Canon PIXMA iX6550 belongs to the PIMA photo printer series, which produces a quality of 9600×2400 dots per inch (dpi). It runs on an inkjet print technology with five different single inks in a 5-color system. The minimum ink droplet size of the machine is also not less than one picolitre (pl). In terms of the speed of the printer work, photo lab quality speed is up to 36 seconds per page for borderless printing.
PIXMA iX6550 driver Downloads for Microsoft Windows 32-bit – 64-bit and Macintosh Operating System.
Canon PIXMA iX6550 Driver for Windows
Driver and Software for Mac OS
Driver for Linux
Supported Ink Catridges
Ink Catridge Pigment Black PGI-525, CLI-526C Ink Catridge Cyan , Magenta Ink Catridge CLI-526M, Ink Catridge CLI-526Y Yellow, Black Ink Catridge CLI-526BK
Bordered printing on an A3+ runs at the rate of 120 seconds per page. Monochrome printing on a typical paper size is approximately 11.3 images per minute (ipm). On the other hand, color printing speed is about 8.8 ipm. The supported media types include plain paper, high-resolution paper, envelopes, photo paper pro platinum, photo stickers, and t-shirt transfer. Other paper sizes include photo paper plus glossy II, photo paper plus semi-gloss, flossy photo paper “everyday use.”
The paper’s weight through the sheet feeder is about 150 sheets of plain paper at the maximum capacity. In terms of the compatible paper sizes, the machine Canon PIXMA iX6550 can work with A3+, A3, A4, A5, letter, legal, and envelopes. The supported media weight is between 64 and 105 gsm with the plain sheet. But when the Canon particular media is in use, the maximum media weight should not be more than 300 gsm. This machine has a manual duplex printing operation as a unique feature.
The interface option for printing is the classic USB 2.0 hi-speed port with no other choice. This machine is also compatible with Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. Apart from Windows OS versions, the Canon PIXMA iX6550 model can work with Mac OS X 10.4.11 to 10.8 versions. The maximum power usage with this device is about 20 watts when printing.