Guide to Bubble Jet Printers

Print vibrant colors with bubble jet printers and other Canon printers
By M. Worcester

Canon manufacturers the bubble jet printers, a style of inkjet printer named for the small bubble of ink that forms to propel a tiny droplet of ink from each of the many print heads in the bubble jet cartridge. The process creates vibrant color documents. Though Canon still manufactures several models of inkjet printers, they no longer use the name bubble jet printers. Facts about these printers prove them to be high quality, high-resolution color printers with quiet operation.

Canon's inkjet printers, which use the same printing process as bubble jet printers, create long-lasting photos with borderless edges and up to 4800 x 1200 dots per inch resolution. Some models have a PictBridge port, which allows you to print photos directly from a digital camera. Another useful feature of some models is an optional car adapter and rechargeable battery kit for printing photos on the road.

Types of Canon printers include:

1. Inkjet printers, often referred to as Canon bubble jet printers, and discontinued bubble jet printers

2. Canon compact photo printers like those in the SELPHY line, which print snapshot size photos

3. Canon photo inkjet printers, which print black-and-white or mixed color full-sized documents with photo quality.

Action Steps

The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Shop online for bubble jet printers for sale Beautiful crisp, clear photos and other color documents and ease of use are two of the noteworthy qualities of bubble jet printers. Information about specific models helps you determine the best printer to buy.

I recommend: Choose from several bubble jet printer models at Porters Electronics, where they guarantee satisfaction or you get your money back. Find bubble jet printers for sale at Newegg, Inc., offering low prices for bubble printers and selling many current Canon printer models.

Print photos with your compact photo printer from the manufacturer of bubble jet printers Connect your digital camera directly to the printer's PictBridge port to print photos without downloading to your computer. Use the image editing software that comes bundled with these printers to improve the quality of your photos or edit them to crop out unwanted elements or resize them. Print on glossy paper for a look more like traditional photos.

I recommend: Choose from several models of Canon compact photo printers at Best Buy, where you can eliminate shipping costs if you choose to pick up your item at a nearby Best Buy store. Buy compact Canon photo printers at Video Direct, where you can also purchase a wide range of printer and photo accessories.

Create quality documents with an inkjet printer from the manufacturer of bubble jet printers Use software bundled with these printers to produce photo page layouts and easily optimize your images for use on web pages and in email. Easily print on plain or photo paper using the 2 paper trays in the PIXMA iP4500. Copy and scan documents with the option to print photo-quality color with the PIXMA MP5300.

I recommend: Choose from several models of photo inkjet printers, set up a custom side-by-side comparison, get specs on each model and view archive pages of discontinued models at Canon U.S.A., Inc. Compare models of Canon photo inkjet printers side-by-side at Super Warehouse, where you can also buy photo inkjet ink and bubble jet ink.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

Use Canon printers for scapbooking. The type of bubble jet ink still used in the Canon photo inkjet printers results in water-resistant images, which Canon claims will stay beautiful for 100 years.