Canon BJC 3000 Color Bubble Jet Printer
Details
- Availability:
- No longer available through SilverGelatin.net
- List Price:
- $149.00
- Average Customer Rating:
- 3.0 out of 5
- Manufacturer:
- Canon Computer Systems
Features
- Bubble Jet printer for black, color, and photo printing
- 1,440 x 720 resolution in color or B&W
- Parallel and USB ports, Mac and PC compatible
- Large individual ink tanks, optical low-ink sensor
- 100-sheet paper feed
Description
Canon's BJC-3000 Color Bubble Jet Printer is yet another fine product in the line of reliable Canon inkjets suitable for office or home use. With a built-in USB and parallel port, it is easy to connect to your Macintosh or PC, and you'll be up and running and receiving quality prints in no time.The BJC-3000 even offers unique and convenient features like an optical low-ink sensor to let you know when you're running low on ink. And Canon's Think Tank System puts each color of ink in individual tanks, letting you replace each color separately, and reducing both waste and cost. In addition, the inks are moisture and light resistant, ensuring that your images will remain vivid and clear.
The Canon BJC 3000 color bubble jet printer is an inexpensive and lightweight compact printer that also provides fast, professional-quality desktop printing. You can print crisp text and true colors on photo paper, transparencies, A4, legal, and more. With its sleek design and built-in USB and parallel ports (both Macintosh- and PC-compatible), the BJC 3000 is a fine companion for your desktop or laptop computer.
Documents print with a keen 1,440 x 720 dpi resolution at six pages per minute for black and four pages per minute for color, rates supported by a 100-sheet paper feed for continuous printing. The printer handles all business stationary and envelopes, plus photo paper, glossies, and transparencies, for all of your graphic needs. There is also a reassuring optical sensor that sends you a message when ink is running low. The Canon BJC weighs in at just 12 pounds, light enough that you'll be tempted to think of it as a portable printer.
Setup and installation are smooth and easy with the Canon Quick Start Guide, though the ink cartridge does require several steps because each color tank is installed separately. An online user's reference is also available if you need further assistance. The BJC 3000 comes with an AC power adapter, color and black ink cartridges, and a Canon Creative CD-ROM. Canon offers a one-year limited warranty on parts and labor for the Canon BJC 3000, and a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week toll-free customer technical support line.
Spotlight customer reviews
It prints... but it could be better
[ Posted: 2003-03-28 ]
The main drawback of this printer is Canon's design for getting ink to the print head. Because the ink has to seep through a sponge to get to the print head, the amount of ink flow is limited. For instance, if you were to print something that had, say, heavy black in one area, it would print okay for the first few lines, but much more than that and it'll start leaving blank streaks across your paper where there wasn't enough ink to feed the print head... effectively ruining your print. Also, it seems that the print heads get dirty quickly, as I have to run the print head cleaning program about once every two weeks.
BJC 3000 printer is a tremendous value
[ Posted: 2002-10-16 ]
I think some of the reviews for this printer are misleading. For the money, this is a terrific printer. It is very versatile and prints at a nice speed with exceptional resolution for a 1440 dpi inkjet printer. Higher resolution for most people is not needed because their eyes are not that good. This printer does a very acceptible job on photos and can not be beat for nice clear crisp text. You can spend three or four time the money on other printers and not get what you get with a BJC 3000. Canon consistently produces fine products. Worth every dollar.
There is a defect with BJC-3000!
[ Posted: 2002-01-17 ]
I bought this printer about a year ago, and it worked OK except large noise (even not in printing). The printer started working abnormally since last week. Every time I clicked "print", the computer was forced to restart and "printing" was stopped in the middle. I checked all relevant softwears, as well as tech support from Canon, and didn't find anything wrong. In the end, I gave up. I bought an Epson printer, and it works great in my computer.
ok but not worth the money
[ Posted: 2001-12-28 ]
i have had this printer for almost 3 years and have not been happy. The color is not very good at all, It is extremly loud, and shakes so bad it rocks my hole desk!! Not good at all if you want to print pictures unless they are really tiny( bad resolution) the cannon site is hard to find support and when you do there is no infomation that helps which means you have to call tech supprt and you know what fun that can be!! Which i did and after staying on hold for a hour they hung up on me!!
Get an epson. comparable prices for better quality...that is what i did and am glad i did it!!
Great little printer!
[ Posted: 2000-11-05 ]
I've used HP Deskjet printers for years and just recently decided to upgrade. My son needs a color printer so he got the HP-693c and I bought a Canon BJC-3000. My biggest complaint about the HP's was the single color cartridge - run out of one color and you have to throw the entire cartridge away. Not so with the BJC-3000.
I've had good results with the graphics and printed some photo-quality images using Kodak InkJet photo paper. You have to do some adjustments of the settings to get things right, but the results are very good once that is done.
The major complaint I have is the noise coming out of this thing! It isn't bad while printing, but during initialization and after printer a few sheets, it goes into a mode where it sounds like it is coming apart. All ink jet printers do this, but this one is especially noisy.