Canon I-9900 Photo Printer
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon I-9900 Photo Printer
Customer Review: Incredible printer!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just purchased the Canon i9900 inkjet, and I just can't restrain my enthusiasm- it's absolutely amazing! Literally within 15 minutes of getting it all set up I had several beautiful prints, including a gorgeous 13x19 incher. I had owned a very competent, but older, Epson photo printer (870), but I really wanted something that would show off the abilities of my digital SLR (Nikon D70-love it, by the way), and this printer certainly seems to do that. Unbelievable detail, perfect color, the ability to go big, and no flaws in image quality that I can see. I am certainly not a professional photographer (amateur hobbyist), but the only excuse I have now for poor pictures will be my own lack of ability.The only concern I had about the Canon over the Epsons was its ability to print black and whites, but it seems to be doing a beautiful job with those as well. Admittedly, I have not tried it with all the papers, but I can vouch wholeheartedly for the Photo Paper Pro and the Plus Glossy papers. I haven't had it long enough to comment on lightfastness or longevity. And yes, it is amazingly fast- a thing you may not even appreciate until you live with it a while. It makes the printing process so much easier and enjoyable that I anticipate printing a lot more (I'm sure to Canon's delight!). If you own a higher-megapixel camera you just haven't lived until you've seen your pictures really sharp and really huge.
Pros:
-Image quality
-Speed
-Price (esp. compared to the Epson 2200)
-Image size
-It's a handsome devil
Cons:
-Clunky paper feeding (but actual printing is very quiet)
-Price (compared to regular-sized printers)
-Not really sure where I'll find a 13x19 frame (?)
Can't comment yet:
-Ink costs
-Satisfaction with other papers
-Longevity and lightfastness (but the way I figure it, if it fades in a couple of years, I'll print out another one!)
-Software (so far, so good)
Customer Review: A great printer
Summary: 5 Stars
What a great printer. I pulled it out and read the instructions first. I had no problems installing the drivers. After running though the setup process and performing an alignment test I was ready to print. I used the high speed USB and that went without a problem. I was ready to print my first picture. I decided to use my drum scanned picture for a test. It was a 100 Megabyte TIFF file. Open the file in Photoshop and printed it to an 8x10 sheet of Canon Pro paper. The print quality was impeccable. I was amazed of the quality of print. I compared it to a LightJet print I had made from that same file. The LightJet print had a greater Dmax (deeper blacks, and from 1" away had greater visual resolution). However the LightJet 8x10 print cost me $25.00. I estimated the cost of the i9900 8.5x11 print cost me about 2 bucks and is very close in quality. Behind a glass frame and the difference is even harder to recognize. I think I'll save my money from now on and print from the i9900 printer. The quality is truly photographic. I even made prints from 1 MB Jpeg's that were scanned at Wal-Mart. I turned on image optimizer and was even more amazing how well it can print from such a small file. I was expecting pixilation, but that wasn't existent. It must have interpolated the picture and with great results. Again those looked like photographs too. I used Kodak paper and Canon paper. The Kodak glossy paper was OK. It didn't produce the same results are Canon. Canon paper was far better. I would stick to Canon paper for quality, which is why you're looking at this printer right? If you want your own digital photo lab at home, the i9900 is for you. You will not be disappointed. One interesting note, why did someone post there e-mail address below on the web and claim to be a computer professional? I guess in 10 years they never heard of spam.Customer Review: Awesome, truly awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Customer Review: Nothing Short Of Superb
Summary: 5 Stars
Doing photography for a living means producing high-quality prints at the end. Now I know what you're thinking...why would a professional protographer use a $500 printer? Well, first of all, I do have a much larger, MUCH more expensive printer in the studio, but for many applications, this printer does an exceptional job. I've printed out portrait packages, wedding packages, publication work, pictures on exibit, and have produced high-quality results every time.
I was a die-hard Epson user until the Stylus Photo 2200 turned into such a disappointment. So this time around I decided to give Canon a try and so far it's been a great move. OK, so it takes up a lot of space on the desk...it's a 13 X 19 printer, of course it'll take up a lot of space. Cost per print from my calculations isn't as bad as some because of the separate ink tanks. I know full well that with the Epson five color cartridges that when you run out of magenta (which is usually the first to run out along with cyan) that the other chambers have sufficient ink in them for several more prints, but you're throwing that out because of the other two colors. As far as paper goes, there arent a lot of surface choices from Canon, but I ran tests on several different papers and I've managed excellent results on all of them. The Epson paper seems to do the best as far as other manufacturer's paper goes, but I've had great results with Ilford paper. Ilford has settings on their website for the i9900 for each of their papers. Even the cheapo Epson paper from Costco (125 sheets for $20) does a good job for doing the snapshots where expensive paper isn't needed.
You won't go wrong with this printer. Well worth the cost.
Customer Review: The only printer you'll need for several years to come.
Summary: 5 Stars
I had the i9900 for several months and I was looking for a large format printer capable of 11X17 sheets so I can print my portfolio. I have been using an Epson Stylus 600 for several years and have come to appreciate the printer's quality even though it was in need of frequent head cleaning and no viable way to unclog a few nozzles. I was looking at this printer and the Epson 2200 but chose the Canon because of it's replaceable print head and bubble jet technology. Bubble jet differs form other inkjet printers because the ink is heated so that it forms bubbles of ink on top of the page, therefore the speed and accuracy of the printer can be achieved. I have tested other photo ink jet printers and the photos from these printers are very similar, but due to Canon using bubble jet technology prints from the printer come out dry, while some of the others needed time to dry. There were a few times when printing on vellum where the ink was not dry. Another plus is normal quality and best quality on this printer has no noticeable difference and the only gripe is that there are no archival inks. So far I have nearly gone through an entire set of inks, since I mainly print black, that cartridge was the first to go, then photo magenta and photo cyan. I figure I would have to replace the black, photo cyan, and photo magenta three times before all the other cartridges are replaced twice or even once for green and red. People whom have compared a photo from the i9900 and the exact same photo from a photo lab cannot perceive the difference only when they see the back of the photo did they see the difference.