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Canon PIXMA iP8500 Photo Printer Review
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Review Summary
Reader Score: 7.18 (out of 10)
At first glance Canon's Pixma iP 8500 looks suspiciously like the iP 5000, which we reviewed back in December 2004. So what extras does the Pixma iP 8500 have over its stable mate, which justify the extra £100? There's just one; a unique eight-colour print system.
This involves a wide, lifetime print head and eight ink tanks, adding photo magenta, photo cyan, red and green to the standard cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK). The print heads use Canon's Full-photolithographic Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) technology and deliver two picolitre drops at a very fine resolution of 2,400 by 4,800dpi. This is ideal for photographic reproduction, but could slow day-to-day plain paper prints.
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Other Reviews For This Model
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| Photo-i |
9.21 |
10-05-04 |
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| In my review of the i9950 I said that "The i9950 proved itself by producing excellent colour pictures time after time" and went on to say "if Canon can produce an A4 version of this, then I am sure they will give other manufacturers some very stiff competition." No sooner had I written those words, when Canon introduced us to their Pixma range of printers. |
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Review Score |
Date |
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| Shutterbug |
7.82 |
07-16-05 |
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| The first Canon letter-size photo printer to employ the ChromaPLUS eight-color ink system, the iP8500 is also the top of the line model in the PIXMA series. Replacing the Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer line, the newer machines boast some extra features, as well as greater speed and quality, thanks to new technology described in our sidebar. The iP8500 should be of greatest interest to serious photo enthusiasts, because it uses a full eight of the ChromaPLUS inks. |
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| Review Site |
Review Score |
Date |
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| Digital Camera |
7.75 |
12-20-05 |
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| "Canon has never been a company to sit back on their laurels when they have a really great product. So I was interested when I heard that they had upgraded their line of inkjet photo printers and now offered eight-color printing on some models. Since I had been really happy with the results I had been getting from their six-color printers I really wondered just how much better it was possible for the new printers to be.
In addition to printing from a computer, the iP8500 also has a PictBridge port on the front for direct connection to cameras. This allows you to print directly from cameras, both still and digital video, that support the PictBridge feature, without the need for a computer." |
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| PC Magazine |
7.50 |
03-09-05 |
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| The Canon Pixma iP8500 Photo Printer ($349.99 direct) is named to fit into Canon's current Pixma iP line, but the Canon printer it most resembles is the i9900, another current Editors' Choice and the fastest photo printer we've seen to date. As with the i9900, the iP8500 can serve as an all-purpose printer. But it's really designed for those who demand high photo quality and print enough photos, at sizes up to 8.5 by 11 inches, for speed to matter. |
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| CNET Reviews |
7.33 |
05-09-05 |
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| Easy duplex printing, excellent performance, an extended color gamut, flexible paper handling, and an affordable price make the Canon Pixma iP8500 a versatile performer for a broad range of graphics-printing tasks. With its eight-color ink set-it uses the same consumables as the medium-format i9900-the iP8500 brings the flexibility and the quality of its bigger sibling to those who want the same excellent print quality but don't need the ability to handle larger paper. |
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| Review Site |
Review Score |
Date |
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| Trusted Reviews |
5.75 |
04-22-05 |
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| At first glance Canon's Pixma iP 8500 looks suspiciously like the iP 5000, which we reviewed back in December 2004. So what extras does the Pixma iP 8500 have over its stable mate, which justify the extra £100? There's just one; a unique eight-color print system.
This involves a wide, lifetime print head and eight ink tanks, adding photo magenta, photo cyan, red and green to the standard cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK). The print heads use Canon's Full-photolithographic Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) technology and deliver two picolitre drops at a very fine resolution of 2,400 by 4,800dpi. This is ideal for photographic reproduction, but could slow day-to-day plain paper prints. |
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| Review Site |
Review Score |
Date |
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| PC Magazine |
5.00 |
03-09-05 |
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| The Canon Pixma iP8500 Photo Printer ($349.99 direct) is named to fit into Canon's current Pixma iP line, but the Canon printer it most resembles is the i9900, another current Editors' Choice and the fastest photo printer we've seen to date. As with the i9900, the iP8500 can serve as an all-purpose printer. But it's really designed for those who demand high photo quality and print enough photos, at sizes up to 8.5 by 11 inches, for speed to matter. |
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