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 Great Printer! October 4, 2009
W. Dodson (Minford, OH USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought the Pro 9000 Mark II after my Epson 2200 decided not to work well with Vista. I had been having difficulty with the 2200 for months and decided that it had to move over for a newer, easier to use, and sharper wide printer. This Canon is wonderful! Its speed isn't its strong suit, but the print quality is magnificent. And, with very little adjusting the print colors match my screen. It is a little pricey, but for a printer that prints 13" wide, I expected to pay more. In fact when I bought the Epson 6 years ago, I paid almost $700 for it. As usual these days, technology is cheaper for more. I am looking forward to printing the wedding photos that I shot this weekend.
Great printer September 25, 2009
ssgman (San Francisco, CA USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I recently got back into photography with a new dslr and had been debating whether to use a service like Snapfish to do all my printing or to get a printer and print my own. After reading many reviews I was leaning towards using an internet service but then I came across this printer and the reviews convinced me to take a chance--along with the 100 dollar rebate that brought the price down to 350. And while getting 4x6's done out of house are the cheapist way to go, those places aren't that cheap for doing 8x10, 8.5x11, 13x19, etc. I'm not saying using the Pixma will be cheaper than Snapfish printing large prints but the difference will be much less than if you just printed 4x6's. And it is very satisfying to whip out a large print of a nice pic you just took.
So far it's like people say, lab quality, if not better prints, fast quiet printing and incredibly vivid colors. Although, it does tend to oversaturate the reds on default settings so take note of that. I wouldn't expect it to do great B&W prints but I am not going to use it for that.
The only paper I've used so far is Kodak Ultra Premium glossy, 4x6 and 8.5x11. I will also try the Canon and Ilford papers.
I've only had this printer for a few weeks so I can't attest to its durability but it is a heavy and solid printer--and LARGE. Make sure you have plenty of room to put this puppy somewhere.
The only negative is the software plugin doesn't recognize my version of Photoshop (7.0) so I can't use the PS color correction plugin, which looks pretty cool.
There are some other nice printers out there for 500-1k+, but at 350 this one hit my price point and the qualtiy is fantastic.
 Only uses Vista but not told September 16, 2009
Nancy S. Russell (Portland, OR USA)
24 out of 70 found this review helpful
I am actually reviewing Amazon's lack of complete information. The printer itself looks great. I was getting out my credit card...However, as I was about to buy this product, I thought I'd take a quick look at the Canon site. I was incensed to find that the printer ONLY works with VISTA!!! We need accurate info to make buying decisions. We aren't mind readers. That infomation should have been upfront.
I apologize ahead of time if I just overlooked the information in the description...But I did read the Amazon info...twice, and nada.
 5 star reviews? What!? September 7, 2009
Kendall L. Vaughan (Mukilteo, WA USA)
10 out of 49 found this review helpful
I don't understand how people be giving favorable reviews for this printer. Buying this printer has been the absolute worst experiences I have had with a product. After successfully using three printers on my current Mac I still haven't been able to print one print that has been even remotely successful. Printing from my Mac only lets me make print head alignments I can't print from any of the applications.
The worst thing of is the amount of time I have spent on this. I just don't have time to keep writing tech support about my problems. I have several jobs I am working on now and I have no additional time to keep working on this. I would like to just send the printer back and get on with my life.
UPDATE TO REVIEW:
I have had this printer for about a couple of months now after numerous emails to tech support and one hour plus long phone call I finally appear to be making some progress with my printer. After talking with tech support they did everything they could think of doing and then suggested that I completely wipe my hard drive and reinstall all my files. I am glad to say that so far things are beginning to look like they are working. I haven't experimented with the printer very much but after I spend some time with it I will write a new review of my findings.
UPDATE 2
After having this printer for half a year and having to take it into multiple tech support shops without finding resolution I have finally got the printer to work. Part of the problem was Canon provides two drivers for this printer and tell you that both will work with this printer if you are running Mac OS 10.5. This is not the case. Apparently only the old driver will work with PowerPC Macs and only the new driver will work with Intel Macs. There is nothing on the download page that indicates this. Canon just expects you to know this without telling you. Not only did I have to guess what the right driver was to use but I had to do a clean install of my operating system to get anything to work.
Amazing printer, worth every penny. August 25, 2009
jabdigital (Floral Park, NY USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I've been using this for a few months, making a lot of 13x19 prints to be framed in our new home. Such beautiful details are obvious in your prints. As always, set up is easy and Canon is great at updating software. It prints 4x6 very quickly. It was great coming from the MP970 to this, as they use the same ink. I won't buy anything but Canon printers. Dry time is quick. I also have been using Platinum Pro Paper and Photo Paper Pro II only (I won't use anything else and it's worth it).
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