Canon BJC-5100 Bubble Jet Printer

by Canon

Product Details

Product Manual [1.21mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 11.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 17 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00000JKKN
• Item model number: BJC5100
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The BJC-5100 is the ultimate business printing machine--able to meet the everyday challenges of any busy office. Because time is money, the BJC-5100 gives you the power to print sharp, professional-quality black text documents at blazing fast speeds. And because image is everything, count on brilliant photo-quality color performance whether you're printing brochures, flyers, photos, or even Web sites. But its real advantage is its versatility, enabling you to interchange a wide selection of Canon specialty inks and papers to achieve truly amazing results.

Product Description

Blasing fast, laser quality black printing at 10 ppm and 4 ppm in color. 1440x720 dpi color printing. Huge 1800 page ink yeild in black with two BC23 black cartridges. 7 color photo printing with optical BC22e Photo Ink Cartridge. Flexible 4" x 6" to 11" x 17" paper support. Includes software. Compatible with Windows 95,98 and Windows NT.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Adequate for less-demanding, simple graphics and text, October 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Canon BJC-5100 Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

Canon is not the printer to get if you want high-quality graphics. Adequate for simple color graphics and text, but many other similar-priced products are far ahead in terms of graphics output quality.

If you want photo-realistic color, go for an Epson (preferably the Epson 750) or Lexmark (Z51 is pretty good).

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A THIRST FOR EXPENSIVE INK, January 21, 2000

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fatbat (Cleveland,Oh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon BJC-5100 Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

I was enticed by the supposed "photo quality" of this printer, which of course looked great in the store. I have had a continual problem with what I see on my monitor, not being what I get out of this printer. Serious color discrepancies. I have spent much time reworking a photo to get it to where I think the printer might respond to my liking. It's too much guesswork, I don't have the desire to try to get inside my printer's mind that much. The really aggravating thing is the cost of the photo ink cartridge, at approximately $50 a pop. Ouch! And let me tell you, this thing is thirsty! After buying a couple of those, you could get a much better printer, which I'm about to do. OOps! For everyday printing of text and some graphics, I suppose it's adequate. However, if you need to print photos, don't bother with this printer, I wish I hadn't.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not the bargain you might think, March 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Canon BJC-5100 Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

I needed to purchase a printer capable of accomodating 11x17 media for my architecture coursework and was initially attracted to the canon bjc5100 due to its price. I owned a canon printer previously and was well satisfied with it but this printer has done nothing but let me down. I found the manual feed-from-behind feature a tremendous annoyance as it requires a great deal of space. Also the printer does not automatically align any media fed from the rear so at least a third of my papers go through crooked despite profuse efforts to get them in straight. I also had a new problem occur recently. The printer decided to no longer recognize 11x17 media size and now every time I want to print at that size, I have to custom set it. Very annoying. Sure it's now going for around 99 bucks in all the stores, but keep in mind you're getting what you pay for.