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| Brand: Canon
List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $94.49
You Save: $35.50 (27%)
New (33) Used (1) from $137.77
Rating:  130 reviews
Color: Gray/Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 19.4
Dimensions (in): 17.5 x 11.9 x 6.3
nv:Print Method: Inkjet
Resolution: Up to 9600 x 2400 dpi
Print Speed: Up to 31 PPM (Black)
Print Speed: Up to 24 PPM (Color)
Special Features: Border Free Printing
Dimensions: 17.5"W x 11.9"D x 6.3"H
Connectivity: USB
Connectivity: PictBridge
Standard Paper Input: 100 Sheet Input Tray
Duplex Printing: Yes
Paper Sizes Supported: Letter
Paper Sizes Supported: Legal
Paper Sizes Supported: Envelopes
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 2171B002
Model: 2171B002
UPC: 013803081084
EAN: 0013803081084
ASIN: B000V2MK8C
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Amazing printing for $100 February 12, 2008
Luke Rad (Novi, MI)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I don't normally write a notes to people about a product but I just have to tell you all about my new Photo Printer.
After months of research and reading reviews and product testing etc. I settled on a new Canon Pixma iP4500.
After printing Two photos I am truly in awe and amazement at the Power of a $100 inkjet printer.
I own a few other Canon products, a Canon CanoScan 8400F, and a Canon MiniDV Camcorder. I have not owned a Canon Pinter however since the early 1990's when I used a Bubblejet printer.
The iP4500 retails for $130 but I got it on sale from Amazon for $99. It came with free shipping and Its amazing I placed the order Feb 2nd and It was delivered on Feb 6th. It has 5 individual Ink Tanks. I had been leaning towards an Epson RX595
all-in-one printer for the last 6 months but I kept being drawn to the new Canon line every time I visited Staples. I really did not need a Printer/Scanner/Copier thinga-majig... I just needed a decent photo printer. There is the standard C, M, Y. and then a black, and another Black which is Pigment Black. I learned later the other black is Dye Black. All I know is that the two Blacks are used for different things, the Dye Black is for great Photos and the Pigment Black is for great sharp quality text. I had leaned towards the Epsons because of the 6 ink tanks: with the CMYK and then Photo Cyan and Photo Magenta. But I have to tell you that this printer does a darn good job with the colors it has. One very cool feature I did not know about is the iP4500 has two paper paths. There is a Rear tray that can hold up to 50 sheets of paper and a Cassette tray that can hold 150 sheets of paper. I decided I would use the Rear tray for photo paper and the Cassette for Plain paper. I can switch with the push of a button on the printer itself or with the software.
I have been using a HP Deskjet 960C forever. It was used primarily for business graphics but I often tried to print photos with it but never got the best results I had hoped for. It took a lot of tinkering to get a decent Photo print from the HP. I am sure HP's newer printers are great but I am tired of all the 2 cartridge printers, I hated running out of blue and having to replace the whole tri color cart. Even if these Individual Ink tanks may not hold as much ink, at least when Blue runs out, I can just go buy blue.
About the photos... I found two pictures of my new kitties. I had edited these pics for 4x6 size and set print res to 266dpi. I adjusted the curves and played with the saturation to try and make the odd colors level out. I own a Nikon Coolpix digital camera which I've used for 6 years, although its showing its age, it still takes decent photos. I did some basic sharpening and got rid of the red eye. I use Adobe Photoshop CS (v8) and set the image to print. Using the Canon IJ Print Utility I set the pic to high quality photo glossy paper. I have some 4x6 photo glossy paper I got last Christmas, not Canon brand, but it works. I put the paper in the rear tray and set it to print in Photoshop. Here is the most amazing part... A FULL COLOR 4x6 Photo was printed in LESS than 20secs!!!! I could not believe it. My old HP would take 2-3 minutes for a 4x6 Photo especially with Glossy paper. The Image was dry already and did not smudge. The ink drops are so tiny. I had to pull out a Loop and look through it to see the pixels. They are that small... I normally am used to pixelated photos. But this photo at just 266dpi res showed NO VISIBLE pixelation!
Now the main thing I did not like about this iP4500 is the lengthy Print head alignment process. It took me 3 sheets of paper wasted and the Alignment used a bunch of blue and black ink. I do not know why, but it took over 15 minutes for the printer. The 2nd thing I did not like is the CD that comes with the printer allegedly has some good software on it but It won't load on my Mac. The only thing that my Mac saw on the iP4500 CD was the Printer Driver and an Electronic Manual. So if you are wanting a Printer combo software pack, you won't get anything with this printer.
Of course, I have come to expect that USB printer cables do not come with Printers now a days. But I just don't understand why for a few bucks more these companies cannot put a basic cable in there. These Printers should be good to go right out of the box. Luckily my old HP had a USB2.0 cable which I connected to the USB2.0 port on my Mac and then the Mac OSX saw the printer right away. I am using OSX Tiger 10.4.11 on my main Mac a MDD Dual G4. I wish my Mac mini could hook up to the iP4500 as well. But I do 95% of my photos and graphics with the G4.
Sorry for a lengthy review. But I was just amazed and hoped telling someone they might consider a Canon printer.
Good printer for the price November 15, 2007
Michael Baumann (Atlanta, GA United States)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
After much deliberating between brands and features, I decided to go with a medium priced printer for my general purpose printing and some photo printing.
When the printer arrived I was a little surprised too at how big the box was but the printer still fits nicely on a standard stand.
Setup is a snap. Install the Printer Head, he Cartridges, install the driver and plug it in. That's it. I am happy to see that Canon provides 64bit drivers for most of their printers now so it was not problem on my Vista 64 bit machine.
The driver naturally automatically installs selections for most Canon papers and printing a Borderless 4x6 using the Canon 4x6 Glossy Plus Paper resulted in pretty good colors in comparison to my calibrated monitor. I do not recommend to have the driver manage colors, let the Software do it (like Photoshop) it's just doing a better job at it.
Overall, I think it's a great value and a good and fairly fast printer.
The added bonus of having 2 trays (I use the cassette for plain paper) saves me time in switching paper around.
Canon Photo Pixma 4500 Great Photos Fast September 17, 2007
D. Arciszewski (Chicago, IL)
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
I received the Printer very fast from the Vendor (3days) at a Great Price. This is my second Photo Printer and I have to say the Best I have ever used. Set up was super easy, within 45 minutes I was up and Ready to Print, I grabed 2 pictures and Printed them as 5x7 Prints. They printed in 40 seconds WOW Very sharp and Clear with no running or smearing of colors, I am amazed at the speed and the quality of the Prints for a little over 100.00 This was a Great investment for a Color Injet Printer. Look no Further and Buy this one You will not be disappointed!!!
Canon ip4500 is excellent October 30, 2007
L. Templeton (California, USA)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
This printer is amazing. It is fast, produces accurate color and is easy to use. I like that it turns off automatically when not in use. It has many features, such as automatic calibration, that I expected to find only in much more expensive printers.
Canon Pixma IP4500 October 26, 2007
J. Grimard
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Great Printer. Prints very high quality pictures and documents.
Default settings for Duplex (double sided) printing are very slow though. The printer waits about 45 seconds for the ink to dry before printing on the other side.
To fix this you need to go to Printer properties / Maintenance / Custom Settings and slide the Ink Drying Wait Time all the way over to Short.
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