Canon S600 Color Bubble Jet Printer

by Canon

Product Details

Product Manual [917kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 16.9 x 6.8 inches ; 11 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 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: B00005B9GJ
• Item model number: Q303380US1
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 2000

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

While it's a reliable printer for standard applications, the Canon S600 also offers plenty of jazzy possibilities for amateur crafters and photographers. A monochrome resolution of 600 x 600 dpi and color resolution of 2,400 x 1,200 dpi provide impressive clarity and crispness on either plain paper or more unusual materials, such as magnet sheets, transparencies, and glossy photo paper. The included Canon imaging software provides photo editing options for users with Canon digital cameras, and management tools for all stored images.

The installation process was outlined clearly on the setup sheet, and configuring the printer was simple. Drivers loaded smoothly (Mac users have an extra download), and the four separate ink tanks are color-coded to ensure proper placement. The paper-loading tray is crafted from an impressively sturdy plastic, and the lower receiving tray folds back over the case when not in use. The quick-start guide is something you'll want to keep handy if you plan on using many different paper types with your S600--each paper style has a different maximum load, and overloading this printer is a sure way to cause paper jams.

Colors and tones were gorgeous, and images retained crisply defined detail on both matte and glossy paper. The overall print speed seemed to vary a fair amount; while standard monochrome office documents clipped along at about 12 pages per minute (ppm), detailed colored sheets slowed to about 4 ppm. While this speed is acceptable for most home users, it may be frustrating at higher outputs. All management occurs through dialog boxes that are easy to navigate, and the two-button operation is ideal for those who like their technology plain and simple. Excellent for families or home offices, the Canon S600 is perfect for churning out everything from class reports and office spreadsheets to cheerful photo magnets for the grandparents. --Jill Lightner

Pros:

• Separate color ink tanks
• No-mistake setup
• Easy print management

Cons:

• Slow color-print speed
• Heavier weights of paper inclined to jam

Amazon.com Product Description

The new, stylish Canon S-600 color Bubble Jet printer offers premium-quality resolution to provide you with great text, graphics, and photo printing. For home or business projects, the S600 offers many impressive features. It produces 15 pages per minute of black prints at 600 x 600 dpi resolution, and up to 10 ppm of color prints at 2,400 x 1,200 dpi resolution. An 8-by-10-inch photo is produced in about 90 seconds using plain paper. The Canon Think Tank system allows you to replace individual ink tanks instead of the entire cartridge, and optical low-ink sensors warn you when you're beginning to run low. The Canon S-600 color Bubble Jet printer also comes with a BJ Solution CD-ROM (with PhotoRecord software) to asset you with all your printing needs, as well as an additional premium software offer, and a Photo Paper Pro 4-by-6-inch sample pack.

Compatible with either Windows 95/98/2000/Me, Windows NT, or Mac operating systems, the S-600 is connected through either USB or parallel interfaces. The S-600 is backed by Canon's one-year warranty and InstantExchange program to eliminate downtime.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do Not Buy Anything Else, April 30, 2001

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"kidquick" (Virgina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon S600 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

I have owned Epsons, HPs, Xerox's and Canons. This is the best one of all. First i got the HP1100 photosmart back in January 2000. It was pretty much top of the line then. I didnt think much would top it for speed and photo quality. But once i started to see some photo printers out on the market, i realized the HP 1100 was NOT really for total photo quality, it was more of a speedy really nice color printer. so i bought a Canon 8200 due to the reviews i had seen in Popular Photography magazine. I Still have it. They said it was #1 so i took their word for it. They were right. It beats everything in photos. Hands down. I heard a lot about the Epson 870 for photos so i bought that just to see if it was better than my 8200 for a couple weeks. it printed really nice pictures, very close to my 8200 from canon but its slow performance and high ink costs forced me to take it back early. Hearing about the new S600 from Canon with higher resolution than their 8200 i figured i'd try that one too. IT ROCKS. ITS MUCH MUCH faster than my 12 page a minute HP 1100 and the photos are just out right astonishing. (gave the HP 1100 away) Any picture i can take, it can print. If i need a 20 page report when i'm running out the door, i get it quickly between using the bathroom and finding my car keys. the manual says the black cartrdige goes 695 pages. You know me, i have to try it. YES, i wasted a whole ink cartridge and tons of paper just to see. OK, so i'm a nerd. Anyways, i printed 768 pages before the well ran dry. At [the price] for that many pages, i'm not tyring to buy no other printer. I LOVE cheap ink cartridges! you buy the printer once but you pay for ink for the next 4 years. SPEED and beautiful photos wrapped up in one; It wasnt possible unitl now. I found it in the Canon S600 and i hope you do too.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something's Not Right, May 11, 2001

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Eli (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon S600 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

I still can't believe I paid [such a good price] for this machine. It is absolutely amazing. I don't know why Canon has offered such an amazing printer with such great quality for a price this low, it just doesn't seem right. I recently bought the CanonScan N122OU (another equally impressive canon acessory) and up until a week ago was in desparate need of a high quality printer. I can scan photo prints at 1200dpi on the scanner, then print the images out at 1200dpi on the printer. If you compare the original photo to a the printed version on photo paper, you will honestly have a hard time trying to tell them apart. Everything you've read is true. It's fast, quiet, uses high quality ink that is [inexpensive]and uses it efficiently. I've purchased many things from Amazon in the past and this is the only thing I've ever been motivated to write about. If you're at all interested in having an extremely high quality printer for a price far below what it's worth. Look no further.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amatuer digital photographer, July 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Canon S600 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

This is the first printer I have owned and used at home so I really have nothing to compare it to other than the HP laser we have at the office. That said, I am very happy with this printer. I have been using it with my Koday DC280 digital camera (also purchased from Amazon after careful research), with excellent results. The pictures I just printed from a recent camping trip are virtually indistinguishable from 35 mm prints. Now don't get me wrong, you can tell the difference, but only with close inspection. For quick and easy pictures, I really like using the 4x6 Canon Glossy Photo Cards which are just as good as the Canon photo paper pro for about $4 less. I also looked at the S800 when shopping for a printer. The only difference I could see was the print speed was faster on the S800 and I think it uses a different type of ink. Whether the ink affects the photos or not I don't know, but they do call the S800 a photo printer. Without being able to compare the two head to head, I decided to save the $100 in price difference and I have no regrets whatsoever. I would also say that while I don't consider the S600 a "fast" printer like the reviewer who was dissatisfied with his, I wouldn't say it's slow either. I'd say it's just about right.

Overall I am extremely pleased with this printer and would recommend it to anyone. The price is right and the pictures are wonderful.

I really like to read all the reviews I can on a product before I buy it and put a lot of weight into what other customers think about their purchase. So there's my two cents, that's what you wanted right?