Comparison Of Canon Pixma iP4500 & HP Photosmart D7160
Product comparison
| Memory (in MB) | Canon Pixma iP4500 |
HP Photo smart D7160 |
|---|---|---|
| RAM Installed | ——— | 64 |
| Maximum Amount of RAM | ————- | 64 |
| Dimensions | 17.5 by 11.9 by 6.3 | 18.2-by-15.25-by-6.81 |
| Weight (pounds) | 15.2 | 17 |
| B&W Pages per Min. | 31 | 32 |
| Color Pages per Min. | 24 | 31 |
| Max. B&W dpi | 600-by-600 | 1200-by-1200 |
| Max. Color dpi | 9600-by-2400 | 4800-by-1200 |
| Printer Emulation Type | Host Based | |
| PCL Emulation | PCL3 | |
| Parallel Port | No | No |
| Serial Port | No | No |
| USB 1.1 | Yes | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet | No | |
| Media Card Readers | CompactFlash, Memory Stick, SD Card, xD-Picture Card | |
| PictBridge | Yes | Yes |
| Other Interfaces | IrDA | with optional HP bt450 Bluetooth Wireless Printer and PC Adapter |
| Macintosh | Yes | Yes |
| Windows 98 | No | No |
| Windows NT | No | No |
| Windows 2000 | Yes | Yes |
| Windows XP | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | No | No |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 13 | 5.1 |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Fax Memory (pages) | 0 | 0 |
| Number of Input Trays, Standard | 2 | 2 |
| Number of Input Trays, Maximum | 2 | 2 |
| Tray Capacity, pages | 150 | 100 |
| Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays | 300 | 100 |
| Manual Feed Slot | No | No |
| Maximum Paper Size | Legal | Banner |
| Output Tray Capacity | 75 | 50 |
| Auto Duplexer | Yes | |
| Labor Warranty (years) | One | One |
| Parts Warranty (years) | One | One |
| Weekday Support Hours | 16 | 24 |
| Saturday Support Hours | 10 | 8 |
| Sunday Support Hours | 0 | 8 |
| Toll-Free Support | Yes | Yes |
| Cost per Page, Black | 0.05 | |
| Cost per Page, Color | 0.12 | |
| Monthly Duty Cycle | 0 | 3000 |
| Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields | 660 | |
| Color Ink/Toner Yields | 420 | |
| Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield | 400 | |
| Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield | 370 | |
| Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield | 500 | |
| Included Hardware | Power supply, power cord | |
| Included Software | Easy-PhotoPrint EX | HP Photosmart Premier software |
| In a Nutshell | Readers rate Canon better than average in practically every reliability and support category. This stellar performance is even more impressive when you consider that Canon aced our last R&S survey too. |
More bad news for HP: below-average grades for out-of-box problems and significant problems with its printers. Readers aren t thrilled with HP s phone support either. |
| Reports of product arriving with problems | Better than Average | Worse than Average |
| Reports of products with any significant problems | Better than Average | Worse than Average |
| Reports of problems that render a product unusable | Better than Average | Average |
| Buyers’ rating of products ease-of-use | Better than Average | Average |
| Buyers’ overall satisfaction with product’s reliability | Better than Average | Average |
| Time spent holding for phone support | Better than Average | Average |
| Overall quality of vendor’s phone support | Better than Average | Worse than Average |
| Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service | Average | Average |
| Overall quality of service | Better than Average | Average |