Canon PIXMA iP90 Photo Inkjet Printer (9466A001)

I have wanted a small, lightweight travel printer for some time and after reading a number of reviews and researching a number of options I decided to buy the Canon PIXMAiP90 Photo Inkjet Printer. I travel weekly and often need the use of a printer and so the purchase of the Canon seemed timely and has proven to be a wonderful printer. I admit I also purchased the Bluetooth option and the extended batter as well so the total cost of this bundle was right around 400.00. This is a bit pricy but after using the printer dozens of times I have no regrets for purchasing the printer or the wireless and extended battery options. The printer is easy to use, quiet and prints both color and b&w documents quickly and with very very good quality. I printed an 8x11" photo on old color paper from a small image and got very impressive results. B&W documents are crisp and of an excellent quality. What else do you want from a printer. Easy, quiet, quick and sharp quality prints!The bluetooth and extended battery options are by no means necessary but I have bluetooth and love that I don't have to carry a bunch of cables and battery charger every time I travel. The extended battery lasts a long long time. I wish I could say exactly how many hours but I have printed at least 300 pages and never had to recharge, even when the printer was not in use for more than a week.I carry my laptop and printer in a laptop backpack and even with magazines, ipods, files and the other stuff we carry around the printer feel lightweight and doesn't add a trmendous extra weight to the pack.Cartridge use seems adequate and I have yet to replace a cartridge. Installation of them is easy as is the installation of the software.I give this printer a 5 star because if has exceeded my expectations of a small, lightweight travel printer, that I also use at home. I would dfeinitely purchase this printer again.

I was looking for a portable printer for work related printing needs out in the field. I was very excited when I received this printer because of it's size. Unfortunately, set up was a nightmare. I was on the phone with Canon support three days in a row and couldn't get it to print. Canon finally ended up sending me an iP100 replacement because the print head was defective on the iP90. Then the iP100 that was sent wouldn't work and I had to send it in for repair. I have never been this disappointed with a Canon product.

Worked great for about a month - now the cyan print head has died. Ive run the cleaning commands, replaced ink tanks, even tried manually inspecting and cleaning the head itself as a last resort - no good, Cyan is completely dead.I hope it at least lasts as a B&W printer.Funny, the number of 5-star reviews for this product (one of the reasons I bought it!) when I see every single recent review is a 1-star horror story now. Makes me wonder how many of those 5-star reviews were early fakes by Canon reps when the product was first released.Buy something else - and not from Canon, companies need to suffer for their mistakes if we expect them to ever start caring.

Ok where do I begin with this one...Cons...Price - Very expensive if you want to be mobile with it.Printer ($250 plus shipping) along with the optional bluetooth adapter (an additional $80 or so plus shipping), and also the optional battery pack kit (an additional $140 plus shipping). I paid a total of over $500 plus shipping costs for this printer and the accessories to be able to use it wireless.Included Software - Didnt auto install and doesnt always workI had to call tech support to find out if the disk was bad or what and we ended up going into the disk and manually installing each program which ended up not installing the icons or other little special things.Printer/Bluetooth Installation/Setup -If you are using a usb connection then you are ok but be warned of the "work arounds" needed and other problems when using the printer strictly with the bluetooth adapter.The printer would not install via the bluetooth connection right out of the box. There is no documentation with the printer or bluetooth manual as to where the adapter should be installed either. I had to call tech support to find out where to install the adapter. I had to call twice to tech support in order for someone who would actually take the time out to help with the situation.Cannon has a very weird way of a work around to get the bluetooth adapter to work with the printer and computer. First of all you have to figure out which way you want to connect the printer on your computer. Your computer's bluetooth hardware has to be configured to work with Microsofts drivers for the printer to work properly such as giving you ink status and other functions. You only have one way communication under Windows XP SP2 and that is to only print to the machine and nothing else. The other draw back to this configuration is that other devices such as my wireless headset wouldnt work anymore using the microsoft drivers. So, if I wanted both devices to work I had to use the device drivers that came with my computer's bluetooth adapter and I was back to square one with only one way communication to the printer but at least all other wireless devices would work again.When I called tech support about this problem they tried to help but didnt know about any such problems even though its all over the internet about people having problems getting the bluetooth to work properly or even at all with their bluetooth adapters that are installed in their pc. One tech even had me uninstall the printers software and upon reboot the computer would not boot up at all. I spent a month trying to reinstall everything back into the pc.Setup also requires you to install the printer using a usb connection first and then installing the printer again but with the bluetooth connection therefore installing two different printers. Anytime you need to do something to this printer it has to be connected via usb to do any maintenance on it.This printer was a major pain to get up and running.Print speed/Quality -The printer takes a lot longer to print the same page of text compared to my lexmark x6170 all in one. Also, in between each page there is a default drying time which can be changed to go longer but not turned off completely.Pros...Mobility - No need for wires or power adaptersSmall - fits in a briefcase or laptop bag easilyPrint Quality - is better than most small compact printersCartridges - are cheap but dont really last that long since they are so smallDo I recommend the printer you ask...yes i recommend it if you are a mobile person and need to print things on the spot anytime anywhere and are willing to shell out over $500 to do so.Once you do get it up and running properly you will not be dissapointed with it.