CANON PIXMA iX6820 Wireless Business Printer with AirPrint and Cloud Compatible, Black

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I bought the iX6820 as a workhorse to relieve my spectacular Canon Pro-100 from work-duties, relegating it back to hobby photos. Ill spend half the time and $ refilling the iX vs the Pro-100. The iX runs pretty quiet, too, compared to earlier Canon Pixma printers I have, though not as quiet as the nearly silent Pro-100. With its large print head, speed is remarkably fast in "standard" mode, still producing excellent quality for minor work presentation pieces on heavier stock. Fine quality mode is just brilliant, and it still cranks out borderless 4x6 photos under 30 seconds. Wireless setup was pretty painless using the WPS button on my Bell router. For some reason the first try didnt work, but 2nd round it linked right up and has stayed online. The problem I actually have is Windows 10 on one of my machines showing the printers offline; but, my phone will still print direct, so its a MS problem, of course. Ive run some direct photo comparisons to my Pro-100 and have to say the result is quite good for a machine running four less ink carts. However, I think it compensates by oversaturating colors a bit, and the gamut is obviously not as wide, particularly the greyscale. Most users would still be thrilled with the photo results on decent paper. Just stay far away from that HP Vivid garbage paper- I only use it for glossy text flip charts for work- its terribly washed out for photos. Decent refill carts can be found for super cheap, or you can purchase clear, refillable carts with auto-reset chips to do your own easily. Precision Colors is the next best to Canon. If you need to print wider formats, like 11x17 tabloid or 13x19 posters, this machine is a BARGAIN if you have a little extra room and dont want all the scan/copy/fax extras that take up more space. I highly recommend this machine.

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Ordered on the 20th - got the 30th - guess you know Im now a Prime member!! Got it set up and printed 4 8x10 borderless pictures. Absolutely perfectly beautiful!!! Then received the 13x19 photo semi gloss and this morning - 4/7 - printed the first 13x19 - BORDERLESS!!!! And again absolute perfectly beautiful!!!! I dont have any magnifying glass so Im looking at the picture as a regular normal person would - oh geeeee. I showed it to several other people and they loved it - couldnt believe I printed myself. I explained buying the new printer and how good it is. SSSsooooo.....from a regular type person;s point of view - this printer is fantastic!!!!! Update 4/9/17 - Have printed out 3 13x19 pictures plus the 4 8x10s - all borderless - all perfect!!!! Ive sold everything Ive printed so far with no problems. I strongly recommend this printer to anyone. Update 7/9/17 Still using the ix6820 - such a good printer!!! I do mostly 13x19 and 11x17 - working on second pkg of Canon Pro Luster photo paper - not one single problem!! The Arthur Imaging Ink works great with this printer too - no leaks, runs or anything - just clear vibrant pictures. Have used one pkg of 28 cartridges and waiting for 2 more pkgs to come. Update 11/12/18 No problems yet. Was laid up in rehab for 9 months after operation so ink cartridges sat in printer unused. Got home and printed a 13x19 after updating the drivers. Ink printed great. Still using Arthur Imaging Ink - why leave a good thing. Ink didnt dry out, printer work great after updating it - couldnt have done better than this.

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Ive had this printer a little less than a month-- I was originally looking at an Epson Artisan 1430 ($330) or an Epson Expression ($200) because I create art and wanted a wide format printer that can do at least 11x17 borderless printing. When I found this one for $120 I hesitated because it seemed too goo to be true. Thus far it has meet and exceeded my expectations! The hardest part was finding good quality paper to print on but, after that, I friggin loved this thing. It prints borderless with ease, high quality and is pretty quick to boot. The only downside is that I would have loved to be able to print directly from my iPad. I mean... it can... but It has limitations... AIRDrop only prints 4x6.... thats it! I downloaded the canon app for the iPad but it doesnt have the 11x17 format or 8.5x11 that I print on-- it wont let me add a customer size either. Oh well--- I can still AirPrint from my Mac Book perfectly fine! Ill do a follow up review if anything changes but I LOVE this printer thus far!

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Buying my second one. I used this printer HEAVILY for about 14 months. It worked great. Beautiful, detailed prints of good enough quality for business selling my art. All of a sudden the blacks stopped printing properly. They looked faded, with banding. I spent about 3 days trying everything under the sun to get the thing working again. Head cleanings, alignment, roller cleaning. Reinstalling the driver. I even took the printer head out and cleaned it manually. Nothing would get the printer working again. I thought about upgrading to a fancier Canon, but man you cannot beat the quality for the price on this one. Although it expired a couple years earlier than I thought it should, it was excellent while it lasted. Gave me thousands of gorgeous prints. The knock off inks Amazon sells are very affordable and work well too. So Im buying another of these.

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My review is mixed. I bought my first Pixma ix6820 about 1.5 years ago. The black printing went bad. Tried everything. No good. I like and trust Canon products and figured the first one was a fluke. So, I ordered another one and kept the first for parts. The second one (the item of this review) worked great for about a month. Then, the blacks started printing poorly on that one too. I called technical support, we tried everything. Finally we had to remove the print-heads and re-seat them. Fortunately, this is a very easy task on this model. No tools needed. Anyway, this fixed the problem. The printer is working fine again and producing great prints!

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It was impossible to connect the printer to my wireless network and there was very little support on line for how to do it. I followed the Canon instructions over and over and none of the methods worked. It kept showing that my printer was undetectable and suggested I use a USB to connect the printer to my computer for a manual solution. Of course I dont have USB cables sitting around anymore and I think in this day and age there has to be an easier way to connect printers to wireless network. Dont buy this printer if you are looking for something quick and easy.

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I had to write a review of this printer even though Ive only had it a week, because I am so impressed by the print quality. I am branching out into selling my artwork as greeting cards and needed something to replace my diabolical Epson WF-3640 printer/scanner combo. To be clear, I was only looking to purchase a printer, as the scanner on my Epson is ok. I wasted hundreds of dollars in time and on ink cartridges trying to work with the printer on it over the past 18 months, and finally gave in. It is AWFUL and I will never buy another Epson printer. I took the plunge on this Canon Pixma iX6820 because it received decent reviews in the art world, and on Amazon. I had my eye on other Canon printers, but couldnt spend more than $150 so this fit the budget. INSTALLATION: Relatively easy. I had to download the setup files twice before I was able to run the programs, but once installed, it was an hour tops. WIFI CONNECTIVITY: Not so easy. Still havent gotten that sorted out. It would be nice if I had wifi connectivity, but as my printer is located right next to my computer, its not a dealbreaker to me if I dont have this feature. Ive never had luck with any printer and wifi connectivity, to be fair. PRINT QUALITY: Surprisingly good. I am still fine tuning the ideal print settings, as I work mainly in watercolor, pen & ink. Watercolor is challenging to reproduce accurately. That said, Ive already printed higher quality, more color-accurate prints on PLAIN COPY PAPER using this printer, than I ever did using very expensive photo paper in the Epson. EASE OF USE: I have not used the My Photo Garden or whatever its called yet, and you are not required to use it when printing. Its just an additional print formatting option. I have had no trouble printing from Photoshop directly, from PDF, or from my default Windows Photo Viewer. INK USAGE: Cant really tell yet, as its only been a week, but the cartridges that came in the box were easy to install (not messy or difficult like I read in some reviews) and still show full levels after about 15 high quality full-page prints have been made, plus various smaller proofs. I will update this review if anything changes. UPDATE 1 MONTH LATER: I am still impressed. Ink cartridge life is great compared to my old Epson. The only 2 issues I have are: it is a pretty slow printer. Takes about 15 minutes to print 25 full color "photo setting" 8.5x11 documents. However, it is quiet, and the quality is gorgeous. The other issue is that it still doesnt work to connect wirelessly. Since my computer is always next to the printer, its not a big issue for me, but for those who must have wireless print capability, plan to spend some time with tech support if installation doesnt go smoothly on our own. I havent gotten around to it yet.

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This printer is AMAZING. Im printing CD booklets on premium 8x11 28lb paper and its flawless. Im printing my art portfolio in 11x17 and then cutting it with a paper cutter to 11x14 and it is wonderful! I can print test copies and go back and fix mistakes without paying another company. I can do it all from home. This is, without a doubt, one of the best purchases I have made in a long time. Pros: You can do portfolio printing yourself in large sizes! It also very closely matches the colors on the computer screen. You can always change the monitor settings to match the printer output, but this printer matches my Macbook Pro so closely that I didnt have to change anything. It has wifi which is perfect. Contrary to the other review, It holds quite a stack of paper in the back holding area. It does not, however, have a bottom try that hold a ton of paper like some other printers do. Ink Cartridges were easy to install and work great. It prints BORDERLESS 8x11 and 11x17 no problem! Cons: Its as loud as a printer. Not a bad thing, just not a good thing. There is NO CONTROL PANEL. This is probably because it ONLY prints. It does NOT copy, scan, or fax. I bought it for printing only so thats okay, I just wish there was a panel that I could change settings on just in case. Ive only had it for a little less than a week but Ive done a lot of printing on it. I think Ive almost broken even compared to going to a printing store. I cant express to you enough how wonderful it is to have the freedom to mess up a paper and just reprint it right there. No more nervousness about messing up that $2.00 paper you had printed. Its a wonderful relief. As long as youre not looking to copy or scan, this is a wonderful printer! Keep you old "all-in-one" for the scanning and copying. I highly recommend this product!

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This printer has more than lived up to my expectations. With rich and vibrant colors, and the ability to print on paper up to13x19", I have been able to make professional quality prints at a (relatively) reasonable price. This is NOT for printing documents, although it is perfectly capable of doing so. The ink can be expensive if you want to use Canon brand ink. I have found that Arthur Imaging makes ink with no perceptible difference in quality at a fraction of the price, and would recommend this to anyone on a budget. Great for artists!

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I own a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine and use ALOT of different papers in it.Or at least I used to! Then our old printer stopped taking cardstock and wouldn’t print on kraft paper.I browsed for printers several times over the years.Read alot of reviews looking for a printer that would take specialty papers and not break the bank.When our last printer would no longer print without replacing every ink cartridge I had enough.I was done dumping money into a printer that was complete garbage.Eneter the PIXMA! This thing is the best! I have used it for vellum,heavy cardstock,photo paper and printable heat transfer vinyl all with NO problems! The print quality is excellent and the price cannot be beat! It DOES take a bit longer for the printer to start the actual printing but it is well worth the wait.

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