Canon IP4300 Very Good Printer (Canon Pixma iP4300)

Member Name: xannus

Product:	Canon Pixma iP4300
Date:	10/02/09 (74 review reads)
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Advantages: Fast, Reliable, Easy to use and Efficient

Disadvantages: Slightly Big

Canon Pixma IP4300

I have had this printer for about 6 years now and it is still going strong. The quality print outs in normal black and white and photos as well are just outstanding for its age. It is a very easy to use printer and paper can be loaded from the back or in a tray along the bottom as well which is great if you need to save space. There is a pic bridge USB port on the front which is handy if you want to plug your camera straight into it to print off your photos. The driver CD that came with it are simple to install and once you've plugged it into your PC/laptop via USB cable, you can be printing in no time!

Cartridges

When this printer was new and up until very recently, the cost of original canon ink cartridges for this printer were very reasonable when compared to other makes. They have since gone up abit in price but are still quite good when compared to other manufacturers.
The cartridges that this printer takes are:
Black - 8
Magenta - 8
Cyan - 8
Yellow - 8
Photo Black - 5

If you look around on the internet, you can get compatible cartridges for £2-3 that work fine but may not show the ink levels. You may also have to swap the chip from an original cartridge over to these which can be a little bit fiddly.

Speed

This is a very fast printer at 30ppm in black and white when comapred to some new printers which can only manage around 12. It is suitable if you quickly need an invoice printing out as there is very little waiting.

Disadvantages

There is very little wrong with this printer at all. I would say that it's biggest disadvantage is it's size as you can now get ones quite abit smaller.

Overall

If you just want a standard printer and are not in need of a copier or scanner, then this is an ideal solution. It is reliable, fast and quite efficient on ink.

Summary: An all round ideal printing solution.

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