Canon iP4600 Inkjet Photo Printer (2909B002) Review

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(More customer reviews)Having sworn off HP and Epson printers years ago because of problems with reliability and service, I decided to give Canon a chance. Based on the mostly stellar reviews of the iP4500, I decided to purchase the slightly cheaper successor model, the iP4600. I was particularly interested in the duplexing option for printing out longer documents, and the high-quality photo output.
The directions for setup were easy, although the entire process took close to 20 minutes, with all the packaging and cartridges, etc.
I've used the printer now for nearly two weeks now, and here are my initial impressions:
- Photo quality is excellent! I haven't had an inkjet printer in several years, but this thing blows away anything I've had before. If you don't look too closely, the prints on photo paper could fool me into thinking they came from the store, rather than my own printer. I also tried some off-brand photo paper, which seems to use a different printing preset than the Canon paper, but quality was comparable once I figured this out. Borderless printing seems to work as advertised, although I personally prefer a bit of a border.
- Speed is okay. I've only printed photos on the included 4x6in photo paper, but it takes less than half a minute per picture, which seems fast. Single-sided printing speed is acceptable -- about 15-20 seconds per side of text.
- Duplexing is slow -- the printer lets the front of the page dry before moving on to the back, and this takes an additional 5-10 seconds per sheet. This nearly doubles the printing time. [As noted in the comments, you can apparently adjust the drying time to reduce this wait.]
- Text quality is reasonably good, nowhere near laser-quality, but eminently readable.
While the printer has a relatively large footprint, it is nice that I can load paper into the cassette below the printer (which extends slightly from the front of the printer) or the rear tray, which I prefer for my desk setup.
All in all, I think everything I saw in the reviews of the iP4500 applies here. I am quite satisfied with the printer so far.

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Canon iP4600 inkjet photo printer is premium photo printer with individual ink tanks and built-in auto duplex.

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