[LRflex] Re: A personal Canon Pixma printer review

Thanks Philippe,

I turned 32 on January 7 ;-))))




2009/1/26 Philippe AMARD <philippe.amard@xxxxxxxx>

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> Miha Golobic wrote:
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> Dear Flexers,
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> Because I only ask questions, I have decided to share with you a personal
> review of my new Canon Pixma iP4600 photo printer, which I got on saturday
> as my birthday gift :-))))
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> Happy birthday Miha - had we known about this ...
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> Thanks for sharing your experience with the printer
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> Amitiés
> Philippe
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> This printer belongs to Canon family photo printers (iP1900, iP2600, iP3600
> and *ip4600*). Max resolution is 9600 x 2400 dpi, max print format is A4,
> price is 100 EUR/USD.
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> First of all, this is my only photo printer, so I can`t compare the results
> to any other printer. But as a "photographer" I can compare prints with RA-4
> prints (let`s say Fuji Chrystal Archive paper).
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> *Instalation and operation*: Very easy. You turn the printer on, insert
> the 5 cartriges (4 for photo printing, and a bigger black one for regular
> text printing), turn the printer off. Insert the CD in to your PC/Mac and
> follow the instruction, you basically just press "Next" several times. Then
> you conect the printer and the computer and turn the printer on again.
> That`s it, you are ready to print.
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> The software suplied with the printer is very straightforward too. In the
> main menu you select what you want to print (photos, album, calendar,
> CD,...). In our case, you select fotos (by clicking the icon). In the next
> step you select a photo from the folder, then you selct the paper (you have
> all Canon brands plus some other) and the paper format. In the last step you
> select the layout (bordless, borded, 2,4,...prints per sheet, index
> print,...) and click "print".
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> If you click the Printer icon on your desk top, you have acces to the
> printer settings. I set the quality to "1" or finest and I also set
> "halftoning" to "diffusion" intead to "auto". I do not want to mess with the
> color profiles or drivers.
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> *Print quality*: What can I say, It`s amazing! I downloaded some huge
> files made with Canon EOS 1Ds III camera (from dpreview.com) to test the
> resolution. I can honestly say that I didn´t expect so much. By judging the
> resolution, I couldn` tell prints made with my canon and those made by photo
> lab on Fuji RA paper apart. I would even say, that you need a good photo lab
> to match the resolution of this printer.
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> Colors are great too. They didn`t exactly match my computer screen, but my
> screen is not calibrated. The prints were a tiny bit warmer compared to my
> screen, with slight more magenta in the blue sky. The caucasian skin colour
> is perfect for my taste. Very similar to fuji portrait films.
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> I was using HP premium plus (their best) and Avery Zweckform paper. The
> later has more gloss, but I prefer HP. I should use Canon paper, but It was
> not avaliable locally on saturday.
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> I would like to stress once more that prints made with this Canon printer
> leave little to desire!
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> *Speed*: It is very fast. It takes about 90s to print one A4 print in full
> res.
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> *Build*: It`s made of fragile black shiny plastic. It looks expensive and
> doesn`t occupie too much space on your desk.
> As with all fast inkjet printers, you should put it on a stable desk,
> otherwise the desk will shake as the head runs left and right!
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> *Would I recommend one*: You already know the answer :-))
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> I might add that in the digital era, everybody shoots a lot more and print
> much less. So many photos never see the light of day. And photos look much
> better on paper than on LCD screen...
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> That`s it.
> Best,
> Miha
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> O yeah, running costs: pretty high! you can print about 50 A4 prints with
> one set of cartridges. All four cost about 45 EUR. You can change them
> separately.
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