Canon has recently introduced the new Canon Pixma IP6700D Inkjet Printer with attractive design and this model is a successor of Canon Pixma iP6600D. The company has proved its reliability on quality once again by introducing various innovative features in this model. It has been designed with an updated print engine which promises fast and high quality photo printing. A significant advantage of the latest model is direct printing.
Physical Properties
This product comes with measurements of 16.9 x 7.2 x 12 inches and this Canon Pixma IP6700D Photo Inkjet Printer, though not a compact one comes with a good design and most of the vital controls are on the top panel of the unit. A built-in card reader has been fixed behind another panel. There are two paper sources supported by the device namely flip-up auto-feeder tray and cassette. Both of these sources are featured in two distinct portions of the unit and each source can hold up to 150 plain papers.
Remarkable Features
- Bluetooth
This feature permits wireless communication with other compatible devices.
- IrDA sensor
This feature allows the device to interact with all IrDA compatible devices like mobile phones for direct photo printing.
- PictBridge
PictBridge is a remarkable feature supported by this inkjet printer as it allows images to be printed directly from digital cameras, without having to connect the camera to a computer.
- Duplex Printing
If you need to print more pages, it is better to choose ‘duplex printing’ mode of the device. The automatic-duplexer setting allows you to take double-sided prints.
- Borderless Printing
You can print photos without borders as Canon Pixma IP6700D Wireless Inkjet Printer supports borderless printing.
- Compatibility
The device can support both PC and Mac systems.
- Canon-to-Canon
Canon-to-Canon Direct Advantage is a notable new feature of this printer. This feature is introduced to touch up your photos when you connect selected Canon digital cameras with Canon Pixma IP6700D Inkjet Printer. Apart from photo touch-ups, you can even print a contact sheet using the digital camera’s controls.
- Resolution and Speed
The device can print out high quality images with a maximum resolution of 9600 dpi x 2400 dpi. The speed at which the device prints is also striking. It can print up to 18 ppm in black fast mode, up to 17 ppm in colour fast mode, up to 6.5 ppm in black normal mode and up to 4.9 ppm in colour normal mode.
- Preview Screen
This photo inkjet printer has a 3.5 inch colour LCD preview screen that allows you to view the preview of the images that is to be printer. This lets you to enhance the images before printing.
Other notable features
It uses Canon FINE (Full-lithography inkjet Nozzle Engineering) Inkjet technology for printing, the total power consumption is 17 watts, and power consumption in the stand by mode is just 2 watts. The total noise emitted by the device while functioning is 35 dBA.
Borderless printing and Red eye reduction functionalities of the device are worth mentioning. The device supports an installed memory of 42 MB and the maximum memory supported is also 42 MB. It also comes with a card reader and supports direct printing from the cards. The supported flash memory cards are Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, and Micro drive, Multimedia Card, SD Memory Card, Smart Media Card and Compact Flash Card.
Conclusion
- It is advisable not to expect high quality text printing from this model. As it doesn’t use pigment black ink, your text output will be fuzzy, but the photos printed are of good quality.
- The cost of cartridges for Canon Pixma IP6700D Inkjet Printer may be high, but you will appreciate its long-lasting performance and distinct tanks.
| General Info | |
|---|---|
| Model | Pixma IP6700D |
| Brand | Canon |
| Functionality | Photo and text printing |
| Technology | Canon FINE (Full-lithography inkjet Nozzle Engineering) Inkjet technology |
| Output Type (bw/colour) | Colour |
| Weight | 7.5 kg |
| Dimension | 16.9 x 7.2 x 12 Inches |
| Speed (ppm) | Up to 18 ppm – black fast Up to 17 ppm – colour fast Up to 6.5 ppm – black normal Up to 4.9 ppm – colour normal |
| Resolution (dpi) | 9600 dpi x 2400 dpi |
| Memory | 42MB |
| Noise Level | 35 dBA |
| Power Consumption (watts) | 17 Watt |
| Interface | USB 2.0, infrared |
| Platform(OS required) | Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 – 10.4 |
| USB Cable | Yes |
| Number of colours | 6-ink – cyan, magenta, yellow, black, photo cyan, photo magenta |
| Wireless Printing | Yes |
| Bluetooth Option | Yes |
| Print technology | |
| Printing method | Inkjet |
| Nozzle configuration | 6 x 512 nozzles (black, cyan, magenta, yellow, photo cyan, photo magenta) |
| Droplet size | 1 pl |
| Preview Screen | 3.5 inch colour LCD |
| Borderless Printing | Yes |
| Duplex printing | Yes |
| PictBridge port | Yes |
| CD/DVD printing | Yes |
| Print speed | |
| Black text | Yes |
| Colour text | Yes |
| Photo | Yes |
| Imaging Software | Canon Photo Record, Canon Easy-Photo Print, Canon Easy-Web Print, Canon CD-Label Print |
| Paper Handling | |
| Total Media Capacity | 300 sheets |
| Input Tray Capacity | 150 Plain Papers |
| Media type | Envelopes, plain paper, iron-on transfers, photo paper, semi-gloss photo paper, photo stickers, glossy photo paper, fine art paper, matt photo paper, high resolution paper, DVD discs, CD discs |
| Media size | ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm), Legal (216 x 356 mm), A4 (210 x 297 mm), A5 (148 x 210 mm), B5 (176 x 250 mm), 130 x 180 mm, 203 x 254 mm, 100 x 180 mm, 101.6 x 152.4 mm |
| Ink cartridges | |
| Type | Replaceable |
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