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only , (75 more than the
mono h version of the printer!
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uses p yellow anyway?
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Canon's new baby is as far in
advance r of the 11.110e as that
was s in advance of that sad old
Star. c Apart from the lack of a
Postscript o interpreter on board, you
could m almost mistake it for a colour
proofing e machine. The BJC610 has the
small a footprint innately typical of previous
Canon bubblejet printers and is
beautifully styled. The construction of this
beautifully styled printer isn't half bad
either. When I had my B.110 it was a lot
more rickety and plasticky than this one is,
although Canon still haven't been able to
get rid of the customary grinding noises as
the print head gets cleaned.
Like most other bubblejets you really
only get the best results on special coated
paper, but
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Because the 6JC610 is such a high resolution machine it is
difficult to make sure that the print head is optimally
aligned when it comes out of the box. To remedy this.
Canon hove a hondy little self-test function that prints out
bars onto a sheet of paper along with instructions on what
to do. Simply choose the bar that looks the most solid and
make the lights light up in the right combination and voila,
you've just set your print head correctly. It is features like
this that make awning and running a modern printer light
years ahead of all those old lo-fi models we used to use.
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some other inkjets currently on the market,
you can print on standard copier bond with
the BJC610. Canon can also supply you
with a variety of specialist papers and films
to meet your needs such as transparencies,
glossy papers and back print film. If you are
going to use it for high-quality DTP do be
aware that running costs, particularly if you
are using the coated paper, are going to be
quite high, but no more so for the BIC610
than for any similar printer.
Canon's own brand coated
paper goes for E22 ex VAT
for 200 sheets, but you
will probably be able
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printout nice ly too
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that was present on the BJC600
where you have a print head and four separate
cartridges for the inks - one black
cartridge that can be double the sire of the
others, and one each of a cyan, magenta
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