Canon Pixma iP4600

My printer had been playing up for a couple of months, I normally (99% of the time) only use it for printing in black for invoices, however I do occasionally print something off in colour and sometimes print a photo. It was missing one of the colours out now and again and so I decided it was time for a new one. Why Canon? My old printer was a Canon and although it was playing up it had served me well for about three years of constant use. I also think the design of the Canon printers is very good, I think they are far better to look at than most other makes and this is quite important when you are going to be looking at it everyday, sat on your ...  Read the complete review

The first noticeable thing about this printer is the size! It is big especially considering it is not a laserjet printer. A big black plastic box is not something everyone will want in the vicinity of their computer expecially if it is in a frequently used room. However for a home printer it's worth looking at as the benefits and quality far out weighs the appearance. The new ink set-up is different to printers I have used in the past having not only a black and colour cartridge but separate cartridges for each colour. I much prefer this as invariably using a standard colour printer only one colour would run out and I would find myself replacing the entire ...  Read the complete review

I recently received this printer and I found it extremely easy to setup. During the setup procedure, the software offers you a print-head alignment. To activate the alignment, you need click on 'Execute', instead of 'Next', as once 'Next is clicked, you aren't able to go back to the previous screen. I am extremely impressed with the printouts, both colour and black and white. I showed some of printouts to my friends, and none of them could believe the quality and they all thought the printouts and photos came from a more expensive printer. It is fast and brilliant looking, The photo software that comes with the package is extremely good and the auto photo fix ...  Read the complete review

After falling into the trap of the cheap printer but expensive ink with my previous HP printer, this time I decided to do a bit of research into the cost of ink first. While the Canon is more expensive upfront than some printers though not by a huge margin, it makes up for it in cheaper running costs. The printer itself is a solid unit and has two paper loading sections one at the top which is very much what you would expect from an inkjet and a loading bay at the base of the printer. This was somewhat fiddly to use at first as it took some time to work out how to extend the lower cartridge so A4 paper could be loaded, but once it is done once it becomes ...  Read the complete review