Canon PIXMA iP4850 Colour Photo Printer

Title : Canon PIXMA iP4850 Colour Photo Printer
ASIN : B00400OJYY
Description :


Features :

• Canon Inkjet Single Function iP4850

List Price : £84.26

category: Ink Printers
brand: Canon
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Rating : 4.1
Review : An IP4700 look alike
I bought a Pixma IP4700 from Amazon in December 2009. It performed quite satisfactorily until near the end of the warranty period then seemed to eject a component out of the paper output tray. On Canon's recommendation I returned to a Canon repair centre but they were unable to make a repair and I accepted a warranty exchange with the IP4850. Although to outward appearance and function the 4850 is identical with the IP4700, Canon have cleverly changed the cartridges and given them a different number so that the cartridges left from the IP4700 will presumably not be usable with the new printer. They do however appear to be identical in size and fitting.
Apart from this annoyance the printer does perform well enough though I am not convinced that quality is much better than my now old HP deskjet 970cxi. My replacement IP4850 came with a complete set of cartridges so I am unable to understand why one reviewer had a printer with a black missing (the large black cartridge is however...