Canon S630 Color Bubble Jet Printer

by Canon

Product Details

Product Manual [3.74mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 16.9 x 7 inches
• 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: B00005NFCO
• Item model number: s630
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

A midrange printer with ample features and quality for its price, the S630 from Canon should appeal to a wide range of users. Impressive image quality is due to a 2,400 x 1,200 maximum color dpi and a picoliter drop size of 5 pls (that's really small if you're wondering). A rated print speed of up to 17 ppm black and white and up to 12 ppm color is nice and fast, while a 62 KB buffer helps prevent any slowdowns that might occur on simple print jobs.

An input tray of 100 sheets can handle a wide variety of paper sizes (from 4 by 6 inches up to 8.5 by 14 inches) and supports a wide variety of paper types. The S630 connects either via USB or parallel port and comes backed with a one-year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great PHOTO printer for the price., November 23, 2001

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Ben Quinata (Surprise, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon S630 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

I have to say this printer is leaps and bounds above others in its price range (...). I chose Canon because of prior experience. I started out with a BJ-10ex, BJC-6000 and now this one. I did some research and found that Epson is an ink hog and HP hasn't come close to the photo-quality of Canon and Epson. I did frown down on Epson for making a very loud printer compared to the Canon. Though I have to admit both make some noise when initially feeding the paper in. After that you can barely tell the Canon is printing until it spits it out.

I did encounter one problem with attempting to print to the S630. Using Macromedia Fireworks, I tried printing a PNG graphics file but the printer took the paper and spit it right out with no trace of ink on the paper. I haven't made the call the Canon yet. I hope to get it resolved soon.

If you decide on buy a printer and want to use another brand of paper don't forget to create a customize "form" before doing so. Just open up your printers folder(assuming you are using Windows) and select File | Server Properties or something very similar. You will then get a windows that lists all the different types of paper sizes and an option to create new ones. This is where you have to measure you paper and input the dimensions in. Do a test run using plain letter size paper and use that as your basis for making adjustments before you use that expensive paper.

Unfortunately the poor soul(An electronis fan) who posted on Oct 27,2001 from Chicago, IL USA may not have known this and wasted time, money and patience trying to get it working on a different brand of paper. (...)

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First impressions (& printed pages): EXCELLENT!, December 17, 2001

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ffass "ffass" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Canon S630 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

7:00pm: Pick up this printer (ordered from Amazon ...) from my local package receiving guy.
8:00pm: Begin the set up procedure. The quick start guide is clear & accurate - installing the print head, 4 ink cartridges, and drivers is fast and easy. Quick check with the suggested print head alignment feature (note: I cancelled this alignment check & after my 1st test saw that it was perfectly aligned already).
8:20pm: This was easy...I'm set up and ready to go for my first test print! Print a file with flat color graphics and text - fast and flawless! Next test: full color photo at it's highest quality settings. I printed a 1.3 MB photo file on 4x6" sample photo paper supplied with the printer. Print time (from pressing the "print" button to completion): 2 minutes 51 seconds. Speedy by most printers standards. OO-LA-LA...look at these super fine details and accurate colors! Test print one B&W text document: 1 minute 38 seconds. [12/22/2001 - I was in error: a B&W text document will print in only 10 seconds when set to "Grayscale Printing" mode] Text is printed sharp and clear with a dense black. This printer is superb! I'm a happy guy :)!

Other details:
*the printing software (I'm using a Mac) is intuitive and well designed. All the print options you would likely want are here.
*Plastics are firm and solid. Appears to be well made. The paper trays are basic but seemingly unbreakable.
*Quiet printing. Compared to my previous Epson 900 this thing whispers.

So far I can't find a fault with this thing. Very highly recommended!

My problematic Epson 900 printer is for now heading for the closet. Actually, I'm so happy with this Canon printer I'm just going to give my Epson away!

[1/10/2002 - Second impressions: solid, consistent performance! The text, contrary to another review, has been razor sharp in my experience. Not one regret in purchasing the 630S!]

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars unmatched quality-speed-value, November 7, 2001

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tim (Atlanta, Ga.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon S630 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

The Canon S-630 is such a quality printer, I don't know why anyone would shop else where! It has good speed while printing text or photos. But the best part is the ink cost. I only replace the color I used and at ($) per color or ($) for all 3 colors and the black, why pay ($) for HP's 3-colors, with less than half the amount of ink in its cartridge than canons. You can waste your money if you want, I'm sticking with the S-630.