The Canon BJC-6000 is designed for both busy workplaces and home offices. It provides fast, affordable, professional-quality, high-resolution black and color printing. An intelligent ink system with individual tanks eliminates waste and saves money, and optional Canon Photo Inks and specialty paper create amazing near-photo-quality output.
To set up the Canon BJC-6000, we followed the instructions on the Quick Start guide. Because the BJC-6000 comes with several large tanks (one each for black, cyan, magenta, and yellow), and because the tanks and cartridges are separate, setup took longer than usual. The Canon Creative Pro CD-ROM comes with several complementary applications, so software installation took a little longer as well.
In our test of the BJC-6000, we printed several color and black-and-white samples in each of the printer's four modes--draft, good, better, and best. Our samples included graphics, large and small letters, and a variety of fonts and color shades. Black text was razor sharp and approached the quality of a modest laser printer. There was only a tiny bit of ink bleeding, even on normal uncoated paper, and a multi-colored tight-register sample looked especially impressive.
We also scanned and printed a 32-bit color photograph. Even without the optional Canon Photo Inks and specialty paper, the hard copy was warm and detailed, capturing the texture of the original with surprising accuracy. We also appreciated the speed--up to five pages per minute (ppm) in color.
The Canon BJC-6000 is an impressive bubble-jet printer with a great software bundle; it would make an excellent addition to any small office.
Pros:
- Sharp, near-laser-quality black printing
- 1440 x 720 color printing
- Up to 8 ppm
- Great software bundle
Cons:
- Lots of ink cartridges to keep track of
- Setup takes a little longer
- No printer cable
Product Description:
Get beautiful color and crisp monochrome prints with the BJC-6000 Color Bubble Jet printer. This printer is perfect for home, school or small office use, with its economical ink system and network connectivity option. The BJC-6000 outputs color and black prints at 1440 x 720 dpi resolution, at up to 5 ppm color, 8 ppm black. With an expanded print nozzle system, it prints an area twice as large in one pass for increased print speed without decreased print quality. The installed black and color cartridges have replaceable ink tanks to replace only the color that is out, and optical low-ink sensors warn of low levels for timely refills. An optional Photo BJ cartridge adds photo-quality print capabilities for professional brochures, greeting cards or other high-quality graphics. This printer has a 130-sheet paper tray, and prints on media up to legal size, plus banners. Use plain and specialty papers, envelopes, cards and transparencies. Canon sends along its Creative Pro software to help you create custom documents and crafts, including brochures, banners, flyers and T-shirts. It includes Adobe PhotoDeluxe Business Edition, Office in Color, Design Essentials and WebRecord. The BJC-6000 uses a parallel port interface and comes with printer drivers for Windows 3.1/95/98 and Windows NT 4.0. It can be connected to a network with an optional AXIS PrintPoint 140 BJC network server. Or add Mac OS compatibility with the soon-to-be-released BJC-6000 USB Kit, for Apple systems with USB port and OS 8.1 or later.
Canon BJC-6000 Color Bubble Jet Printer (PC/Mac)