Canon PIXMA iP4000 Inkjet Photo Printer

Canon Pixma iP4000

PIXMA iP4000 Inkjet Photo Printer Review, by Paul Jasper November 3, 2004

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• Reviewed by: musiqmike

  Strengths: There are so many: Two paper locations (bottom tray and top sheet feeder); excellent quality printing of photos, charts, text--even in draft mode! Ink is cheap, 3rd party ink seems to work great too.

  Weaknesses: None. The paperfeed switch takes some getting used to (make sure you've selected the right tray for the media you're printing).

  Overall: I've been using Epson inkjets since 1997--maybe because I didn't know better. I finally got sick of all the problems, ink clogs, cartridge prices & 3rd party incompatibility, so I went to Canon. The ip4000 is a solid, fast, quality workhorse that prints at speeds I thought were only obtainable by lasers or very expensive inkjets. I've only had to clean the heads twice and change cartridges once, yet I've easily printed close to 1000 pages--most color. Does great with 4x6 photo paper and gives you great borderless prints. Great driver options for enhancing lower-quality photos to get great prints. Best $120 I've spent!

• Reviewed by: eventsrme

  Strengths: prints text and pictures beautifully, duplexing option wonderful

  Overall: I love this printer. Of course coming from an Epson almost anything is better, but the ip 4000 prints beautifully. My only problem is that in Outlook, my left margins gets cut off about 1/2 an inch. I have adjusted margins, called Canon and no one seems to be able to fix this problem. Did anyone else have this issue? I had a ip 3000 and then upgraded in case I got a dud, but no such luck. In spite of this issue, this printer brought tears to my eyes, it is so wonderful and a good price too. Just this one pesky problem...

• Reviewed by: Ade1

  Strengths: Very Quiet.It is affordable.It has a parallel port as well as the USB port.Prints fast.Two paper trays.

  Weaknesses: Cables are not included.Printer has a big profile.Does not have CD print capability.

  Overall: For the price I paid for this printer, I was surprised at the quality of the photo prints (I used canon paper). The printer was advertised as a "5 color" printer, but since two of them are black, I am not sure that this is a supportable claim. The pictures printed fast and the printer was extremely quiet. Because the Canon printer system has a permanent print head, you don't throw it away. This means that your replacement ink tanks will be cheaper.Overall, this is a very good buy for the price.

• Reviewed by: sellmen

  Strengths: Fast print speeds for an inkjet. High quality photo printing. Sharp text. Double sided printing capability. Stylish appearance. Efficient with ink.

  Weaknesses: None.

  Overall: The PIXMA IP4000 is the replacement for the Canon i860 - it uses the same five ink tanks. There are two black ink tanks, one for text and one for photo printing, along with yellow, cyan, and magneta cartridges. Like most Canon printers, the PIXMA IP4000 is very efficient with ink, and the replacement cartridges are fairly low priced. The long term costs of this printer will be significantly lower than some other brands (HP, Lexmark). The 25PPM black and 17PPM color that this printer is rated for seems a bit high. Still, this is one of the fastest inkjet printers available. Text quality is very good; it isn't laser sharp, but for an inkjet it does a nice job. Photo quality is stunning. Images are sharp, colors are accurate. Using quality high-gloss paper, you can print pictures that are practically indistinguishable from lab prints. This printer has a duplex (double sided printing) capability, although it is a bit slow when using this feature. Overall, this is just a fantastic printer, and a great value if you want to print both text and photos.

• Reviewed by: icus

  Strengths: high speed and good quality printing,Duplex printing (both sides of the paper)

  Weaknesses: No CD printing on this printer (American version). Takes a while to warm up

  Overall: Pretty impressed by the good ink cartridges life. It has PictBridge feature so you can plug any PictBridge enabled camera directly to the USB port to print your pictures. Super nice photo quality!