Canon Pixma Pro-1 Review

Canon Pixma Pro-1

First we saw the new Canon 12-ink pigment printer Pixma Pro-1 and were told that weighs more than 27kg, and this led us to fear, what size would be.

It was with some relief that we have seen that still can be considered as a desktop printer. A 695 x 462 x 239 mm footprint is large enough, but look out next to the Epson R3000.

The emphasis seems, comes from the solid chassis that is designed to make the printer survive intensive use of the hand of a professional (or amateur dedicated) photographer. It also means that the Pixma Pro-1 does rattle or wobble about because it produces prints. Although we have used in a noisy place, it seems to help keep the volume so.

Canon ink cartridges since both sides of the printer instead of on top of the printhead. This reduces the weight on my head and helps increase the speed and vibration reduction.

Because all the cartridges in the printer without having to switch between matte and photo black - the printer automatically. And if you remove a cartridge, for some reason, printer ink or bubbles prevents leakage ari entering so no purge cycle cost.

We try to swap cartridges around, but it is impossible to push a cartridge in the wrong bay.

Ink

With a volume of 36ml cartridges every PIXMA Pro 1 contain about 2.5 times the amount of ink, the PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II to maintain the cartridge. Economies of scale mean that this would be good news, but at around £ 28.99 each buy a complete set what is still watering eye, where it returns nearly 350 pounds

Canon estimates that the new printer works for about 83pence per ml of ink. Of course, the amount of ink used to print each varies depending on the image, and, unfortunately, unlike the Canon Prograf range, the PIXMA Pro-1 does not control use.

Almost £ 800 Pixma Pro-1 is not cheap, but it is worth noting that the price includes the full set of cartridges and retail almost 350 pounds, of course, the first ink priming the printhead wears.

Print Quality

We used a pre-production Pixma Pro-1, and we were not able to print our own pictures, just Canon. However, we were able to print in color and black and white glossy and matte.

We are told that it could still change, but the results of the Pixma Pro-1 are very impressive.

The colors are faithfully reproduced and there is a rich tonal range and contrast is just right.

We are particularly impressed with the results on glossy paper, which is traditionally a problem area with pigmented inks. Chroma Optimizer seems to do its job and prints even tan without the brightness I could see.

We can not wait to get a production sample to the test.