i470D Photo Printer

Yes the printer has some nice features. Low price ink (about 10.00 per cartridge), memory card reading (reads as another drive and can write to card, But when it comes time to print photos they are flat and lifeless. I compared three photos printed from my deskjet 5550 and all came up so short I threw them out. The deskjet won hands down. It made friends look pale with no depth even after changeing many settings. The photos also seemed a lot wetter then the deskjet. I checked cnets review a little to late and their tests show the same.

This is the easiest to set up and the cheapest for inks. The alignment of the heads are hard to do, but for the price of the ink it is worth it.

not too bothered about the missing backfold for the papers. All in all it was a great purchase ! It prints well and it came with ink which i think is a plus because ink cartridges are expensive these days and i wasnt sure if they made these types anymore.

I've been looking for a while to replace my lagging Lexmark printer. I found a great deal on this Canon printer. I checked the reviews, which were mostly very favorable. I purchased it without hesitation. I'm glad I did.It does not come with a USB cable, so expect to purchase one. It does come with a sample pack of 5 - 4x6 Canon picture paper, so you don't even need to purchase paper first to test it out. And it does come with a cartriage of color and black ink, both need to be installed. In addition, the cost of the ink is lower than many other printers, ranging about $10 a cartriage.The software is very nice, so far. You open up their picture printer program. Select the photo(s) you want to print, then you choose from the paper types, from 4x6 to 8-1/2x11 and then how you want the photo(s) printed, ie with/without a border. Pretty much just a three step process.The results? OY! The pictures are really fantastic. Now I must state that the quality of the print will be based more on the quality of the picture (jpeg/gif/bmp) you are printing. For example, I took a jpeg that I had from my website. In order to use it on my website, I needed to cut the resolution down. When I printed the that picture (4x6), there was a noticable grain to the photo quality. This is not in any way the fault of the printer. When I took a similar jpeg and printed it at its original resolution, the quality was as if I got the picture from a photo store. I decided to take a high resolution jped, about 12 MB, and print it 8-1/2x11. The quality was excellent. I won't say it was perfect. Upon close inspection, ie staring right in front of it, you'll notice slight indications that it was printed, however, I couldn't guarantee that you could go to a photo store and get a better quality image reproduction. However, from just casually looking at the picture, the quality is excellent.The speed is pretty nice, about 1 4x6 in 40 seconds. Normal print outs are obviously faster, though I haven't done much with that. One other thing to bring, the paper feeder seems very reliable. My Lexmark needed to be manually feed, one sheet at a time, to print and that was such a hassle. However, this printer has a great feeder.Overall, this product is excellent. Remember to get a USB cable to go along with it.

Put a lot of time into researching photo printers before I picked up this Canon i470d from BestBuy. Brought it home and was immediately impressed. Fast, quiet, excellent quality photo printing. Easy to setup and easy-to-use software comes with. Great options....can print from media card or directly from Canon camera. Very happy with my purchase and I highly recommend it. Just don't forget to buy the USB cord that is NOT included. For your info, I just use this recreationaly to print out some 4x6's. Not doing any technically difficult photo editing or elaborate presentations.

The Canon i470D has turned out to be a very good investment. I am in electronics sales and we are constantly told to that "features tell & benefits sell!"Well, this printer has provided me with a lot of benefits. I've had it for a year and I love it.Benefits are: solid printer for Word documents, spreadsheets and especially WEB pages. It has not smeared or clogged the heads or printer as my old HP 660CES.But the biggest benefit is that I can print crystal clear 4X6 prints of my new gradnson. I give them to relatives and not a one guessed that I printed them on a PC printer. I use Canon glossy photo paper but just found that FUJIFILM glossy works just as well.Bottom line is that this printer provides me with all the benefits I was looking for. I hightly recommend it for someone like me who dowsn't want to be too technical but get a printer that works well over the long haul.PS, I also have a Canon CanoScan D1250U2F Color Image Scanner and also got it a year ago. It also has provided me with a lot of benefits.I am getting a new digital camera for the holidays and most likely will get a Canon Powershot A95 when the price reaches around $300. I think the 3 should really work well together. Since I am not a real techie I think this combo will suit me just fine.

I bought this printer b/c I needed to do color prints and my HP wasn't doing justice.I LOVE this printer. I got it with a rebate, but it is worth the $99.99 retail 100%.My pictures are AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I show them to others and no one could tell I printed them myself. I am in awe of the printer. My sister and brother saw my picture quality and now they are BOTH buying one of these.It was easy putting it together, and came with some good software too.Very easy to use. You think it might be hard b/c of all the features, but it's very user-friendly.The only thing that might annoy you is it does make a bit of noise while it's loading to print and when it's done. Because the outcome is fabulous, this doesn't bother me at all.Note also, that I used the Canon glossy paper, then also with the HP photo glossy paper, the Canon paper had better results. Much cleaner than the HP.I highly recommend this.