is this a good printer to get

[liascm]

it is the Canon Pixma iP4500 printer

if you could please answer the following question or supply a link with the necessary information that would be fantastic

1)good price?
2)worth getting for me(a 13 year old student)
3)reasonable priced ink?
4)would the ink last?

please look at link for more information

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumb er/6703576/Trail/searchtext%3ECANON+PRINTERS.h tm

thanks in advance

[ACtheTROLL]

in the same order
no
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132447
at the moment it's in a couple of magazine's hotlists
yes
how long?

given that inkjet printers cost the earth to run - there is (in my opinion) no such thing as a good one - but this is probably one of the least bad ones - so if you really must you could do a lot worse. ;-)

oh .... and what's a 13 year old doing up at this time?????

[rojash]

When I was 13, we were called schoolkids, students were what we became when we went to uni :-)

[ACtheTROLL]

you had it easy .... we lived in a cardboard box on the side of the ..........

[legend_vivo1]

AC TROL
IVE GOT AN EPSON DX4800 ALL IN ONE

COMPATABLE INK CARTS COST ABOUT A QUID EACH.
IF YOU CAN SUGGEST A CHEAPER PRINTER , OTHER THAN ONE OF THOSE CONTINUOUS INK SYSTEMS ID BE GLAD TO HEAR .

Mine takes 4 different colours .



Id always advise getting an epson due to the availability and sheer value of compatable inks.

D T H ?

[ACtheTROLL]

legend
sounds good - but don't shoot the messenger - I only answered the question

the whole pixima range is getting rave reviews
and this one is the current topper in PC Pro.
(personally I won't have one .... I don't do much printing my stuff goes to pdf and is printed professionally

I have an HP laserjet 4+ bought from an office clearence.
it included a new cartridge (good for 10000 copies)
it will stand all year - and print immediately
(new toner �60 - which I may need in about 2020)

btw
wot's dth

[philg]

I have an iP4300 (which I think was the forerunner of the iP4500) and I wouldn't be without it FOR COLOUR PRINTING - the quality is great, especially for photos

Mind you, I'd also stick to Canon inks and papers - the combination of the three does seem unbeatable

Shop around for consumables though as the cartridges are NOT cheap, and won't last so long if you do all your printing in "colour"

I also have a Laserjet 6p for the majority of my printing - how often do you REALLY need colour after all?

Phil G