Canon S820

175 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
price (66)
performance (59)
usability (50)
durability (17)
noise (16)

Negative
reliability (7)
paper handling (2)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 175 reviews of Canon S820. The average rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviews about the noise and durability are overall positive. The usability and performance also get good feedback. There are some critical opinions about the paper handling and reliability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Canon S820 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 77/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Canon S820

alaTest has collected and analyzed 128 user reviews of Canon S820 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the noise and durability. The usability and performance also get good feedback, whereas there are some less positive views about the paper handling and reliability.

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74% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Dan Littman (pcworld.com)

Canon USA S820 Photo Printer 1ppm/photo 2400x1200 DPI 80kb

WHAT'S HOT: Designed as a photo printer, the S820 uses six inks--the typical cyan (blue), magenta (red), yellow, and black, plus light tints of cyan and magenta for fine-tuning colors. The result is a reasonably priced ($199) printer that produces...

Jan, 2003

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Expert review by : Dan Littman (pcworld.com)

Canon S820 Photo Printer

High-quality photo printing at a reasonable price is the S820's strong point.

Jan, 2003

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Expert review by : Dan Littman (pcworld.com)

Canon S820 PHOTO PRINTER 1PPM/PHOTO 2400X1200 DPI 80KB (Canon-6859A001)

For digital camera fans who want a machine exclusively to print photos, the S820 is a great choice.

Jan, 2003

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Expert review by : Kristina Blachere (cnet.com)

Canon S820 review: Canon S820

Canon S820

Excellent photo-print quality; great graphics and text quality on high-res paper; fast photo-print speeds; low ink costs.

Slow text printing; can't tweak beyond a handful of presets; output quality deteriorates on plain paper.

The Canon S820 prints beautiful text, graphics, and photos. For best results, though, spring for high-resolution paper.

Nov, 2002

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Canon S820

Your favorite digital camera and the Canon S820 Photo Printer are all you need to bring your digital world to life. You take the shots, transfer them to your computer, import into Canon's Easy-PhotoPrint program, crop or rotate and then print...

Canon now supports the Worldwide Exif Print standard which assures high quality photo prints from virtually any digital camera. The S820 and Canon's other new S series printers have updated drivers that feature a new set of color tables to allow the...

Dec, 2002

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Expert review by : Kristina Blachere (cnet.com.au)

Canon S820 review: Canon S820

Canon S820

Excellent photo-print quality; great graphics and text quality on high-res paper; fast photo-print speeds; low ink costs.

Slow text printing; can't tweak beyond a handful of presets; output quality deteriorates on plain paper.

The Canon S820 prints beautiful text, graphics, and photos. For best results, though, spring for high-resolution paper.

Nov, 2002

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Expert review by : PC Authority (pcauthority.com.au)

Canon S820

An excellent all round printer with added PC card connectivity.

Oct, 2008

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Use it up and Throw it Away

We bought this printer specifically to print photos from our digital camera. When we first started using it we were ecstatic with the quality compared to our old color inkjet. Pictures were crisp, and clear, and it printed the same way consistently. ...

Excellent quality of photo when everything functioning as it should.

Constant maintenance required. Print heads guaranteed to fail eventually, and too costly to replace.

May, 2004

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Canon S820

I purchased the Canon S820 Color printer because they advertised they tested for good color for 20 years. I also was impressed with the color using the six ink tanks for the good color rendition, and then I had a problem until they told me that I had...

Borderless prints

Prints fade badly. Canon will refund for printer,ink or unused paper

Sep, 2003

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