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HAT'S NEW PUSSY CAT?
Tiot indeed. Well, you know that the 8JC610 has a maximum
print resolution of 720dpi, but unfortunately, the only
Way to take advantage of this super printing without
ipending any extra money, at the time of writing, is to
own a PC equipped with Windows. Canon have produced
art extremely high speed driver for Windows that will
output 720dpi prints (after a while - high resolution
pigging takes time), but there is no equivalent for the
Amigo
More sadly, there are no plans to ship this printer with a
driver of any sort for the Amigo owner, although it can be
used with the current BJC610 drivers that are available.
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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
and yellow cartridge. These can all be individually
replaced so if you're printing off all
those yellow pictures that you never did
when you had a colour dot-matrix printer,
you won't be forced to go out and buy all
four inks in one go.
MASTERPIECE
If you go for a 24-bit 720dpi masterpiece
of printing, don't expect to walk away with
it immediately, unless it's about 5mm
across that is. The 8IC610 is not as fast as
the equivalent Hewlett Packard, as Canon
themselves readily admit. But, as they say,
would you rather wait a minute less for a
print, or have the highest possible quality?
Gars,
However, because these were written for the 8IC600
rather than the BJC610, they only work at up to 350dpi so
you will only be using half the printer's capobilities_
Since Wolf Faust has always had such a good relationship
with Canon there is a possibility that the Windows
software might be reproduced on the Amigo which would
definitely be an improvement as everything is automated
through it As it is, your only option if you want to get the
best results out of this printer (or indeed any printer) is to
buy Studio. The very latest version (23 0) supports the
8lC610 fully and outputs fantastic results thanks to the
unique colour matching system it employs.
No arguments there then. Even so, most of
the prints I did, which varied in size
between a quarter of a page and half a
page, took no longer than fifteen minutes.
The way the paper feeds into the printer is
quite handy too. The fact
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that you have at least a smidgen of a view
of the line the printer is currently painting
down onto the paper means that if there is
anything drastically wrong - printing in
greyscale rather than colour, for instance -
you can stop the print immediately rather
than have to wait until the paper has
emerged from the body of the machine.
UT OF INK
Right that's it, I'm out of ink on the topic of
the Canon BJC610, but it remains for me to
say that thought I was getting the best end
of the stick with my mono Postscript laser
printer. However, the results achievable with
this are nothing short of superb. Make sure
you include the cost of buying Studio II in
your budget when buying this printer
because you won't get even NM as good
results without it, and use Canon's glossy
paper for your bestest prints. Right, I'm off to
persuade Canon to let me keep this one and
see if! can't persuade them to give me some
more Mk_ 1 - 1 0 !
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REQUIREMENTS
RED essential BLACK recommended
PRODUCT DETAILS
Product
Supplier
Price
Tel
Ease of use
Implementation
Value For Money
Overall
Bottom
line
Studio
SCORES
Canon EUC610
Canon (UK) Ltd.
E499 + VAT
0181-773 3173
903/4
89%
90A4
90%