Canon PIXMA iP4500

The Canon Pixma iP4500 is a bit too expensive for basic home users, but those who do a bit more printing than the occasional e-mail and map will be happy with its speed and quality.

Good overall print quality ; two paper sources ; PictBridge port ; built-in auto duplexer

No preview LCD ; no memory card slots

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Faster than even some low-end lasers, the Canon Pixma iP4500 inkjet printer generates great text and photos.

The Canon Pixma iP4500 offers excellent speed, sharp print quality, and useful features for a good price. If your colour output tends more toward photos and graphics than charts and memos, it could be a good alternative to an entry-level colour laser.

Not everybody needs the extra functions provided by an all-in-one printer. Single-function printers, without integral scanners, are a bit smaller and a bit cheaper, and Canon's PIXMA iP4500 comes in with a street price of just ...

If you don't need the extra facilities of an all-in-one printer, this is a very good single-function machine at an impressive price. Single-function in this context means no scanner, but you can still print on plain paper, glossy photo blanks and CDs ...

A brilliant performer, particularly in terms of photo image quality. It's superb value, too.

Our real-world tests show that print costs aren't the cheapest at 11.6c per A4 page, but when the iP4500 excels at printing just about anything - and is cheaper than the outgoing iP5300, which it replaces - a place on the A-List is assured.

Faster than even some low-end lasers, the Pixma iP4500 inkjet printer generates great text and photos.

Manufacturers appear to be falling over themselves to offer printers as cheap as chips these days. Feature-light budget printers are everywhere to be found, like the Epson D92, which costs just £30 but still arrives with £25 of free ink, or Canon's ...

Fast for the price, Duplex printer, Crisp text, Great photos

No LCD or card slots, Watch those ink costs

An inexpensive quality printer that clearly outperforms its many low-budget peers

Dedicated inkjet photo printers still have their advantages. Is this the best one available for less than £70

Overall, the iP4500 is an excellent printer for the money and should be well up your shortlist of budget ink-jets.

Very fast, automatic duplexing, two input trays

Buttons can be hard to figure out

The Canon Pixma iP4500 offers excellent speed, sharp print quality, and useful features for a good price. If your colour output tends more toward photos and graphics than charts and memos, it could be a good alternative to an entry-level colour laser.

canon pixma ip4500 review: The Canon Pixma iP4500 is a bit too expensive for basic home users, but those who do a bit more printing than the occasional e-mail and map will be happy with its speed and quality.

Good overall print quality, Two paper sources, PictBridge port, Built-in auto duplexer

No preview LCD, No memory card slots

The Canon Pixma iP4500 is a bit too expensive for basic home users, but those who do a bit more printing than the occasional e-mail and map will be happy with its speed and quality.

Good overall print quality ; two paper sources ; PictBridge port ; built-in auto duplexer

No preview LCD or memory card slots

The Canon Pixma iP4500 is a bit too expensive for basic home users, but those who do a bit more printing than the occasional e-mail and map will be happy with its speed and quality.