I looked at an IP3000 and and IP4000 in the store. Neither had a parallel port, only USB. Also they didn't include the USB cable in the box which I thought was very cheap of Canon to do so. So I went with an i860. I wanted to resure my parallel printer cord and USB is getting out of hand - heck everything has it these days.
The only difference between the ip4000 and ip3000 was about $50 and 2 pages more per minute. I don't need wireless printing so I wasn't looking for that feature.
My father had an i560 that I bought for him years ago, it was pretty quick. I liked the speed it had. I also like Canon printers. I would never buy an HP, the ink prices are obscene, they print slow, and refilling their ink tanks are a royal pain in the ***, not to mention messy. Lexmarks were out of the question, their reliability is very poor.
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ah yes, a year older and year wiser! Thanks for the greetings.
The wopping 36! :grinthumb
I went ahead and purchased the i860 at the Army PX.