Canon PIXMA iP4600 2909B002 Up to 26 ppm 9600 x 2400 dpi InkJet Photo Color Printer - Retail

good

Reviewed By: on 9/20/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: cheap

Cons: no cable

Did you find this review helpful?

Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!

Reviewed By: on 9/12/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: Inexpensive, bought on sale elsewhere. Easier to maintain than Epson photo printers.

Cons: Photo image quality not as good as Epson. No direct CD/DVD printing. Slow. Color not needed for most things. Photo printers not recommended for everyday printing. Consider a cheap monochrome laser for everyday use and save your inkjet for when you really need color.

Other Thoughts: I just replaced my ip4600 with an Epson Artisan 800. Finally gave Canon a try but I was not happy with quality of photos. Ink cost between the two seem to be close, ip4600 a bit less. Generally I only use inkjet photo printers for photos and DVD printing. I bought a monochrome laser printer for everyday printing, I do not need color printing often except for DVD and Photos. Between HP, Canon and Epson, Epson definitely prints the best photo.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you?

Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!

Pretty good printer, BUT.......

Reviewed By: coolair on 8/31/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Please see comments below.

Cons: Please see comments below.

Other Thoughts: The Canon Pixma iP4200 worked pretty well for three years (quite noisy, but I got used to that), but in the final 6 months, no matter how many times I ran the maintenance routines, photos and images printed with horizontal lines (print heads). So I upgraded to the Pixma iP4600. It's a little quieter; photos and images come out fine in highest resolution; and I like that it's now mostly black instead of gray. One quibble, however..... I load the cassette tray with pre-printed sheets (company logo, etc), and I use the rear tray for everything that goes on blank paper. I switch back and forth between the two Paper Sources multiple times a day. Most drop-down boxes enable you to slide your cursor down to your selection and just let go of the mouse button -- you don't have to click to open the box and then click again on your selection. In other words, as you drag the cursor down the list of options, each option is highlighted and becomes the active button. This was true of the prin

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you?

Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!