History
BJC-8200
Canon was always criticized for its color printing, but ever since the BJC-8200, it has built a solid reputation for itself in this area. For the first time on a Canon model, the dots were really invisible, the colors bright and faithful. Its prints were of even better quality than those of the rival companies' flagship models - the HP Photosmart and Epson Stylus Photo.
The system that Canon used for this product was not much different than the one on its desktop versions. The BJC-8200 used a set of six cartridges (black, cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta and yellow) with separate ink tanks inserted in a semi-fixed head block, which we discuss below.
S800 Photo
Canon typically changes its series every year. In 2001, the top-of-the-line BJC 8200, which had led the ranks in an impressive number of comparative tests, gave way to the S800. Its new features were not actually very important, the most notable change was its name - like the rest in the series, the "BJC" was replaced by a plain "S". Another change was that the user could notice a slight increase in printing speed. There were still 1536 nozzles, but the print speed was 4 ppm for color, as well as for black and white.
S900 And S9000
So, we can't say we have seen much change in two years, which makes the launch of the S900 and S9000 all the more interesting. The number of nozzles has doubled, now totaling 3072. This means the speeds have gone up accordingly: 7 ppm in color and black and white. And while its rivals have opted for adding new functions to their products (such as HP's paper detection and analysis), up until now, Canon was quite happy to deliver a raw printer. But not anymore; the S520, S850, S900 and S9000 now have border-free printing.
