Canon Pixma IP4300 has been receiving a lot of attention since its debut few months back. I have written and reviewed some photo printers in the past month but have never read a review that rates a printer so high hands down; especially from PC World. CNET has many good things to say as well. Many users at Amazon feel that this is a great printer to possess for general and photo printing.

Canon Pixma IP4300Here are some highlights from the PC World review:

- Printing speed is exceptional with 12ppm which includes photos and graphics
- Print quality is good. The five ink cartridge system (cyan, magenta, yellow, black, and pigment-black) do the trick quite well.
- Photos look bright and natural on glossy paper but the quality deteriorates on ordinary paper
- Automatic duplexing is a great feature in a photo printer
- The controls on the printer are not clear making them hard to read
- The setup instructions poster isn't exhaustive
- The bundled software, Easy-PhotoPrint and PhotoRecord are useful

This printer is priced at £100 which is not too expensive nor as cheap as Kodak.

Although I haven't had hands-on experience with this printer, it seems like Canon Pixma IP4300 edges past all other photo printers with respect to quality and features. None of the reviews have touched the pricing part. This may be a good lesson to other printers - "If the quality and features are good, pricing takes care of itself". That's my conclusion but here is Melissa Riofrio's conclusion - The Pixma iP4300 has it all: speed, impressive output quality, and a good price.