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Canon S820 Photo Inkjet Printer

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Brand	Canon
Printing Technology	Inkjet
Special Feature	Borderless
Printer Output	Color
Maximum Print Speed (Color)	4 ppm
Max Printspeed Monochrome	9 ppm
Print media	Glossy photo paper
Scanner Type	Photo
Compatible Devices	PC
Hardware Interface	USB

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Professional-quality six-color printing system
Print a borderless 4-by-6-inch photo in about a minute, or an 8-by-10 in about 2 minutes
Up to 2,400 x 1,200 dpi resolution for black and color
USB and parallel connections; PC and Mac compatible
Complete software bundle, including PhotoRecord, PhotoStitch, ZoomBrowser, and ImageBrowser

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printer output	Color	Color	Color	Color	Color	Color
printer technology	Inkjet	Inkjet	Inkjet	Laser	Inkjet	Inkjet
print media type	glossy photo paper	glossy photo paper	glossy photo paper	envelopes, paper plain	glossy photo paper	envelopes, paper plain
max input sheets	—	30	20	150	—	—
connectivity tech	—	Wireless;USB	USB, Memory Card, USB Drive	USB	Bluetooth	USB
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For photography fans, Canon offers the S820 Photo InkJet. It's ideal for printing colorful borderless photos directly from your desktop, as it requires no special papers to achieve refined color and detail. Plus, with both USB and parallel ports, it's a suitable companion for either your Mac or PC.

The S820 uses a six-color printing process with individual ink tanks (256 x 6 nozzles) to reduce waste. Just drop in the single color cartridge you need, without having to change the others. The inks are formulated to provide lightfast images lasting up to 25 years.

Print crisp clean black and color prints at 2,400 x 1,200 dpi on a wide variety of media, including letter size, legal size, A4, A5, photo cards, No. 10 or European envelopes and banner paper. Canon claims you can print an 8-by-10-inch photo on plain paper in under two minutes and a 4-by-6 in about one minute, both in photo quality.

The unit is designed for compactness and quiet running for users seeking high-quality photo printing. Software includes the printer drivers and a BJ Solution Disk CD-ROM. The latter includes PhotoRecord for Windows, ImageBrowser for Mac, and PhotoStitch for both Windows and Mac. Canon offers a one-year limited warranty on parts and labor.

From the Manufacturer

Imagine: brilliant 4-by-6-inch borderless photos in about 60 seconds, and 8.5-by-11-inch photos in approximately two minutes, all with the ability to retain their vibrancy and color for 25 years, and all right from your desktop. The S820 Photo Printer produces photo prints of silver-halide quality, thanks to a high-performance six-color ink system. It combines standard cyan, magenta, and yellow ink tanks with one-sixth density photo cyan, photo magenta, and black ink tanks in one printhead--making 2,400 x 1,200 dpi photo-quality printing available. Plus, Canon's advanced MicroFine Droplet Technology combines cutting-edge achievements in ink-droplet size, accurate ink application, consistent droplet quality, and ink composition. The result is spectacular print resolution, up to 49 gradation levels, dramatically reduced graininess, and breathtaking detail and color reproduction.

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Resolution

2400 x 1200

Control Method

App

Total USB Ports

Package Dimensions

21 x 14 x 10.3 inches

Item Weight

16.22 pounds

ASIN

B00005YX40

Customer Reviews

3.0 39 ratings

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Best Sellers Rank

#783,908 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
#547 in Ink Tank Printers

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Yes

Date First Available

February 25, 2002

Manufacturer

Canon

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A. Follansbee

One Star

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2018

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colors faded in weeks w canon paper and ink terrible

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Ryan S.

The fade factor ruins an otherwise great printer

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2003

It seems there are two camps in these reviews, the people giving it five stars based on their early experiences, and the people giving it a low rating based on the fading they've noticed after using it for a while.
Using the Canon paper recommended by the manufacturer, the pictures are wonderful, and don't appear to fade when stored immediately behind glass or in an album. Throw one up on a fridge, though, and you won't be too happy in a few months.
That's a pretty fatal flaw, in my opinion. The ability to crank out a photo on-demand for casual use or giving to a friend for their fridge is the whole appeal of having an at-home printing system.
A quick web search for "Canon s820 fading problem" will produce some links to tips from others on minimizing the problem, using specific paper, etc. Maybe there is a "fade free" paper solution, but if you have to go outside the manufacturer's product line to find it, it hurts the rating of the device, I think.
This may be symptomatic of all home photo printers, I haven't owned any others. If you understand this drawback and are willing to research the right paper combo or only print for albums, you won't be disappointed in the quality of the output.

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I'm getting annoyed at S820s dying

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2015

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I'm getting annoyed at S820s dying, and their Linux support is a bit marginal. I'll probably buy an HP product next time.

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Tim the Duke

2nd opinion: Almost there!

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2002

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After I first bought this printer I thought it was incredible, maybe perfect. But after I've had it for a while I'm more sensitive to its flaws vs. a photo lab, and so am updating my review. First of all, this printer produces incredible output... for an inkjet. I thought I had found something that would make the local photo lab obsolete. At the time I did not know I could just take my digtal pictures to the local photo lab for 1hr processing, just like traditional film. Now that I've discovered this and have been able to compare like pictures on both the printer and from the lab, I can say that the output of this printer is easily inferior to that of a lab.
In some pictures you really can't tell the difference, but I often see a perceptible halftome screen (think hunderds of barly visible dark lines all the way across the print). Certain shades are still a bit grainy, color gamut is a bit weak, and there is way too much detail in shadows. Even when set to the dark setting in the driver, the printouts are too bright. In pictures that have dark areas, there is a somewhat sudden drop off from high shadow detail to sudden pure black(which in the case of the 820 is just not dark enough). Also I now realize that this printer has a nasty habit of really bringing out the noise in pictures that have a moderate amount(it's worst with Photo Paper Pro). Prints from the lab manage to hide this noise altogether.
I must re-emphasize that this printer does an incredible job, but I think if you get this printer and print some photos and then see the same photos side-by-side from a photo lab, you will find it lacking. On the other hand, I'm sure a lot of people will find these print-outs more than adequate.

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JLC

Call me insane, but this is tremendous quality for 200 bucks

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2002

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Ok, I admit it...I haven't bought a new computer and printer for quite some time, but I am a demanding photography hobbyist always looking for my next photo gadget. Maybe if I quit spending money on cameras I could buy a real computer. Yes, a good idea...so I bought a new Dell PC on a back to school special a few weeks ago.
I hand-picked this printer to go with it. Yes, I could have picked any printer and expected to pay more but after a ton of research, this was the one. Priced at roughly $200, I couldn't believe the value. Amazon[.com]'s price was almost $100 cheaper than my local Circuit City or Staples.
Hooked it up last weekend - took 10 minutes max and I even installed a brand new USB 2.0 card to expand my ports. Love the individual ink tanks...not having to replace colors that haven't gone out is great for the wallet and the environment. The individual cartridges can be replaced for $11.95 and were available at my local Office Max.
I did have to play around with the printer settings. I bought both Canon (at canon's site) and Kodak paper (at Sams club) and started figuring it out. I have a Minolta 4MP S404 and an Epson 2450 scanner. The first photos printed on the Kodak paper were grainy and very non-photo like. Good news followed after about 2-3 attempts with different print settings. The result, virtually photo perfect prints from the Minolta S404. Stunning and unbelievably fast. Best news, the Canon lets you save the perfect print settings once you discover what works the best. Thank goodness, without this "profile" feature I would go nuts.
It was harder to get the same output from my scanner but I upped the scan resolution above 600dpi and the photo print quality has outperformed my wildest expectations. The result is a near perfect copy of the original.
It might be me, but I can't figure out how to make the 4x6 (Kodak paper) work. I have been printing on the larger 8x11 paper and slicing the final photo to size. Also, I got nearly same quality from Kodak and Canon paper with the right settings. For the price, the Kodak paper is a winner with this printer.
Bottom Line: Would buy it all over again, fast, and tremendous output quality for the money.
Cons: Only downside was fooling around with the print settings and saving the print profiles to get consistently good results.

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