Canon Pixma iP4300

I have been very pleased with my ip4300 since buying it months ago, using various types of paper and producing a single copy of a 100 page book on it. This last job was with heavy duty matte photo paper obtained from ebay and cut to B5 size. Instructions are clear throughout and the on-screen manual might be pedantic, but that is best for me anyway! My only gripe concerns the price of ink cartridges, albeit that is a problem with all inkjets anyway. A full set will set you back the price of the printer. As I use it quite a lot, I have found it best to buy generic cartridges at a fraction of the price although they are fiddly. Ebay have various ...  Read the complete review

A nice feature is the printer will stop to allow the ink to dry on the previous page before it continues to print. This slows the print speed down but at least it stops the prints from getting smudged. I have yet to try all the features out as I havent got a pict bridge compatable digital camera. I am looking forward to trying the duplex printing as it will help to reduce paper useage and every little helps to save the planet. The only minor point I can find about the printer is that you can only connect by USB as it doesnt have an alternative connector. My previous printer the Canon S450 had both allowing me to attch two computers to the same printer ...  Read the complete review

The only reason I bought this printer was that I had broken my previous one and therefore needed a replacement. By broken I mean I had dropped the power transformer onto the laminate floor as I had rather stupidly been carrying it by the cables, and the cable had come out smashing it into a thousand pieces as the plastic was so brittle from the constant heat. I decide rather than try and get a new power transformer for an old rubbish printer that was slow, noisy and whose print quality wasn't up to much even though it was a photo printer (some Kodak Lexmark thing) that it was a good opportunity to buy a new cheap printer (I promise I didn't do it deliberately, though if ...  Read the complete review

Around the beginning of April, I switched on my old and trusted Epson 880 and went to print out a page, nothing happened. Nothing that is, except all the lights across the front of the machine flashing on and off. A quick reference to the handbook took me to the page that read, “If all lights are flashing, there is an internal fault. Please contact a qualified Epson engineer”. Well it was getting on for 10 years old and had served me well, so I decided it was time for a new printer. I was fully intending to get another Epson, but the sales assistant in PC World advised me that a the Canon IP4300 was a far better buy, and would be far cheaper to run than any ...  Read the complete review

I bought this printer to perform the dual roles of home and home-office printing. I’m a graphic designer and often create and print my own artwork, photos etc as well as printing off everyday things like documents and letters so I wanted an all-round performer. I’ve had many printers in the past and had been very unhappy with my last Epson purchase, so looked specifically at Canon and HP. My main criteria were; - A4 and photo size printing - Good quality photo printing - Borderless printing - High quality colour photos with strong colour representation - Ability to print on a variety of paper medium - Ability to source ...  Read the complete review