Just got my Canon s820; helpful hints please

eagle said:

Hi ya folks,

Got my Canon S820 yesterday. Ordered it from Staples.com. Free
shipping and one day delivery. List is $299 but with $40 coupon
from dealios. Final cost is $271 bec of $12 for taxes. Not bad
since it even beats costco which sells it online for $269 plus
shipping.

At any rate, I've got the photo pro paper coming from canon estore
(buy 2 packs get one free).

Would appreciate any tips you can share on setting up the printer
and anything I need I need to do on my pc to make it work properly
and produce great pictures.

My Canon A20 came with a bundle of imaging software. Can't
remember what they are though. =( I do have a "lite" version of
Photoshop that came with another digital camera. Any tweaks for
these software would be appreciated.

Do I need to calibrate my monitor also?

Thanks.

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eagle said:

Looks like no special tricks to run this even for a casual user. I
just followed the quick install guide to the letter.

I installed the printer via usb to the pc running windows 98se.
Installed the driver and software on the cd that came with the
printer. Calibrated the printer.

Launched one of the programs installed from the cd (zoombrowser I
believe), fetched one of the photos taken by a Canon A20, clicked
on a few settings, printed it and voila! Very nice pix. I've done
borderless 4x6 and 8x10 with excellent results.

Thumbs up for this printer.

Thanks.

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eagle said:

Hi ya folks,

Got my Canon S820 yesterday. Ordered it from Staples.com. Free
shipping and one day delivery. List is $299 but with $40 coupon
from dealios. Final cost is $271 bec of $12 for taxes. Not bad
since it even beats costco which sells it online for $269 plus
shipping.

At any rate, I've got the photo pro paper coming from canon estore
(buy 2 packs get one free).

Would appreciate any tips you can share on setting up the printer
and anything I need I need to do on my pc to make it work properly
and produce great pictures.

My Canon A20 came with a bundle of imaging software. Can't
remember what they are though. =( I do have a "lite" version of
Photoshop that came with another digital camera. Any tweaks for
these software would be appreciated.

Do I need to calibrate my monitor also?

Thanks.

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Jaime T said:

Jaime T.

eagle said:

Looks like no special tricks to run this even for a casual user. I
just followed the quick install guide to the letter.

I installed the printer via usb to the pc running windows 98se.
Installed the driver and software on the cd that came with the
printer. Calibrated the printer.

Launched one of the programs installed from the cd (zoombrowser I
believe), fetched one of the photos taken by a Canon A20, clicked
on a few settings, printed it and voila! Very nice pix. I've done
borderless 4x6 and 8x10 with excellent results.

Thumbs up for this printer.

Thanks.

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eagle said:

Hi ya folks,

Got my Canon S820 yesterday. Ordered it from Staples.com. Free
shipping and one day delivery. List is $299 but with $40 coupon
from dealios. Final cost is $271 bec of $12 for taxes. Not bad
since it even beats costco which sells it online for $269 plus
shipping.

At any rate, I've got the photo pro paper coming from canon estore
(buy 2 packs get one free).

Would appreciate any tips you can share on setting up the printer
and anything I need I need to do on my pc to make it work properly
and produce great pictures.

My Canon A20 came with a bundle of imaging software. Can't
remember what they are though. =( I do have a "lite" version of
Photoshop that came with another digital camera. Any tweaks for
these software would be appreciated.

Do I need to calibrate my monitor also?

Thanks.

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