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Summary: This printer is ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE!
Review: I printed my first pictures off of this printer over the weekend and all I can say is "WOW"! The quality of the pictures are better than ANYTHING I've seen from a professional lab or expected from a photo printer. I've only used Canon's Photo Paper Pro so far so I can't say how well Canon's other types of photo paper measure up. All the reviews and descriptions I read prior to purchasing this printer are true. I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who is looking to print better-than-professional quality photos from a home computer. THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS!
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Summary: So far..Sooooo Good!
Review: I purchased the i9900 about two weeks ago. I wanted to "use up" my Epson, Ilford and Kodak glossy photo papers before I purchased Cannon Photo glossy paper.... So, I printed a bunch of photo's.
I am just amazed at the quality of the prints! I can't even imagine how fantastic the print quality will become once I purchase "Canon" glossy Photo papers!
This is the best printer I have ever owned.
I am also amazed that the "print" color .... almost perfectly matches the color on my monitor.... (and I havent even set the preferences yet).
I have never owned a printer that matches the monitor color so effortlessly.
Stop researching....just go out and buy this printer. You won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: Awesome, truly awesome
Review: I purchased this printer as soon as it was released as I had high hopes from reading reviews beforehand. Boy, am I impressed. The first thing I noticed when I yanked this puppy from the box was that it is simply elegant. This is not a printer to shove in the corner on the floor; display it well and keep in mind that it is fairly large--13 x 19" capability will do that to a printer. Anywhoooo, I yanked my tired looking epson 890 from the shelf and livened up the area with the 9900. Setup was quick and easy, unless you're tremendously naive when it comes to computers...but even then, the instructions seem pretty dummy proof. I immediately printed out a borderless 4 x 6 print. Holy mother of g-d, this printer is fast! Compared to my old epson, it's a mile down the raceway while the epson is just starting the ignition. Vroom vroom. I think the print took less than 40 seconds. Ya can't beat that...anywhere; likewise, a borderless 13 x 19 took something like 2 1/2 minutes. Once again, it smokes the competition. The prints looked excellent and I wasn't even using Canon paper, it was epson. I would recommend, as canon says, to use their goods with their goods. Well, let's see...what else...ah yes, ink. 8 ink cartriges reside within the printer, an addition of 2 from last years model. The more the better is what I say. Of course, more cartdridges=more money, but from the looks of it, canon inks and paper remain relatively affordable compared to other brands.
Look at the price of the printer for pete's sake! Retails for $500 bucks? The epson 2200 which has similar capabilities is $700...nuff said. If you're looking for a fast, affordable and georgeous piece of technology, you can't go wrong. Happy Printing.
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Summary: This is the right printer for large blow-ups
Review: I recently got this printer just after New Years. I had it ready to go out of the box in 45 mins approx. Everything went flawlessly, there were no surprises or error messages.
I printed out some landscapes (13x19) and portraits (8 1/2x11) borderless, and the speed is truly amazing. A 13x19 in 3.5 mins from the point you hit the print button.
The quality of the prints on Canon Photo Paper Pro is truly amazing. Infact, the prints looked better than enlargements I had of the same prints done in a lab! Canon's algorithms for vivid photo and noise removal are pretty good, they don't interfere with the quality of the original image much, other than doing what they are supposed to.
The high-point was when my wife shut up after complaining of the high cost, when she exclaimed that the pictures looked better than a calender. And that I should do a calendar, which I am not.
I still like the portaits I get on the Epson 785EPX using Epson Colorlife Paper, the same portrait on Canon was a little too saturated for my choice. So I will probably do portraits on the Epson.
Regarding ink usage, I was amazed to see that the ink level had hardly moved after three 13x19 and one 8 1/2 x 11 prints.
I think this printer is really worth it, especially for landscapes, or on prints where the size of the print really matters. I am glad I picked this one for size over the Canon Pixma 8500 that uses the same printhead.
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Summary: Fast & Excelent Photo Printer for the money
Review: I replaced my aging, broken Epson 1270 printer with the Canon i9900. I was fairly happy with the Epson, but the i9900 is close to perfect. The quality of graphics and photos on any paper is very good, even at the standard quality setting. Full page letter sized photos print in just over a minute. The drivers work flawlessly on both my PC and Mac, with Photoshop and Illustrator. The only time the printer seems slow is when printing web pages and text with the draft settings, it is only a little faster that the standard setting, but not as fast as a few year old HP DeskJet 970 in draft mode. The ink seems to go a long way too, the Photo Cyan & Magenta ink tanks seem to be the only ones that need to be replaced. All the other colors of ink seem to last twice as long.
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Summary: What a printer!
Review: I will make this short. I was skeptical about the price but even my wife says it is sooo worth the money. Print quality is absolutely superb! 8 cartridges about 11 bucks apiece but you won't believe how long they last (buy an extra photo magenta and photo cyan; they were the first to go). Printed some pix from the Canadian Rockies and was just blown away. Even printed 11x17 photos from my old Nikon 3megapixel camera. Unbelievable.The software that came with it was great too. Very easy to merge 3 pix into a nice panorama. If your thinking about buying it, STOP. Just do it. You won't be sorry.
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Summary: Exceeds Canon's brag
Review: I've come across very few products that perform up to what its manufacturer claims for them. This printer far exceeds in the quality of its output what even a blessed publicist could write about it. "Uncanny!" is the word. What the unit gives me would challenge even the best a processing lab could do. I had one problem, which turned out to be of my own making and a result of my not sufficiently trusting the i9900. To get a letter-sized print took me 30 minutes. I kicked my computer, punched it, cursed at it, and was even thinking of unplugging it as punishment. I had duitfully scanned my film negatives (and slides), sized and massaged them through Photoshop; then saved them as JPEG, and turned the file over to i9900 to print. Canon's estimate of 50 seconds for letter-sized--hey, it took me 30 minutes. Yet, you know--the output was worth the wait. Last night I woke up with the answer. The i9900 wants to do all the work--enlarging and massaging. To ask it to go to Photoshop is downright insulting, except to get the JPEG save. So I gave the Canon a JPEG and said, "Okay, it's yours!" In 50 seconds I got a photo even my wife gasped at. So, please, don't buy the unit! I want my genius to be proclaimed.
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Summary: I Can Sum This Up With One Word -- WOW!!!
Review: The Canon i9900 made me love to print again. I had been a pretty loyal Epson user -- my latest printer was the Epson 1270. But after wasting a lot of expensive paper and ink on a regular basis futzing around with clogged print heads and other Epson issues, I started looking around to see what else was now out there. I researched and researched and researched. I finally settled on the i9900 and it was just like everyone said -- very easy to set up; everything worked right out of the box; and the pictures are stunning.
The Canon i9900 made me love to print again. I've dropped more than a hundred dollars on Canon paper and it's some of the best money I've ever spent. Once you see the finished product everything becomes worth it -- the money you spend on your camera gear, the time you invest waiting for the perfect shot, the countless hours you pour over your PC cropping and editing -- it's worth it. The Canon i9900 made me love to print again.
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Summary: Canon Stands Behind Its Products
Review: The Canon i9900 printer was everything that I expected and more. The photographs printed are equal to, if not sharper, than commercially developed 35mm film. My main reason for this review is to praise Canon's technical support and commitment to customer satisfaction. I had a problem loading 13x19 photo mat paper. After contacting Canon via e-mail, I was promptly provided instructions to correct the problem. After these procedures were tried with no success, I again contacted Canon. I was advised that I had an option to taking my printer to a repair facility or utilizing the instant exchange program. I chose the later and a new printer arrived at my home within two days. The new printer has no problem with the 13x19 inch paper. I highly recommend this product and company for your photo printing needs
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Summary: Canon will put photo labs out of business...
Review: This is the most awesome printer! If you have a good high megapixel camera your photos will look just like they came from the photo lab, or maybe even better. The photos come out extrememly vibrant in color. It is incredibly fast, this is just an amazing printer. I printed out at least five 8x10's and a few 4x6 photos right away, and the ink tanks still look full. I was skeptical about spending this much money on a printer and it not meeting my expectations, it exceeded my expectations. I would highly recommend getting this printer if you are into photography. I was also very impressed with the Easy PhotoPrint software this came with. The Easy PhotoPrint software works very well. I can't say enough good about this printer. I'm very impressed.
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