Canon PIXMA iX6850
Compact, high-performance A3+ wireless office printer
This high performance A3+ office printer offers Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, plus printing from mobile devices. 5 single inks efficiently deliver superior quality business documents and photos.
- High-performance, ultra compact A3+ business printer
- Easy sharing with wireless and Ethernet connectivity
- Superb quality prints and no waste with individually replaceable 5 single inks system
- Superfast document printing: A4 ISO ESAT 14.5 ipm mono/10.4 ipm colour
- Print more for less with optional XL and XXL inks

Compact A3+ office printer
Stylish and ultra compact this high performance A3+ printer with 5 single inks offers exceptional quality document and photo printing. It is the ideal desktop solution for printing large excel spreadsheets, business posters and photos.

Smart connectivity
With both Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity it can easily be shared between multiple PCs via an office network. Download Canon’s PIXMA Printing Solutions app to print from your smart devices. Apple AirPrint and Google Cloud Print support is also provided.

Superior quality
The 5 single ink system includes pigment black ink for crisp, sharp text and dye colour inks for beautiful photo-lab quality images – plus for more efficient printing you only need to change the colour that runs out.

Fast printing
No waiting for beautiful prints. Thanks to Canon’s FINE technology this printer has a rapid A4 document print speed of 14.5 ipm in mono and 10.4 ipm in colour, and it can print a photo lab-quality 10x15cm borderless photo in approx. 36 seconds.

Save with XL inks
Print more for less. Optional XL inks deliver significantly more pages, offering up to 30% savings per page compared to standard size inks. The optional XXL pigment black ink allows you to print up to 1000 monochrome pages.

Exclusive contents
Enjoy access to a wide range of professional quality creative content with CREATIVE PARK PREMIUM. Easily create and print posters and business documents using templates from the exclusive Solution Templates service.

PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS
Print Resolution
Up to 9600¹ x 2400 dpi

Print Technology
5 Individual Inks (PGBK, BK, C, M, Y)


Inkjet FINE print head with 1pl (min.) ink droplet size


ChromaLife100+ inks

Mono Print Speed
Approx. 14.5 ipm¹

Colour Print Speed
Approx. 10.4 ipm¹

Photo Print Speed
Borderless 10x15cm: Approx. 36 seconds¹


A3+ Bordered: Approx. 120 seconds¹

Borderless Printing
Yes (A3+, A3, A4, LTR, LDR, 25x30cm, 20x25cm, 13x18cm, 10x15cm)

Two Sided Printing
Manual operation

SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS
COPIER SPECIFICATIONS
FAX SPECIFICATIONS
COMPATIBLE INKS
Standard Ink Cartridges
PGI-550PGBK (Pigment Black)


CLI-551BK (Black)


CLI-551C (Cyan)


CLI-551M (Magenta)


CLI-551Y (Yellow)

Optional XL Ink Cartridges
PGI-555PGBK XXL (Pigment Black XXL)


PGI-550PGBK XL (Pigment Black XL)


CLI-551BK XL (Black XL)


CLI-551C XL (Cyan XL)


CLI-551M XL (Magenta XL)


CLI-551Y XL (Yellow XL)

INK YIELDS
PBK (Pigment Black)
Standard: 375 document pages or 2,390 photos


Optional XL: 620 document pages or 4,720 photos


Optional XXL: 1,000 document pages or 7,685 photos

BK (Black)
Standard: 1,645* document pages or 384 photos


Optional XL: 5,000* document pages or 845 photos

C (Cyan)
Standard: 337 document pages or 125 photos


Optional XL: 700 document pages or 283 photos

M (Magenta)
Standard: 324 document pages or 138 photos


Optional XL: 670 document pages or 340 photos

Y (Yellow)
Standard: 331 document pages 120 photos


Optional XL: 700 document pages 293 photos

Composite (CMY average)
Standard CMY: 331 document pages or 127 photos


Optional XL CMY: 690 document pages or 303 photos

Testing standards
ISO/IEC 24711 for A4 colour document pages


ISO/IEC 29102 for 10x15cm colour borderless photos


Values obtained by continuous printing


* Estimated supplemental yield

PAPER SUPPORT
Paper Types
Plain Paper


Envelopes (DL, COM10)


Canon Pro Platinum (PT-101)


Canon Pro Luster (LU-101)


Canon Plus Glossy II (PP-201)


Canon Plus Semi-gloss (SG-201)


Canon Glossy Everyday Use (GP-501)


Canon Matte (MP-101)


Canon High Resolution Paper (HR-101N)


Canon Photo Stickers (PS-101)


Canon T-Shirt Transfer (TR-301)

Maximum Paper Input
Max. 150 sheets of plain paper


Max. 20 sheets of photo paper

Paper Sizes
A3+, A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, LTR, LGL, LDR, 25x30cm, 20x25cm, 13x18cm, 10x15cm

Paper Weight
Plain paper: 64 - 105 g/m²


Canon photo paper up to 300 g/m² (PT-101)

INTERFACE
Wired Connections
Hi-Speed USB


Ethernet: 10/100Mbps (auto switchable)

Wireless Connections
Wi-Fi IEEE802.11 b/g/n¹


Wireless LAN Frequency Band: 2.4GHz


Please refer to the user manual for instructions on how to activate/deactivate the wireless LAN.

Applications Support
Canon PRINT app¹


Apple AirPrint


Google Cloud Print

CONNECTIVITY
SOFTWARE
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 10 (32 and 64-bit)


Windows 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista SP1 & SP2 / XP SP3 32-bit


Mac OS X v10.6.8 or later

Supported Mobile Systems
iOS (Canon PRINT app, AirPrint)


Android (Canon PRINT app)


Windows RT

Minimum System Requirements
Windows: Internet Explorer 8, internet connection or CD-ROM


Mac: Safari 5 and internet connection


Display: 1024 x 768 XGA

Software Included
Printer driver


My Image Garden


Quick Menu


Easy-WebPrint EX (plug-in for IE8 or higher)

PHYSICAL FEATURES
Dimensions (W x D x H)
584 x 310 x 159 mm

Weight
8.1 kg

Power Source
AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz

Power Consumption
Off: Approx. 0.3 W


Standby (Wi-Fi connection to PC): Approx. 2.0 W


Standby (all ports connected): Approx. 2.4 W


Time to enter Standby mode: 2 minutes


Printing: Approx. 24 W¹

Acoustic Noise Levels
Approx. 44.0 dB(A)¹

OPERATING HUMIDITY
Recommended Operating Environment
Temperature: 15-30°C

Humidity: 10-80%RH (no dew condensation)

Duty Cycle
up to 12,000 pages / month