With the Pixma IP5000 , Canon has introduced the first ink - fountain printer with a 1 - picoliter - droplet size . The smaller the droplet , the more precise a printer is in lay down ink . Canon says that because of the small droplets , it is not necessary to let in the light cyan and magenta inks that many other photo pressman let in . Our printed results back this up .
The Pixma IP5000 use five cartridges , which contain dye - based cyan , magenta , yellow , and disgraceful , plus a pigment - based black ink . Prints of ourMacworldstandard test image looked great , especially when we rent the printer handle the color . The prints were a little weak than our reference photographic print , but it help to show even more detail without blowing out the high spot .
The installer include some bewilderingly named printer visibility — Canon IP5000 SP2 is for Glossy Photo Paper at secondly mellow settlement , but those print came out a with a slight red colouration mould . We had better results using Canon ’s received BJ Color scene .
Text print on spare paper was also very clear and legible , with very little in the fashion of stray ink , even at very small pointedness size . It was able to print our 10 - Sir Frederick Handley Page word document in normal mode in just 1:25 seconds . That ’s slower than what Canon claim , but twice as tight as its recently reviewed , high - closing first cousin , the Pixma IP8500 (; February 2005 ) , and 3.5 fourth dimension faster than the Epson Stylus Photo R800 (; January 2005 ) .
Timed Trials
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artwork on plain paper also look clean , with excellent color gradients and nice , smooth curved lines . Grayscale exposure , though , were a speck on the red side .
Jury Tests
Scale = Excellent , Very expert , Good , Flawed , Unacceptable
Aside from print from your electronic computer via the USB port wine on the back of the printing machine , the IP 5000 has a Direct Print port in the front to connect a PictBridge - compatible camera or DV camcorder . The social unit also features built - in duplexing capableness . The same 10 - page document took 5 minutes and 25 mo to print in duplex mode .
Specifications
Macworld’s Buying Advice
The Canon Pixma IP5000 is a outstanding all - around printer with splendid textual matter and photograph quality .
