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Canon Pixma iP4200

B&W Pages per Min.: 29 • Color Pages per Min.: 20 • Max. B&W dpi: 600-by-600 • Max. Color dpi: 9600-by-2400 • Tray Capacity, pages: 300 • Price When Reviewed: $130
Canon Pixma iP4200 (Front)
Canon Pixma iP4200 (Front)
79.0 Good
Last updated
November 10, 2005
Test Center Reviewed by
Paul Jasper
Pros
  • Quick high-quality glossy photo prints
Cons
  • Average plain paper print quality
  • Pricing:Inexpensive: $130 (9/13/2007)
  • Performance:Very Good: 87
  • Features:Fair: 62
  • Design:Good: 77
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing Inexpensive: $130

Inexpensive: $130

Performance Very Good: 87

Very Good: 87
Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm) 6.9 
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 47.3 
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 87.43 
Text Output Quality Good 
Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm) 2.5 
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 40.5 
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) 85.28 
Color Photo (secs) 17.54 
Color Output Quality Good 
Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) 1.7 
5 x 7 Photo (secs) 56.07 
Color Photo Quality Very Good 
Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) 18.69 
Grayscale Output Quality Good 
Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Line Art Output Quality Good 

Features Fair: 62

Fair: 62
Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed 1 
Maximum Amount of RAM 1 
Dimensions
Dimensions 16.5 by 11.8 by 6.3 
Weight (pounds) 14.8 
Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min. 29 
Color Pages per Min. 20 
Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi 600-by-600 
Max. Color dpi 9600-by-2400 
Interfaces
Parallel Port No 
Serial Port No 
USB 1.1 No 
USB 2.0 Yes 
Ethernet No 
PictBridge Yes 
Drivers
Macintosh Yes 
Windows 98 Yes 
Windows NT No 
Windows 2000 Yes 
Windows XP Yes 
Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard 2 
Number of Input Trays, Maximum 2 
Tray Capacity, pages 300 
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays 300 
Manual Feed Slot No 
Maximum Paper Size Legal 
Output Tray Capacity 150 
Auto Duplexer Yes 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 16 
Saturday Support Hours 10 
Sunday Support Hours 0 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category Readers rate Canon better than average in practically every reliability and support category. This stellar performance is even more impressive when you consider that Canon aced our last R&S survey too. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems Better than Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Better than Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Better than Average 
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use Better than Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Better than Average 
Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support Better than Average 
Overall quality of vendor's phone support Better than Average 
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service Average 
Overall quality of service Better than Average 

Design Good: 77

Good: 77
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