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Hardware Reviews January 2001 • Vol.9 Issue 1 Page(s) 19 in print issue |
Canon BJC-3000 Color Bubble Jet Printer (Printers) | ||
 Right now, Canon is offering its BJC-3000 Color Bubble Jet Printer ($149) along with a $50 mail-in rebate offer. Although we usually don't recommend a product based upon its after-rebate price, $99 isn't a bad price for this printer. The BJC-3000 has an individual ink tank system (which means you can replace an individual color instead of tossing a whole tank), 1,440 x 720dpi (dots per inch) resolution, and USB (Universal Serial Bus) and parallel port connections. It's a natural fit for normal and high-quality text jobs, but we hope you'll avoid its 360 x 360dpi draft mode. All text at the default and higher setting was very stark and sharp. We used a parallel cable to connect the printer to an IBM PC with a 667MHz Pentium III processor, 192MB of RAM, and Windows 98 SE (Second Edition). Like Canon's S450 and BJC-2100 printers, the BJC-3000's box included a quick start guide, but like the other Canons, it didn't have a printed manual. Instead, the unit's manual is on CD-ROM. The BJC-3000 maxed out at 2.88ppm (pages per minute) in our draft-quality text test. That's a decent speed, but the printer really flew in our other tests. It scored 1.7ppm in our PowerPoint test and 1.2ppm for our Word document, both at 720 x 360dpi resolution. Photos weren't far behind, with a time of 7:29 to print a full-page image on photo paper and only 3:53 to print on normal stock. The BJC-3000 served up some colorful, clean photos and color graphics, but the graphics showed the same dithering pattern we noticed in the Canon S450's tests. The BJC-3000's floral photo image actually looked brighter and more vibrant than the S450's, but the image of a girl's face we printed could have benefited from Canon's optional photo ink cartridge ($49.99). Like the S450, the BJC-3000 comes with a one-year warranty and a software package that includes Canon Photo, OfficeReady CC, and American Greetings' CreataCard SE. The printer can also use Canon's IS-32 scanner cartridge ($69.99), which allows you to scan documents into your computer. The BJC-3000 is compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, and Mac OS 8.1 and newer. Complete print heads with full ink tanks sell for $37.99 (black) and $49.99 (color or photo assemblies). Individual replacement black ink tanks are $13.99; each of the three color and three photo ink tanks are $11.99 when purchased separately. The BJC-3000 is a nice choice for economical, clean text jobs and light photo duty. Just don't forget to mail in that rebate form. by Marty Sems
$149 Canon (800) 423-2366 (714) 438-3000 http://www.ccsi.canon.com
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