink cartridge containing
several colors of unused ink. Plus, a unique low-ink sensor alerts you
when ink levels are low, so can just drop in a new tank as needed.
Bottom line: more efficient printing with lower costs.
MSRP for Canon IP8500: $349.99 Street Price: $290.00 - $360.00
CNET.com Editors' review:
Meet the little brother of this spring's Canon i9900, a medium-format
photo printer that earned high marks for speedy performance and
impressive print quality. Part of the newly announced line of Pixma
photo printers, the Canon iP8500 brings a couple of new features to the
table and looks to live up to its big brother's good reputation.
Upside: Like the i9900, the Pixma iP8500 uses eight
dye-based color primaries--cyan, magenta, yellow, photo cyan, photo
magenta, black, red, and green--dubbed the ChromaPlus ink system, so we
expect the iP8500's output to look just as good. The inks are also
unbelievably cheap; based on Canon's capacity ratings, we estimate that
the ink cost of an 8x10 photo is only 14 cents.
Downside: The inks may be cheap, but Canon makes up the
cost difference in paper. A pack of 15 8.5x11 sheets of Canon's
best-quality photo paper, Photo Paper Pro, costs $13.95. Photographers
concerned about print longevity may shy away from Canon's dye-based inks
since pigment-based ones have generally proven more fade-resistant.
Outlook: Given that this printer inherited the i9900's
ink set and printhead technology, we expect the Canon Pixma iP8500
($349.99) to do well in both performance and print-quality tests. We'll
study its prints once it ships this fall.
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