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Canon Pixma IP4300

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Pros
Prints both text and photos well
Automatic duplexing
Cons
Control panel elements are small
Confusing setup documentation

$199.95 - $307.99
From 3 Merchants

Pricing: Inexpensive: $100 (9/13/2007)
Performance: Superior: 90
Features: Good: 71
Design: Very Good: 84

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Inexpensive: $100

Performance

Superior: 90

Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	11.9
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	33.62
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	65.59
Text Output Quality	Very Good

Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	3.7
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	32.34
One-Page Webpage (secs)	17.33
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs)	15.13
Color Output Quality	Very Good

Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	2.4
Sports Action Shot (secs)	25.07
Color Photo Quality	Superior

Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	3.7
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	16.12
Grayscale Output Quality	Fair

Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm)	6.3
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	9.59
Line Art Output Quality	Fair

Features

Good: 71

Dimensions
Dimensions	17.5-by-12.0-by-6.3
Weight (pounds)	14.3

Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min.	B&W PPM:30
Color Pages per Min.	Color PPM:24

Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi	600-by-600
Max. Color dpi	9600-by-2400

Interfaces
Parallel Port	No
Serial Port	No
USB 1.1	Yes
USB 2.0	Yes
Ethernet	No
PictBridge	Yes

Drivers
Macintosh	Yes
Windows 98	Yes
Windows NT	No
Windows 2000	Yes
Windows XP	Yes
Linux	No

Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts)	10
Standby Power Draw (watts)	1

Multifunction Printer Specs
Fax Memory (pages)	0

Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard	2
Number of Input Trays, Maximum	2
Tray Capacity, pages	300
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays	300
Manual Feed Slot	No
Maximum Paper Size	Legal
Output Tray Capacity	75
Auto Duplexer	Yes

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	16
Saturday Support Hours	10
Sunday Support Hours	0
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle	0

Bundled Items
Included Software	Canon utilities: Easy-PhotoPrint 3.5, PhotoRecord, Easy-WebPrint

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	Readers rate Canon better than average in practically every reliability and support category. This stellar performance is even more impressive when you consider that Canon aced our last R&S survey too.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems	Better than Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Better than Average
Reports of problems that render a product unusable	Better than Average
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use	Better than Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Better than Average

Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support	Better than Average
Overall quality of vendor's phone support	Better than Average
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service	Average
Overall quality of service	Better than Average

Design

Very Good: 84

Canon Pixma iP4300 Review

by Melissa Riofrio

- The Pixma iP4300 is fast, its print quality is good, and it has some nice features. Though it does suffer from a few design shortcomings, we recommend it highly.

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User Reviews for Canon Pixma IP4300

Reviewed by: tdigennaro

Duration of ownership: 1 Day

Strengths: Looks very nice.

Weaknesses: Software Warranty was written by their lawyers. "This is a CD ROM and we do not promise anything else." Even Microsoft is better than that now.

Overall Evaluation: I expect good performance. The Warranty needs to move into the twenty-first century when buyers expect more. Canon, please listen.
Reviewed by: Traveller55

Duration of ownership: 7 Months

Strengths: Great for printing CD blanks and overall very good print quality

Weaknesses: INK - thought that by having a seperate tanks system (like Epson) would save me money but ... well see below!!

Overall Evaluation: I used the provided set of inks then purchased "compatible cartridges" (yes they ARE available - same as the iP4200!). Halfway down these and the printer is now virtually disabled due to 'no ink' warnings which can't be turned off. Looks like Canon are using a 'smart chip' which cannot be reset this forcing you to but OEM carts at vastly inflated prices?! NOWHERE on any Canon site can I find a warning that this will happen so I say - "Is it legal" that the printer is made unusable by this action? If Canon reads this would they please respond - as they haven't so far to the three messages/requests I have left on their support site?!

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