Canon i9900

[Avalonthas]

I have been told by many people that the Canon i9900 is like the best photo printer for personal use. The price of the actual printer is a little steep from what im used to (699 canadian) where the most expensive printer i have bought in the past was 300 bucks CAD. However I checked the prices of ink and there only 12 to 15 bucks per catridge which isn't bad, compared to paying 40 bucks for my other cartrisges, which again i am used to Dual catridge systems rather then octa cartridge system, so its hard to realize the quality to price ratio. So for those who have this printer I got some questions before I buy it.

1) How many prints do you get before you have to replace ink (preferably 4x6's but tell me your other observations)
2) Does it cost similar to a lab doing it. What is the cents per print value?

[roanjohn]

Lots and lots of 4x6.........you'll realize that certain ink tanks depletes faster than others (especially photo cyan and photo magenta).......so have 'em in stock. I find the prints from my i9900 more pleasing with better details then the same photos printed from a lab (adorama).

If you print mostly 4x6, why not purchase the Pixma i8500??........

In any case, 8 invidividual inktanks is cheaper in the long run than 2 or 4 or 6.

Go get it, you won't be sorry.

Ro1

[Avalonthas]

Well I already have a small format printer for my 4x6's, its a Kodak one which does quite a good job and is almost comparible to my local lab (walmart lol). I want to buy a larger format printer because for school projects and some times i print out larger letter sized photo's and stuff, and then me and my folks do a bunch of 4x6 quite often. With the kodak, each cartridge only lasts 40 to 50 4x6 prints, so its costing me quite a lot of money per print which i do not like, so i was looking for a lil more bang and a lil less buck in my new printer. Which is why i wanna know how much 4x6's people are getting off with the i9900. And like u said 8, is suposedly cheaper in the long term which is what im aiming for.

[Dale]

THis thread may give you an idea of ink usage/costs.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50706

[Longwatcher]

Amusing is when you are getting ready to answer the question and someone else already has by using your own previous post.

Thanks Dale,

[WGK]

The Canon i9900 printer is an excellent printer and I would recommend it to anyone. I got mine for Christmas and have printed many pictures and thus had to replace the photo cyan and photo magenta.