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 It works okay..... July 21, 2008
S. vaneck
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this to replace a workhorse Canon that I had. The old one had the same basic casing/tray, was cheap, and worked great. This printer is on the higher end in price, and functionally I'd rather have my old one. First of all, it has an added black ink for what I suspect is improved photo printing. This would be nice if the printer used that one (or allowed me to switch to it) when the main black cartridge became empty, but I'm also concerned that it will dry up since I don't do much photo printing. It is still completely full. The other colors get used enough printing web pages. This printer is also very slow to start up.
Finally, I am not happy with how it opens up. This really is my main gripe. They upgraded an old model using pretty much the same number of parts and they made it worse. On my old model the front facing used to click open and click shut with a push. On the new model, to open it you have to lift the top up and pull the front facing out. Adding paper to the paper tray is now a pain in the rear, and keeping the front closed when I am not printing isn't worth the effort. Also, I can't leave stuff on top of the printer anymore. Then the paper tray itself is virtually identical to the old one except the plastic piece that covers over the exposed part no longer fits in as easily. The quality is the same, but.
Also after 4 months, the part that moves the ink chamber up a little is wobbly and needs to be held in sometimes for the printer to print (easy fix with tape if it becomes a real problem).
 Excellent Printer December 14, 2007
J. Clark
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great photo printer. I don't see the difference without the photo cyan and photo magenta inks my old Canon S900 had. Very fast text and photo print speed. The pigment black ink drys a little slower than using the dye based ink, but excellent quality.
Great Bang For The Buck January 2, 2008
Harry Hyde (Slapout, AL)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is my second Canon printer. I had a Canon I900D which was a great printer but alas it was very slow. The IP4500 has two paper sources, one for copy paper and one for photo paper. This is a great plus. All you have to do to change sources is press 1 button. I owned two other printers that had a LCD screen and card readers, butI never used either one. I printed out several photo's that were printed at my local Sam's Club and compared them with the same that I printed on the IP4500. They were equally as good maybe even a bit better. Bottom line if you are looking for a good photo printer and don't want a copier or a fax you can't go wrong with the Canon IP4500.
Everything good January 18, 2008
R. Cronin (melbourne, FL, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
So far, its been everything good the review said it was. The photo print quality is superb. I've had half a dozen Epson printers in the last ten years, but decided it was time to try something else. If the Canon's ink use and cost matches the rest of its good features, I won't be going back.
Ray
ip4500 does NOT print on CD/DVD dics January 30, 2008
D. Hayes (eastern, ky)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
have had the printer for a few weeks now, it works great and prints great, but it will not print directly on CD/DVD discs directly. canon support even suggested it is best not to print on the paper labels. did not say never do it, just suggests not to. will have to try sometime later to print on the labels. have not tried the lower cartridge to load with paper, but I would rather print with the rear paper to print directly on the paper as if it was photo paper. the 1 big odd advantage it has over printers I have had in the past is that it prints even at the slowest speed less than a minute for 8x10 pictures and printing multiple pages front and back, it will print without having to turn the paper over or around. after it prints so far and finhes, it will pull the paper back in and start printing the other side. compared to other printers draft mode, the IP4500 is actually told to slow down to print but is still extremly fast to print. it is still an excellent all around printer.
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