Canon PIXMA iP6600D Photo Printer :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
The PIXMA iP6600D Photo Printer is a photo-printing powerhouse, with incredible quality and high end convenience. It delivers an amazing resolution of up to 9,600 x 2,400 dpi, for detail and clarity that will surpass your expectations. To achieve this, Canon Full-photolitho-graphy Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) uses a next-generation 3,072-nozzle print head that ejects precise, consistent droplets as small as one picoliter. Plus, we've added high intensity photo cyan and photo magenta to the conventional four inks, to increase the accuracy of color values.

The high performance doesn't stop there. The PIXMA iP6600D Photo Printer can produce a beautiful photo lab quality 4" x 6" borderless print in approximately 46 seconds. Plus, its advanced paper handling provides you with several smart printing options. The dual paper path allows you to keep two different paper types always loaded and ready to print. You can even create two-sided photos or special photo albums with select Canon media.

With the extra-large 3.5" LCD color viewer and control panel, you can evaluate and enhance the images on your compatible memory card before printing! For viewing, just insert the card into one of the built-in card slots and select the images. As needed, the PIXMA iP6600D Photo Printer will automatically correct for red eye, improve sharpness and enhance the light values on your subjects' faces. Or, you can fine tune the image yourself using the easy control panel. Then, print directly from the memory card! You can also print directly from a PictBridge compatible digital camera or DV camcorder.

The Canon ChromaLife100 system combines the PIXMA iP6600D Photo Printer's FINE print head technology and newly developed inks with select Canon photo papers, with results rivaling that of many conventional photos. And with the new smart LED ink tanks, your LED lamp flashes when ink is running low, and flashes even faster when nearing empty.

Customer Reviews

Do Not Buy This Printer!

2008-04-05
I would HIGHLY recommend buying another printer than this piece of s&#*. It worked fine for the first few weeks, then it suddenly kept coming up with an error message that cannot be bypassed. The Canon tech support was not helpful in the least, and I ended up having to buy a whole new set of ink cartridges. Very disappointed with this product and Canon in general.

For the money, you can't go wrong...

2008-02-24
I own this printer and have had it for almost two years with no problems. Others that I have given prints to are very impressed with the quality so it's not just me that thinks so. As far as finding ink cartridges, no, they're not in every store, but I haven't had any difficulty finding them either. When I bought it I paid more than the current price and I'm still not sorry I did. All in all, it performs admirably for a printer in this price range...

Nice Print Quality But Awful Construction

2008-01-27
I've had this for about 2 years now. Print quality is excellent. Chassis of printer is flimsy. Paper sheet feeder not designed well as it allows the paper to shift sideways when being pulled in which makes the printing on the page crooked at times. Also, got an Error 5100 which could not be cleared even though I did everything recommended by the service manual to fix the problem. Printer is now dead. Check out a cheap color laser instead.

Print Quality Is Mediocre

2007-12-15
I received this iP 6600D printer about a week ago to replace my malfunctioning Canon i9900, and I am very disapointed. The print quality on the i9900 was excellent, but the print quality of the 6600D is mediocre at best. Specifically, the colors are really washed out, particularly the reds, but all are to some extent. The colors are also not as true to life as they should be. For example, the mountains in a photo I used for comparison purposes looked too blue rather than as green as they should have been. The quality is also inferior to some prints I obtained from a drugstore photo printer. Before you buy this photo printer (or any photoprinter, really) you should have some digital photo examples printed on photo paper and compare them to the same photos printed on the printer you are considering. It really sucks working to take good photos and then knowing the quality of the resulting photos in your photo album will be less than they should be.

Still working after 20 months

2007-11-23
This is a 'late' review but I was interested in seeing if there was a 'better' Canon printer out there since I bought this one in March of 2006. There doesn't seem to be. I normally print from Photoshop and have calibrated both screen and printer to produced unsurpassed color. If you can still find one, this is the printer to buy. Mine originally cost $199 or $299 but Canon has a 'list' price of $99.99 - if you can get one that cheap, it's a steal!

Way too expensive per print

2007-10-24
The PIXMA iP6600D Photo Printer is a photo-printing powerhouse, with incredible quality and high end convenience. It delivers an amazing resolution of up to 9,600 x 2,400 dpi, for detail and clarity that will surpass your expectations. To achieve this, Canon Full-photolitho-graphy Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) uses a next-generation 3,072-nozzle print head that ejects precise, consistent droplets as small as one picoliter. Plus, we've added high intensity photo cyan and photo magenta to the conventional four inks, to increase the accuracy of color values.

What's in the Box:
PIXMA iP6600D Photo Printer, iP6600D print head, power cord, FINE cartridges: CL-51, documentation kit, easy setup instructions, Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy for Borderless Printing 4" x 6" sample pack

Terrific photo printer 2007-07-02
I have used Epson printers for several years, partly due to the ability to use third-party inks. This Canon 6600D, although last year's hardware, is still a terrific printer and a terrific buy. The ink is about one-third of Epson ink, so I do not have to use third-party inks. It produces wonderful photos on photo paper, although the quality on plain paper is less striking. Prints relatively fast, the thing reads all cards other than xD, and the screen is very userful.

Beyond Expectation! 2007-06-09
I had initially bought a less expensive Canon printer. My graphics department sneered at a photo I brought in. So that night I exchanged for the 6600D. Printed the same photo and the same people asked, "Oh, is that the original lab print?"
The printer gives the freedom of producing ok prints or spectacular - just depends on how much you want to spend for paper - the glossy PRO paper is the best and has the weight and texture of film prints.

Also I like the individual color cartridges - way more economical than the universal color cartridges you have to replace when Black runs out and everything else is still full! Also, when you open the ink cartridge area, all the cartridges glow red - like something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey - so there is definitely some geek appeal too!

Great printer but ink is crazy 2007-03-12
Great quality pictures and prints. Lots of options with software too. But the ink?...Expensive and very hard to find. Be sure to have at least 3 black and 2 sets of colors when you have this printer. It will use it.

I really wanted it to be a better printer, but... 2007-03-01
I was looking to retire my circa 1999 Epson Stylus Pro 925 and replace it with this model. The Epson was just worn out, leaving some ink artifacts on the edges of the prints.

Here's what's good about the ip6600d:
Far faster than the old Epson, I can probably print 3 8x10's in the time it takes the Epson to spit out one.
Paper handling with the dual feeds is great, never jammed.
Economical on ink. At least that is my perception.
Good support.

However, for me the one bad attribute negates the good: quality. The old Epson blows it out of the water. The epson's colors are more accurate, and the detail in the Canon photo is significantly inferior to the old Epson. There is a dithering (blurring) of detail in the Canon not present in the Epson. Even the photos shot with the Canon S3IS digicam are superior on the Epson. Working with tech support, I took an image off the Canon site and printed on both units. Epson won, hands down. Even my wife said it was no contest on quality.

I even went so far as to get a warranty replacement from Canon to see if it was a fluke. No, the Epson smokes the Canon on print quality. I really wish it were superior in this one area, but sorry, no. I guess I am out my money, as I spent so much time trying to get better quality I can't return it now. Wanna buy one cheap?