Canon S400 Color Bubble Jet Printer
Details
- Availability:
- No longer available through SilverGelatin.net
- List Price:
- $74.99
- Average Customer Rating:
- 3.5 out of 5
- Manufacturer:
- Canon Computer Systems
Features
- Prints 6 ppm black, 4 ppm color
- Print resolution at 1440 by 720 dpi
- Built-in USB and parallel ports
- Uses individual ink tanks
- 1-year limited warranty
Description
The S400 Color Bubble Jet Printer is a solid performer for everyday printing on all types of paper-built for excellent quality, speed, reliable operation and exceptional usability. With its numerous innovative features, it handles everyday print jobs at home or office with ease, from letters and flyers to Web pages and greeting cards. Great printing results at a great value-it's everything you need in a desktop printer.The S400 printer is among Canon's new generation of printers that incorporate state-of-the-art features and capabilities to help you work faster and with impressive results. Its built-in USB and parallel ports make connecting to any compatible Mac or PC fast and easy. High quality, 1440 x 720 dpi resolution helps produce documents and graphics that are crisp and professional. Vibrant new inks are formulated for brighter colors and darker blacks. And dramatic speed improvements enable you to print a page in as fast as 10 seconds in black and just 15 seconds in color-more than enough speed to keep you at your most productive. Innovative technologies make the S400 printer a pleasure to use. It features the exclusive Canon Think Tank System - an intelligent ink-management system that eliminates ink waste and saves you money. With its large, individual ink tanks, you replace just the color that runs out rather than the entire cartridge. And this same interchangeable cartridge system gives you the ability to switch the ink cartridge with Canon's optional IS-32 Color Image Scanner Cartridge, to instantly turn your printer into a 720 dpi color sheetfed scanner.
With innovative features, solid performance, and a low price tag, the Canon S400 Color Bubble Jet printer is all you need for your home or office. Its patented Think Tank System efficiently manages ink use, reducing waste and saving you money. Rather than replacing an entire cartridge, the S400 allows you to change individual ink tanks. This system also gives you the option to switch to Canon's IS-32 Color Image Scanner cartridge, allowing the S400 printer to work as a 720 dpi color sheetfed scanner.
At six pages per minute (four ppm color) and 1,440 x 720 dpi, the S400 combines fast printing with crisp graphics and professional documents. It handles a wide variety of paper types and sizes, including glossy photo, transparencies, envelopes, and T-shirt transfers. Built-in USB and parallel ports make connecting quick and easy for both Mac and PC systems.
The Canon S400 includes a CD-ROM featuring American Greetings CreataCard SE software, printer drivers, and user's guide. --Emily Bakko
Spotlight customer reviews
A great buy!
[ Posted: 2005-04-09 ]
I've had my Canon S400 for four years and I'd rate it as one of the best budget printers on the market. It's fast, reliable and cheap to operate thanks to individual ink tank cartridges that can be bought separately when one color runs out. The text it prints out is clear and crisp and the quality of graphics on just plain paper is excellent.
Installation was a snap. Just use the CD Rom that comes in the box and you're a few clicks away from printing out your first document!
Lastly, if you do get blinking lights as some other customers have complained about just find a Canon forum by doing a search on the Internet. The blinking lights are coded to tell you what the problem is and past customers will tell you what the remedy is.
It worked fine for about a year with little or no problems--
[ Posted: 2005-02-21 ]
then it started showing those "orange" lights indicating a paper jam. There isn't any!!! I have done everything possible to get it working correctly, including re-installing the drivers. Nothing works - all I get is the green and orange flashing lights. I'm ready to toss it. I was pleased with it at first because it was very economical and easy to use. I can't figure out what happened to it!!!!
Good basic printer
[ Posted: 2003-08-16 ]
I got this printer after going through two Epson printers over the years. The Epson printers, both top rated in consumer mags, often produced messy pages with smeared ink. I had to constantly run the cleaning utility. The cartridges on the Epsons also clogged all the time. The same thing happened to my sister's Epson. Too much trouble for a basic printer. Getting back to Canon--this printer has been great. No clogged cartridges or messy pages. One thing--I seem to get better printed text when I select graphic rather than text for the type of print mode.
Not a reliable printer
[ Posted: 2002-11-05 ]
I have had this printer for a little over a year now. I got it ...last fall and hoped to use it for color printing mainly, but also to print small black and white documents (I have access to a laser printer for most black and white). I bought it because of the low priced ink tanks.
What I have found out is that the S400 does not print when I want it to. At first, I was using the parallel port connection (don't even think about doing this). The connection isn't fast enough for the printer and every page you try to print will be illegible. Using the USB connection has helped, but I still throw out about 1 out of every 3 pages that I print because they don't come out correctly.
In short, the S400 isn't reliable. I find myself walking across the building to print a single page instead of trying for 20 or 30 minutes on my S400. Don't buy this printer. It will be a waste of your time and money.
Still as good as the day I bought it . . .
[ Posted: 2002-09-01 ]
It took nearly three months for me to print one page with this printer. Why? The printer I bought came with a faulty ink cartridge. I mailed it in and over a month later received another printer, with another faulty ink cartridge. A month later I actually received a working cartridge from the fine folks at Canon- at least they were nice- and finally I am able to use my printer. Sort of.
Now instead of the six orange flashing lights, I'm getting four and three and sometimes they're green, and all the while this thing grunts and grinds and shakes back and forth like some wild-eyed shivering hog.
It prints sideways, it grabs ten sheets at once, it won't grab the paper at all, and heaven forbid the black ink actually come out black instead red and green and blue.
This printer has made me reexamine my faith. No benevolent being could unleash this beast upon the world. For your own well-being, please steer clear of this monstrosity.