Canon 6228b002 Pixma Pro-100 Color Professional Inkjet Photo Printer Genuine Oem Reviews

Learn all most the Canon PRO-100 with our Review First Look Introduction and Getting Started

Introduction

The Canon PRO-100 was announced in September of 2012 and is the successor to the Catechism Pro9000 MkII. It is a 13" broad, 8 colour, dye based photograph inkjet printer. Designed for bold colour reproduction on whatsoever quality inkjet paper, the PRO-100 is a robust photograph printer that should be considered by the photo enthusiast, graphic designer, business user, and anyone else needing 13" capability.

Only the Facts

thirteen" wide photo quality inkjet printer

Print four" x 6" upwards to 13" x 26" banners

Eight Dye Based Inks - Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, Black, Photo Cyan, Photo Magenta, Grayness, Light Gray

Estimated Retail Price $499

Ink Toll - Most $16.99 per tank retail

Standard Ink Tanks - Holding about 13mL of ink each

Opening the Box

The Canon PRO-100 box arrived in good condition subsequently its long journey. The printer came well packed with all of the accessory pieces stored in separate numberless. The printer was in a heavy duty plastic bag with handles, which fabricated getting it out of the box a cakewalk. After plugging in the printer, the quick kickoff guide got us started in a few simple steps.

The Canon PRO-100 shipping box includes:

Canon PRO-100 printer
CD/DVD printing tray
Inks
Print Head
Manual
Power Cord
Setup CD
USB Cablevision

Canon Pixma Pro-100 Inks

The printer comes with a total set of CLI-42 ink cartridges. A pocket-size corporeality of ink will be used in the printer setup, but you will still have enough left to make prints and become familiar with the machine.

Anatomy of a Canon ink tank

A - Bottom of ink tank and ink outlet. The orangish cap will be removed before ink is installed

B - Ink reservoir. Catechism inks have 2 chambers. The rear expanse is open, allowing you to visually inspect the ink level. The frontward expanse is packed with absorptive material and holds a portion of the ink volume above the outlet to the printer caput.

C - Onboard chip. The onboard chip stores and reports ink level. Information technology does not actually know how much ink is physically in the tank. Rather, it starts at 100%, then records nozzle firing data sent from the printer and subtracts volume. The organisation is very accurate, and you lot will indeed see a dry tank when it comes time to do a replacement.

Print Head

The PRO-100 print head / ink cartridge assembly comes in a split sealed bag. A large orange plastic cover must be removed to reveal the head (see at right). Installing the head, then inks into their railroad vehicle is uncomplicated and takes nigh a minute.

Being able to inspect an inkjet print head upwards shut is very interesting. It gives you a good idea of the amazing applied science involved in inkjet printing and the truly small scale of a print head.

In one case installed you will see a light on the forepart of the ink tank illuminate and glow steady red. The aforementioned light blinks slowly when you're low on ink and speedily in one case the tank has been depleted.

Canon PRO-100 Ink Tanks Included

Black CLI-42
Cyan CLI-42
Magenta CLI-42
Yellowish CLI-42
Photograph Cyan CLI-42
Photo Magenta CLI-42
Gray CLI-42
Lite Grey CLI-42

Getting Gear up to Print

Once all of the inks were installed, the printer charged up and was set to begin printing in less than 5 minutes.

The assembled printer is 27.ii" broad, 15.2" deep, viii.v" high, and weighs 43 pounds.

You'll want at to the lowest degree 10" of clearance from the back of the printer to the wall for proper operation and apply of the specialty paper tray.

When fully extended, the front newspaper tray extends 12.5" from the front of the printer.

Forepart Command Panel

The front control console of the PRO-10 consists of iii controls:

Power push with lite
Resume / Cancel button with warning light. Errors will be identified by different sequences of blinking. Consult your online transmission for help with decoding the sequence should y'all have a problem.
Wireless connectivity button with indicator low-cal

Connectivity

The PRO-100 can connect to your computer via USB ii.0, wireless network, or ethernet.

The PRO-ten has two media feed paths and a CD/DVD printing tray

Rear tray - for the majority of media you'll use
Manual feed - single canvass tray for heavy and specialty media

Canon notes that the recommended newspaper chapters for the rear tray is twenty pages for 4" x 6" and 5" ten seven" photo media, 10 pages for letter and 8" x ten" photo media and a single page for larger sizes. A unmarried page is also recommended for Fine Art papers.

Red River's experience thus far is that the rear tray tin concord upwardly to 50 sheets, depending on the thickness of your paper. Photo papers like luster, satin, and glossy at 10.4mil are expertly handled by the PRO-100 with no misfeeds. If you lot're using matte paper or thick media, fewer sheets should be fed in at once. Fine art stock, canvas, and specialty paper should be fed into the manual single canvass path. For some driver media settings, the printer will only permit the single sheet path to be used.

CD Printing Capability

Above you tin see the CD holder that comes with the printer. The holder is placed into a front end slot on the left side of the machine. Delight note that you'll need specialty CD or DVD media coated for inkjet printing.

Canon's My Image Garden software is provided to prepare and print discs.

Print Speeds and Results

Print Quality

The Canon PRO-100 offers what we can just describe as continuous tone photograph press. That is to say when y'all're press a typical photograph, the dots of ink that make up the photo are not visible at normal viewing altitude or even fairly close inspection. This is especially true when printing on satin, luster, and sleeky media. Solid blocks of color are uniform and smooth looking. Merely in some mid-tone areas volition yous occasionally see a few dots. Once again, one would need to exist unnaturally close to the print to see them! Every bit far as inkjet printing goes, the PRO-100 produces outstanding photo quality.p>

Print Speed

An eight" x ten" file at 240ppi (shown above) was printed and timed using the settings listed beneath:

Luster Paper Highest Quality (Level ane) = 2 minutes 21 seconds
Luster Paper High Quality (Level two) = 1 infinitesimal 36 seconds
Luster Paper Standard Quality (Level 3) = l seconds

Matte Paper Loftier Quality = 2 minutes nineteen seconds
Matte Paper Standard Quality = 1 minute 34 seconds

Quality Settings

Nosotros printed the target file on UltraPro Satin and 47lb. Premium Matte using the Photo Newspaper Pro Luster and Matte Photo Paper media settings, respectively. The prints were allowed to dry eight hours, and and then evaluated nether balanced 4700k Solux lights.

Our initial evaluation revealed little obvious difference between the prints. Saturation and colour residuum were similar. Even solid color patches and transitions were hard to distinguish upon casual viewing.

Closer inspection of the Standard quality print revealed a slight reddish cast, especially in grayscale transition areas. The cast disappeared and grays shifted back to neutral at the higher settings.

The biggest departure between Standard and higher quality settings was edge definition and clarity. You lot tin encounter the difference in these macro shots beneath.

The difference between Standard quality level 3 and the college quality prints is apparent. Keep in mind that these are macro image and the departure is not striking at viewing altitude. Nevertheless, the smoother dot design and cleaner edges of quality level 2 and i will result is sharper looking prints.

Our conclusion is that Level 2 High impress quality is the best setting for near photo projects. The Level 1 setting does non result in appreciably better print quality and takes 38% longer to consummate.

Black & White

For the start fourth dimension, Canon has included greyness and low-cal gray inks in a PRO level dye based printer. In combination with black, these two new tanks greatly help the B&Westward output of the PRO-100. Some other first is detailed printer driver control of grayscale output. Our tests consisted of printing the 8x10 exam print (shown above) using the commuter B&West feature. Photoshop was set to Printer Manages Color and no adjustments were made to the target file. Nosotros printed the target using the default, Cool Tone, and Warm Tone settings. Later on drying for eight hours the prints were evaluated nether balanced Solux light.

Neutral - neutral grays with little or no color cast
Cool Tone - a very slight shift to blue and a cooler look
Warm Tone - a light but noticeable warm shift with a slight xanthous tone

Tone can as well exist controlled via 10 and Y variables, slider bars, or past placing your mouse within the Tone box.

Brightness settings include normal, light and dark. Intensity and contrast are sliders allowing for finer adjustments.

All of these adjustments will be "previewed" using a standardized sample image. The drop down menu beneath the pencil photo at right allows you to cull different preview samples. What actually happens on your printed prototype may be different. We suggest being judicious with changes and brand small test prints when getting started.

Overall we were pleased with the results. You will benefit from well prepared files, which means proper exposure likewise as some additional mid-tone contrast. Both are helpful in adding the proper corporeality of intensity and life into a black & white print.

Canon Pro-100 Printer Driver Tour

Quick Setup Tab

The Catechism PRO-100 printer drivers are basically unchanged from previous PRO printer models. We're starting on the Quick Setup tab, which contains virtually of the controls you'll need for printing.

From this menu you lot can choose the media blazon (paper type), paper size, impress quality, and other important features.

Main Tab

We recommend using this screen as much as possible every bit it gives y'all access to the custom print quality and manual color controls.

Media Type

When setting up a print job, you must tell the printer the type of inkjet paper (media) that you are using. Recollect of the media blazon every bit part color profile and part ink throttle. Dissimilar inkjet papers need different amounts of ink to perform properly - and this is where the media setting becomes important.

If you are using ICC color profiles, the media type is critical. You have to fix the media co-ordinate to your profile's instructions in order to become the best results.

Note! Y'all will not encounter alternative paper brands, such as Blood-red River Paper, in this listing. Only manufacturer inkjet media are in this drib down.

Fine art Margins - If you cull a fine fine art or not-Catechism specialty media type, the printer driver forces a 30mm (i.xviii") margin to the summit and bottom of your print. The left and correct margins are set at 3.4mm (0.13"). The media settings also limit the available paper size yous tin can use to:

Letter
A4
A3
A3+ 13x19

The feature is nigh likely an attempt to minimize possible head strikes at the get-go and ending of a print when using "fine art" papers. As a event, Red River Paper and other paper companies have chosen to make their fine art printer profiles with the Matte Photo Paper setting, which avoids the size and margin constraint.

Quality Options

Print quality can be controlled from the Quick Setup and Chief tabs.

Quality Choices

On either the Quick Setup or Principal tab, quality settings of Standard and High are available when using photo quality media.

To access the custom quality menu, get to the Main tab, click on the Custom radio push button, and then click Set. A slider controls the print quality setting. Level two corresponds to High and Level 3 to Standard quality. You will besides find a third quality choice, the Level one setting. Canon has not given this setting a named label. Nosotros will telephone call it "Highest" for the purposes of this review.

Only glossy, semigloss, and luster media settings have Highest quality as an option. Lower quality settings, such equally Fast (Level 4), are bachelor when obviously newspaper or envelope media are selected. You would choose this setting for text and light graphic printing.

Color / Intensity

The PRO-100 driver color controls have an Motorcar and Manual mode. In Auto mode, the printer is completely in control of color management. Yous'll choose this setting if yous are not using a printer color profile, and if you have found the printer'due south default setting to offer adequate output quality.

If y'all demand to make slight adjustments to the printer's colour output, you can click on the Manual radio button and so the Set button for the Manual Color Adjustment menu.

On the Colour Adjustment tab you'll find a number of sliders. These are "rough" controls for color saturation, effulgence, intensity, and contrast. We say rough considering there is no colour managed preview of your epitome with the changes. The workflow pattern would usually exist impress, adjust, print, and adjust until you got the desired results.

One answer to the problem is to ever apply a printer color profile for the PRO-100 and your paper. Profiles take the guesswork out of correction and faithfully reproduce your file to the best of your paper'due south ability.

For those not swayed by the printer profile argument, Canon has a feature called Design Impress. Attainable from the printer backdrop (Windows) or the Print Studio Pro plug-in, Design Print volition setup and print a repeating series of your image on a single canvas of paper. The pattern represents and denotes diverse changes to color or effulgence/contrast settings. Upon consulting the choices, you lot tin can punch in the recommended changes into the printer's color adjustment controls. Make sure you let the test print dry at least an hour, preferably longer, before making any decisions.

Below is a screen shot from Print Studio Pro showing the pattern layout and recommended Cyan, Magenta, and Yellowish settings to achieve the expect of each variant.

If you lot are using a printer colour contour (ICC profile), and then yous will select the Matching tab. Nether the heading Color Correction you'll find:

Driver Matching - this is the default setting for printer color management

None - this setting completely turns off the printer'southward color controls. Use this setting when you take a printer colour contour and are using it to print via Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Lightroom, Qimage, and the like.

ICM - Rarely used, ICM allows you to print using a printer color profile from software that is not "ICC aware". This applies to basic photograph software and layout tools where the developers did not know of or consider colour management important.

Page Setup

Controls for paper size, print orientation, and layout options are on the Page Setup tab.

Borderless Options

Of detail interest are the Borderless print controls. When Borderless is selected, you volition detect the Amount of Extension slider appear. When printing without borders, the PRO-100 will automatically stretch out the edges of a file to insure ink covers the edges of the paper. You tin increase or decrease this role. Move the slider to the left for more extension. If you lot take a photo with important details at the edges reduce the amount of extension to avoid those areas existence cut off.

Borderless is in selection with the post-obit media settings:

Photo Paper Pro Platinum
Photograph Newspaper Plus Glossy II
Photo Paper Pro Luster
Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss
Matte Photo Paper

Borderless Sizes Choices

Above you'll see all of the possible Canon PRO-100 borderless size options. These are set by the mill and cannot exist modified.

Read our 11x14 Borderless Hack for the PRO-100.

Custom Newspaper Sizes

Like other Canon printers, the PRO-100 allows you to define custom newspaper sizes. The limits:

Paper Width: 12.95" - Later on some experimentation, we found that a custom size set to 13" causes a print error. Using 12.95" stock-still that issue. You lot will notice 16.54 on the width calibration. This seems to be a software coding error.

Paper Height: 26.61" - We found the effective maximum impress height is 26".

Maintenance Tab

The Nozzle Bank check, Head Cleaning, and Print Head Alignment are all critical tools to have if you experience a drop in impress quality. You can call up your printer status dialog from this screen.

Custom Settings

You will discover a very important control in the custom settings menu, Preclude Paper Abrasion. Ever turn information technology on when you lot use heavy or specialty media. We recommend using the feature with papers over 12mil thickness.

Ink Drying Await Time controls the pause betwixt print head passes. Because dye inks dry speedily the setting will likely not need to be changed.

If you lot apply custom sizes and encounter a driver mistake relating to paper size and setting compatibility, try turning off the Observe Paper Width.

Included Software

Descriptions are taken from the Canon online transmission.

My Image Garden

My Image Garden is an awarding that allows you lot to use photos taken with digital cameras and other images saved on your computer, in many ways for various purposes. Y'all tin can organize a vast number of images easily, or create collages, cards and other items from your favorite photos and print them. Moreover, you tin perform various scans with one click.

Print Studio Pro

Print Studio Pro is a plug-in that makes professional photograph press easier and more convenient.

In addition to printing bordered photos and borderless photos, you tin perform various printing tasks such as alphabetize printing, grayscale printing and printing using ICC profiles. You tin can as well adjust the margins or add text.

Quick Carte du jour

Quick Menu is software that allows you to easily offset the applications and manuals supplied with the machine, or quickly admission online product information. In addition, with simultaneously installed Image Brandish, you can relish patterns of collages and other items created automatically past the item recommendation function of My Image Garden every bit well as slide shows of images saved on a estimator.

Easy-WebPrint EX

Easy-WebPrint EX is software that allows you to easily print web pages displayed in Internet Explorer.

You can impress a web page by automatically reducing its size to fit the paper width to prevent the edges from existence cropped or by selecting pages in preview.

My Printer

My Printer is an application that allows you to display the setting screen of the printer commuter or look up solutions to operational problems.

Ruby River Newspaper Compatibility

Our line of Premium Inkjet Papers includes over 30 that Work Well in the Canon PRO-100. You tin Come across the Best Compatible Photo Paper for the PRO-100 and Order a Sample Kit to Test.

Print Testing

We made a number of prints on all compatible Red River papers from 4x6 up to 13x19. In most cases we used Printer Color profiles for the PRO-100. Using profiles is ever a practiced idea, and in the example of this new printer they really assistance increase the saturation and color accuracy.

Sleeky Papers

Smooth glossy papers like Red River UltraPro Gloss 2.0 take advantage of the PRO-100's bold colour gamut and tack precipitous print particular.

Satin / Luster Papers

The light texture of satin and luster papers are another "must try" for the PRO-100 owner. The satin surface minimizes fingerprints and better withstands handling. Red River's always-pop UltraPro Satin and true professional class Arctic Polar Luster are sure to please when paired with the PRO-100.

Photo Metallic Paper

Polar Gloss Metallic 255 (formerly 66lb. Polar Pearl Metallic) allows yous to capture the look of Kodak Endura Metallic™ on your home inkjet printer. Images virtually bound off the page and colors are vibrant and nigh luminous.

Photo Matte

Matte papers are shine and have no reflection. They are perfect for images and work where fine item is important. A flat surface means more than light gets directly back to your eyes. This means y'all see more detail and are not distracted by glare. Prints on 60lb. Premium Matte PLUS on the PRO-100 testify good item, well balanced colour and good saturation. You will greatly benefit from use of printer colour profiles when printing on matte surfaces.

Fine Photographic, Art, and Canvas media.

The new, easier to use single sheet tray makes using thick fine art and canvass media a joy. Make sure to set the "Prevent Paper Abrasion" feature in the printer'southward utility when using these inkjet papers. Prints on Cerise River Palo Duro Baryta Fiber 300 and Blanco Matte Canvas looked great and assistance highlight the versatility of the PRO-100.

First Impressions

After spending five days with this printer and press about 100 images, nosotros find the Canon PRO-100 an excellent replacement for the Pro9000 MkII. The printer's speed and color quality are on par if not slightly better than the older machine. The addition of a specialty media path for thick papers is evidence that Canon acknowledges the advanced printing requirements of their photo enthusiast customers.

Positives

Photo quality from the PRO-100 is amazing and is for all intents continuous tone. Dots go visible just on magnified inspection of a print.
Splendid color gamut fabricated fifty-fifty better with printer profile use.
Good black & white capability with the addition of gray and light gray inks. Specific B&W software controls make the chore of grayscale printing easier and more predictable.
Rapid impress speed.
Robust paper handling from both the regular paper tray and the single sheet specialty path.
Compatible with virtually any quality inkjet newspaper.
Better fade resistance from ChromaLife 100+ inks.

The Ferrari of Inkjet Greeting Card Printers

If yous're serious about printing photograph notation cards, we take to say that the PRO-100 is an excellent printer for the job. Like almost Canon printers, the PRO-100 will feed card stock consistently through the standard paper tray. Being able to put a stack of Pecos River Gloss Note Cards into the tray, set up the job and walk away is huge for card printers. Add together in the speed, photo quality, and robust build and y'all have a professional quality desktop card printing system.

Problems

There are a couple of items that we hoped would be addressed with this new 13" wide dye ink printer. First, nosotros missed 11x14 as an bachelor borderless size. Read our 11x14 borderless hack for the PRO-100

Have Questions? Want to Know More?

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