Canon IP4000 Speed Issue

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I have a Canon printer (IP4000) and I print a lot of 4x6's. I would
like speed up the print speed. It takes about 60 secs currently. One
thing I notice is that when I print the image the file is ~700k, but
when it gets sent to the printer the file size is 3.8mb's. Any ideas?

Gary
 
I have a Canon printer (IP4000) and I print a lot of 4x6's. I would
like speed up the print speed. It takes about 60 secs currently. One
thing I notice is that when I print the image the file is ~700k, but
when it gets sent to the printer the file size is 3.8mb's. Any ideas?

Gary
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60 seconds is AWFUL fast for a print. You're obviously not using the
highest quality/paper settings. And you want still faster? I'm curious,
what paper and quality settings are you using that you find slow?

On my iP4000 it takes about 3 minutes at Photo Paper Pro setting at
Quality 1 in the Custom box. This is the maximum quality setting.

And on my iP5000 it takes just about 4 minutes for a print. Quality
takes time; I can wait . . . But if you print a lot then I see your
point, you have to compromise some quality for speed.

-Taliesyn
 
Taliesyn said:
60 seconds is AWFUL fast for a print. You're obviously not using the
highest quality/paper settings. And you want still faster? I'm
curious, what paper and quality settings are you using that you find
slow?

On my iP4000 it takes about 3 minutes at Photo Paper Pro setting at
Quality 1 in the Custom box. This is the maximum quality setting.
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ON MY CANON IP4000 USING OEM INK AND COSTCO/KIRKLAND PHOTO PAPER SET TO
PRINT HIGH QUALITY I CAN PRINT A 4X6 IN UNDER 30 SECONDS WITH GREAT RESULTS.
 
I have a Canon printer (IP4000) and I print a lot of 4x6's. I would
like speed up the print speed. It takes about 60 secs currently. One
thing I notice is that when I print the image the file is ~700k, but
when it gets sent to the printer the file size is 3.8mb's. Any ideas?
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Well according to this:

http://consumer.usa.canon.
com/ir/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=117&modelid=10239

it should take approximately 36 seconds for a 4X6 print. I've never actually
timed it on my iP4000 since I do all my photos on the i9900. However I do
remember that printing CDs on the iP4000 was painfully slow when I was using
the parallel interface but it went considerably faster after I switched to the
USB interface. If you're already using the USB interface then it's probably
your PC or your USB port (or USB hub if you're using one). Next time you're
printing photos open up task manager and check how much CPU is being used. If
it's close to 100% then it's a CPU bottleneck. If you're using a USB hub, try
eliminating it and plug the printer directly into your PC. As a last resort,
try a different USB plug on your PC or try a different PC or laptop
altogether.

As for your image sizes, this is normal. Your original photo (probably
compressed in JPG format) is 700k but the uncompressed bitmap is much larger,
maybe around 5 - 10 MB. Once it's sent to the printer the spooler will do some
very primitive lossless re-compression on it to get down to 3.8MB.

--Tom.
 
I have a Canon printer (IP4000) and I print a lot of 4x6's. I would
like speed up the print speed. It takes about 60 secs currently. One
thing I notice is that when I print the image the file is ~700k, but
when it gets sent to the printer the file size is 3.8mb's. Any ideas?

Gary
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One minute for a 4x6 sounds a bit long, but it
depends on what quality settings you use. I hope
you are counting from the time the sheet moves in
until it comes out. I don't understand the 700k
and the 3.8mb. How would you know what is sent to
the printer? If you edit pictures and save them
they will be much larger than the original
unedited file. Is that what you mean?
 
I have a Canon printer (IP4000) and I print a lot of 4x6's. I would
like speed up the print speed. It takes about 60 secs currently. One
thing I notice is that when I print the image the file is ~700k, but
when it gets sent to the printer the file size is 3.8mb's. Any ideas?
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yes - the image file size itself indicates a problem: a compressed image
has to be modified to an uncompressed first.

Maybe you'd like to experiment with an uncompressed image format, which
offers a native 1:1 printing resolution for your print.

Maybe you dan differ the '60 seconds'. Is this the printing time itself,
from the first drop of ink until the eject?

Martin
 
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I do have it as a jpg and I am
using a usb hub. I will see what I can do about these 2 issues and
speed things up a bit. Great ideas. Just to clarify I can see the
size going to the printer in the print job window.

Thanks again!

Gary
 
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I do have it as a jpg and I am
using a usb hub. I will see what I can do about these 2 issues and
speed things up a bit. Great ideas. Just to clarify I can see the
size going to the printer in the print job window.

Thanks again!

Gary
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I presume you mean you are looking at the size in
the print que. What goes to the printer is not
just the image but various instructions which may
be way bigger than the image.

I just checked with my iP4000. The image was
1767KB, the print showed 8.27MB. I think what you
are seeing is entirely normal. OTOH, you can try
changing your print settings, e.g., draft, normal,
etc. to speed things up, but you might not like
the quality.
 
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