Product DescriptionWith the PIXMA Pro9000, you'll discover just how good a photographer you really are. The 8-color ink system opens up your color palette, and advanced software fine-tunes your output. Ready to move up to 13" x 19", or print on fine art papers? This professional-grade printer will take you to the next level.The PIXMA Pro9000's ChromaLife100 system combines the benefits of dye-based ink, Canon photo paper and FINE print head technology to produce long-lasting, beautiful prints. With an 8-color dye ink system, the Pro9000 produces a wide color gamut to achieve vivid coloration and high glossiness.Manufacturer Product Description Manufacturer Product Description How good of a photographer are you? You're about to find out. The PIXMA Pro9000 Photo Printer's 8-color ink system will open up your color palette, and its advanced software gives you more control over your final output. Canon Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) technology uses a high-precision, 6,144-nozzle print head to deliver thousands of 2-picoliter ink droplets per second in one pass. This high-density ink placement produces a maximum resolution of 4800 x 2400 dpi with incredibly sharp detail and minimal graininess. 
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Beautiful, long-lasting prints.
The PIXMA Pro9000 Photo Printer along with the ChromaLife100 system combines the benefits of select genuine Canon dye-based inks, select Canon photo papers and FINE print head technology to create long-lasting, beautiful prints. This 8-color dye ink system produces a wide color gamut, and achieves the vivid coloration and high glossiness that may have been missing with other conventional photo printers. Canon software for photo fine-tuning.
Want more control over the print process? With the Canon Easy-PhotoPrint Pro software plug-in, this next-generation photo printer can be seamlessly integrated into a computer workflow. Easy-PhotoPrint Pro augments other post-production software, including Canon Digital Photo Professional software (DPP version 2.1) and Adobe® Photoshop® CS/CS2 software. You can use customized layout options to produce contact prints, prints with shooting information-even pattern prints of a single image that let you select the optimal color balance, brightness and contrast settings. For further fine-tuning, choose from three color adjustments that can be saved with personal settings: Enable ICC Profile, Photo Color and Linear Tone. FINE Technology
Canon Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) uses a patented print head with
6,144 precision nozzles, ejecting ink droplets as small as 2 picoliters. Meaning? More nozzles + high accuracy + small droplets = amazing images.
ReviewsThe Pixma series--I own the 9000Pro---is a series that comes with many qualifiers. First of all, yes the photo quality is very good. BUT, you pay the price because you can ONLY use Canon copy paper and the machine gulps ink by the cartridge load. Be prepared to buy them by the gross. It's also very slow. All in all, I will not buy a Canon printer again.
I have owned this printer for about 3 years. I am a photographer, Web designer and author. Previous to the Canon I owned more Epsons than I can count. Every Epson had the head clogging problem and cleaning the heads to get a perfect print was time consuming and ink wasting. You can let this Canon sit for weeks, fire it up and print a perfect image every time.
I wrote a book and wasn't sure how it would sell so I started printing the front and rear convers on this printer. I printed the book pages on a duplexing, high speed HP LaserJet. The book has sold well and I continue to print the front and rear covers on thick photographic paper. I do this 100's at a time and there is never a burp. Every page is perfect and the print speed is very good.
I use various brands of photographic paper. In fact, I have never used Canon papers. I have my monitor calibrated but not the printer. However I make a slight adjustment in the image brightness and the prints match perfectly.
Yes this thing is heavy and has a large footprint. However, if you are looking for a commercial quality workhorse, this is the unit for you.
This printer has never worked for me. 70% of the time it eats the paper. With 11x17, 100% of the time is miss aligns the sheet. This printer has been an expensive headache. Next time, I will make sure to buy my computer equipment from a local store. Ordering from Amazon does not give you the opportunity to take it back if your item turns out to be a piece of junk like this.
When they say "Large Format"...
They mean it.
From seeing the box for this printer to seeing how well it fit into my computer setup, I have loved the way that this printer ended up working with what I needed. It is indeed really large, but surprisingly less large than an Epson or other competitors within the same category.
The print quality can be outstanding as long as you know what you're doing; though even if you're using the Windows print drivers photos will turn out fine.
Ink prices can get to be a little steep, but honestly, you won't be buying that much ink unless you print 50 photos on a weekly basis. These are the longest lasting ink cartridges I've bought. The prints do not have an odd smell to them, or crinkle the paper as I have seen with other printers.
This printer is probably one of the best to ratchet up your photo printing with. Starting a photography business? Buy this printer, learn what makes prints beautiful and you'll be set.
I LOVE this printer! The photos come out totally professional and clear (of course, as long as you took a good picture to begin with). I print alot in the 13 x 19 size and they make people's eyes pop out. The printing is extremely quiet and quick....just be sure to let the photo dry completely before you try to frame it! (I got too excited and it stuck to the glass) Set up is quick and easy as pie. The only complaint I had was that they do not include a USB cable with it and for the price of the printer, they could of thrown one in. If you are in the market for a photo printer, you will definately be happy with this one.
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