Canon PIXMA iX7000 Inkjet Business Printer
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at
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- Business-ready and environmentally friendly with built-in duplex printing to save you paper, and Ethernet connectivity for multiple users
- Large capacity cassette holds up to 250 sheets of plain paper plus an additional 30 sheets through the front and rear sheet feeders
- Take your photos even farther – you can use photo papers to produce exceptional prints from 4¿ x 6¿ up to 13¿ x 19¿
- Exclusive – Free downloadable templates for your business needs from posters to brochures and much more
Product Description
Premium 11 x 17-Inch Business Printer with “PgR” Technology Delivering Laser Quality Business Documents and Superb Photos on Plain Paper…. More >>
Canon PIXMA iX7000 Inkjet Business Printer
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First let me enfaticly encourage you not to buy this printer. I have a small Architectural practice and use A3 printers to print plans/drawings. I had the Canon 9900 for years and it worked great. I saw this printer and thought I would give it a try since it was geared towards business use and my last printer died during a brown out. The printer was far from perfect. The printing speed is slow the printer is loud. But the worst part of this printer is the paper handling. There is a paper try for holding about a 1/3 of a ream of paper. If you want to feed other paper types you have to feed them threw the front the normal top paper loading feature is only available for photo quality prints on photo paper. As a business I also print checks I order them 3 to a sheet. When I tried to print a single check I found the problem with this printer the paper feeder is not capable of dealing with small paper sizes. To add insult to injury the printer came with a big crack down the paper feeder. I returned this beast and ordered the Epson 1100 and so far its doing great.
Rating: 1 / 5
I purchased this printer primarily for producing sheet music scores in which the wide format is necessary in order to create booklets that are stapled in the center. Each piece of music has a detailed graphic art cover, so image quality was important to me as well, although second to document quality. In searching for the best wide format printer for my needs, I purchased an Epson Stylus 1400, an Epson Workforce 1100, and the Canon ix7000. First, I actually purchased the Epson 1400. I was unsatisfied with its production of sheet music as there was what I found to be excessive feathering on the staff lines, the note heads, and the text in the document. I spoke to an Epson representative who recommended that I try the 1100. The 1100 was better for my purposes and still was able to print very nice images. Its use of two black ink cartridges was also more convenient. However, I was not completely satisfied with it as there was still some feathering on some of the staff lines. However, I really liked the printer and kept it while ordering the Canon ix 7000. I compared the two by printing one of the covers for my music on high quality from both printers and a copy of a piece of sheet music at high and normal quality from each printer. I then wrote what each one was on the back, shuffled the papers and my girlfriend and I selected the best prints from each category through a blind test.
First up was the covers. The covers were black and white with a lot of shadowing, allowing for many shades of black. Both produced quite nice prints with the actual shade being slightly different on each. The Epson printed slightly darker and yellowed while the Canon was more bright and clear. I did not really have a preference except for the fact that the Canon produced an area of solid black with more depth and solidity than the Epson. My girlfriend selected the Canon print as better.
For the actual music document, we both selected the Canon high quality print as best, the Canon normal quality print as second best and the Epson high and normal as 3rd and 4th. This was surprising to me as I felt the Epson did quite a good job as well. However, the Canon showed only the slightest feathering in the staff lines.
For a versatile printer for images and text, I highly recommend this printer. Unless you can afford to have one wide format laser printer for text and an inkjet for images, this printer is the best solution for both that I have found. I should also mention that the build quality of the Canon was the sturdiest and best looking (although biggest) of the bunch.
Rating: 4 / 5