Best Color Photo Printers

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Looking for best buy photo printers ? Then you need to see the Canon Pixma Pro9000 Mark II (around $450) and Pro9500 Mark II (around $750). These are excellent color photo printers that can be used to produce gallery quality photo prints of professional quality that you can sell ! So if you are worried about the price then you may be able to recoup some of your costs and even change your career by branching out into selling high quality prints of your photos. The Pro9000 and Pro9500 also let you use matt and gloss cartridges without swapping ink tanks. Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 is included.

Canon Pixma Pro9000 Mark II Photo Printer

The Pro9000 excels at full color using its 8-ink system cyan, magenta, yellow and black plus green, red, pale magenta and pale cyan. Colour prints from Canon's Pixma photo printers are bright, with smooth shading and deep blacks. Images from Canon printers are bright and vivid and not as soft as with Epson Stylus Photo printers which some people prefer.

A colour A3 photo is printed in just 4 minutes 5 seconds at the highest quality. A standard quality A3 print takes slightly over 1 minute 30 seconds. Smaller sizes are printed out faster - 56 seconds for 6x4in photos at maximum quality.

Costs for photo printing using Canon colour photo printers are high. Using Canon's Photo Paper Pro II, a 6x4in print costs around 78 cents, an A4 print will cost around $2.20. An A3 print costs around $4.75 - which is a lot less than from a professional print store.

The Pro9000 is an excellent high quality color photo printer but it is slightly more expensive to buy and operate compared to other A3 printers.

Key features of the PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II Photo Printer

• A3+ & 14” wide professional inkjet printer
• 8-colour ChromaLife100 Single-Inks system
• Up to 4800 x 2400 dpi resolution with 2pl drop size and FINE print head technology
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 and Canon Easy-PhotoPrint Pro plug-in software included
• Wide range of Canon and third-party media support
• 16-bits per channel photo printing
• Ambient Light Correction feature
• DVD/CD printing
• PictBridge compatibility for standalone use

For even higher quality you might like to consider the more expensive Canon Pixma Pro9500 Mark II which is designed for professional photographers. It is mor eexpensive but it allows you to create gallery quality pictures and sell them !
Canon Pixma Pro9500 Mark II Photo Printer

The key features of the Pro9500 Mark II are


• A3+ and 14” wide professional inkjet printer
• 10 Single Inks
• Exceptional glossy media printing
• Lucia Pigment Inks for image longevity
• Archival prints on Fine Art media
• Striking neutral monochrome prints
• 16bits per channel photo printing
• Adobe Photoshop Elements & Canon Easy PhotoPrint Pro Plug-In software supplied
• Wide range of third party media supported
• Ambient Light Correction feature
• DVD/CD Direct Printing
• Flat media path

So if you are looking to buy a high quality photo printer then either of the Canon Pixma Printers will do the job !

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