Index Card Printer
Index Card Printer: Canon Pixma iP3000 Review
The Canon Pixma iP3000 is not specifically marketed to be used as an index card printer but it works just as well. Let’s start with the specifications of the product:
-Up to 4,800 x 1,200 dpi color resolution
-Up to 22 ppm black, 15 ppm color; 4-by-6-inch photo in about 36 seconds
-Built-in 2-sided printing; 4 individual ink tanks
-Direct print port, PictBridge compatible
-USB interface; PC and Mac compatible
-Printer Resolution Horizontal in Black and White: 600 Dots Per Inch
-Resolution Vertical in Black and White: 600 Dots per Inch
-Printer Resolution Horizontal Max in Color: 4800 Dots per Inch
-Printer Resolution Vertical Max in Color: 1200 Dots per Inc
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There are a lot of various printer brands in the market that can be used both as a photo printer and an index card printer. Canon Pixma iP3000 can be used for both purposes. With its affordable price tag of $80 to $120, it comes with a lot of cool features that you can’t find with other printers. It can take a big pile of regular old, index cards and prints whatever you want onto them as fast as 10 seconds per card. It also has 150-sheet, cassette-loading paper drawer that is pretty much the same to those on the old LaserWriters.
This photo and index card printer is MAC friendly. The CD that comes with the package installs drivers and it has a handy utility application which you can find within the Printer Setup Utility. This is cheap on ink but you can rely on its good text quality and its ability to print good quality photos from your digital camera.
I also like the flexibility of the printer. The cassette feed paper tray and top loader can handle multiple media sizes with no hassle which makes it a great index card printer. The Duplex Support makes it easy to print on both sides of a sheet without manual feeding. It comes with automatic room for hole punches or binding.
Are there any cons to this photo and index card printer? Well if you’re using cheap paper including most index cards, it will come out feeling “wet”, you may need a minute or so to dry it. This is really not a good news for people who are always in a rush. The text and images are not quite as sharp as I expected but this is when using cheap paper. For high-quality printing, common sense will tell you that you also need high-quality paper or material. Purchase some superwhite inkjet paper to solve this issue.
