Canon Color Printer
Canon Color Printer iP4500
Canon Color Printer
Canon Color Printer
Technical Details
- Efficient printer with 5-color ink system
- 4,608-nozzle print head delivers vivid, lifelike color and laser-quality text
- Up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi resolution
- Prints borderless 4 x 6 inch photo in about 21 seconds
- Dimensions: 11.9 x 6.3 x 17.5 in. (WxHxD); weighs 15.2 pounds; 1-year limited warranty
What’s in the Box
Canon Color Printer iP4500, document kit (cross sell sheet, easy setup instructions, quick start guide), setup software and user’s guide on CD-ROM, PGI-5 pigment black ink tank, CLI-8 (black/cyan/magenta/yellow) ink tank, sample media (five 8.5-by-11-inch sheets and four print alignment sheets), power cord, and print head.
Description
The Canon Color Printer iP4500 is a stylish unit that boasts both a five-color ink system and a 4,608-nozzle print head to deliver wonderfully lifelike color, along with bold, laser-quality text. The print head ejects precision droplets as small as one picoliter, resulting in a breathtaking 9600 x 2400 color dot-per-inch (dpi) resolution as well as a truly exceptional level of detail.
Remarkably efficient, the Canon Color Printer iP4500 also will print a borderless 4-by-6-inch photo in only about 21 seconds. And you can store both photo paper and plain paper in the two paper trays at the same time, so you’re always ready to print exactly what you need. Simply capture an image with a PictBridge-ready digital camera or DV camcorder, then connect and print–it’s that simple.
Reviews
By: Matthew K. Morgan (Ruther Glen, VA USA)
I had a Canon BubbleJet BJC-4200 long ago, and after that printer I was very hesitant to even consider another Canon printer. When my most recent printer died, an HP DeskJet 970cse, I needed to find a good printer that could print duplex and produce quality output. After reading many, many reviews I decided to give Canon another chance. The Canon Color Printer iP4500 arrived in a huge box, and as it turns out it needed the space. The printer itself is an unassuming-looking box of a machine, though it resembles more of a printer when the paper trays are populated.
Once configured, installing the drivers is simple. Drop in the CD, follow the prompts, and turn on the printer at the right time. No fuss. Everything in the driver configuration is very easy to find, straightforward, and simple. There are two ways to feed paper into the Canon Color Printer iP4500. There is a top-loader which is the default paper source and there is a front-loading paper tray (”cassette” according to Canon’s documentation). Heavier papers such as card stock should be loaded from the top-loader. So, how does this printer perform? I’ll break it down into two parts, speed and quality. Speed - this is a relatively fast printer!
Feeding it a print job that conists of a two-sided black and white print this printer can churn out the pages, including the dry time for the front page, in about 20 seconds. My previous printer would take at least a minute to print the very same documents, and it still couldn’t keep up when in draft mode. For photo printing it churns out a full-page 8.5″x11″ borderless photo in roughly 45 seconds. Quality - what good is speed without quality? This printer backs it up. The text and basic image quality is acceptable, though it could be a touch better.
This is not noticeable in day-to-day print jobs. On photo printing, though, this printer is an absolute showstopper. The photos it prints, on photo paper, are better than most magazine prints and could easily be used for photo studio gallery shots. It would be nice if the printer actually had a USB cable in the box, but this is a small thing. Overall, this is a high-quiality, high-performance printer that is sure to please even the staunchest of critics. It is fast, creates beautiful output, and is very easy to set up.
