Canon PIXMA iP90v Photo Inkjet Printer (2238B002) by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon PIXMA iP90v Photo Inkjet Printer (2238B002)
Digital camera Review: Pint-sized Printer Packs a Punch
Summary: 4 Stars
This printer is great for light volume, high quality printing. What I love most about it is that it can print 8.5" x 11" sheet and it is only the size of a book. It is lighter than a dictionary. It does not print as fast as a Laser Ink Jet but fast enough.
The ink cartridges are small, but it was expected because the whole printer is so small! The black one lasts 2 to 3 months before we replace with a new one. We only print on the average 4 pages a week in our household so it has not been a problem for us. My experience is that one black ink cartridge is good for printing about 60 to 70 pages of average contents such as expense reports, boarding pass, maps... Not too dense. Our color ink lasts a bit longer because we seldom print photo. It does have a low ink warning which I often ignore till the print becomes too faint. And I wish the blue tooth adapter was built in but you have to buy additionally.
I got this printer from another online retailer at a great price but it arrived not working. The printer head refused to feed paper. We went to the Canon website and found out our local Canon authorized service. We took it in and they fixed the problem within 2 or 3 days free of charge. The cost was covered by warranty. We are quite pleased with the product and the service.
Digital camera Review: Pixma compared to my old BJC-85
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought the Pixma to replace my old BJC-85, when it finally gave the "8 beeps of death" after years of faithful service. This Pixma is a great looking machine and the printouts look good. It might actually rate more than 3 stars, but I haven't had it very long, and it has some mighty big shoes to fill as a replacement for the 85. Make that smaller shoes, because the BJC-85 was a bit smaller, and fit just right into my computer carry case. But the Pixma is sleek and compact, and fits into my carry case with my laptop and both power supplies. Another nice feature the 85 had was an alternate print head that held one large black ink cartridge, instead of small color and black cartridges. If you didn't need color, it provided a longer lasting ink supply. I haven't seen that for the Pixma yet, and I don't know how long the small ink cartridges will last. I bought the BJS-85 from a friend for $100 about 5 or 6 years ago, for a very specific purpose, and it filled the bill perfectly. I guess this is less of a review of the Pixma than a nostalgia piece about my old BJC-85. I don't have a lot of experience with the Pixma yet, but it looks great,and prints cleanly and quickly. It probably prints a lot better than I need. It seems quieter than the 85 too.Digital camera Review: Super portable
Summary: 5 Stars
The ip90v, my laptop, and both power supplies fit nicely in a laptop case. I used it as my carry-on luggage to South Africa. The printer exceeded my expectation in speed, ease of use and portability. Dual voltage made it more convenient to use with 240 volts in Africa.Digital camera Review: Suprised by photo print quality
Summary: 5 Stars
This printer is worth every penny I've spent on it. I haven't used a printer at home in years and seeing this photo printer at a good price, I jumped on the deal. Canon has yet to disappoint me. Just weeks earlier, I went to Target to print out some digital pictures from their Kodak kiosk (the ones they print out instantly). I was utterly disappointed because of dull colors and streak marks and never thought a quick print photo would look as nice as the 1-hour photos. But after testing the iP90v with Canon Photo Paper Glossy Plus II, I'm very satisfied that it's very close to lab quality photos. The colors are very slightly dull but it can be adjusted. Some might ask, with the cost of the paper and ink, it's still cheaper to do 1-hour photo processing. But as I have noticed, if you have a set of photos where you want not just the standard 4x5, you may want a couple 5x7 or 8x11 or even 2x3 photos, the 1 hour-photo may not be able to do that for you. Or if they did, the price of photo processing will start going up exponentially. It's the convenience, and flexibility (allowing no borders, with white borders, 4 images on a 4x6, etc.) while offering near lab-quality photos that makes this printer so great!Digital camera Review: Theoretically great, extremely fragile in reality
Summary: 1 Stars
The ip90 promised to be an excellent printer, and for the time it worked, it was. However, within printing a few dozen pages under normal use (and I stress the word normal - it wasn't banged about or otherwise damaged) the printer became incapable of feeding pages in straight and would pull them in at an angle causing the printing to be skewed. No amount of adjusting the amount of paper or hand aligning would alleviate the problem.
Eventually I took it to the Canon repair centre and after they repaired it, within a few days, the text became misaligned, printing one pixel to the left about every five centimetres down the page. This may not seem like much, and if you're printing text it may not be much (though it will certainly be noticeable) but if you print any graphics or lines it will be painfully obvious. The print utility program could not fix the problem and the cost of repair came to close to what a new printer would cost! (By now the warranty had expired and I had printed less than 200 pages!)
For the money you spend, plus the exorbitant cost of the ink cartridges, it simply is not worth the aggravation, if you need a mobile printer, its likely you need things to work without suddenly breaking.
Sadly for me I need a portable printer, but I've recently replaced my useless canon ip90 with a new HP H470 Office Jet Mobile Printer. No complaints, it works great, far less fragile than the ip90, would strongly recommend the HP H470 Office Jet Mobile Printer.