The Canon iP1200 lets you print photos in color. Its design may look unattractive, but its performance is fairly impressive for an entry-level printer that potential buyers who are tight on budget may finally decide to end their search.

The ink cost, though, will probably become a bit of a concern for users who print photos or text pages more than they expect to. The reason is because the printer is one of those models that uses a Canon PG-40 black ink cartridge and a Canon CL-41 color ink cartridge, with the last one being a multi-color cartridge.

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The Canon iP1200 is fairly large at about 17 inches wide and 9 inches deep, so you may need a separate desk or shelf to put it. No matter where you put the printer in the room, make sure that it is close to the computer since the machine can only connect to a computer by using a USB cable. This limitation could make its placement tricky if you are short of space in your room.

The use of a multi-color cartridge in its ink system is perhaps the biggest reason that may cause some potential buyers to lose their interest in the printer. The cartridge may have a cheaper upfront price than purchasing every color in individual package, but replacing it with a new one simply because one of the colors housed in it runs out sounds rather wasteful.

Another disadvantage of a multi-color cartridge is that it contains less ink per color, so it will be empty sooner than three individual cartridges. And when you need to replace the cartridge, you have to allocate time to do the replacement. The more often you do it, the more it affects your productivity and the printer’s operational cost.

On the plus side, replacing a cartridge in the Canon iP1200 is a breeze even for someone that has never done it before. There is an easy-to-follow manual to help users, which is useful not only for inexperienced users but also for the experienced ones to make sure that there will be no mistake in replacing the cartridge.

The Canon iP1200 is an old model. During the time it was released, its print speed was impressive in comparison to the other comparable models. By current standards, it is average at best, with a borderless 10×15 cm photo printed out in approximately 70 seconds at standard quality, and approximately 11 ppm for pages that contains text and graphics at draft quality. The print speed drops to 4.2 ppm for text and graphics pages that are printed at standard quality.

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Weighing less than 3 kg, the low-priced Canon iP1200 is easy to lift. In many locations where customers have no other option available other than shipping the printer for a repair, or even bringing it to the service center on their own, its weight makes it less harder for them to put the printer into the box. You can click the link below to download Canon iP1200 Driver for Windows: