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Is this alkali/neutral/acid fixer?

Acid. pH 4,6.
 
That is quite acidic indeed compared to their liquid fixer.
 
The material is fully described in the information sheets at the link given by the OP. Is there a specific reason for thinking the information is wrong?
 
It's the standard sodium thiosulfate + sodium metabisulfite fixer.
Metabisulfite (= disulfite, S2O52-) in hydrolized in water to give hydrogen sulfite (HSO3-), which is an acidic anion.
 
It's the standard sodium thiosulfate + sodium metabisulfite fixer.
Metabisulfite (= disulfite, S2O52-) in hydrolized in water to give hydrogen sulfite (HSO3-), which is an acidic anion.

A pH of 4.6 is not very acidic. Very acidic woud be a pH < 1. At 4.6 you're near the acidity of tomato juice.
 
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A pH of 4.6 is not very acidic. Very acidic woud be a pH < 1. At 4.6 you're near the acidity of tomato juice.

Most rapid fixers today are somewhere around pH 5.5, and the most advanced ones are at pH 6.5. Therefore, for a fixer, pH 4.6 is quite acidic, especially if you consider that fixers turn more acidic over time, and that Thiosulfate disintegrates as pH goes below 4.
 
Will drop in pH accelerates fixing times?