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Canon Pixma IP4600 Photo Printer

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Pros
Low price; economical inks
Comparatively fast at printing photos
Cons
Slow while printing text
No media slots

$62.00 - $96.87
From 3 Merchants

Performance: Good: 71
Features: Good: 72
Design: Very Good: 85

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	20.45
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs)	22.44
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	22.78
Color Output Quality	Good
Color Photo Quality	Superior
Copy Output Quality	n/a
Copy Quality	n/a
Grayscale Glossy Output Quality	n/a
Grayscale Output Quality	Good
Line Art Output Quality	Good
One-Page Webpage (secs)	26.82
Overall Scan Quality	n/a
Sports Action Shot (secs)	31.71
Ten-Page Word Document	106.35
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	106.35
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	2.6
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	2.9
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	2.6
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	7.3
Text Output Quality	Very Good
Three-Page Word Document	43.84
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	43.84
Two-Page Excel Document	41.92
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	41.92

Text Printing
Text output quality	Very Good

What You Should Know about the Pixma IP4600 Photo Printer

Duplex Printing a Must for Busy Offices

A printer with duplex capability contains an internal mechanism for turning the paper over to print on the other side. (This is not to be confused with the manual duplexing that some printers offer, where driver software walks you through the process of turning over the paper yourself.) Any high-volume office should seriously consider this feature. The duplexing process slows down your print job a bit, but it also immediately cuts your paper use in half -- good for your budget, good for the environment.

Reviewed by: johnbachel

Duration of ownership: 4 Months

Strengths: Beautiful photo prints. Can print duplex pages.

Weaknesses: Goes through ink tanks too quickly. I spent $200 in three months on ink, before getting rid of it. My I860 cost me far less to run.

Overall Evaluation: Okay for user who prints infrequently. Not good if you want to print a lot of pictures or text.
Reviewed by: pauldelmore

Duration of ownership: 1 Year

Strengths: canon reliability

Weaknesses: very low ink level in carts. Much less than in my 4100

Overall Evaluation: