Affordable entry-level photo printer with excellent technical specifications and excellent speed - this is the Canon Pixma G1400. Reviews about this printing apparatus, its technical parameters and other detailed information important about it will be further considered in the framework of the material brought to your attention.
Niche of this printing device
The monthly print volume for this photo printer is set at 7,000 sheets for monochrome printing and 6,000 pages in color. Such a print volume is quite sufficient for organizing workflow even in a medium-sized office, which includes 40-50 workstations with personal computers. Moreover, there should be no problems when using such a photo printer in a small office or at home. Even within the framework of the copy center or photo center, this printer can look quite worthy and provide their need for printing. It is to such potential consumers that the hero of this review material is aimed.
Printer Package Contents
A good package in the Canon Pixma G1400. Reviews, a description of its boxed version prove it once again. This list includes the following:
The printer itself.
Interface cord for connecting to the system unit of a personal computer. Some manufacturers do not complete their printing products with such important accessories in the hope that the potential owner already has it. But Canon in this case acts very conservatively, and this is an indisputable plus of this printing device.
Power cord for connecting to the power supply system.
The instruction manual, warranty card and brochures are a list of complete documentation.
A set of cartridges.
A set of ink tanks with increased capacity.
Disk with software.
The above list does not include the ink itself for printing. They will have to be bought separately - you need to worry about this in advance simultaneously with the purchase of this printing device.
Technology for obtaining documents and images
The liquid ink uses the Canon Pixma G1400 inkjet printer for prints. Reviews highlight their important feature, such as the fact that black ink in this case is produced using pigment technology, while color is based on special dyes. The smallest size of one drop that can be obtained on this device is 2 pl. In essence, due to this characteristic, this device can be attributed to the class of photo printers. The only thing that is missing for him to fully belong to this class of printing apparatus is the presence of six ink tanks. In this case, there are only 4. One of them has an increased capacity and is designed to carry out the output of documents in monochrome mode and is filled with black pigment ink. The remaining three come with reduced capacity and are aimed at printing color images and documents. They are filled with yellow, blue and purple.
Speed parameters
The Canon Pixma G1400 printer boasts a sufficiently high speed for outputting documents and images. Reviews at the same time indicate that the speed of the hero of this article is not inferior to even more expensive devices. This photo printer can display the largest number of pages in monochrome. In this case, the maximum number of pages printed may be 8.8 per minute. A little less will be displayed on the G1400 sheets in color mode - 5. Even less speed when printing photos. In this case, you can count on the output of one photo with dimensions 13x18 in 1 minute. The given speed characteristics are typical for budget printers and something unusual in this case the product in question cannot. And both for the worse and for the better.
Possible paper sizes and sizes
A4 is the maximum page size for the Canon Pixma G1400. The reviews of the owners indicate that he can even output images without fields on such a relatively large format. Also in the list of supported default formats are B5, A5, Legal and Letter. The list of possible sizes of displayed photos includes 20x25, 13x18 and 10x15. The developers of the drivers did not forget that it is possible to carry out the output of documents on a sheet of paper of an arbitrary size smaller than A4. This feature is implemented in the drivers and, if necessary, it can be used.
Print resolution
The resolution of the output document can be adjusted using software settings in the photo printer drivers. The maximum resolution value in this case is set at 4800x1200. According to this technical characteristic, this printer is not inferior to more expensive devices of this class. It is this parameter that allows you to receive high-quality photos on the G1400, which for many years will preserve the memory of the most important moments of your life. If we talk about printing black and white documents, then it is enough to use a resolution of 1200x1200 for output. This will increase the print life of the black cartridge and the speed of this peripheral device.
Cartridges
Canon Pixma G1400 is aimed at the use of cartridge models of the GI-490 model. Customer reviews highlight their quite good resource, which, as noted earlier, is set by the manufacturer at around 7000 sheets for GI-490PGBK (refilled with black pigment ink and is used mainly in monochrome printing) and 6000 sheets for GI-490CMY (only applies only when printing color images, photos and pictures).
Communication list
A fairly modest communication list for this photo printer is an initial cash register. Just one wired data transfer method is implemented in the Canon Pixma G1400. User reviews highlight the weak side of this peripheral device. More specifically, we are talking about USB. And about the currently outdated modification - 2.0. But even such a speed will be enough to display documentation and pictures. In this case, the manufacturer did not take care of any additional connection methods. But this is entirely justified. The presence of an integrated card reader or built-in Wi-Fi standard wireless module significantly increases the cost of a printing device. Well, since the considered solution by the manufacturer itself is positioned as affordable, the rejection of these two connection methods is justified.
Software
Like all other manufacturers of printing and duplicating equipment, Canon does not release drivers for operating systems of the Linux or Unix families. Therefore, this photo printer will not be able to work in conjunction with such system software by default. The list of supported operating systems includes MacOS from Apple and Windows from Microsoft. In the first case, the OS version should be at least 10.7.5, and in the second - not lower than XP.
CISS
In the initial configuration, an NPF system is already installed in this printing device. It is due to this that the cost of consumables is reduced and it turns out to be quite inexpensive in terms of using a Canon Pixma G1400 photo printer. Reviews on this important feature of this peripheral device focus attention.
Cost to date. Compliance of price with technical specifications
The Canon Pixma G1400 is priced at 8,000 rubles. Reviews, specifications and specifications indicate full compliance with such a price. After the purchase, you only need to purchase an additional set of ink and refill the printer. Then for a long time you can forget about buying various consumable accessories. Only after running out of cartridge life or using all the ink in containers will you need to buy such consumables. Everything else, including the interface cord for connecting to a computer, is in the original configuration of the photo printer.
Owners opinion
There are, of course, flaws in the Canon Pixma G1400. Reviews, “ink dries” and other similar nuances indicate that the maximum print interval for this photo printer is 2 weeks. If this mark is exceeded, then the nozzles dry out and it is quite problematic to restore the print head on its own after that. Another minus is the support of just one way to connect. But you certainly should not expect more from a budget decision. But the advantages in this case are: a large amount of monthly printing, the presence of CISS, the ability to output without frames, excellent image resolution and acceptable performance.
Summary
Of course, one of the best printing devices in its class is the Canon Pixma G1400. Reviews really in most cases characterize it on the positive side. The disadvantages that he has are quite easily offset by a number of advantages. All this makes the purchase of such a photo printer more than justified. Moreover, the scope of its application is very, very extensive. So Canon turned out to be another masterpiece in the segment of entry-level printing devices, which can also display images in photo quality and is equipped with a low-pass filter system. By this combination, not every photo printer can currently boast.