Canon Pixma iP4300 chosen as PC Magizine's Editor's Choice in General Purpose InkJets

[Zepper]

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Linkage to Review. Upon reading the review it will be unlikely that you will know any more than if you had followed this section for any length of time. Worth a read if you're not already familiar with the iP4300 though. The review fails to mention that the paper tray capacity is predicated on 18 lb. paper - I don't know anyone who uses thinner than 20 lb. paper. So a more realistic number is around 120 sheets per tray. No mention of the chipped tanks either - though the iP4200 had them as well so I guess PCMag takes it as routine that limits to our use of what we buy are a fact of life and thus no longer worth mentioning... :roll: Nor was it mentioned that the iP4300 has basically the same print quality as the iP5200 for half the price. These kiddies the slick mags have working for them have no perspective whatsoever...

.bh.

 

[Frintin]

I have noticed that they take a rather short term approach to recommending something...

newest
how did it act the one time they review it and only that one time
etc.

That printer is a nice printer though.

 

[you2]

Does the mp600 or mp530 have the same print engine as the ip4300 ?

 

[Zepper]

The MP600. Any with the 5 separate ink tanks and over 3000 nozzles is the same as the 4300. The ones with 5 tanks and ~1800 nozzles is the same as the 4200.

.bh.

 

[Rottie]

should I gave up my iP4000 for iP4300?

 

[Zepper]

The iP4000 uses the unchipped ink tanks so I personally would never give up an iP4000 if I had one. Even though the print head for the iP4000 is pricey, you'll still make it back in short order due to the lower cost of clone tanks and/or refilling. Not to mention the reduced hassle from not having to transplant the chips to the clone tanks... About all you get in the 4300 that's slightly better than the 4000 is perhaps the photo printing quality and a bit of extra speed in some modes.

Until (if ever) they clone the chips for the tanks in the iP4300, etc., you'll be able to sell an iP4000 in good working order for more than enough to buy two iP4300s after MIR - IOW, more than original price of $150 or so.

Doesn't the iP4000 have a parallel port as well as USB? (Yes it does!) That's another hard-to-find feature that bumps the value up. Will it print a raw text file from DOS via the parallel port? If it does, then it's a really rare bird.

I just looked at eBay and there is a new one with the bid at $181. + sh with some hours to go. And some are trying to do "Buy it Nows" at over $200... Who knows, they may get it. And there are only 8 listed. You can use the advanced search feature to look for recently ended listings to see what the ending price range has been.

It's hard to find any printer model with fewer listings at any given time than the iP4000 except perhaps for the iP5000 (quite often, as now, there are NONE available - occasionally there are no iP4ks either).

For comparison, look at the bids on the iP5200 - pitiful as it's a really nice printer too...

.bh.

 

[Rottie]

one year old iP4000 give me a exellent result with photo print out I am happy with it I have own 3 Canon devices. Canon CanoScan 4200 and Canon Powershot A610 digital camera. I gave up Canon BJC 6000 printer last year it was good printer.