Canon BJC 8200 Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 8.1 x 13.1 inches ; 13.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004T8MV
• Item model number: Q30-3201-US1
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Equipped with built-in USB and parallel ports and both Mac and PC compatible, the BJC 8200 is an ideal companion to your desktop or laptop. You'll print crisp text and true colors on photo paper, transparencies, and much more with this sleekly designed, small, light printer.

Setup and installation are smooth and easy with the Canon Quick Start Guide. The ink cartridges are easy to install but require several more steps than usual because each tank is installed separately. However, the ink management system minimizes waste and saves you money; you replace only the color that runs out. We also like the reassurance of the low-ink sensor, which sends a message when the ink is low so you can refill before you start a new project.

Print speeds are approximately a minute for 4-by-6-inch prints and up to 3 minutes for an 8-by-10-inch print. The 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution in black and color produces vibrantly colored and detailed photo prints. The unit's auto feed speeds production, holding about 100 sheets of plain paper and 80 pages of high-resolution photographic paper. The BJC 8200 runs a little loud for our taste, but who could resist a remarkably fast, commanding little printer, enabling you to print high-quality photos in your home or office?Although the BJC-8200 has a highly intuitive interface, you may need to consult the manual to use some functions. We prefer having a hard copy of the user's reference at hand, but Canon's guide is online. The BJC-8200 printer includes a creative software applications CD-ROM featuring printer setup guide and Canon Photo. It prints on a wide range of paper types, including PhotoPaperPro, brilliant white, Bubble Jet, banner papers, envelopes, fabric sheets, greeting and glossy photo cards, glossy photo paper, high-gloss photo film, and high-resolutionand plain paper, transparencies, and magnetic sheets. We didn't try them all but if results remain consistent, the outcome is sure to impress even the master photographer.

Canon offers a one-year limited warranty on parts and labor with SelectExchange available. --Barbara Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful prints, August 4, 2000

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Richard Jones (Los Gatos, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon BJC 8200 Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer (Office Product)

I have been a Canon fan for over 4 years. My previous pinter was a BJC-6000. It was awesome...but the BJC-8200 is so much nicer...especially with color gradation. I will admit that the 8200 didn't print the colors as I expected but with some color matching using Adobe Photoshop it is now tweaked to perfection. The output is amazing...even under magnification. Nice and quiet, too. It is also very conservative on ink consumption and the 6 individual ink tanks make it very nice for printing a bunch of prints with a high percentage of one color (close-up of a bright yellow tulip). Just replace the yellow tank when it gets low instead of throwing away three colors with most other printers. Buy it!

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great printer and cheaper to operate, January 3, 2001

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Min L. Cai "in-ken-we-trust" (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon BJC 8200 Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer (Office Product)

This Canon BJS-8200 is an excellent printer with lots of nice features than other popular brands.

Pro: 1) most importantly, it prints excellent quality pictures 2) 6 separate ink tanks really make the operation cheaper, and it consumes very little ink. 3) the see-through ink tank is also a good idea, you know which color has consumed most so you can purchase a spare in advance. 4) better resolution, 1200x1200 dpi (1.44 dots/sq-inch), in comparison to 1440x720 dpi (1.0368 dots/sq-inch) in others 5) with both parallel and USB connection is a plus

Con: 1) maybe a little slow in high quality print mode, but not by alot 2) If I just print 4"x6" pictures, I have to waste all the other area of 8"x11" papers because the software that comes with the printer does not let you print multiple pictures on one sheet of paper. High quality photo paper is still expensive - althought the price has came down alot recently, so I want to layout multiple pictures of different sizes on one sheet of paper to be printed (I heard HP printer comes with software to let you layout the pictures on a 8"x11" paper).

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Printer, October 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Canon BJC 8200 Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer (Office Product)

After trying many other printers from 99.99 up to 299.99, and most of the time feeling ripped off after trying it and it not performing as expected, and purchasing expensive ink carts. I found this Canon BJC8200. I can say now that I feel I have a fine all around printer excellent text, excellent photo, six seperate ink carts. no longer will I be forced to purchase an expensive cartrige because I ran out of one color, at around 8.00 each I don't mind replacing the ones needed for my BJC8200. This is not a fast printer, if you are looking for quality like I was then purchase a Canon BJC8200, its worth the short wait.