Canon PIXMA iP1700 Inkjet Printer

It seems the Canon iP1700 is almost identical in every way to the iP1200, when it comes to most of the tests we conducted and even with the unimaginative design of the printer itself. But where the iP1700 lacks in size (and shape) and few odds and ends, it’s a great printer when it comes to quantity. A whopping 254 pages! And that’s only after we found a few distortions in the print. It would have gone a bit longer if you needed just black and white prints. The iP1700 is a however a much faster printer than quite a few out there and did print almost 40 pages more than the iP1200. So that’s definitely a good thing.

The bottom line - The Canon iP1700, at a price of approximately Rs. 3,000 is not too bad. Do remember that the cartridges are a wee bit steep, at approximately Rs. 980 for black and Rs. 1,400 for the color. The normal prints should have been better than the predecessor, considering it’s supposed to be a higher end model. But on the whole, it’s definitely worth the price.