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Your favorite digital camera and the Canon S820 Photo Printer are all you need to bring
your digital world to life. You take the shots, transfer them to your computer, import
into Canon's Easy-PhotoPrint program, crop or rotate and then print
spectacular 4" x 6" borderless photos in about 60 seconds, or 8.5" x 11" shots in about
two minutes. Photos remain vibrant and true-to-color for approximately 25 years when
printed on Canon Photo Paper Pro.
The S820 photo printer produces silver-halide quality 2400 x 1200 dpi photo prints,
thanks to a high-performance 6-color ink system. Plus, Canon's advanced MicroFine
Droplet Technology™ combines cutting-edge achievements in ink-droplet size,
accurate ink application, consistent droplet quality and ink composition. The result is
spectacular print resolution and 49 gradation levels, producing dramatically reduced
graininess as well as breathtaking detail and color reproduction.
. Six individual ink
tanks, one for each color, make it easy to replace just the color that runs out, rather
than the entire cartridge. Plus, a unique optical low-ink sensor warns you with an
on-screen message when an ink tank is low, giving you plenty of time to replace the
tank before it runs out.
Canon now supports the Worldwide Exif Print
standard which assures high quality photo
prints from virtually any digital camera. The S820 and Canon's other
new S series
printers have updated drivers that feature a new set of color tables to
allow the
Easy-PhotoPrint software to process the digital camera images using all
of
the same colors available when the picture was taken. Through the
simple 3-step visual
process of image selection, paper size and type, and final printed
layout, Easy-PhotoPrint automatically sets the optimum driver settings
for beautifully stunning
photographic output from your Canon printer.
4" x 6" borderless photos in approx. 60 seconds
- 6 individual ink tanks, replace one at a time, very economical
- Photos
light fast for approx. 25 years
- Exif Print compatible with the latest drivers and Easy-PhotoPrint software
The S820 is a stylish looking, gray and silver colored printer that should easily
fit into your computer workspace. Setup is straight forward and can be
accomplished by following the steps outlined on the included big page of
directions. You unwrap and install the six ink tanks into the removable
print head carriage, then install that into the printer, plug in the USB cable,
install the software and then turn on the printer. Windows then loads the
drivers and within a minute or two you're up and printing.
printer that we reviewed last year. It was the first of the speedy Canon printers and I'm
happy to report that the S820 (and S820D) is even a little faster. Compared to other photo printers
like the Epson Stylus Photo 890, the Canon S820 is quieter and much faster. If you really
want speed then check out the Canon S900 and the S9000 printers, they're even faster than the S820 thanks to a wider
print head.
which we'll cover on the next page.
You can now replace the individual colors rather than tossing out a multi-color ink
cartridge out when just one of the colors runs empty. The user can also replace the print
head assembly if needed without sending the printer off to a service center.
In actual use the S820 is so quiet that you almost don't notice that it's
working. I printed a borderless
8.5 x 11 inch photo using the glossy photo paper and "High Quality" print settings
in the driver. I was amazed to see the finished print ejected only two
minutes later and looking nearly the same as a 1440-dpi print that would have taken
seven and a half minutes on my Epson 890.
I was used to being overwhelmed by print time options in the Epson driver (360dpi,
720dpi, 1440dpi, 2880dpi, High Speed on or off, Microweave on or off), so it was
enjoyable to see less choices presented in the Canon driver. I'll go into more
detail on the driver software on page three -- you basically just
choose your media type and quality and tell it to print.
You can click on the Custom buttons if you want to manually change the Fast-to-Fine (speed
vs quality) setting or enable or disable the Image Optimizer or the Photo Optimizer PRO
enhancements. Depending on the paper type and image type these "enhancements" don't always
produce the most optimum results. They are designed to smooth the pixel "jaggies" out of
low-res images or to create prints with a lot of "punch" (color, contrast, sharpness) to
them. Sometimes they are a bit too much, good images don't need them.
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