Canon Pixma iP4950 ink cartridges

The Canon Pixma iP4950 inkjet printer uses five individual ink cartridges. Two black cartridges and one of each cyan, magenta and yellow, these are available singly or in a pack of three. Best value is to be found purchasing the multipack of compatible cartridges for the best results at a budget cost. 

Canon Pixma iP4950 Premium Inkjet Photo Printer Review

With most printer producers introducing a raft of multifunction printer (MFP) features to their budget inkjets, we rarely find low-priced single-function printers any longer. Canon is one of the handful of companies that consistently refreshes its designs. The Canon Pixma iP4950 Premium Inkjet Photo Printer is the newest version, which has most of the good and bad points of its precursor.

The iP4950 shares the same ink cartridges with other Canon Pixma printers, a total of five ink cartridges are required for this printer. There are two black ink cartridges with the PGI525 being used only for text printing. Various ink cartridge packs are available and all offer savings over purchasing the cartridges individually. If only colour cartridges are required then the CLI526CMY is the best pack, the biggest savings are afforded by the PGI525/CLI526 multipack giving one of each ink cartridge.

In our tests, the text quality making use of the Canon Pixma iP4950 printer ink cartridges ended up being par for an inkjet, good enough for business, school, or home, if you do not possess an extraordinary requirement for really small fonts. One problem to be aware of is the text may quite readily smudge if you grip it too soon right after printing.

The Canon Pixma iP4950 Premium Inkjet Photo Printer is a reliable personal inkjet printer, particularly for personal use. It connects directly to a computer by using USB. It includes high quality as well as photo printing. Although the iP4950 has copious paper capacity for a printer of its price tag, it also features a high running cost, rendering it best for light-duty use. Its photograph printing quality aids it in a double role of home and also home-office MFP.