With an impressive resolution of 2,400 x 1,200 dpi, the Compaq IJ650 provides consistently reliable print jobs in both monochrome and color. It's ideal for home users, and its simple USB connection and Windows-based printer management offer quick and easy options for changing cartridges, papers, and printing formats. The average print speeds of 9 ppm in color and 5 ppm in black make it among the fastest in the category. Compaq includes a one-year warranty on parts and labor, as well as all necessary documentation and the power cord; however, you will require an additional USB cable for installation.
Compaq IJ650 Color Inkjet Printer, the perfect high quality output device for use with the Compaq Presario range of desktop computer systems and your all other needs. This printer comes in both black and color cartridges to give you immediate printing satisfaction out of the box. The IJ650 offers print speeds of up to 9 ppm, true 2400 x 1200 dpi resolution even on plain paper and offers exceptional paper handling, in a low-profile case. The printer delivers superior performance with brilliant photo color and convenience of desktop printing at an affordable price. Compaq IJ650 is simple to set up and easy to use. The printer is equipped with an automatic driver installation, on-screen ink level indicators, and simple instructions. The simple "drop and go" allow user to load the media and start printing almost instantly. Advance inkjet technology provides crisp text, stunning graphics and vibrant color reproduction for all your printing needs, be it home or small office. The IJ650 supports printing of Coloreal images too. Photo-quality color printouts with the dual cartridge system offer brilliant vivid colors while the black cartridge delivers text that resist smudging and smearing. You can change the individual black or color cartridge when required, offering a truly cost effective solution.
1 Best purchase we ever made
We used to have a HP printer and it was a piece of junk. This printer is incredible!!! It prints beautiful clear pictures and the color is very vivid. It prints black ink very quickly but color images take a little longer. The color pictures are definately worth the wait though. It's a fabulous printer!!!! My husband and I love it! We will NEVER buy HP again!
2 cheeeesy...
The only reason I even tried this printer is because it came bundled with the new Presario I got preloaded with XP. XP of course wanted nothing to do with the printer, and even when I did finally get everything working, I found that the image quality is noticeably poorer than my trusty old Cannon. And, as long as we're at it, it's slow... the purported 5 page per minute speed is pure fantasy if you're printing anything other than straight text.
3 Don't expect it to work with xp home edition.
This printer was shipped with a Compaq desktop and monitor with xp home edition. I bought a set so they would work well together. Wrong! I have worked for three days and the printer still will not install right. Goes in as a foreign language and the driver appears not to work with xp. All the support help has not fixed it so far. Compaq should not send sets with xp together when they will not work. The printer is very flimsy and cheaply built. I may never know how it prints. Stick th HP.
4 No value for the money spent!
I had to buy this printer recently from a local Radio Shack only as a stop gap for a printer that I had used for two years that finally failed on me (IJ 750) because there weren't any other models available from Compaq.
I wanted to purchase another IJ 750 but I couldn't find this model available for purchase anywhere online including Compaq.com. I guess they discontinued this particular model.
The IJ 650 prints fine but my color cartridge ran out too quickly.
Both the black and color cartridges are small and you can bet you will have to buy another pair before you realize it.
I have no problems with the print quality this machine produces because you can manually change from 600 d.p.i to 1200 d.p.i. I wouldn't recommend this however because you will run out of ink much more quickly. The default setting is set at 600 d.p.i. and this adequate for most types of print jobs.
My qualms with this model is that it does not handle printing labels as well as my old IJ 750 and I would recommend that you don't try this with the IJ 650 because the labels sheets will become lodged while printing and you will waste those labes not to mention the ink.
Moreover, the IJ 650 does not notify you when you are running low on ink. You will have to determine that manually by accessing the printer settings via the Control Panel. My old IJ 750 would let me see the levels of ink while a print job was in progress. The cartridges for the IJ 750 were alot larger and I didn't have to replace them as frequently as the IJ 650. However, both of these printers let you check on ink levels through the printer properties via the Control Panel.
In summary, don't buy this printer unless you don't print many envelopes and labels-they will jam and/or print a bit slanted and not parallel to the edges. It's quality is above average in its 600 d.p.i. default setting. I wouldn't recommend for small home offices.
5 Few glitches but good for the money
This printer is inexpensive and prints good color pictures. However, the replacement cartridges ... don't last too long which means this isn't the printer to get for lots of printing. Also, there are some formatting issues I have had printing from WindowsXP. This may be because microsoft does not list this printer as Windows XP compatible although Compaq claims it is.
