The Canon iP1500 is cheap to buy, particularly because it has no bells and whistles. It doesn’t even have any output tray, let alone a memory card slot. And since it is an old model, only a USB 1.1 port is supported.

This basic printer supports a high print resolution and is great at producing high quality text, but its photo quality leaves much to be desired. The same goes with its graphics quality, if not even worse.

Features and Highlights

Those who dislike tri-color cartridge should stay away from this inexpensive inkjet printer. It has two ink cartridges. One contains black ink, the other keeps three different colors together in one place.

Both cartridges are not as big on capacity as most, so it is suffice to conclude that the printer is suitable for light duty use only. The more you print, the more often you’ll have to replace the cartridges.

With the help of 1088 nozzles in total, which is split between 320 nozzles for black and 256 nozzle for each color, printing text is relatively fast at a rated speed of 18 ppm for black pages and 13 ppm for color pages. Printing photos is reasonably slower, which takes about 58 seconds for a single 4×6 inch borderless photo.

Text quality is better than that of photos. Since the Canon iP1500 is built to be an all-purpose printer, it should come as no surprise that its photo quality is lackluster. A fascinating photograph with lots of details can turn into an eyesore, so no one should use it to print photos, but each to their own.

As mentioned earlier, the Canon iP1500 lacks an exit tray. While its physical dimension doesn’t take up too much space on a desk, you have to make sure that there is enough space in front of the printer so that papers do not go tumbling to the floor.

The exit tray is not a critical component of the printer that can affect output quality, but a few potential buyers may find its absence a good enough reason to look for another printer.

Another disadvantage that make the Canon iP1500 less attractive is that it is not a network ready printer. The only available connection feature is a USB 1.1 port. No Ethernet, no Wi-Fi, let alone Wi-Fi Direct and NFC. As if it isn’t enough, the cable must be bought separately. It is hard to complain, however, considering the cheap purchase price of the printer.

Canon iP1500 Driver Free Download

The Canon iP1500 lacks any sensor to detect the ink level in the cartridges. Instead of a sensor, it provides a counter. Every time an ink cartridge is replaced, the counter needs a reset so that it will be able to predict when the ink is running out.

While the counter is not as convenient as an ink sensor, it is still quite a handy feature since it allows you to find out when you need to prepare a replacement. You can click the link below to download Canon iP1500 Driver for Windows: