Buy Canon PIXMA Pro 9000 Mark II (A3+ Printer, 4800 X 2400 dpi) PrinterCanon PIXMA Pro 9000 Mark II (A3+ Printer, 4800 X 2400 dpi) Printer Product Description:
- Maximum resolution: 4800 x 2400 DPI
- Print technology: Inkjet
- ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9): A4 A3+ A3 A5
- ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9): B4 B5
- Letter: Y
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Canon PIXMA PRO9000 MARK II
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128 of 129 people found the following review helpful.
By Robert Allen
I migrated to this after using a Canon i950 for years. Always wanted an A3+ printer and after gumming up the print head of the 950 by using so called "compatible" inks (BIG lesson there!) it gave me the excuse.I analysed the A3+ printers available and it was really either this or the Epson equivalent. All other things looking equal the Canon won on being more economical to run using the OE manufacturers ink (remember the BIG lesson). I spent about 3 weeks spreadsheeting the alternatives and was really tempted by the Epson: print quality looked superb but if you consider one, look at how much ink there is in the replacement cartridge compared to others..........I run the printer using Vista, had no problems with drivers or set up, installing the print head and ink cartridges was a doddle and it even does a self alignment check! The printer is disconcertingly quiet when working and print speed faster than expected. You can look at the specs but until you have it working in front of you speed doesn't mean that much.I use mainly Ilford Galerie paper with the respective downloaded ICC profile (very easy to do) and results surpass my expectations. Colours are true and vibrant with exceptional gloss levels. Monochrome prints are all I could wish for - deep blacks, snowy whites and everything in between that goes to make up that beautiful darkroom quality black and white print with not even a hint of a colour cast!I'm struggling to find something negative to say: there's no USB cable in the box and the printers foot print is quite large (but then it is an A3 printer so what should I expect?). Oh yes, the included Canon software does lots of clever stuff but I recommend resisting the temptation to try the "vivid printing" option unless you have a very strong stomach.That's about it really - it's all about making lab quality prints quickly and without fuss: and this printer does! If I had to buy one over again, this is the one I'd buy.
114 of 116 people found the following review helpful.
By L. Roseblade
Quite sad to have to write what I am about to regarding this printer because underneath it all there's an absolutely first class printer just waiting to break out.I purchased mine in July 2009. I was immediately impressed with the build quality, aesthetics and very impressed with the noise levels once I started printing. Setting it up was an absolute breeze and I was really excited to start printing. I started out with some Permajet FB Royal paper along with their ICC profiles for the printer/paper combination. Firstly, the black and whites are breathtaking, I mean absolutely stunning. Great contrasts, no metamerism in different light (no bronzing), no colour tints - just perfect (especially on the FB Royal paper). Unfortunately colour is a different story. All of the prints I got from this printer were over saturated in the yellows/oranges and there was most definitely a slight yellow cast when viewing under daylight.After spending weeks updating drivers and working with Permajet directly they offered to create a custom profile for me. I sent them the test patches generated exactly how I was instructed to and they phoned me telling me they had never seen test patches that were so dark and with what they thought was a magenta cast. I contacted Canon support - firstly let me wish whomever is reading this the fortune that they never have to deal with Canon support in the UK. Absolutely the worst support system I've ever encountered but it would take the whole review just to go into the details. Anyway, after some 8 weeks (during which time I only ever managed to speak to the guy working my ticket THREE times) I decided to go back to the vendor and ask for a refund (and they graciously arranged it for me). I would like to say that Canon even admitted there was a yellow cast, slightly dark and over saturated oranges but seemed at a complete loss as to why.I should probably state that I am using a (colour calibrated) Macbook Pro and I'm not massively convinced by the drivers for the Canon. I suspected a couple of times there was an issue with it double-colour managing, although I could never prove it. I did try the Snow Leopard drivers which were better drivers but now you can no longer make tweaks to the color options when using icc profiles (I used to compensate the colour cast by adding some blue and lightening the image to get an accurate result).In short - I REALLY wanted to like this printer. I even toyed with buying another with the refund just in case on the off chance the one I had was faulty but I can't help feeling this is a trait of the printer/driver combination, at least on the Mac, and so I'm not going to risk it.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
By R. J. Edwards
After much research, I decided to replace my trusty Epson R1800 A3 printer(4 years old) with the Canon. It wasn't until I printed off some of my favourite photos that I realised that prints I had always thought were great on the Epson were in fact poor when compared to the results from the Canon PIXMA Pro 9000 Mark II (A3+ Printer, 4800 X 2400 dpi) Printer. As has often been said here and elsewhere, compatible inks are often two thirds the cost of the makers original, but due to the high ink usage on the Epson, I had no option but to use them. I suspect that this led to the fall off in print quality. From the printing I have done so far, I suspect that the Canon inks will be much more economical, and will try to stay with Canon original inks. I do a lot of long print runs for Church and community work, and I suspect that the Canon will probably not be much faster than the Epson, but wow! what quality. Very easy to set up. and network round the house to other computers, (1 printer for 3 computers). I was going to try and sell my Epson on Ebay, but decided that the print quality was so poor that it had to head for the tip! The Canon is a great printer, particularly for photographic work (I use a Nikon D90), I would recommend it highly.
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