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Canon PIXMA iP4600 Printer | |
Brand: Canon EAN: 4960999576930 Label: Canon Manufacturer: Canon Model: 2909B008AA Platform: Windows XP Publisher: Canon Release Date: September 18, 2008 Sales Rank: 134 Studio: Canon Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Budget-minded consumer looking to produce beautiful photos at home need look no further than the PIXMA iP4600! The PIXMA iP4600 fits the bill perfectly, coming with 5 individual ink tanks, including a black one for photos, so you can print documents in resolutions of 9600 x 2400 dpi. The iP4600 is bundled with an advanced Easy-PhotoPrint EX and Auto Photo Fix software package to help even the novice user to produce stunning, long-lasting prints. Functions such as automatic duplex printing ensure results turn out just as you imagine, while the CD-LabelPrint program means you can print documents directly onto DVD or CD. The Pixma iP 4600 is compatible with both plain and photo paper and is equipped with PictBridge technology, so you can print files straight from a camera, camcorder, or even a mobile phone. Canon See more information on Canon PIXMA iP4600 Printer at Amazon UK or at Amazon.com Average Rating:  Rating:  - Brilliant quality & ease of useThis is pretty much everything I ever wanted in a printer and with a fairly small 'footprint' saving me valuable desk space. Easy to install drivers free of bloatware and a very simple setup were a pleasant change. Printing is nice and sharp on both regular and glossy photo paper but the direct to disk printing software is a bit basic and clumsy even if the results are good. The only real catch is trying to find replacement ink cartridges at sensible prices but that's probably down to the newness of the printer. Rating: - Best Printer ever!I initially purchased this machine because it can print direct onto cd's. I was very impressed with the price before it arrived, and boy, I am impressed now. I have used this printer for just over a month now. The prints are excellent, photos excellent, the cd's print beautifully, and the printer is fast, quiet and really quite exceptional. I love the fact that I only have to replace the different colour cartridges individually, instead of replacing the whole thing because one colour runs out! For the money, I don't believe there is any other printer to match it out there! I have never owned a Canon printer before, but I am definately sold n them if this is an example of their products! Rating:  - Not as good as the IP4500Whilst the quality of prints on photgraphic paper cannot be faulted in any way, the CD/DVD tray is by far the worst I have ever come across. It never seems to work first time and always ejects the tray. This was never the case with my trusty IP4500 - bit a shame really. Rating: - A real winnerI was upgrading from a rather aged HP Deskjet that had become slowly clogged through use of "compatible" ink cartridges. Also, I had not been particulalrly impressed with any printer output I'd seen so I entered the whole purchase experience with some trepidation. I turned to trusted sources and read online reviews galore and then was further swayed by the iP4600 being a Which? magazine Best Buy and coming 2nd in Channel 5's recent Gadget Show test - praise indeed in my eyes. So what, do I think... Pros - the best photo results from a home printer I've ever seen - it truely is impossible to distinguish it from one printed by Jessops, very quick to print, great software bundled with it to allow quick printing of borderless photos, looks very cool and stylish in high gloss black Cons (although none of these impact me or should put you off) - took a long time to get out of the box and remove all the protective bits and pieces, a long set up/head alignment/software installation procedure (>30 minutes), this is just a printer - no scanner or copier facility. Rating: - Rip Off Ink Costs for the Canon 4600I was just about to order the 4600 & have been comparing notes with my brother who has the IP4500. Most of the comparative reviews state there are very few differences between this printer & the previous model, the IP4500. However most reviewers completely missed that the ink cartridges for the 4600 are completely different to 4500? The 4500 uses 13ml capacity cartridges, but the new model uses 9ml versions - that's 31% less!!! Even the large capacity text black is down from 26ml to 19ml (27% less) That makes for a big increase in running costs for the new 4600 machine. Canon have generously reduced the RRP of the much smaller cartridge by 30p (2.6%) & presumably hoped no one would notice. So we consumers continue to pay through the nose. The failure to expose such practices enables manufacturers to continue to get away with such shabby tricks. I'm off to see if there are any of the old 4500's still available. Mike - Devon Canon PIXMA iP4600 Printer | |
