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A couple I did a real estate shoot for had asked me about a camera they thought would be good for them. They wanted to shoot vacation stuff and the like, so, at the time, prices were coming down on the 70D and the 6D. I gave them the pluses and minuses and they ended up with the 6D...good choice! But, they bought it with one of the bundle deals which happened to be the Pixma Pro 100 printer.

Well, I got a text from the lady and she wants to give it to me, free! Never been out of the box. Of course, I accepted and will do a portrait of them and make it my first print job.

Anything that I should look for? I usually do a lot of research before I buy something, but this just popped up today. I just bought a Pixma MX922 a few weeks ago and have been pondering an upgrade at some point. Holy cow!

Thanks in advance.

David
 
For economical printing, be sure to study up on the refilling of the ink cartridges with aftermarket/3rd party ink such as from Precision Colors. They have everything you need including instructions to get you started refilling the cartridges. You will find this much cheaper than continuing to use new Canon cartridges after the original setup cartridges run out. Also look in here for posts by jtoolman who is an expert on Canon cartridge refilling.
 
David Pavlich said:
A couple I did a real estate shoot for had asked me about a camera they thought would be good for them. They wanted to shoot vacation stuff and the like, so, at the time, prices were coming down on the 70D and the 6D. I gave them the pluses and minuses and they ended up with the 6D...good choice! But, they bought it with one of the bundle deals which happened to be the Pixma Pro 100 printer.

Well, I got a text from the lady and she wants to give it to me, free! Never been out of the box. Of course, I accepted and will do a portrait of them and make it my first print job.

Anything that I should look for? I usually do a lot of research before I buy something, but this just popped up today. I just bought a Pixma MX922 a few weeks ago and have been pondering an upgrade at some point. Holy cow!

Thanks in advance.

David
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Thanks, Jack! Do you refill your cartridges?

David
 
I got one for $50 after rebate, and its prints are really nice. I'd suggest getting a variety of papers and playing around: each of them has a use. The Canon paper-X Plus series (e.g. Matte Plus, Photo Glossy II Plus) are all quite affordable (often very cheap deals online) and still nice. Most Canon papers have 13x19 options, so you can get some 8x10 sizes to see how they look, before commiting to big, ink-using prints.

The printer box should include a 5-pack of Pro Luster paper, which looks amazing. I just got some Pro Platinum to see what it looks like too.

Haven't had to replace any carts yet, but will probably refill when it's time.
 
I have the Pro 100 myself for over a year now. For me it was a buy after frustrated print issues of my Pixma MG5150 with 3rd party ink (OCP - live in Germany): wrong colors, ink leakage, strips and other errors. With the mentioned combination and I couldn't get two prints in a row correct. The photo pager amount for the bin was not funny.

In the end, I bought one Pro 100 here for 450€ (we don't have any of this super deals... And paper with the printer? God no...) and sweared to myself to use only Canon ink - to save the printer and have a trouble free prints.

This printer is an awesome device: outstanding quality for color and B/W prints and for my regards fast enough print speed. Simple works like a charm :)

I use currently four different papers: Hahnemühle Photo Matt Fibre 200, Hahnemühle Photo Pearl, Bonjet SuperMetalic Pearl and Tecco DS275 Duo Satin for the Tecco photo book prints.

Print costs: Around 1€ per A4 print. If you add the paper of your choice and compare it to any photo lab you loose the financial race in this round. Check it against fine art prints and you have 40-50% lower costs as let it print my some good printer company.

For sure you can lower your costs with 3rd party ink. Personally I would kick myself for savings on ink but ruin good paper (which can cost times more then the ink costs).
 
parejkoj said:
I got one for $50 after rebate, and its prints are really nice. I'd suggest getting a variety of papers and playing around: each of them has a use. The Canon paper-X Plus series (e.g. Matte Plus, Photo Glossy II Plus) are all quite affordable (often very cheap deals online) and still nice. Most Canon papers have 13x19 options, so you can get some 8x10 sizes to see how they look, before commiting to big, ink-using prints.

The printer box should include a 5-pack of Pro Luster paper, which looks amazing. I just got some Pro Platinum to see what it looks like too.

Haven't had to replace any carts yet, but will probably refill when it's time.
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The printer also came with a 50 pack of 13X19 Canon semi-gloss plus paper. I've been using Red River matte paper for greeting cards that I've been printing. So I ordered a Red River sample pack of 13X19 paper. I printed a color shot from a French Quarter day of shooting on the Pro Luster paper. I must say, the picture came out very well and that was without any sort of tweaking of the print settings.

I did my due diligence and watched several videos on settings to optimize the printing. I've also received about as many "don't use 3rd party/don't refill inks" as I have "3rd party and refills are fine" advice posts. I'll probably bite the bullet and stick with Canon inks.

David
 
RalfE said:
I have the Pro 100 myself for over a year now. For me it was a buy after frustrated print issues of my Pixma MG5150 with 3rd party ink (OCP - live in Germany): wrong colors, ink leakage, strips and other errors. With the mentioned combination and I couldn't get two prints in a row correct. The photo pager amount for the bin was not funny.

In the end, I bought one Pro 100 here for 450€ (we don't have any of this super deals... And paper with the printer? God no...) and sweared to myself to use only Canon ink - to save the printer and have a trouble free prints.

This printer is an awesome device: outstanding quality for color and B/W prints and for my regards fast enough print speed. Simple works like a charm :)

I use currently four different papers: Hahnemühle Photo Matt Fibre 200, Hahnemühle Photo Pearl, Bonjet SuperMetalic Pearl and Tecco DS275 Duo Satin for the Tecco photo book prints.

Print costs: Around 1€ per A4 print. If you add the paper of your choice and compare it to any photo lab you loose the financial race in this round. Check it against fine art prints and you have 40-50% lower costs as let it print my some good printer company.

For sure you can lower your costs with 3rd party ink. Personally I would kick myself for savings on ink but ruin good paper (which can cost times more then the ink costs).
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I've been asked to contribute a couple of prints (how convenient is it that I just got a nice printer :-) ) for a local charity. One of the shots I'm going to use is a B&W of a local Catholic church. It's not quite as glorious as the beautifully done churches in Europe, but it's still nice. I'm looking forward to seeing how the 100 renders this shot.

David
 
David Pavlich said:
RalfE said:
I have the Pro 100 myself for over a year now. For me it was a buy after frustrated print issues of my Pixma MG5150 with 3rd party ink (OCP - live in Germany): wrong colors, ink leakage, strips and other errors. With the mentioned combination and I couldn't get two prints in a row correct. The photo pager amount for the bin was not funny.

In the end, I bought one Pro 100 here for 450€ (we don't have any of this super deals... And paper with the printer? God no...) and sweared to myself to use only Canon ink - to save the printer and have a trouble free prints.

This printer is an awesome device: outstanding quality for color and B/W prints and for my regards fast enough print speed. Simple works like a charm :)

I use currently four different papers: Hahnemühle Photo Matt Fibre 200, Hahnemühle Photo Pearl, Bonjet SuperMetalic Pearl and Tecco DS275 Duo Satin for the Tecco photo book prints.

Print costs: Around 1€ per A4 print. If you add the paper of your choice and compare it to any photo lab you loose the financial race in this round. Check it against fine art prints and you have 40-50% lower costs as let it print my some good printer company.

For sure you can lower your costs with 3rd party ink. Personally I would kick myself for savings on ink but ruin good paper (which can cost times more then the ink costs).
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I've been asked to contribute a couple of prints (how convenient is it that I just got a nice printer :-) ) for a local charity. One of the shots I'm going to use is a B&W of a local Catholic church. It's not quite as glorious as the beautifully done churches in Europe, but it's still nice. I'm looking forward to seeing how the 100 renders this shot.

David
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I did the B&W print using the Canon program and it came out nicely! I just put it in a frame and it looks even better. I also did a nice shot of a local landmark that has a wide range of colors and it came out nicely as well. So far, this is a really nice printer.

David
 
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