The Canon Pixma iP4500 is a moderately expensive single-function printer designed for general home use. The iP4500 offers faster print speed, slightly better print quality, and more features, including an auto duplexer.
The design of cheap Pixma iP4500 is simple and straightforward–the body is mainly black, with silver accents. The printer measures 17.5 inches wide, 11.9 inches deep, and 6.3 inches tall, and weighs 15.2 pounds. The only features in the printer’s control panel are a PictBridge USB port, power and cancel/feed buttons, and an input source button that switches between paper trays. The cheap iP4500 uses a five-ink system: pigment black for better text prints, and dye-based black, yellow, cyan, and magenta for better graphics and color blending. Canon estimates that a page of text costs about 3 cents, and a full-color page costs 4 cents to print.
The Pixma iP4500 offers a fairly basic feature set. The only connection option is USB, though you can network the printer using a print server. This cheap printer offers up a built-in duplexer for automatic double-sided printing. The iP4500 lacks memory card slots, but it does offer a PictBridge USB port for printing directly from PictBridge cameras and devices. The cheap Pixma iP4500 prints black text at a rate of 8.25 pages per minute. The Canon Pixma iP4500 is an all-around good printer. The text prints were nicely dark. The color graphics print showed pleasing saturation and sharp details in the photo elements. Overall, the printer’s quality is great for everyday home printing.