Compaq IJ600 Color Inkjet Printer

by Compaq

Product Details

Product Manual [1.44mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 17.6 x 6.7 inches ; 5.3 pounds
• 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: B000055XZS
• Item model number: 161565-001
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Ideal for small business and home use, the Compaq 600 color ink-jet printer provides professional-quality desktop printing. This remarkably fast little printer produces sharp letters, reports, and photo-quality prints. Handling up to 100 pages of input and 50 pages of output, the IJ600 color printer is a practical companion for your desktop or laptop computer.

With the IJ600, documents print at a crisp 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution for sharp text and vibrant photos. The IJ600 manages a variety of papers, including plain and special papers, as well as envelopes, transparencies, and banners, all at a speedy 7.5 ppm for black and 3.5 ppm for color. Compaq's Image Color Matching technology provides accurate color, so what you see on your computer screen is what you get on your printed page.

The Compaq IJ600 color ink-jet printer allows you to print from any PC on your network and conveniently alerts others when cartridges are being changed. Compatible with MS-DOS and Windows 95, 98, 2000, and NT 4.0, the IJ600 works with both parallel and USB ports and comes with a bonus software package.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Decent Standard Inkjet, January 19, 2001

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"miqque" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compaq IJ600 Color Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

This puppy (the Compaq IJ600) came with a system I recently bought. Replacing my Epson Color Sylus 800 (a workhorse), my first thought, taking the IJ600 out of the box was "What a cute little thing!"

This had me immediately worried. Hooking the thing up was perhaps a bit easier than most, as the printer itself is so light that it can easily be lifted with one hand. The footprint (area of space it takes up) is also fairly small. While the unit seems flimsy, and definitely deserving of a soft hand while sliding the paper-catcher in and out (for example), its performance thus far has been quite acceptable.

It prints far slower than advertised. A color page at 300 d.p.i. (a very low resolution, not really sharp enough for printing letters) took about a minute. Black alone is not much faster. What is considerably faster are transfer and buffer times, making the printing begin almost as soon as the button is pushed.

If you have no great need for speed, and want a moderately-priced printer that will do just about anything you need, this one should do just fine. Just don't drop it.

-M.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ok for text, not for anything else, July 13, 2003

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Karen (APO, AP USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compaq IJ600 Color Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I have used this printer for about 1 1/2 years. I t has just completely shut off and will no longer work. It is a great printer if you only want to print e-mails or print text for school reports. I tried to get my money's worth and use it for photos, cd covers and labels, greeting cards, and transparencies. They printed and were usable, but there were lines in the color. The quality is not as good as other printers that I have used for the same projects. The transparencies and photos were the worse. If you tried to copy form a scanner, everything was blurred.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars w0w... this [stinks], December 29, 2002

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"nighthawkrao77" (Austin, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compaq IJ600 Color Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

"w0w... this ..." is the first thing that comes to mind when you use this printer. The first time I brought it home, i thought, NICE a COLOR printer. Little did I know, this color printer is the most likely to be nominated piece of ... THe first time i printed something it worked really well. But after maybe 3 uses, the color scratched off and lines started to appear. The printer is flimsy and cheap looking. If you wanted to (which is not a bad idea) you could break it easily. The cartridges cost too much and after a while the printer messes up all the ink and never again prints with color. People, people, look at this, does this sound like something you want in your home? Put this ... where it belongs, in your dumpster. :)