Canon S800 Photo InkJet Printer

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 17.6 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 19 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: B00005BCS7
• Item model number: Q303410US1
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Canon S800 color ink-jet printer provides speed and flexibility, requiring no special papers to achieve refined color, precision, and detail for all your photo printing needs. The S800 uses a six-color printing process with individual ink tanks, while a 100-page sheet feeder in a straight paper path supports continuous printing. With both USB and parallel ports, it's a suitable match for your Mac or PC.

Canon's trademarked MicroFine Droplet technology ably provides 49 gradation levels for crisp, clean black-and-white or color prints at 2,400 x 1,200 dpi on a wide variety of media, including plain paper, banner paper, envelopes, glossy photo cards, and more. You can print an 8-by-10-inch color photo on plain paper in under two minutes, and a 4-by-6-inch in about one minute, both in photo quality. When the onscreen message warns you that ink levels are low, just drop in the single color cartridge you need.

Designed as a compact and quiet printer for users seeking high-quality photo printing, the S800 also enables you to transfer photos from your digital camera to your computer through the CompactFlash card reader. The S800 includes printer drivers, a BJ Solution Disk CD-ROM, and PhotoStitch software, plus PhotoRecord for Windows users or ImageBrowser for Mac users. Canon also includes a one-year limited warranty on parts and labor.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

118 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended Photo Printer, April 27, 2001

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Robert M. Anderson (Tinton Falls, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon S800 Photo InkJet Printer (Office Product)

The Canon S800 exceeded my expectations for a true photo printer. Previously, I was using an HP model that I thought gave good results. However, there was no comparison to the quality of the output of the Canon. Seeing the same prints side by side from the two printers convinced me that I made a wise purchase. The Canon 4 x 6 and 8 x 10 prints really look as if they came from film that was professionally developed and processed.

I have used several different brands of paper with the S800 and I am impressed with all of them (Canon, Kodak, Jet Print). The non-Canon papers do require some driver tweaking but that proved to be not a big deal.

The S800 prints relatively quickly and is one of the quietest photo printers available (good if your spouse is trying to sleep). After pressing the power button, the S800 is ready to print in only 15 seconds. (There is no long, drawn out start up routine.) I also like that the Canon has individual ink tanks. I take a lot of photos of lighthouses (and clouds) against blue skies. So, I was always running out of cyan ink first. Now, this is not an issue because I need only replace that one color more often.

Recently Canon sent registered owners of their 8200 printers free replacement ink and updated drivers. This proved to me that Canon is committed to providing outstanding customer service. How can you argue about that kind of treatment?

Canon printers are also not known to have nozzle clogging problems and color fade issues. I had been seriously considering another brand but I didn't want to risk a chance that my photos would fade or that I would be wasting time runing cleaning routines. This was important to me as my purchase has to last me a few years.

Bottom line - this is a great printer from a great company. You won't be disappointed.

79 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Photo Printer, June 26, 2001

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Robert Pons (Harvey, LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon S800 Photo InkJet Printer (Office Product)

After doing extensive on-line research and reading virtually every "professional" and user review available, I decided to purchase an S800. I was also considering an HP DeskJet 960 and Epson 890, but the overwhelming praise for the S800 won me as a Canon convert. We also own a DeskJet 722C (which still does an admirable job on HP photo paper) but we wanted a true photo-quality printer. The prints from the S800 are truly AMAZING. As we are primarily using it for photo printing, we are printing almost exclusively on Canon's Photo Paper Pro .... One magazine review said that the S800 came closer to dye sublimation output quality than any other ink jet printer they had tested, and I totally agree. I won't go into the print speeds - its photo output is almost certainly several times faster than any other inkjet you've ever used. I would also like to mention that Canon's print driver is excellent. Not only does it give you a multitude of print options, but it is fast (at least compared to the 722C and 970C drivers). We are still using a 333MHz with 160MB RAM and making selections in the different printer setting screens is much faster than with the DeskJets. It sometimes takes 5-10 seconds for the driver to process a new selection (such as changing from Normal to Best print mode, or portrait to landscape mode) whereas the Canon takes less than 1 second. While other users with faster PCs may not be able to appreciate Canon's efficient driver, those of us who are holding on to older computers welcome it. I have seen first hand and read about the best HP and Epson have to offer. Anyone replacing a printer two years old or older would be amazed with the output quality from their printers. But, for the very best ink jet photo output available today, the S800 wins hands down.

64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sleek look, whisper quiet and stellar performance, May 4, 2001

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

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This review is from: Canon S800 Photo InkJet Printer (Office Product)

This is quite possibly the best printer Canon has manufactured to date. You cannot get better than this. I replaced my Canon BJC 5000 printer with this and I was pleasantly surprised!

Six individual cartridges make for convenient replacement. No more replacing an entire tri-color cartridge when one color in it runs out; only one color in one cartridge! The amount of ink in each tank is generous; it's easy to see the ink levels at a glance, and you can access the print monitor installed on your system to see the levels on your screen without having to open the front panel. The total cost of replacing all six cartridges is less than replacing the basic three (black, tri-color and enhanced black) for the 5000 model! The Photo Cyan and Photo Magenta make the difference with the quality output this printer produces in addition to the standard CYMK cartridges.

Printing is whisper quiet. My prior Canon BJ printers were never as quiet as this, and print-out is very fast. Color is sharp, clear and well-defined with no smudges or streaks. As with all Canon BJ printers, it has a wide variety of print media - Banner Paper is one of my favorites. Try using High Resolution Paper from Canon! The print margins are even improved; I was frustrated at the large unprintable margins of Canon's previous BJC printers, this one gives a much smaller unprintable margin, allowing you to print closer to the paper edge.

It is difficult to add or improve upon the prior review; it helped me with my decision on this purchase, and Amazon's price cannot be beat. It produces consistent, vivid colors, handles photos professionally and will truly meet and exceed your expectations for your demanding printer needs.