Canon Pixma iP4600 Reviews: Canon Photos Colour Inkjet Printer

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Score: 8.9/10

107 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This printer is a good all rounder. “Easy cd printing and over all easy use of printing options -simple but a lot of…” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 107 real customer reviews

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107 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
94% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (103)
Compatibility9.1
Print quality9.1
Speed8.2
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.9
Overall rating8.9
Graphics or photo printing (12)
Frequent home user (11)
Business user (3)
Occasional home user (1)
Other (76)
 

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Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Easy cd printing and over all easy use of printing options -simple but a lot of usefull paper tray and photo size options.I like the fact that you have more than one paper tray -you dont have to keep changing paper /photo card etc.

- None - I have had other makes of printer and this is by far the best.

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112 of 118 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Dec 2008

Michael, Sheffield , “average non-technical user”

Score 8.0/10

+ excellent software enabling easy control
good paper handling

- Reviewer left no comment

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66 of 73 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Amateur photographer”

Score 9.0/10

+ Separate Inks
Very good quality of printing

- None noted yet

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61 of 70 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Nov 2008

Mick, Essex

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent print quality as long as you use the correct type of paper. Good addition of printing direct to CD/DVD

- Small and not cheap ink cartridges

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59 of 67 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent quality home printer.

- Print cartridges are not as widely available as they should be.

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50 of 59 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Oct 2008

Pam, Essex

Score 7.0/10

+ Fabulous printing quality

- Uses ink really quickly.

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44 of 54 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Ease of installation was very good

- The ink supplied does seem to have been used up quite quickly.

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41 of 50 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Feb 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent print quality (best quality printer I've ever had).
Prints reasonably quickley, easy to install, easy to use.
I'm very pleased with this printer.

- None, i love it.

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37 of 47 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Simple to set up and connect.

- Does not have a centronics port for older machines.
stops all printing when any ink is empty

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31 of 40 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Feb 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Good clear printing; quick; even duplex printing is pretty quick (have only needed to print small quantaties tho).

- Reviewer left no comment

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23 of 30 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 1.0/10

+ Never got the damn thing to install so took it back, same problem with the replacement, got an Epson instead.

- Reviewer left no comment

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26 of 39 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Excellant print quality

- Does not like to print two copies of something without taking the paper tray out

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19 of 25 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Good Value for money - easy to install

- Reviewer left no comment

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21 of 30 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jan 2009

Ivan, London

Score 9.0/10

+ - very good print quality
- driver for Linux available

- -the ink doesn't dry up quickly
-linux driver can be improved

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18 of 25 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Mar 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent print quality with individual ink cartriges so you only need to replace the colour that has run out.
Has built in duplex so no need to manually turn the paper over on two sided printing.

- Takes up quite a bit of desk space but probably no more than any other printer in this category.

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17 of 24 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Feb 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ A tried and tested series of printers-good quality/value for money

- Ink cartridges are not readily available in high street stores for this new series printer

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18 of 26 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Apr 2009

David, Torbay , “34 years in computers”

Score 10.0/10

+ It does all that I require and does it well.

- Ink costs

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17 of 24 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent print quality, very good speed compared to other printers I have owned, Epson.

- Needs to be put on a secure base as it tends to vibrate in operation

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16 of 22 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 May 2009

steve, brighton , “professional artist/designer”

Score 8.0/10

+ print quality and ease of use

- attractive shiny black case attracts and shows dust
cost of ink - always!

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23 of 37 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Jan 2009

Sharon Garrod, Chichester, West Sussex , “Graphics or photo printing” More like this »

Score 6.0/10

+ Very sleek and compact

- Printing very slow Ink very Expensive and difficult to get hold of without buying from you or direct from Canon

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15 of 21 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jun 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Good looking printer, small and compact, has two trays and can handle a decent paper weight

- Duplex printing only works with a Windows PC, and isn't as fast as I would like it to be

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15 of 22 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Feb 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent photo printer and a document printer. Documents can be printed at a very fast rate for a little degredation in clarity. A good all-round printer.
Cartridge replacement system is brilliant. Big improvement on my previous (Epson) printer

- Reviewer left no comment

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18 of 28 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Apr 2009

Angela, Warrington , “Graphics or photo printing” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ Takes 330gms card; prints quickly; good size for a printer - not too big; aesthetically sound.

- Reviewer left no comment

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17 of 26 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 May 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Love the Canon IP4600, it does everything I ask it to do. Easy set up, looks stylish, and a lot smaller than my previous printer. Various paper and card compatability, and lots of different paper/envelope sizes, perfect for my line of work. Love the online manual that comes with the printer to help if you need it, and have hardly touched the inks that came with it, and yes it has been worked hard! Love it, highly reccommended!

- Haven't found any yet.

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14 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jun 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “I Like good prints”

Score 9.0/10

+ Double tray,Duplex, Clarity, Photo print quality, Ease of use, Software Info

- None really

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13 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Feb 2009

Ray, Worcester

Score 8.0/10

+ My second Canon printer ( the first died) and very good value for money it is too. Lovely quality at this level, and it is innoffensive to the eye at my pc station

- Installing the software then initialising took way too long.

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15 of 24 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Feb 2009

Katie, Warrington , “Graphics or photo printing” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ Prints very good quality photos. Good software with the printer to provide different editing options when printing. Smart printer. Good idea to have a seperate feed tray for plain paper and photo paper.

- Very slow to warm up when turned on. Also takes a while to start printing the photos; but when it is printing, it is quite fast. The plain paper tray sticks out so has to be taken out if storing it away.

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10 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jul 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ great printer easy to install and use.

- changing the ink can be a little tricky

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12 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Mar 2009

Ken, Teddington, Middx , “IT specialist since 1967”

Score 9.0/10

+ Compared to previous printers the Cannon appears to be well made using good quality materials and designed with durability in mind. Not the flimsy lash up that typifies so many other domestic printers.

- I haven't found any yet.

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14 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Apr 2009

David , Bishopsteignton

Score 8.0/10

+ Relatively small footprint, quiet, and great print quality

- As with all colour printers - cost of replacement ink cartridges

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14 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Apr 2009

PAUL, NOTTINGHAM , “honest and truthful”

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent all round printer ,clean sharp well eposed prints certainly upto lab quality

- none

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14 of 24 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Mar 2009

Louise, Marske

Score 9.0/10

+ I have found the ip 4600 a very good home printer the quality of photo and other printing is excellent although I have not had any other experiences of other printer as this is my first, I am so far very happy with it.

- It seems to take its time to start printing but it is very quick once it starts.

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15 of 26 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Mar 2009

Liz, Plymouth

Score 8.0/10

+ It is a great printer and the pictures come out good quality.

- The cartridges are very expensive

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14 of 24 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Mar 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Print quality and ease of use are excellent.

- I haven't had any yet

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11 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Feb 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- slow to get ready to print

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10 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 May 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to set up, good print quality and speed,

- Reviewer left no comment

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10 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Feb 2009

fiona, shetland

Score 10.0/10

+ its fantastic so easy fast printing and good quality

- none

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11 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Apr 2009

Donald, Croydon

Score 10.0/10

+ Ease of use

- Reviewer left no comment

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12 of 22 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Apr 2009

Nicol, Grangemouth , “Frequent home user” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ print quality and speed.Separate paper feed.

- Cost of ink cartridges

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10 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 May 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Covered A4 paper cassette, superb prints using photo paper, and can print CD/DVDs

- Have not found any.

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8 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jun 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ very good quality printing

- very slow when you first click print page it seems around 2 mins befor printing gets underway for the first task of the day

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6 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jul 2009

Simon, Retford , “Frequent home user” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ separate cassettes for glossy and plain paper.
Direct to CD printing
speed and qualityof printing
Compact size and good looks.
Useful software bundled with package for quick editing

- cost of replacement cartridges.

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3 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Oct 2009

tina, kildale whitby

Score 10.0/10

+ very good.does everything as advertised.

- took a while to set up.

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9 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 May 2009

Jan, Poole , “Frequent home user” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ Great print quality both text and photo. Prints onto DVD, and duplex.

- Haven't found any yet

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9 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 May 2009

paul, cleckheaton , “Occasional home user”

Score 9.0/10

+ print quality excellent

- none as yet only had the printer for a couple of weeks

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7 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Jun 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Graphics or photo printing” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ so far everything good

- it was hard to find the instructions on how to print directly onto a cd

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8 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Jul 2009

Fran, Sheffield , “Graphics or photo printing” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ Print quality is equivalent to photo lab copies and the colours are superb.
Easy to set-up and install and an all round fantastic piece of kit. Can't belive it's under £100 as it is far superior to it's peers and with the duplex facility and individual photo paper feeder, you would expect to pay at least double! Plus, I just love the gloss black and silver - stylish too!

- None!

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purchased 20 Jul 2009

tony, bridgend

Score 8.0/10

+ fast

- did not mention on advert that no USB cable supplied

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purchased 21 Jul 2009

Dennis, Deal

Score 7.0/10

+ Has excellent print quality and two sided printing

- Very slow to set up for print job
Terrible manual

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6 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Graphics or photo printing” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ Very fast, high quality prints. nice having feed trays one for photo paper and one for normal.

- Have had some trouble with colour balance, too much red in my photos, but I think that is more me just getting it set up and calabrating my monitor properly

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purchased 04 Sep 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Frequent home user” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ Good print quality and very fast.

- None to date.

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7 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Sep 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Dual purpose paper feed Easy closure thereby avoiding dust entering paper feeds or internals

- After initial set up by written instructions only way to cover future instructions is by computer better to have more written details

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3 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Oct 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Frequent home user” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ very pleased with the printed colour

- haven't found any yet

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3 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Oct 2009

Tony, BECKENHAM

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to use

- Difficult to rfill cartidges with my "Hypodermic Syringe" Ink Kit which of course saves loads of money - but it can be done!

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3 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Oct 2009

Debra, Billingshurst

Score 10.0/10

+ The quality of the print, for the money we paid for the printer.

- There isn't any.

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3 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Oct 2009

Rob, Welwyn

Score 9.0/10

+ Very quick set-up. Quiet function. Good for quick prints

- Comes with a basic programme to amend pictures but you need a good software package to make the most of printing photos

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purchased 26 Oct 2009

anthony, wisbech , “Frequent home user” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ great product

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 20 Jun 2009

H, Midlands

Score 9.0/10

+ Quick clean prints

- Cost of ink cartridges

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purchased 02 Nov 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Graphics or photo printing” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ excellent quick photo prints

- none

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6 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Jul 2009

Robert, Wirral

Score 9.0/10

+ Photo print quality, 2 paper trays

- None that I can think of.

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8 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 May 2009

Gary, cardenden, fife

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to use, good printing results, great software packaged with printer

- none so far

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6 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jul 2009

gb, salisbury , “Business user” More like this »

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellant outpuy

- print carts from my ip5000 don't fit

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9 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 May 2009

jen, doncaster , “student regular use”

Score 10.0/10

+ Printing quality of products, ability to provide two sided printing option, was able to use with my linux os ee pc

- None so far

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6 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Sep 2009

corrie, Plymouth , “Business user” More like this »

+ Very fast very easy to use

- very yellow pictures, uses a lot of (expensive) ink!

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7 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Neat and stylish. Good quality prints.

- Have not yet got to grips with setting printer profiles, the user guide is a bit unclear on this matter.

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6 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Jul 2009

Jeremy, London

Score 9.0/10

+ size

- unclear set up manual

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7 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jul 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ very quick printing

- no scanner

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8 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 May 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Graphics or photo printing” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ Superb print quality.

- Difficult to load ink & hard to fix yourself if there's a problem.

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7 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Sep 2009

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Expert reviews for Canon Pixma iP4600

TechRadar expert review

Bearing more than a passing resemblance to the cheaper Canon iP3600, this printer is exactly the same size and weight. It looks identical in almost every respect, although it also comes with an extra media tray for direct printing onto compatible CDs and DVDs. More similarities include the fact that it runs exactly the same cartridges as you'll find in both the iP3600 and MP620 printers, with precisely the same running costs. In common with the other Canon A4 printers, the iP4600 features a handy bottom input tray that slots under the printer, as well as a rear-mounted, vertical tray…

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reviewed 08 Sep 2009

PC Advisor expert review - by Rob Mead

The Canon Pixma iP4600 is Canon's flagship A4 inkjet photo printer.

This Canon Pixma iP4600 review continued on PC Advisor

reviewed 27 Feb 2009

Product Features

Print Technology Inkjet
Photo Printer Yes
WiFi No
LCD Display No
Ethernet No
PictBridge Yes
Memory Card Slot No
Built-in Scanner No
Built-In Fax No
Built-in Copier No
Maximum Paper Size A4
Print Colour Colour
Bluetooth No
Portable No
Film or Slide Scanner No
Number of Colours (incl. Black) 5
Height in mm 153
Width in mm 431
Depth in mm 296
Colour Black
Colour Multi
Print Resolution (dpi) 9600x2400
Number of Prints per Minute in Colour 21
Number of Prints per Minute in Black & White 26
Sheet Capacity 300
Release Date 17 Sep 2008

Also known as: Pixma iP4600

Printers Buying Guide  

Manufacturer's Description

Superior prints and functionality for the best in home photo and document printing.

Canon’s range-topping A4 PIXMA inkjet printer makes creating beautiful, long-lasting prints quick and easy, with extra media-handling features for added versatility.

Photo printing

Experience exceptionally high-quality prints with fine detail thanks to a separate dye-based black ink for photos, 1pl ink droplets and a resolution of 9600×2400dpi*. A premium print engine makes it possible to create a photolab-quality print in approximately 20 seconds*. Quality and efficiency are maintained through the use of 5 Single Inks – simply replace individual ink tanks when they run out.

The ChromaLife100+ system** is a combination of the PIXMA iP4600, original inks and selected Canon genuine photo papers. Working together, these three unique components deliver beautiful, long-lasting photo prints.

Easy to use

A range of practical functions makes creating photos and documents even more exciting and productive. With Canon’s Easy-PhotoPrint EX it’s easy to print calendars, albums and photos. Auto Photo Fix automatically corrects photos, including red-eye correction; auto duplex makes double-side printing straightforward – saving on paper and producing professional-looking documents. Two paper trays enable users to have plain and photo paper loaded at once.

Document printing
Print text documents in mono or colour; a pigment black ink delivers crisp, sharp text. Single or double-sided printing is possible with the auto duplex feature – a practical and efficient function.

Print on DVD/CD

Managing your data storage is easy as you can personalise your DVDs and CDs for business, friends and family. Simply print direct onto the surface of the printable DVD or CD. CD-LabelPrint software lets you create layouts by adding your own text and images.

Print direct

There is no need for a PC to be involved in your print process. With PictBridge technology you have a quick and convenient way to print images from compatible digital cameras, camcorders or mobile phones.

Operating system

Windows and Mac OS X compatible*


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