Customer Reviews

Canon BJC 3000 Color Bubble Jet Printer

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This printer is awesome. ive been looking into canons "Drop Modulation" technology vs HP's PhotoRet III and Canons 'DM' has a much better take on things. They can do with 720x360 what it takes HP 1200+ dpi to do. The unit is fast at up to 9 pages per minute and can handle business black text documents with perfection. The 4 cartridge system is a no brainer (saves me tons of money) and the print quality really is revolutionary at this price. (or any price really) I'd buy one before you spent lots of money on HP's PhotoRet II which now i see is really over rated...

This printer will cost you more in ink cartridges than it is worth. The cartridge ($50.00) that holds the ink tanks go out every few tanks of ink. Canon claims these will last for 20 tanks. Not true. I have bought 2 cartridges that have only lasted for 3 tanks each. The tech support is worthless.

I bought this printer under the impression it was good for printing pictures. Boy was I wrong!! B&W quality is fine, but color comes out horrible!!!

I bought this printer about a year ago, and it worked OK except large noise (even not in printing). The printer started working abnormally since last week. Every time I clicked "print", the computer was forced to restart and "printing" was stopped in the middle. I checked all relevant softwears, as well as tech support from Canon, and didn't find anything wrong. In the end, I gave up. I bought an Epson printer, and it works great in my computer.

i have had this printer for almost 3 years and have not been happy. The color is not very good at all, It is extremly loud, and shakes so bad it rocks my hole desk!! Not good at all if you want to print pictures unless they are really tiny( bad resolution) the cannon site is hard to find support and when you do there is no infomation that helps which means you have to call tech supprt and you know what fun that can be!! Which i did and after staying on hold for a hour they hung up on me!!
Get an epson. comparable prices for better quality...that is what i did and am glad i did it!!

I've had this printer for over ten years and it is still going. I've used mostly non-oem ink cartridges that I refill myself. The only problem is that I get noise on some color prints because the printer driver needs some updating for use with Vista OS. Still prints text great. Still use it mainly for kids to print pictures.

The main drawback of this printer is Canon's design for getting ink to the print head. Because the ink has to seep through a sponge to get to the print head, the amount of ink flow is limited. For instance, if you were to print something that had, say, heavy black in one area, it would print okay for the first few lines, but much more than that and it'll start leaving blank streaks across your paper where there wasn't enough ink to feed the print head... effectively ruining your print. Also, it seems that the print heads get dirty quickly, as I have to run the print head cleaning program about once every two weeks.

I think some of the reviews for this printer are misleading. For the money, this is a terrific printer. It is very versatile and prints at a nice speed with exceptional resolution for a 1440 dpi inkjet printer. Higher resolution for most people is not needed because their eyes are not that good. This printer does a very acceptible job on photos and can not be beat for nice clear crisp text. You can spend three or four time the money on other printers and not get what you get with a BJC 3000. Canon consistently produces fine products. Worth every dollar.

I've used HP Deskjet printers for years and just recently decided to upgrade. My son needs a color printer so he got the HP-693c and I bought a Canon BJC-3000. My biggest complaint about the HP's was the single color cartridge - run out of one color and you have to throw the entire cartridge away. Not so with the BJC-3000.

I've had good results with the graphics and printed some photo-quality images using Kodak InkJet photo paper. You have to do some adjustments of the settings to get things right, but the results are very good once that is done.

The major complaint I have is the noise coming out of this thing! It isn't bad while printing, but during initialization and after printer a few sheets, it goes into a mode where it sounds like it is coming apart. All ink jet printers do this, but this one is especially noisy.

After searching through tons of other printers to purchase to go with my iMac, I finally settled on the Canon BJC-3000. It only took about 10 minutes to set it up - and that includes the amount of time it took to remove it from the box! The color is wonderful. The first few things I printed were on plain paper and the quality was great. When I put in special photo paper, it looked like you would expect - a photograph. I'm very impressed with the Canon - especially for the price...it performs much better than the HP 550C I purchased 5 years ago...

The speed and print quality is perfect for at-home use with professional-looking quality. As with any injet/bubble printer, using the right kind of paper for the job does make a difference. With the plain paper, text looked laser-jet sharp. Color looked just fine, as well, but it doesn't have the crisp quality of using special photo paper. Also, the color bled through the back of the plain paper, however, the color didn't run which saves on using that expensive for draft or quick copies.

The individual tanks are a lot less expensive than having to purchase brand new ones...

Another thing I love about it is that, in addition to my iMac, I also have an old IBM machine. Just for the heck of it, I plugged my printer into it, and guess what? Yes, it works. One printer that can be used on both platforms. All it takes to use it on both computers is the right cable. A USB cable for the iMac and a parrallel cable for the IBM. NOTE: No computer cables were included with the printer. They do have to be purchased separately.

Another note of versatility - Canon has an add-on that can be purchased to make the printer into a scanner. My understanding of the way it works is that you take out the toner cartridges and replace it with a scanning cartridge. I saw a demo, and it looked pretty simple...Not bad, but it is sheet-fed...However, if you have a small work area and don't have room for another piece of equipment, it would be a smart buy if you are desperately in need of scanning capabilities.

The savings in the long run on toner and paper, and being able to use it on both my IBM & Macintosh machines made this an intelligent choice for me. Plus getting the rebate? It certainly is the best [money] I've ever spent.