Pros
- Prints both text and photos well
- Automatic duplexing
Cons
- Control panel elements are small
- Confusing setup documentation
At A Glance
The Pixma iP4300 combines speed and impressive overall output quality with a very appealing price.
Manufacturer’s Description
This is one fast, versatile photo printer. Thanks to its patented print head and 5-color ink system, you can quickly produce spectacular, long-lasting photos with borderless edges from credit-card size up to 8.5 x 11 along with bold, laser-quality text. The two paper trays let you hold both plain and photo paper, so you're always ready to print text or photos. And for convenience, you can print two sided without manually flipping over the page!
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 1438B002 |
| Inventory Number | 25525 |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | Yes |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 10 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 1 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 12.0 inches |
| Height | 6.3 inches |
| Weight | 14.3 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 300 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 0 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Standard |
| Max Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | No |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 9600 x 2400 dpi |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Very Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Superior |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Fair |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 11.9 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Color Output Quality | Very Good |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 17.33 |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 25.07 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 6.3 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 32.34 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 3.7 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Fair |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 15.13 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 33.62 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 16.12 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 3.7 |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 9.59 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 65.59 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 2.4 |
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