Though Canon expenses the Canon PIXMA iP4920 Driver as a photo printer, the machine is made for general-purpose usage. It has 2 150-sheet input trays: an under-mounted cabinet for letter-size ordinary paper, and a back vertical feed for all other media. Having 2 inputs makes it possible for the Pixma iP4920 to supply better paper handling than a lot of inkjet printers in the same cost class do, and also you likewise get automatic duplexing. The one puzzling noninclusion is media-card ports, though you do obtain a front USB/PictBridge port.
CD/DVD printing is the Pixma iP4920's standout talent. Canon gives a disc caddy for normal 120mm discs with an adapter for 80mm (3.15-inch) media. The caddy suits an unique feeder on the front of the unit. It appears basic, however take it gradually the first time, as the on-screen instructions as well as directions on the CD tray are poor. Tip: Getting the caddy right into place entails pushing the icon-labeled switch for form-feed (and terminating print work); the form-feed switch lies below the power button. The HTML-based documentation of the procedure is detailed yet disjointed-- discussing just how to pack the media in one place, and exactly how to print on it in an additional.
The Canon PIXMA iP4920 Driver is a good entertainer. In our tests, message web pages arised from the device at a vigorous price of 8.9 web pages per min; the ordinary price for its class is currently 7.5 ppm. Snapshot-size images printed on simple paper arised in simply 17 seconds (3.5 ppm), as well as in a plain 30 secs (2 ppm) when we made use of Canon's own image paper. Full-page pictures printed on the Mac take about 2 minutes (0.5 ppm), an average rate.
The Pixma iP4920 print high quality benefits an inkjet. On ordinary paper, black message published at default setups looks well dark as well as just a little feathery around the sides. If you choose the higher-quality Great mode in the driver, the text attains laser-printer quality (but it also uses even more ink and take a little bit longer to print). Photos look washed-out and also orangey on plain paper, yet if you change to Canon's very own photo paper, they look very detailed as well as reasonable.
Ink costs for the Canon iP4920 Driver are practical. The 5 separate cartridges include a $16, 339-page black cartridge (4.7 cents per page); $14 cyan, magenta, and also yellow cartridges that last for in between 486 and 530 web pages (2.6 to 2.9 cents per page); and a specialized photo black, additionally $14, which lasts for regarding 555 photo images (2.5 cents per web page). A four-color page costs about 13 cents to print.
