price, performance, usability, design, noise

89% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

price, performance, usability, noise, design

ink consumption

82% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Full of features, excellent print quality, CD printing, price

Ink costs

If you want a budget home printer then the Pixma iP4200 is likely to have every feature you will ever need and gives great prints at an attractive price - just prepare yourself for a shock when the ink runs out. It's really a very close run thing...

Quick high-quality glossy photo prints

Average plain paper print quality

In our print quality tests, color photos exhibited sharp details, even in areas of shadow, with plenty of contrast. Skin tones, however, appeared a little too vivid and had an orange cast. Our grayscale photo printed a little on the dark side, but...

Fast performance. Two input paper trays. Duplex printing. New ink and paper technology with claimed 100-year lifetime for photos in storage

Somewhat slower for photos than the Canon Pixma iP4000 and iP3000 that it replaces

Although Canon calls it a photo printer, the Pixma iP4200 earns high marks for all-purpose printing. It combines fast performance, particularly for business applications, with more-than-acceptable output quality.

Automatic duplexing ; Two paper-input trays ; Easy to operate ; Mac and Windows compatible

Average print quality

Canon's support for the Pixma line includes a one-year limited warranty and a broad range of telephone and online support options. While Canon Pixma iP4200 comes with a skimpy printed manual, the installation CD has an expanded HTML version. We usually...

If you do find yourself often switching between printing text and photos, the dual paper trays should be useful for you. If you do have a manual to print, or just like to save paper, the double-sided printing feature should be useful. I do not find...

Fast, high quality, and compact printer

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Built-in duplex printing ; individual cartridges ; inexpensive ; great-looking photos ; 100-year print life

Sluggish prints speeds at high resolution

Setting up the printer was very straightforward. It connects to your Mac via USB 2.0, and the five individual ink cartridges feature bright red LEDs that light up when properly installed. The cartridge lights also start blinking when ink is running...