Canon Pixma IP4200
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Advantages Quiet, fast, square, a paper tray plus a feeder and excellent prints.
Disadvantages Slightly bigger than others of the same price range.
My previous printer was a Canon i850 - not a bad little printer - but it gave up recently so I started shopping around for a replacement. I half-heartedly looked at other makes, but the price and quality of the Canon printers, together with the price of their cartridges, always drew me back to them. They have a large range that I considered - the IP4200 was the cheapest at around £60, then the IP5200 and I also considered the MP500, an "all-in-one" printer.
The specs I looked at were:I decided to discount the MP500 - I already had a scanner that worked okay and I'm sure that if I was to buy another one, I'd be able to get one with a better resolution. (plus, if part of the MP500 broke, I'd have to replace it all!).
So then it was between the two normal printers. In the end I plumped for the IP4200 because I really couldn't see the need for two paper trays.Right - after all that waffle - what's it like?
First off, you need a USB cable, preferably USB2 compliant - you don't get one with the printer.On the plus side (which is fairly hefty) - you DO get a full set (5 tanks) of ink cartridges - and not these cut down ones you sometimes get with new printers. Nope, these are proper, full sized, full ones. You get the usual Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, then two blacks - one for photos and one for normal text. You also get the printhead in a seperate sealed bag, which is very easy to install. Ink cartridges generally cost between £8-£10 each - but note that, at the time of writing, there are no compatibles out there for this machine.
Set up was fairly easy - it comes with a step by step guide, although it may be worthwhile reading it through once before starting. The first thing that impressed me was the printhead alignment - on my previous printers, you print out a sheet of paper then you have to go through some routine of choosing which blocks of colour are best. This printer does all that by itself, automatically. Very cool. It seems to print a bit out, then go back and "look at it" then print the next line, etc, etc.The printer comes with 5 sheets of 6x4 Canon Photo Paper Pro, so you can get started and I have to say, I wasn't greatly impressed when I printed out a couple of photos that I'd taken with my Kodak 3.1MP camera. But I did wonder if it was the actual photos that were the problem, rather than the printer, so I downloaded a high quality, high resolution photo off the internet and printed that out. WOW!!!! I have to say, it was just a picture of a cat, but I cannot stop looking at it. I was so impressed. I cannot believe that something of that quality can come off a printer. A printer costing £60 no less.
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Canon 14 ml Original Ink Cartridge for Canon Pixma iP4200 Printer - Cyan Type:Printer ink. Number Of Ink Cartridges:1. Compatible Models:Canon Pixma IP3300 IP3500 IP4200 IP4200R IP4300 IP4500 IP5200 IP5200R IP5300 IX4000... |
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Canon 14 ml Original Ink Cartridge for Canon Pixma iP4200 Printer - Black Colours:Black. Compatible Models:Canon Pixma IP3300 IP3500 IP4200 IP4200R IP4300 IP4500 IP5200 IP5200R IP5300 IX4000 IX5000 MX700 MX850 MP500 MP510... |
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Canon 14 ml Original Ink Cartridge for Canon Pixma iP4200 Printer - Yellow Compatible Models:Canon Pixma IP3300 IP3500 IP4200 IP4200R IP4300 IP4500 IP5200 IP5200R IP5300 IX4000 IX5000 MX700 MX850 MP500 MP510 MP520 MP510... |
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An impressive first review. Maureen