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Summary: Excellent, fast, quite
Review: This printer makes stunning prints very quickly. P 13" x 19" high quality print takes under 3.5 minutes on my computer. The printer is not only fast but it is also very quiet.I was worried that it did not come with a 4x6 card feeder like the i960, but I loaded a set of 10 4x6 pages and printed 8 4x6's without any paper feeding issues. The borderless printing is excellent and the ink management seems to be pretty good. So far with 3 13 x 19 high quality prints on glossy paper and around 20 4 x 6 and 5 8.5 x 11 prints, 7 out of 8 ink cartridges seem to be more than 85% full. Photo cyan looks to be around 70% full (as I would expect) so consider buying 2 of those. I highly recommend this printer.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent, fast, quite
Review: This printer makes stunning prints very quickly. P 13" x 19" high quality print takes under 3.5 minutes on my computer. The printer is not only fast but it is also very quiet. I was worried that it did not come with a 4x6 card feeder like the i960, but I loaded a set of 10 4x6 pages and printed 8 4x6's without any paper feeding issues. The borderless printing is excellent and the ink management seems to be pretty good. So far with 3 13 x 19 high quality prints on glossy paper and around 20 4 x 6 and 5 8.5 x 11 prints, 7 out of 8 ink cartridges seem to be more than 85% full. Photo cyan looks to be around 70% full (as I would expect) so consider buying 2 of those. I highly recommend this printer.
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Summary: i9900 is the best large format dye printer on the market
Review: Unless Canon introduces a new large format printer this year, the expensive search for a large format dye ink printer that can produce photographs just as fine and smooth as the best dye-sublimation printer maybe over. The pros and cons are based on a comparison between the i9900 and the i9100 printers that I own.
i9900 PROS
1. improved 3-step paper rest and extension
2. smoother operating paper guide
3. improved 3-step paper output extension
4. better secured front cover
5. relocated and resized operation panel
6. direct print port connection with specific digital cameras
7. USB 2.0 Full Speed and FireWire 400 rear ports
8. lower in height by 14 mm
9. wider colour gamut
10. quieter in the non-Quiet Mode
11. faster output
12. smoother grain
13. more detailed blowups
14. 768 nozzles per colour (1200 dpi) versus 512 for the i9100
15. except photo cyan, Canon's specifications indicate, and it's true, that all of the ink tanks will last longer than the same inks used in the i9100
i9900 CONS
1. added expense in replenishing 2 extra ink tanks with Canon inks (Canon's specifications indicate, and it's true, that the red and green inks will last more than twice as long as cyan)
2. 1.5 kg heavier (a non-issue if the printer stays put in one spot during it's lifetime)
3. wider by 4 mm (not a big deal unless your desktop is tight already)
4. i9100's Quick Start Guide better explains how to determine the best printout pattern per column when performing the Simple Head Alignment
5. BJ Solution Disk replaced PhotoStitch (which was available with the i9100) with Stitch Photo which is only compatible with Canon digital cameras with Stitch Assist
6. charcoal grey coloured paper guide scale is difficult to read than the lighter coloured scale on the i9100
7. 2-handled plastic bag containing the printer can rip when lifting the printer out of the carton for the first time
i9100 + Vivid Photo mode = i9900 without Vivid Photo mode. Avoid overusing the Vivid Photo mode on the i9900 on skin tones. With the exception of head to chest portraits, other photos will exhibit skin tones unnaturally redish looking. Vivid Photo mode works well with sceneries bringing out the blues, greens, reds and yellows. Black's are better reproduced with the i9900.
Comparing 8" x 10" identical sample images at a major photo retailer produced with Canon's iP5000 and the i9900 showed that there is little difference if any (to my naked eye) in detail and grain in images produced by the iP5000's 9600 x 2400 1-picolitre head and the i9900's 4800 x 2400 2-picolitre head. The 5-colour ink tanks of the iP5000's images lacked the contrast of the i9900's 8-colour ink tanks.
Even in comparison with Canon's strongest competitor, Epson, their large format identical sample images were not as smooth, better detailed nor richer in colour than the i9900.
The i9900 is stingier on ink, faster to output smoother vibrant prints, and is overall an improved design over the i9100.
Based on images outputted from the best of Hewlett-Packard, Epson and Lexmark, the i9900 is the best large format dye ink printer available today.
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Summary: Good job Canon!
Review: What a wonderful product! Can you say excellent printing! My photo retouch project came out better than the original! This printer is definitely worth the money! Can't say enough good things about it! On the negative side, the printer shipped had a defect in the autopaper foot feed. Every sheet no matter whether 20lb, glossy, matte photo, didn't matter - it chewed up. Contacted Canon and had perfect customer service experience with the exchange! I highly recommend this printer and Canon's customer service that came with this product!
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