Canon Puts Efficiency On PressCanon Pixma iP4200
Manufacturer: Canon Part number: 9992A001
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- Bottom Line:
- Autoduplexing, multiple input options, and acceptable photo and text quality make this printer a versatile choice for home and small-office users who aren't in a hurry.
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CNET editors' review
Canon Pixma iP4200 price range: $24.40
- Reviewed by: David D. Busch
- Edited by: Lori Grunin
- Reviewed on: 10/05/2005
- Released on: 07/20/2005
The good: Automatic duplexing; two paper-input trays; easy to operate; Mac and Windows compatible.
The bad: Average print quality.
The bottom line: Autoduplexing, multiple input options, and acceptable photo and text quality make this printer a versatile choice for home and small-office users who aren't in a hurry.
Like most printers in its class, this budget model has a simple, functional design that befits a printer designed to be operated primarily from the computer. It has only a handful of onboard controls: a front-mounted power switch, a resume/cancel button, a paper-feed switch (which alternates between the autofeeder and the cassette), and a PictBridge port. Each of the three switches has an embedded status LED.
The Canon Pixma iP4200 offers versatile paper-feeding options, but you need to manage them with caution. You can load letterhead paper into one tray and second sheets into the other, or you can use the same size of paper stock in both trays. The iP4200 can automatically switch from one tray to the other to handle print jobs of up to 300 copies. Alternately, load 8.5x11-inch paper into one tray and keep a supply of up to 20 4x6-inch sheets of photo paper in the other, alternating between them with the front-panel feed selector or the printer-driver override. The multiple options make it easy to accidentally direct output to the wrong tray, so it's wise to use the printer driver's Paper Allocation feature to specify the type of paper in the cassette. That way, the printer will switch to the automatic sheet feeder on its own if the cassette is inappropriate for the current job. Automatic duplexing is a valuable feature for a printer in this price class, and the implementation on the Canon Pixma iP4200 worked flawlessly. You can define margins and specify a gutter for stapling on any of the four sides of the sheet. During the first pass, the sheet comes out the front into the output tray, then gets sucked back in to print the next page or image on the reverse side. We didn't encounter any feed problems, whether duplexing from the automatic sheet feeder or the cassette, although the printer provides a door on the back for unsnarling paper jams.
The Pixma iP4200 uses Canon's Full-Photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) printhead, which emits droplets as small as 1pl for each of the 1,536-nozzle cyan, magenta, yellow, and black printheads (plus 320 nozzles for pigment-ink black text), providing an effective color resolution of 9,600x2,400dpi. Canon claims its ChromaLife 100-ink system will resist fading for 30 years when used on Canon Photo Paper Pro or Photo Paper Plus Glossy and framed in glass, or 10 years when not framed. Seal your prints in an album with a plastic cover sheet and keep them in the dark, and Canon says they'll stay preserved for 100 years.
Retail prices for Canon-recommended paper stocks range from $9.99 for 50 sheets of matte photo paper to $15.99 for 10 sheets of a semigloss double-sided paper that's great for the albuming set: you can put your finished sheets directly into binders or printed presentations. The iP4200 also handles transparencies, plain paper, letterhead stocks, and envelopes.
The driver's five tabs provide access to all functions. The main tab has drop-down lists for paper type and input source, which can include the paper source specified by the printer's switch as well as autofeeder and cassette overrides. You can also select continuous feed to change automatically from one tray to the other during long print jobs. Choose from High, Standard, and Draft quality or the Custom setting, which lets you select Dithered, Diffusion, or Auto halftoning and adjust a quality slider for gradations between fast/coarse and slow/fine output.
Although the iP4200's driver can automatically adjust color balance, you can access sliders that adjust the intensity of the individual inks; you can also switch from sRGB to Windows Image Color Management (ICM). Grayscale printing just requires the tick of a check box, and a simplistic Print Advisor wizard can quiz you on the kind of document you're printing and recommend an appropriate paper.
In addition to duplexing, the Page Setup options include size and orientation, number of copies, border/borderless printing, and whether you'd like to add a background image or a watermark (such as For the President's Eyes Only). An Effects tab provides settings for optimizing the image; reducing noise; boosting contrast; or adding effects such as sepia, pink, and other colors. You can save any of your settings as a profile for reuse in another printing session.
The Maintenance tab has buttons for nozzle checks and cleaning, printhead alignment, and other tasks, including a bottom-plate-cleaning function that uses a folded letter-size sheet to tidy up before duplex printing. This year's Pixmas use CLI-8 inks that run about $14.25 per color for refills, while the PGI-5BK black tank for text lists at $16.25. Based on the claim of 300 pages per cartridge, we estimate a cost of about 19 cents per page of graphics, 30 cents per 4x6 photo, and 5 cents per page of text. An optical monitoring system tracks usage and offers a warning before each tank runs dry.
The economy of four-color photo printing comes at a price. As expected, the Canon Pixma iP4200's color gamut doesn't equal that of printers with six or more primaries. It still produced good-looking, neutral colors with only a faint cyan tinge in some prints. However, despite the small droplets, we could readily see the ink clusters as multicolored speckles under 10X magnification. While the pigment-based text output looked good, up close it didn't come near laser quality, showing a profusion of artifacts and jaggies in diagonal lines. Even vertical lines didn't look as sharp as they should. Still, we thought that most bargain-hunting home users would find the photo and text quality very acceptable.
The iP4200 ran slower than other Pixmas we've used, such as the iP5000, though it was pretty fast for its class. In our tests, the iP4200 output a page of text in about a minute; an 8.5x11-inch color print in 4 minutes, 9 seconds; a 4x6-inch print in 74 seconds; and a duplexed sheet with text in almost 3 minutes.
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While Canon Pixma iP4200 comes with a skimpy printed manual, the installation CD has an expanded HTML version. We usually found it faster to zip over to Canon's Web site, which has downloadable drivers, a comprehensive set of FAQs that answered most questions, and an interactive step-by-step troubleshooting wizard, along with duplicates of the CD manual if you lose your disc. If all else fails and you don't want to wait in a telephone queue, Canon offers an e-mail address for sending questions to live tech-support representatives. We posed a simple question and received an answer from a real person in less than 90 minutes.
User reviews
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Great printer... until the ink-filling reared it's head
by testtubewaltz on November 29, 2005
Pros: autoduplexing is wonderful, quality and speed are respectable
Cons: Microchip in ink cartridge will not allow refilling!!!
Summary: I have only encountered recently the aspect of this printer which changed my opinion of it from a 9 (it's a really nice printer, overall) to a 4 or ...
Summary: I have only encountered recently the aspect of this printer which changed my opinion of it from a 9 (it's a really nice printer, overall) to a 4 or 5, mostly because it's an insulting defect.
Printing... works great.
My BEEF with the IP-4200:
First, background:
1. The printer uses individual ink tanks.
2. Each tank has a visual prism for detecting low/no ink conditions.
3. Each ink tank now also has a microchip (think "killer chip" of an epson inkjet or lexmark laser cartridge) to record ink usage.
The physical refilling the cartridge isn't a problem(same as the BCI-3K series, and on the pixma 4000 series), but it will land you in the following scenario:
1. The microchip on the cartridge colludes with the computer (calculating how much ink you've used) and notices that you've printed a suspiciously high number of pages from the cartridge, and pops up a dialog with effectively two choices:
CHOICE THE FIRST: (Cannon's preferred choice): Admit that you've refilled your ink cartridge, remove it, and place a new cannon certified cannon manufactured ink cartridge in it. I achieved approximately 420 pages in a refilled "300-page" pigment black cartridge.
CHOICE THE SECOND: (The insulting option):
Conceed that you are refilling your ink tanks, with the following consequences:
1. The warrantee is voided, and this fact is written into the flash-rom of the printer, thus barring you from claiming service under warrantee period, even if the failure is unrelated.
2. The visual ink-monitoring system is DISABLED. Completely. Without a good reason, other than scaring you into buying cannon ink. (Or, rather, if you've chosen choice the second, being spitefully punitive you for doing so. Once the "I admit I refill my ink" choice has been selected, there is no way to return to the "good graces" of their warrantee.) In plain english, the consequences of a disabled visual ink monitoring system are that you will not receive warning when your ink runs low (even though the hardware is present to do so), and that your print heads and ink plumbing will dry up into a crusty sad little crisp, squeak their last little squeak, and die. Then you purchase a non-cannon printer. (May I reccomend the IP4000, or the IP5000, neither of which have the chipped ink bottles).
Voiding the warrantee, I can understand. Disabling the ink monitoring system is simply, spiteful BS from some heartless bottom-feeding bottom-liner.
So...
To Canon, for making an affordable, dependable, high-quality duplexing printer: Kudos. You've done well.
AND,
To Canon, for their spiteful business plan:
A seven page fax, with the letter F on the first page.
Harumph.
My next printer will be something other than a Canon.110 out of 120 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Extraordinary
by edweissman on August 29, 2005
Pros: Print quality; graphics; color; duplexing; print speed
Cons: Aside from size, none that I can think of
Summary: The Canon iP4200 replaces both the ip3000 and iP4000 printers and is essentially an upgrade. The iP4200 uses Canon's new ContrastPlus inks (5 cartridges: 3 colors plus a a ...
Summary: The Canon iP4200 replaces both the ip3000 and iP4000 printers and is essentially an upgrade. The iP4200 uses Canon's new ContrastPlus inks (5 cartridges: 3 colors plus a a dye-based black for photography and a pigment based black for text) and continues the use of Canon's FINE printhead technology.
Text is extraodrinarily crisp, rivalling a laser printer. Graphics are sharp, with good color contrast. The few photos I've printed so far rival what I've seen from Snapfish, Ofoto. etc.
Setup with WinXP Pro was a breeze. Canon provides clear, step-by-step directions which worked first time out.
My computer, which is 3 years old, has only USB 1.1 ports. Although the installation directions warned that I might encounter problems during installation, it went smoothly (the printer will function best under USB 2.0).
All in all, for a price under $120 delivered, this printer is an extraordinary buy.Updated
I've recently had occasion to use the duplexing feature. Duplexing print is seamless; all you have to do is check off a box. The printer handles printing on both sides easily.
On the subject of photos, I'm still amazed at how well this 3 color (plus black) printer reproduces the color range. I will compare my photo prints to those of any of the commercial photo services, and having the ability to edit my shots, at home, is a major benefit.
This printer is an excellent bargain, especially at the price.33 out of 34 users found this user opinion helpful.
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An Outstanding Printer!!!
by Dean M on September 1, 2005
Pros: Great Photo prints, quick, very quiet, a great price.
Cons: None.....well... the paper feed guides are a bit flimsy.
Summary: I took back an HP 8250 Photosmart, broken photo paper tray, and I was shown the Canon. I've been extremely happy with this printer. It prints better and faster ...
Summary: I took back an HP 8250 Photosmart, broken photo paper tray, and I was shown the Canon. I've been extremely happy with this printer. It prints better and faster than the HP printer. I love the dual paper trays. I can leave the bottom tray full of photo paper while I print out of the top one. Switching is a snap, just a touch of a button and your ready. The price for what it can do is amazing. I saved $50.00 buy switching printers and the Canon is better in every way.
13 out of 14 users found this user opinion helpful.
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BEWARE---INK RIPOFF
by Billat908 on April 19, 2006
Pros: Good printer
Cons: Extortionate ink pricing
Summary: I loved this printer until one of the color inks ran empty. Then it refused to print until I replaced the low cartridge. It would not even print black text ...
Summary: I loved this printer until one of the color inks ran empty. Then it refused to print until I replaced the low cartridge. It would not even print black text in grayscale, which does not use any the color cartridges.
So, out I went to buy a new cyan cartridge. It turns out that I had to buy a whole set of cartridges, at over $80. I couldn't buy just the one I needed. I had visions of myself spending $80 every time just one color emptied, as I collected a whole shelf full of colors I didn't need. I couldn't believe it, so checked other stores, and they were all the same. So, this extorniate piece of crap goes in the dumpster, and I will never, ever, buy a printer without checking on the ink situation. And I will never, ever buy another Canon printer because of this.13 out of 16 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Superb: Exceeds all expectations for a printer in this class.
by rfriedmanosu on November 14, 2005
Pros: Draft Speed, Photo Print Speed, Paper handling (Cartridge & Top Feeder), Drivers and Software, Easy Setup,
Cons: Slow high quality print speed; Color accuracy
Summary: I wanted to say perfect, however I refrained from using the perfect rating just because there is always room for improvement.
My frame of reference for this review is:
a) ...Summary: I wanted to say perfect, however I refrained from using the perfect rating just because there is always room for improvement.
My frame of reference for this review is:
a) I'm a long time photo hobbyist with prior dark-room experience
b) My prior ink-jet printer was a high-end $400, purchased 10 years ago! (My value perspective is skewed by the amazing advancement in printer technology over the passed few years.)
c) I have an engineering background in an electronic related field
d) I've used this printer for about 1 week before writing this review.
e) I haven't had the opportunity to evaluate any other printer in this class.
f) I haven't spent any time tweaking photos in photoshop or using the printer utilities to optimize color rendition.
g) I have no financial interest of affiliation with Canon.
That being said, I was debating between buying a $500 high-end printer and a $100 budget model. I wanted to have a printer which could do both text and photo's. Staples had this printer on sale for $100, so before plunking down $500, I thought I would own a $100 model first and get an education on photo-printers. I've heard about the expense associated with the high-end models and some issues with reliabilty and decided to defer my high-end photo printer purchase.
It's absolutely amazing what this $100 printer can do. For comparison I've had the same digital image printed by this printer, Shutterfly, CVS, and a dye sublimation printer at a local photo specialty store. The quality of the prints (details and color rendition/precision) easily exceeds that of CVS, Shutterfly and Mystic (mail order, film based). The more expensive dye sublimation print was superior but not by much. The colors of the Canon print don't match the screen exactly, but I found this with all of the test prints from the above mentioned sources. If you have been happy with Internet, CVS or mail order photo services like Mystic, you will definitely be satisfied with the prints produced by this printer - Canon prints, in my opinion, are superior.
If you are a professional photographer or have a very very critical eye, you will find some fault with the pictures - but those types of people should not be buying $100 printers and expect art/professional-quality photo finishing.
Rest assured, the prints delivered from his Canon printer are very good! The laymen I've shown the prints to have been very impressed and very pleased with the quality. I will, however, be buying a dedicated high-end printer in a few years when I have more hobby time and the performance/reliabilty/cost improves.
For my other computer printing needs, this printer is excellent. Most of the time I print in draft mode for expediency and to keep the costs down. I don't typically keep draft documents for a long period of time. The draft mode text/graphic quality and performance is very good and certainly much better than my 10-year old HP ink-jet in draft. The high-quality text and graphics is excellent, albeit much slower relative to draft. (This is true for all printers.)
The software is very easy to install and use. The photo printing utility makes it very easy to select prints and crop to fit the paper format size.
The paper management mechanism is excellent. I keep plain paper in the cassette and use the top feeder for envelopes and prints. The printer can be configured to select the paper source automatically or manually.
It's too early to make an assesment on reliabilty, print quality consistency, or consumable costs (ink & paper). I'll update this review as I gain more experience.
In short, I highly recommend this printer. It's an outstanding value.Updated
It is a great printer for the price - or is it?
Great features but drinks ink like a fish. I complained to Canons customer service and they told me to expect around 80 4x6 prints per ink cartridge set. That amounts to about $1 per 4x6 picture including paper - compared to $0.28 for those stand-alone dye sublimation printers.
Printer has good features (I like the duplex printing capabilities & paper feeder options), modest print speeds, modest quality picture printing - certainly better than most one-hour photo shops and online services. HOWEVER - consider yourself warned - the low initial price of this printer is nothing compared to what you'll pay in ink! By the way, Canon technical support is great.Updated
I'm very dissappointed with the ink consumption of this printer. I spoke to a Canon representative (their technical support is excellent) and they told me a colleague of his was getting 80 4 x 6 prints when low ink warnings are given. This translates to about $1 per print including paper. Compare that to the $0.28 per print cost of the stand-alone dye sublimation photo-printers and commercial phot services. I've own this printer now for four months, I've printed around 30 4 x 6 prints and around 150 pages (single sided) of draft grey-scale text and my magenta low ink warning light is on, and the remaining ink wells are around 40%. Unfortunately printer ink costs are not covered well in the reviews I have read. Buyer beware!Updated
I've had this printer for 7 months - already on my second cartridge set. I'm a light duty user so I'm very dissapointed with ink usage. I'm switching auto-power off mode to always on to see if ink usage is better. (The 4200 cleans the heads everytime it powers up. This wastes a lot of ink.) It's pretty frustrating to see ink being consumed when you're hardly printing anything. At $50+ per cartridge set I'm seriously considering cutting my losses and decommisioning this printer! This will be the last Canon printer I'll buy. Lesson learned - don't post any inkjet review until you had sufficient time to evaluate life-cycle costs! (Corollary - look for reviews from users who have had a time to evaluate ink costs!) Do yourself a favor and don't buy this printer! Canon your greed is a big dissapointment - the Canon scanner and cameras I own are top notch, its a shame your printer division has taken this contemptable marketing strategy - low printer cost with outrageous consumable costs!9 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Valuable for the price
by Applerod on October 5, 2005
Pros: Very cheap; fast; easy to use
Cons: Not acceptable for photo enthusiasts; boxy; flimsy paper tray
Summary: I am coming from a slightly different point of view than the other previous reviewers.
I bought the i4200 when my Canon i950 printer broke down not too long after ...Summary: I am coming from a slightly different point of view than the other previous reviewers.
I bought the i4200 when my Canon i950 printer broke down not too long after the warranty had expired. (Apparently, this is not a rare phenomenon. Thanks, Canon.) Since I needed a printer right away, I bought this one as a stopgap until I buy a better printer.
Let it be known that I use my printers mainly for printing images. I knew this would be a downgrade, but I got it for $100 ($130 minus a $30 mail-in rebate). I have to admit that, for the money, this is a very good printer. But you get what you pay for, and there was a very significant drop in the quality of the images from the i950. I know it seems obvious, but I was sort of hoping that the quality would be closer to the i950 than it actually is, (possibly because the i950 is 2 years old).
Now, for people who are UPGRADING to this printer, it's a great deal. It's fast and easy to use--perfect for people who mainly print text and aren't photo/art enthusiasts, like me. It is a bit boxy, and takes up more real estate on my desk than the i950. Also, pulling out and extending the front paper tray is a little awkward.
It's difficult to try to be objective about this printer since I downgraded from the i950 to this one; but I can say that this is a very good printer for the price. I'm giving it an 8 because of the size, and the overall quality of the images it produces.9 out of 11 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Don't you dare buy this printer
by Grand_Pappy on January 30, 2008
Pros: Panels fold up and in to make a nice dust seal
Cons: So-so print quality is the best thing about it. Read more below...
Summary: Man oh man, do I regret having bought this thing. Pros first (what few there are): The print quality is acceptable, the speed is acceptable, and yeah, you can fold ...
Summary: Man oh man, do I regret having bought this thing. Pros first (what few there are): The print quality is acceptable, the speed is acceptable, and yeah, you can fold the top down and the front panel up and slide the tray in and it's all sealed up. Yahoo. Acceptable performance until it does
The Canon Thing
I learned about the new Canon Thing too late, but what happens is this: each ink cartridge has a chip in it, and a semi-polished copper contact patch that interfaces the chip to the printer. For a reason no one knows, and Canon refuses to admit even happens, you WILL get an error saying things like "Printer cartridge not recognized. Please insert the correct cartridge etc. etc." Why this happens is a mystery, but the solution is to buy a new print cartridge. Even if the one you remove is brand new and slap full of ink, you have to toss it because its chip is corrupted. There is no "cleaning the contact surface" or "rebooting the computer" or "power-cycling the printer" or any of that. The cartridge will never work again.
Here is why that is SO bad: warranty does not cover it. Canon will not fix it (not for me or anyone else I've contacted) and good luck taking printer cartridge after printer cartridge back to Office Depot telling them "this doesn't work either." Not to mention the price of a cartridge or the gas in driving back and forth to the dang store!
When this happened to us, I went straight to Google and entered the error message and my model number. I had no less than 121,770 hits on it. That's when I realized the scope of this problem, which I've dubbed The Canon Thing. And it's prolific. You owners who haven't had it yet, just wait- then you'll go through what the rest of us have. The biggest problem I see is that it takes a few weeks of owning it to get this to happen. Most Big Time reviews are really favorable, but they don't own it and use it long enough for this to happen. You need to hang in there for at least a month. I read reviews from Consumer Reports to PriceGrabber to CNet and they were mostly full of praise. Plus I'm thinking "Canon!" That's good stuff, Canon is. Well not their printers. Did you know Polaroid makes HD TVs? Good luck if you buy one of those too, so it's not just the brand name. It used to be.
I am thankful for Canon for this, however: I now read USER reviews for making determinations about product purchases. Just like this review you're reading, the USERS have these products for much longer than the staff at some company, who have to blitz through testing. Usually you hear the real story from someone who has owned the product for a while. You don't have to trust me- Google this model and include "ink tank errors" and you'll see what I mean. Maybe this will motivate Canon to fix this problem, I don't know. They'll realize soon enough that sales have fallen off as word gets around.7 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Direct cd/dvd printing can be enabled
by Knightcrawler on October 6, 2005
Pros: chipped cart measures ink better, auto duplex, two paper trays, prints directly to cd/dvd.
Cons: chip is also a way to stop 3rd party ink, less ink then the older models
Summary: After you refill the carts you get a warning that using non-canon ink will void the warranty. This is Canon's way of trying to sell more of their ink ...
Summary: After you refill the carts you get a warning that using non-canon ink will void the warranty. This is Canon's way of trying to sell more of their ink but it's illegal in the USA. The new carts also have less ink then the old BCI-3/BCI-6, I guess they needed the room for the microchip.
The new ink is chromalife 100 but it really doesn't last 100 years unless you place the pictures in a photo album but this is true of all printers I would guess. No big deal since were in the digital age and in 10 years I can print a new copy from a stored DVD or harddrive and the new printers of 2015 will be better then today.
Canon has disable the cd/dvd direct print feature but it can be re-enable quite easily: http://pixma.webpal.com or http://pixma.web1000.com
Longtime Canon owner and happy overall except the lamebrain chipped carts which is just a attempt to sell more Canon ink.Updated
Solid machine, fast, quiet, low ink use compared to Epson or HP. Bulk ink is just starting to come out that is compatible well similiar to ChromaLife100.
CD/DVD printing can be enabled from7 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Sensational Photo printer
by jimrich on September 11, 2005
Pros: Fantastic photos, fast, quiet, perfect price.
Cons: None so far.
Summary: My first 4200 was the printer from HELL! There were so many (electronic) problems it would take two pages to tell the grim story. Fortunately, CompUSA gave me a replacement ...
Summary: My first 4200 was the printer from HELL! There were so many (electronic) problems it would take two pages to tell the grim story. Fortunately, CompUSA gave me a replacement that is the best printer I’ve ever had (so far/fingers crossed!) – way better than the two Epsons and one Lexmark I had before. I like that the ink cartridges can be refilled - if I choose to. I’m doing lots of color image work (wife’s an artist) and it’s nice to get such stunning 5x7” art images. So far all the settings and options are simple and totally functional for my purposes. I'm using a USB cable from a Canon scanner that is rarely in use. Not much to add to the other two reviews which I fully agree with and reflect my experience so far with this wonderful printer. Thanks Canon.
7 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Colors don't appear true
by mjmcaf on October 20, 2005
Pros: Great value (paid $100); very fast photo printing; nice print resolution
Cons: Colors differ from actual photograph
Summary: I am curious if anyone else has noticed that the print colors differ from the actual photograph? I have a new Canon EOS Digital Rebel that takes great photos and ...
Summary: I am curious if anyone else has noticed that the print colors differ from the actual photograph? I have a new Canon EOS Digital Rebel that takes great photos and the pictures look fabulous on my monitor. When I print to the Pixma ip4200, the colors appear over saturated (too rich/deep). The end result are photos that look a bit artificial and create too great a contrast between light and dark shifts. The other reviews seem to be very positive, but I can't imagine that I'm the only one who has seen this occur. Any ideas?
3 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Canon
- Part number: 9992A001
- Description: The PIXMA iP4200 Photo Printer is a high-performance machine, combining exceptional print quality with advanced convenience features. It delivers a resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi, for amazing detail and clarity. To achieve this, Canon Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) uses a high-performance 1, 856-nozzle print head that ejects precise, consistent droplets as small as 1 picoliter, resulting in beautiful photos with virtually no detectable grain. Also, the ContrastPLUS 5-color ink system - four dye-based inks and a pigment-based black ink - produces true-life photos with a wide color palette, along with laser-quality text. You'll be amazed at your results. High performance doesn't stop there. The PIXMA iP4200 Photo Printer can produce a photo lab quality 4" x 6" borderless print in about 51 seconds. Its USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface enables the fastest photo transfers possible from your computer.
General
- Printer Type Photo printer - Ink-jet - Color
- Width 16.5 in
- Depth 11.8 in
- Height 6.3 in
- Weight 14.3 lbs
- Localization Australia,
New Zealand Printer
- Inkjet Technology Canon FINE (Full-lithography inkjet Nozzle Engineering)
- Ink Palette (Colors) 5-ink - cyan, magenta, yellow, black, pigment black
- Minimum Ink Droplet Size 1 pl
- Ink Cartridge Configuration 5 individual ink tanks
- Print Speed up to 29 ppm - Black fast - A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in),
up to 19 ppm - Color fast - A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in),
up to 14.7 ppm - Black normal - A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in),
up to 10.7 ppm - Color normal - A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in) - Connectivity Technology Wired
- Interface USB
- Max Resolution ( Color ) 9600 dpi x 2400 dpi
- Print on CD/DVD Yes
- Direct Printing Specifications Canon Bubble Jet Direct,
PictBridge - Duplex Printout Duplex
- Printer Features Borderless printing
- Media Handling 150-sheet paper cassette,
CD / DVD tray,
150-sheet input tray RAM
- RAM Installed ( Max ) 42 KB
Media Handling
- Media Type DVD discs ,
Glossy photo paper ,
Iron-on transfers ,
CD discs ,
Photo stickers ,
Semi-gloss photo paper ,
Transparencies ,
Envelopes ,
High resolution paper ,
Plain paper ,
Two-sided photo paper ,
Photo paper ,
Matte photo paper - Max Media Size (Custom) 8.5 in x 14 in
- Media Sizes 4 in x 6 in,
B5 (6.93 in x 9.83 in),
Legal (8.5 in x 14 in),
A5 (5.83 in x 8.25 in),
A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in),
Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in),
5 in x 7 in - Envelope Sizes International DL (4.33 in x 8.66 in),
Com-10 (4.13 in x 9.5 in) - Card / Label Sizes 2.13 in x 3.4 in
- Max Printing Width 8.5 in
- Media Weight 64 g/m2 - 273 g/m2
- Total Media Capacity 300 sheets
- Media Feeder(s) 2 x Autoload - 150 sheets,
1 x Manual load - 1 disks - Output Trays Capacity 50 sheets
Telecom
- Modem None
Networking
- Networking None
Scanner
- Type None
Copier
- Copier Type None
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Bays None
- Expansion Slot(s) None
- Connections 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type B,
1 x Direct print port - 4 pin USB Type A Miscellaneous
- Consumables Included 1 x Ink tank ( Pigmented black ) - Canon PGI-5BK,
1 x Ink tank ( Black ) - up to 1650 pages - Canon CLI-8BK,
1 x Ink tank ( Cyan ) - up to 430 pages - Canon CLI-8C,
1 x Ink tank ( Magenta ) - up to 290 pages - Canon CLI-8M,
1 x Ink tank ( Yellow ) - up to 310 pages - Canon CLI-8Y - Microsoft Certifications Certified for Windows Vista
Power
- Power Device Power supply - Internal
- Voltage Required AC 120/230 V
- Frequency Required 50/60 Hz
- Power Consumption Operational 17 Watt
- Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep 0.8 Watt
Battery
- Type None
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included Canon Easy-PhotoPrint,
Drivers & Utilities,
Canon PhotoRecord,
Canon Easy-WebPrint,
Canon CD-LabelPrint - OS Required Apple MacOS X 10.2.1 or later,
Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 41 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 95 °F
- Humidity Range Operating 10 - 90%
- Sound Emission (Operating) 34.2 dBA
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year
Accessories
- Canon PGI 5 Black Twin Pack - ink tank (34667550)37.99
- Canon CLI 8C - ink tank (34935775)10.82
- Canon Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss SG-201 - semi-gloss photo paper - 50 sheet(s) (35130037)31.99 - 47.31
- Canon Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss SG-201 - semi-gloss photo paper - 50 sheet(s) (35130034)79.00 - 127.94
- Silex Pricom C-6700WG - print server (33722386)99.04 - 130.33
Manufacturer info
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- Manufacturer:Canon
- Address:
One Canon Plaza, Lake Success, NY 11042 - Phone: 516-328-5000
- Email: mediacontact@cusa.canon.com
