Canon Pixma iP2600 Photo Inkjet Printer (2435B002)

Hi, i was faithful to Canon printers, this was my 3rd canon printer... I hated Epson printers cuz since long time ago, the epsons automatic features and ink level sw were not accurate... this was the main reason why i have been faithful to canon printers... but not anymore, i had s200, ip1500, now this one... and seems to be that as others say, there are chips in each cartridge, and my original black and color cartridges are no longer recognized by the printer, the printer sw says there is no more ink, but there IS still ink left.... I guess canon become very greedy... shame on you canon... i was so loyal to your brand for nothing...

Ive had mine for a least a decade. Im on Windows 11 now. No problems.

I ordered this printer for my son in college. I had it shipped directly to the college and there were no problems w/ shipping at all. The printer is exactly what he was looking for. Easy set up; great print quality. Hes very happy with it. I actually bought a Canon multi-function after I saw the quality of the print on his printer!

I found this product very useful in printing cardstock postcards and company flyers in color.

I have a B&W workhorse laser (HP) and didnt use this printer much except for a few color prints once in awhile. If I had, I probably would have run into the feeder issue a lot sooner like many people out there. However, under such little use, it took 11 months for the Feeder Failure to appear. The feeder starts grabbing just the right side only and jams the paper. You can try cleaning it, but it doesnt work. You can Google it and gauge about what stage the printer begins to do this for people--but my guess is about 100 -200 feeds. I got this printer free, but Im still a little disappointed Canon put out a defective printer. The features werent great, it was a middle of the road printer, a bit slow, cheap plastic, expensive ink, etc, but as far as I can tell a very inexpensive purchase price for what you get, which probably explains why they only offered a 90 day warranty: it was made to get past the 90 day mark only.

I bought this printer over a year ago. I only used black ink - but lo and behold when I went to print something in color - there was no colored ink left! Besides the fact that it prints a minimal amount of black type - and the fact the ink costs a fortune! You pay for this printer on the backside. It is definitely not worth the $50.00 it costs. If you do buy it be prepared to have a lot of ink cartridges on hand because you will need them.

Dull photos? Ha! More like best-kept secret. $30 is a STEAL for print quality at this level. In 10 minutes anyone half-serious about photography or digital color can have this little thing churning out some decidedly nice looking output on a wide variety of stock. Think color space. Then think luminance. Spend 10 minutes calibrating this thing and, erm, holy cow. Bright, screen-true prints with bandless gradients and a dynamic range thatll handle almost anything the 8-bit world can throw at it. 30 bucks? Two $20 (retail) cartridges? Are you kidding me? MY PICTURES ARE DULL AND WASHED-OUT! So adjust your printer. This basic calibration process should be performed on any new printer if youre serious about image quality. You need to make your printouts look as much as possible like the corresponding images on your monitor. Even if youre not obsessive about the subject, they should still come pretty close (assuming the device is for general use or generic proofing). A. In the driver settings dialog, on the Main tab, change Color/Intensity to manual, and click the Set button. This brings up a new dialog. B. Skip immediately to the Matching tab, and change the settings as appropriate. You need to learn about color spaces if youre serious about digital images, but most likely your actual display is set to a profile called sRGB, which corresponds to ICM->Standard on this driver settings screen. C. Go back to the color adjustment tab. Now youre going to start tweaking the machine to compensate directly for the poor-quality output. Youre going to make changes, and then print out a calibration image to see if youve hit your mark. You can download calibration images on the web, which are often collages that include color gradients, color charts, skin tones, nature scenes, lighting variations, grayscale images, etc. Or you can make a collage from your own images. Just make sure it covers the subjects and attributes youll be printing most. Usually if I can hit skin tones, everything else falls into place. REMEMBER: The goal is not to get appealing skin tones. The goal is to get skin tones that match what you see on your monitor. Also, remember that your monitor is a source of light, and a photo is not. A printout needs to be lit sufficiently to make a fair comparison with its digital counterpart. D. Start with the Intensity and the Contrast sliders. Move them SLIGHTLY to the right. I started at 4, printed a test, and then went in increments of 2 before finally arriving at an optimal value of 8 for both settings. You may get better results adjusting them more or less, in sync or not, whatever. Depends on how your monitors calibrated, among other things. E. Thats PROBABLY all youll have to do. But if theres a printout problem thats truly a question of a colors ***hue*** (which shouldnt occur if youve matched the profiles) and not its ***luminance***, you can adjust the ink volume CMY sliders at the top. I personally didnt have to do this. BUT THE INK RUNS OUT TOO FAST! 1. The 30/31 cartridges that came with your printer are fully compatible with the PG40 and the PG41. Just like the box says. And your Quick Start Guide. And your manual. So what? Well, the 40 and the 41 give somewhere between twice and three times the yield of the 30 and the 31. And they cost the same. Go figure. 2. If you want a high-volume printer, you bought the wrong machine. The 30 bucks shouldve been a hint. ;-) MY SHEETS FALL ALL OVER THE FLOOR! Umm, swing the little arm out.

The new printer straight out of the box showed a jam signal. The Canon service technician on the phone could not help us. We are suppose to find a Canon service dealer and have them repair it.

For the price, its worth it. Pros: - Decent quality. - Price: I bought mine from Wal-mart for $29.95. Cons: - NO paper tray. Which means that once it is done printing each page, that page will fall to the floor. - Ink. I spend $35 per set (1 color, 1 black cartridge). They dont last long. I had a 250 page report to print out (no color, all black and white text) I put in brand new cartridges before and did not get through the entire thing. So it took me 2 of each to do 250 pages. I know other brands like HP you can get more out of for less money. Do the research before you buy. Look at the cost of the printer AND the cost of the ink. If the manufacturer does not tell you how many pages each cartridge will print; keep looking.

i bought this printer for my mac book pro and it works amazing and the price is great too. i recomend this printer to anyone and everyone. and it is great for printing pictures and its fast too.