Comments on Canon PIXMA iP4600 Inkjet Printer

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10:05 AM on 25 September, 2008

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There is an error on page 3.


http://www.usa.canon.com/app/html/Chromalife100Plus/light.html





Canon claims only 30 years of lightfastness under glass bare bulb 10 hrs/day using the PR201/PP201/PT101 paper. This is the same as the ip4500/4300/4200. This site lists 100 years. To be fair they claim gasfastness of 20 years using the new paper and new ink, and 300+ years of dark album storage. It makes me wonder how well the old inks perform using the new paper.





The assertion regarding use of photo black for plain text documents is accurate. On prior models Canons mix dye and pigment. This resulted in three things, a higher print capacity, quicker dry times, and a yield that will likely not complete spend your black tank with a full paper tray. Because the page yield on the ip4600 is so much lower, about 350pages for black rather than 525p on the ip4500, it may be they are using even less ink. Canons use a lot of ink to print in contrast to other brands and as such there is an issue with bleeding when printing on both sides.