Canon iP5200 Ink
PIXMA iP5200 Ink Cartridges

Canon iP5200 Printer Review

The Canon Pixma iP5200 is a high-end inkjet photo printer with lightning fast output speed and lab-quality results. It can produce a borderless 4x6 color photo in 36 seconds. It can also print documents at an impressive rate:30 pages per minute using black Canon iP5200 ink and up to 24 pages per minute in color. This unit would make a good addition to any business and help simplify even the most tedious of tasks. Maybe even a better printer for business use, the sister model iP5200R, which is identical but with ethernet and wireless.

There are numerous features of the iP5200 that appeal to so many different kinds of users. For text documents, the pigment-based black Pixma iP5200 ink prints the most crisp and clear text made by an inkjet device. The 2.0 USB HI-Speed interface transfers images at the fastest speed the PC can handle. As well as the USB, this unit has a port for direct printing from digital cameras and camera phones and a slot for memory cards. The Pixma iP5200 is compatible with Windows and Mac, and it has a RAM of 42kb.

There are five Canon iP5200 ink cartridges, including the four standard colors, cyan, magenta, yellow and black, with the addition of the pigment-based black printer ink. This system is referred to as the ContrastPlus 5 Color-Ink System. This unit also uses the innovative FINE printhead technology. Using 3,584 nozzles, the Canon iP5200 ink is ejected in 1 picoliter drops, millions every second. This system constructs images at a high resolution of 9600x2400 dpi. With the combination of special Canon photo paper and Pixma iP5200 ink cartridges, photos can last up to 100 years.

All in all, the Canon Pixma iP5200 inkjet unit is in a class of its own. The quality and speed are virtually untouchable, and even though it is on the pricier side, the flawless photographs will be worth every dollar.