Canon Pixma iP5300 InkJet Photo Printer
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- Black Print Speed: 31 ppm
- Color Print Speed: 24 ppm
- Output Type: Color Printer
- Technology (Detailed): Color Bubble Jet
- Printer Type: Digital Photo Printer
- Max Resolution (BW): 9600 x 2400 dpi
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Exceptional Pixma Printer - just like earlier models.
Pros
Recommended Pixma printer - exceptional print quality and speeds for an inkjet.
Cons
Expensive Canon ink.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Recommended! It's a good printer. Comparable with the best in it's class.
Ever since the popular IP4200/IP5200 Pixma, Canon have been on a run with their printers.
The IP5300 is similar to the IP4300 in most regards except that it has slightly better paper feeding and fasting printing times. Is it worth the extra money? Perhaps not if you're after a budget printer, but the price difference between the IP4300 and IP530 was under $US15
Package contents:
Printer, CD printer tray (Australian model... in the US you need to purchase this seperately on eBay), Power cable, Quick setup guide / CD-ROM with drivers and online manual. NO USB CABLE (buy your own ... a USB A/B printer adapter). Also included was a sample pack of 5 Photo Plus glossy paper (my favourite 6x4" photo paper) and 4 sheets of matte card paper for 'printer head alignment'. Ink tanks and printer head are also included. Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/black photo ink tanks plus a seperate black text tank.
No USB printer cable is a real pain as if you forgot to buy one or didn't have one handy, you can't use your printer out of the box!
Setup:
Install the CD into you computer and it runs through installation the CD-printing, photo printing and driver software. Installing the ink tanks is fairly straightforward - follow the quick start guide. It then asks you to plugin your printer via a USB cable and then does a 'print head' alignment. This uses two pages of the supplied matte-photo paper.
Capabilities:
The print speeds are impressive. Refer to the canon website for the specifications. A glossy 6x4" in 20 seconds flat. Photo quality on Canon Photo Plus paper glossy is comparable to a laboratory print. Perhaps not as good as premium prints on the newest Fuji commercial photo lab, but more than acceptable. Those who have used more 'average' photo labs paper such as Agfa would probably say that the quality is comparable.
The printing quality is slightly inferior to the 6 colour Canon (or other) specialty photo printers. However, it is still more than acceptable as the quality difference is slight and still comparable to laboratory results.
However, the printer is an inkjet under $200US, not a photo lab machine. In that context, it does a fantastic job.
Canon says that their new ink will last 30 years without fading with Photo Plus glossy paper and 100 years with Photo Pro paper.
A cassette for paper loading (50 A4 sheets) is included or you can use the top 'paper-feed' tray.
Pictbridge compatible for direct connection with a digital camera with this function.
Print quality is as you would expect for a 1 picolitre and that's exceptional. Both glossy photos and text are amongst the best in it's class. Clear sharp text.
Black and white is as you would expect from a Canon printer. Duplex printing involes printing the first page, it then draws it back into the machine (a few seconds), waits a few more seconds for the ink to dry and then prints on the other side. Thus duplex printing is slower than a laser printer ... still it's a nice function to have at this price.
I have noted that black and white text, whilst crisp is still not up to the quality of a laser printer. It is easily readable and comparable to most inkjets on the market. The black ink (either pigment for the larger cartridge or dye-based in the smaller colour/photo cartridges) has a slightly 'grey' tint on it and on some documents I have printed not as black as my work's laser printer.
Turn off the printer after use as it puts a cap on the ink and stops it drying out.
The ink tanks have a microchip which can cause refill issues. I recommend genuine Canon inks which are expensive.
Price paid - A$200 (or $150US)
The IP5300 is similar to the IP4300 in most regards except that it has slightly better paper feeding and fasting printing times. Is it worth the extra money? Perhaps not if you're after a budget printer, but the price difference between the IP4300 and IP530 was under $US15
Package contents:
Printer, CD printer tray (Australian model... in the US you need to purchase this seperately on eBay), Power cable, Quick setup guide / CD-ROM with drivers and online manual. NO USB CABLE (buy your own ... a USB A/B printer adapter). Also included was a sample pack of 5 Photo Plus glossy paper (my favourite 6x4" photo paper) and 4 sheets of matte card paper for 'printer head alignment'. Ink tanks and printer head are also included. Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/black photo ink tanks plus a seperate black text tank.
No USB printer cable is a real pain as if you forgot to buy one or didn't have one handy, you can't use your printer out of the box!
Setup:
Install the CD into you computer and it runs through installation the CD-printing, photo printing and driver software. Installing the ink tanks is fairly straightforward - follow the quick start guide. It then asks you to plugin your printer via a USB cable and then does a 'print head' alignment. This uses two pages of the supplied matte-photo paper.
Capabilities:
The print speeds are impressive. Refer to the canon website for the specifications. A glossy 6x4" in 20 seconds flat. Photo quality on Canon Photo Plus paper glossy is comparable to a laboratory print. Perhaps not as good as premium prints on the newest Fuji commercial photo lab, but more than acceptable. Those who have used more 'average' photo labs paper such as Agfa would probably say that the quality is comparable.
The printing quality is slightly inferior to the 6 colour Canon (or other) specialty photo printers. However, it is still more than acceptable as the quality difference is slight and still comparable to laboratory results.
However, the printer is an inkjet under $200US, not a photo lab machine. In that context, it does a fantastic job.
Canon says that their new ink will last 30 years without fading with Photo Plus glossy paper and 100 years with Photo Pro paper.
A cassette for paper loading (50 A4 sheets) is included or you can use the top 'paper-feed' tray.
Pictbridge compatible for direct connection with a digital camera with this function.
Print quality is as you would expect for a 1 picolitre and that's exceptional. Both glossy photos and text are amongst the best in it's class. Clear sharp text.
Black and white is as you would expect from a Canon printer. Duplex printing involes printing the first page, it then draws it back into the machine (a few seconds), waits a few more seconds for the ink to dry and then prints on the other side. Thus duplex printing is slower than a laser printer ... still it's a nice function to have at this price.
I have noted that black and white text, whilst crisp is still not up to the quality of a laser printer. It is easily readable and comparable to most inkjets on the market. The black ink (either pigment for the larger cartridge or dye-based in the smaller colour/photo cartridges) has a slightly 'grey' tint on it and on some documents I have printed not as black as my work's laser printer.
Turn off the printer after use as it puts a cap on the ink and stops it drying out.
The ink tanks have a microchip which can cause refill issues. I recommend genuine Canon inks which are expensive.
Price paid - A$200 (or $150US)
