We also saw some problems with photos, most notably a slight pink tint in our monochrome test photo and a tendency for some colors to be overly punchy. A potentially more troublesome issue was a tendency for full-page graphics to make our standard test paper curl.
We saw some banding, but only in default mode. Graphics quality, at the high end of good, will serve nicely for schoolwork or internal business use, and is marginally good enough for an important client or customer you want to impress. Unless you have an unusual need for printing text at small sizes, the printer should be able to handle any text you're likely to print. The high end of good rating translates to the majority of fonts being easily readable at 5 points or smaller, with two highly stylized fonts needing 12 points. Text output quality is best described as good enough for most purposes, but not as impressive as the speed. According to Canon, the iP4200 design required slowing down the printhead slightly to ensure precise placement of its smaller drops, which are as small as 1 picoliter, compared with 2 picoliters for the iP4000's smallest drops. That easily beats all current printers in its price range, but we rated it at the high end of very good, rather than excellent, because it's slower than the iP4000 and iP3000, which were both about 10 seconds faster for a 4-by-6 and about 35 seconds faster for an 8-by-10. Photo performance was also fast, averaging 1:18 for each 4–by-6 print and 3:12 for each 8-by-10. The only ink jet that's ever handed in a faster time for that suite is the $200 HP Business Inkjet 1200d, at 13:10. With a total test time of 15 minutes 4 seconds on our business applications suite, it's the fastest printer in its price range by far, essentially tying the $200 HP Photosmart 8250, which is an Editors' Choice for photo ink jets. Performance (timed with QualityLogic's hardware and software, is one of the for the iP4200's greatest strengths.
You'll also find a PictBridge connector on the front, for printing directly from a PictBridge camera. Plug in the power cord, snap in the print head and the five ink cartridges, plug in the USB cable, and run the automated setup program. Setup is standard fare for a Canon ink jet. Another nice touch is automatic duplexing, enabling you to print on both sides of a page. You can load either kind of paper in each tray, but you'll probably want to load the one you use most often in the tray sticking up from the rear, since the one in front gives better protection from dust. Load standard paper in one tray and photo paper in the other, and you can switch back and forth between standard printing and photos without having to swap out paper every time. Unlike most ink jets, the iP4200 offers two paper inputs: a standard paper feed tray sticking up from the rear and a second paper tray that slides into the front bottom. One of the more impressive features on this 6.3 by 16.5 by 11.8-inch (HWD), 14.8-pound printer is its paper-handling.
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