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Canon Pixma iP 4500 Premium Photo Printer | 
| Brand: Canon
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 6498
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 15.2
Dimensions (in): 20.2 x 16.9 x 9.4
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MPN: IP4500
Model: IP4500
EAN: 4960999454511
ASIN: B000UX5UQ6
Release Date: September 14, 2007
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 Great printer January 5, 2009
K. J. Cheetham (UK)
Had this printer for over a year now, I don't print very often at home and I'm still using the original inks that came with it. I really like the duplex printing function and I've had no problems with printing onto appropriate CDs/DVDs either. Photos I've printed look great for a printer of this price. The printer looks quite nice too, though it seems quite big on the desk.
An excellent printer December 31, 2008
D. C. Brand
An excellent printer - photo printing quality matches commercial prints.
One small quibble: 'ink may have run out' warning appears far too early - for best ink usage wait until the 'dangerous to continue' warning comes up before replacing cartridges!
Can't fault it December 18, 2008
O. Morris (Cymru / Wales)
Does the job very well indeed. Trusted the reviews here and wasn't dissapponted. CD printing is a bonus and works well. You need at least an A3 size footprint on your desk to accomodate it.
The ip4600 is out now, seems to be 'rounder' but pleased with this purchase.
 Waste of money & time. November 5, 2008
Mr. S. Kelly (England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Canon have incorporated new ink tank technology in their new printers, seemingly to stop their customers from using anything other than Canon ink. Unfortunately for both the recent Canon printers I've struggled with lately, it just seems to prevent the user from printing anything.
I had a Canon Multi-function printer which I had to return because it said the tank tray was not the original - I'd only had the printer 2 weeks and it was the original Canon ink caddy. In this iP4500, from the start I got a message that 1 of the tanks was invalid and should be replaced - again this was the original Canon cyan with all the ink still in. After switching it on and off a few times it eventually works and I've put up with this for 2 1/2 months now in the vain hope that it would sort itself out. Instead, the error happens all the time now and my iP4500 is just a big squeaky desk ornament! If Canon think this will make customers buy their ink, they're probably right - for those of them whose printers work.
For the handful of pages and the couple of B/W CD labels I printed the quality was very good and fast and although it's big it looks smart.
I'm staying clear of Canon printers from now on though until they can make some hassle free versions, like a few years ago when Canon were the best. Shame on Canon for thinking customers would put up with this!
 bad idea October 6, 2008
xvgh
1 out of 15 found this review helpful
I've given this a low rating for the following reasons: one, the instructions are a bit of a mess. The instructions come in the form of a thick book and a separate sheet. In order to set up the printer, you have to somehow read the book and the sheet at the same time. It's unnecessarily fiddly. Why can't there be a single set of instructions? As it is, you have to keep jumping from one thing to another.
Secondly you won't be able to use this machine straight out of the box. For some reason it doesn't have a USB cable. Only when I was reading the setup instructions did I realise this, and I had to go out and buy one before I could use the printer (which I wasn't very happy about). You can't use the machine without a cable so why isn't one included?
So however good Canon products are, I would think twice before buying anything of theirs again: to sell a printer without the cable you need to operate it is unforgivable.
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