Canon i320 Color Bubble Jet Printer

by Canon

Product Details

Product Manual [1.96mb PDF]

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Supplementary Guide [1.96mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 8 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: B00006CBDV
• Item model number: i320
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 23, 2002

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

84 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great printer...great price, October 28, 2002

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Mommy E (Flushing, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon i320 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

Installation:
Installation was a snap. Remove the unit from the box and the packaging tape that protects the unit's vital parts. Install the two inkjet cartridges provided, then install the power cord. Power up the unit and install the driver provided on a cd. The whole operation took around 5-10 minutes. REMEMBER that you will need to purchase a USB cable if you don't have one already. Next, I aligned the printer heads, which was fairly easy to do with the provided illustrations. Now, you're ready to print.

Performance:
The unit is no speed demon , however it's quick enough to get the job done and looks good doing it. It's amazing how good this printer is for such a low price. My first printer was a laser unit, because I couldn't stand the print quality of inkjets. The text print quality and image print quality really demonstrates how much better inkjets are today. The print quality is just as good or even better than my 600 dpi laser printer.

Pros:
Cheap price

Looks nice sitting on the desk
Good print quality
Compact size

Cons:
No USB cable provided
Not super fast

Conclusion:
Great inkjet printer for those on a really tight budget

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Budget Printer, October 27, 2002

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The Alchemist "alchemista" (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon i320 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

I upgraded from my Lexmark Z42 printer to this Canon i320 and from my quick tests it is great! It has a small footprint which is excellent for desks and space in general (Z42 was about 50% larger at least). It has some newer technology like borderless printing and "microfine droplet technology (which may just be a marketing hype)".

One of the major reasons I bought this printer is because of ink cartridges. It is easy to find Canon replacement cartridges for reasonable amounts (well under [money amount]) which is a huge benefit in cost savings over my Lexmark that had [money amount]+ cartridges.

Overall, a great value for such a low price. And, with the lower inkjet cartridges, cost per page will be lower. Quality of printing is the best I've had in budget printers to date.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best printer for the price of any competitors' cartridge, June 13, 2003

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

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This review is from: Canon i320 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Office Product)

INSTALLATION
DO NOT INSTALL BEFORE YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
DO NOT CONNECT BEFORE YOU INSTALL THE SOFTWARE.

DESIGN
The best I've seen. Small footprint. Depending where it's used, it can be set up as is. Just lift the paper holder and it's set.

TECHNICAL achievements
The best user solution. Canon PACKS the PRINT HEAD and print cartridges separately. For a knowledgeable user this is a wonderful way of getting the proper maintenance to be done AT HOME, outside a repair shop. Head replacement is a snap. If everything else works fine this gives the printer a long life.

The FIRST TIME on a bubble-jet I saw that the driver has the option of SETTING the printer to deliver A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF INK. You can set this up in the properties window. It is extremely important when printing web pages, simple graphics and many other home needs of color on standard paper, that the printed paper BE NOT SOAKED IN INK. A matter of esthetics and color saving. All you have to do is set the time you wait the ink to dry at a HIGH or LOW value. Factory default is NORMAL. High tech color laser printers have this set automatically according to the type of used media. It's nice to see it done for an ink-jet.

PRINT QUALITY - EXCELLENT (laser quality) on 24 lb paper weight, very good on standard paper. A home winner, prints border-less art work, too.

OPERATING SYSTEMS - ALL WINDOWS starting with '98, LINUX and MAC.
For Linux use TurboPrint at http://www.turboprint.de/english.html
For FREE use, printing MUST BE set at 62 colors and 300/300 res. or purchase the license for full support.

PRINT SPEED - without a USB 2.0 connection the speed is a max. of 3-5 web pages per minute at the default setting of 600/600 dpi. The speed doubles or triples at 300/300 dpi with USB 2.0, but quality goes down. (REMEMBER ! - THIS IS A RULE FOR ALL PRINTERS) I suggest the printer be kept at default.

WORK LOAD - excellent for any home that DOES NOT involve any kind of business activities.

NOISE - LIKE all other ink-jets, YES it is a noisy printer, when it's at the START of a print job. I find it NORMAL. The noise is due to it's built design. Like a boom-box. Sounds get easily amplified. Hey, you do not buy this printer for a bedroom location, unless you place it under your pillow ?!?

PRO - If you are in the market for a home printing solution and you know what your real needs are, this can be a printer you will fall in love with.

CON - Priced at the ONE color cartridge level, with FREE shipping, I will ridicule myself if I say any bad things about this lovely CANON i320, which is a FULL FEATURED PRINTER.