Canon iP4600 Inkjet Photo Printer (2909B002)
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: CanonFormat: CD
Platform: Windows
Model: 2909B002
Product features:
- Photo lab quality borderless 4 by 5 inch photo in approximately 20 seconds
- ChromaLife100 system delivers vibrant photos that last up to 300 years
- Maximum 9600 by 2400 dpi with microscopic droplets as small as 1 picoliter using FINE technology
- "Easy-PhotoPrint EX" software with enhanced "Auto Photo Fix" easily removes red eye
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon iP4600 Inkjet Photo Printer (2909B002)
Customer Review: Great Value for Price, easy set-up on Mac
Summary: 4 Stars
Not unlike most everything, if you pay less, you're going to get less. However, the things skimped on in this printer hardly take away from it's great value.
Pros:
First, for me, I have absolutely no use for a scanner/copier so the fact that this printer doesn't have one is a bonus for me. That coupled with individual ink tanks are what peaked my interest in this printer in the first place. I used to work at Best Buy and at that time the iP600 came out and is the first printer I know of to use individual tanks on a consumer printer. I decided then that when I got my next printer it'd have to have the individual tanks, no more throwing away red and yellow ink when the blue runs out!
Duplex printing right out of the box in a printer that costs less then $100?! Awesome! Usually, in order to get this feature on a sub-$100 printer you have to buy an attachment. Not here, right out of the box it's ready to print on both sides of a sheet. This is especially useful for me as my girlfriend and I are both in college and print many paged documents all the time. Our paper consumption is nearly cut in half!
Easy as pie to set up. We both have Macs and an Apple Extreme router that has a USB port for wireless printing. Plug the printer into the router, open up Airport Utility, go to the printer tab, select the printer, the computer downloads and installs the driver is needs, and BAM... Ready to print wirelessly with no missing features. Ink management, duplex management, tray selection, and so on are all there.
Print quality is amazing. One thing I've always liked about Canon's individual tank printers is the PageBlack cartridge. This is a larger ink tank and uses more of a gel ink that sits on top of the paper apposed to dyeing the paper like traditional ink. This tank is used whenever you print documents and the end result is incredible looking text that is very clean, dark, and sharp. Then, when it comes to photo printing this printer doesn't disappoint. I have been a photographer for over 10 years and am now in film school so photo quality was a very important sell point for me. 3x5, 4x6, and 8x10 all look great and are indistinguishable from prints done at the kiosks you can find in places like Wal-Mart or Kinkos.
My printer fits into a reletively tight space. While there is plenty of room for the top paper feed tray to be open, if I were to put regular 8.5x11 paper into it then it'd have to curl back to fit. 4x6 photo paper fits just fine. This, however, is a non-issue due to the fact that there is a lower paper cartridge for the standard paper. This is a great addition as I can close the top paper feed (unless printing a photo) and have the printer feed from the bottom tray. This really helps keep the printer compact in it's somewhat tight space.
Cons:
As have been stated before, this printer isn't not quick on the uptake. Once it gets going it's fast enough, but the initial time it takes the printer to start printing once a job has been sent to it can take upwards of 40 seconds. This doesn't seem long on paper, but when you're used to a printer starting almost immediately after sending the job, this seems like forever. Essentially the printer goes through a head cleaning cycle before it begins printing. So, this is bittersweet because even though you have to wait, at least the nozzles will be nice and clean and you'll always get the best possible print quality. However, like I said, once it starts, it's about average with most any other printer I've used.
The size of this printer, while compact enough to fit where I have it as said before, is a bit bulky considering the absence of a scanner bed. So, if you only have space for the small top feed only printers found for $30 or so, then this printer may be a bit too large for you. However, that's not to say this printer is huge by any means, just a bit larger then I originally expected.
Final thoughts:
4/5 stars from me mostly due to the slow uptake. This isn't really a huge deal until you're already late for class and trying to rush out the door and you send your paper to print and have to wait an extra minute for it to come out, which feels like an eternity when you're in a hurry. Most of the time, though, you just send the job, start surfing the net and don't really care how long the print takes to start-up. If I could I'd give 4.5/5 stars because it really isn't that big of a deal. For less then $100 shipped you get an awesome printer with great print quality, duplex printing, and insanely easy set-up (I imagine Windows set-up wouldn't be anymore difficult then it was on a Mac). It's size may be a little larger then you imagine, but I'm sure most everyone shouldn't have any troubles finding a place to put it. I highly recommend this printer and am very satisfied!
Description of Canon iP4600 Inkjet Photo Printer (2909B002)
Canon iP4600 inkjet photo printer is premium photo printer with individual ink tanks and built-in auto duplex.Manufacturer Product Description Photo lab-quality 4 x 6 inch borderless prints in 20 seconds? Yes, you can do that, and much more. The new 5-color ink system - four dye-based inks and a pigment-based black ink - produces vivid colors and bold, black text. And Canon's patented print head technology creates beautiful, long-lasting photos with resolution up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi.
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 This stylish home printer delivers a resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi, with droplets as small as 1 picoliter for spectacular photo detail and document clarity. View larger |
Long-Lasting Beautiful Photos
ChromaLife100+ system delivers vibrant photos that last up to 300 years.
Five High-Performance Ink Tanks
The 5-color ink system consists of four dye-based inks plus a pigment-based black ink, producing exceptional photos and crisp, laser-quality text. You replace only the color that runs out, rather than a multi-color tank containing unused ink.
Spectacular Resolution
This stylish home printer delivers a resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi, with droplets as small as 1 picoliter for spectacular photo detail and document clarity. And you won't have to wait long for your exceptional photos. A beautiful borderless 4 x 6 inch photo takes approx. 20 seconds.
Auto Duplex Print
The two paper trays let you store photo paper in one, plain paper in the other - so you're always ready to print either photos or documents. Plus, you can automatically print 2-sided to save paper.
Automatic Image Optimization
Just one of the features on the included Easy-PhotoPrint EX software - Auto Photo Fix - optimizes your images for such factors as skin tone, white balance and brightness, and makes red-eye corrections.
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Just Snap and Print
Print right from your infrared-enabled mobile camera phone!
PictBridge
Powering up your printer is now faster than ever. After pressing the power button, you can begin inputting commands in approximately 2 seconds. Full operation is even enabled in a shorter time now too.
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