Canon Pixma G4510

By Jim Hill

The Pixma G4510 is designed for the small or home office, and Canon has done well to cram so much functionality into such a conveniently compact unit. You can print, scan, copy and fax, as you would expect from a four-in-one, but it also manages to squeeze in a 100-sheet paper tray (at the rear), a two-line display and Wi-Fi.

What’s more surprising is the incorporation of Canon’s new refillable ink-tank system without adding considerably to the overall size. It does add somewhat to the cost, but for the £285 (about US$390, AU$508) this printer comes with enough ink to print 6,000 mono documents and 7,000 colour.

Canon’s solution is not as refined as Epson’s EcoTank system, which has evolved markedly in its second generation, but it is well-implemented here and if the figures are to be believed, the ink bottles are even most cost-effective than Epson’s. You will notice that there are only four tanks (as opposed to Epson’s five, or Canon’s own six-ink cartridge system) and some key features like duplex printing are missing, so in this review we will find out how it compares overall.

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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac