Buying a printer from eBay.

YA9Productions · May 20, 2016

Hello,

I'm interested in the canon pro 100 as my first serious printer ( hoping to sell prints)

unforranetly the price in my country is 2.5 times the eBay price!!!!

including shipping and taxes I can buy 2!

but I'm afraid to order from eBay,

the three cheapest sellers are all individuals selling only this one printer with no other items in there store, I wonder from where the seller got it from and what's up with the warranty.

should I pay the outrageous price from a local store?

Or should I risk it?

RalfE · May 20, 2016

From a private reseller you don't get any warranty and if the printer is from a different region (like US) your warranty claim will be likely not be granted.

The printer will only accept cartridges for its original region. So Europe ones won't work in a US model etc probably. In a German forum we had such a case and the owner wasn't amused as you can guess

I've paid the 450€ for my Pro 100 and I'm not disappointed from it! But if you plan to sell: who is your buyer? If selling is important I would take a pigment model like the Pro 10/1 or the Epson P600.

rpenmanparker · May 20, 2016

No one can tell you that all the sellers on ebay are okay, but most of the PP 100s are on the up and up. Canon is give a big rebate for a camera and a printer together. Most folks don't want the printer, so they pocket the rebate and sell the printer cheap. The printer should have a full Canon warranty, but it may not be valid in your country. Your best bet is to see what selling history the sellers have, what their approval score is. If they are 100% satisfactory for say 20 or 30 transactions, you should be okay. Plus ebay will back you up. Some folks may not want to ship to you, however.

Petruska · May 20, 2016

some Canon ink cartridges that are sold outside of the US won't work with a US printer.

Check before buying...........

Bob P.

Jimmy C · May 20, 2016

Petruska said:
some Canon ink cartridges that are sold outside of the US won't work with a US printer.

Check before buying...........

Bob P.

I haven't seen this for the CLI-42 carts used in the Pixma Pro-100. Where did you find this information?

To the OP, one problem you may face is electrical. USA distributed Pro-100's have 110 vac, which may be different than those sold in your country.

YA9Productions · May 20, 2016

Jimmy C said:
Petruska said:

some Canon ink cartridges that are sold outside of the US won't work with a US printer.

Check before buying...........

Bob P.

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I haven't seen this for the CLI-42 carts used in the Pixma Pro-100. Where did you find this information?

To the OP, one problem you may face is electrical. USA distributed Pro-100's have 110 vac, which may be different than those sold in your country.

so you recommend buying the printer locally?

we do have different voltage from the usa.

I wish I could afford the new pro 1000 but its 4 times the p100.

Petruska · May 20, 2016

Jimmy C said:
Petruska said:

some Canon ink cartridges that are sold outside of the US won't work with a US printer.

Check before buying...........

Bob P.

Click to expand...

I haven't seen this for the CLI-42 carts used in the Pixma Pro-100. Where did you find this information?

To the OP, one problem you may face is electrical. USA distributed Pro-100's have 110 vac, which may be different than those sold in your country.

There are certain US Canon printer models that won't accept non-US carts. It's up to the OP to investigate if his regional carts will work in a US printer.

You are correct that one needs to look at local power requirements also...........

Bob P.

Jimmy C · May 20, 2016

YA9Productions said:
so you recommend buying the printer locally?

I would try to purchase in the my country, mainly do to availability, support, and warranty reasons. If you purchase from outside of your country, it is possible import duties, VAT, and/or other taxes may be added on those purchases.

YA9Productions said:
we do have different voltage from the usa.

That could present a problem and drive the cost of your printer up. Have you looked into voltage converters?

YA9Productions said:
I wish I could afford the new pro 1000 but its 4 times the p100.

The pro-1000 seems to be a good printer. I just wish they would drop the paper length restrictions and truly compete with the new Epson printers for pano printing.

YA9Productions · May 22, 2016

Jimmy C said:
YA9Productions said:

so you recommend buying the printer locally?

Click to expand...

I would try to purchase in the my country, mainly do to availability, support, and warranty reasons. If you purchase from outside of your country, it is possible import duties, VAT, and/or other taxes may be added on those purchases.

Jimmy C said:

we do have different voltage from the usa.

Click to expand...

That could present a problem and drive the cost of your printer up. Have you looked into voltage converters?

Jimmy C said:

I wish I could afford the new pro 1000 but its 4 times the p100.

Click to expand...

The pro-1000 seems to be a good printer. I just wish they would drop the paper length restrictions and truly compete with the new Epson printers for pano printing.

I found a few good options from eBay but all have us voltage, I have a simple converted but heard it will destroy every electric device.

And I won't have any warranty.

Also I'm not sure what about the ink cartridges area limitation.

Don't know what to do.

RalfE · May 23, 2016

YA9Productions said:
Jimmy C said:

YA9Productions said:

so you recommend buying the printer locally?

Click to expand...

I would try to purchase in the my country, mainly do to availability, support, and warranty reasons. If you purchase from outside of your country, it is possible import duties, VAT, and/or other taxes may be added on those purchases.

YA9Productions said:

we do have different voltage from the usa.

Click to expand...

That could present a problem and drive the cost of your printer up. Have you looked into voltage converters?

YA9Productions said:

I wish I could afford the new pro 1000 but its 4 times the p100.

Click to expand...

The pro-1000 seems to be a good printer. I just wish they would drop the paper length restrictions and truly compete with the new Epson printers for pano printing.

Click to expand...

I found a few good options from eBay but all have us voltage, I have a simple converted but heard it will destroy every electric device.

And I won't have any warranty.

Also I'm not sure what about the ink cartridges area limitation.

Don't know what to do.

I can ensure from my own experience that the Pro-100 is an awesome printer and its money worth. I had paid 450€ in Germany last year and thought about importing from the US as well. The saving of 150-200€ wasn't worth to void the warranty.

I use the OEM inks and papers from Hahnemühle, Canson and Tecco and everything isn't cheap but the quality is outstanding and for me worth every penny.

YA9Productions · May 23, 2016

RalfE said:
YA9Productions said:

Jimmy C said:

YA9Productions said:

so you recommend buying the printer locally?

Click to expand...

I would try to purchase in the my country, mainly do to availability, support, and warranty reasons. If you purchase from outside of your country, it is possible import duties, VAT, and/or other taxes may be added on those purchases.

RalfE said:

we do have different voltage from the usa.

Click to expand...

That could present a problem and drive the cost of your printer up. Have you looked into voltage converters?

RalfE said:

I wish I could afford the new pro 1000 but its 4 times the p100.

Click to expand...

The pro-1000 seems to be a good printer. I just wish they would drop the paper length restrictions and truly compete with the new Epson printers for pano printing.

Click to expand...

I found a few good options from eBay but all have us voltage, I have a simple converted but heard it will destroy every electric device.

And I won't have any warranty.

Also I'm not sure what about the ink cartridges area limitation.

Don't know what to do.

Click to expand...

I can ensure from my own experience that the Pro-100 is an awesome printer and its money worth. I had paid 450€ in Germany last year and thought about importing from the US as well. The saving of 150-200€ wasn't worth to void the warranty.

I use the OEM inks and papers from Hahnemühle, Canson and Tecco and everything isn't cheap but the quality is outstanding and for me worth every penny.

Thank you,

i think I will buy it locally,

It's frustrating that I have to import all the good papers so I will have to pay 200% for the shipping costs.

i need a greencard ASAP.

zoomCat · May 23, 2016

There are lots of valid reasons to avoid shipping a printer that weighs this much to save some money, but I don't think that voltage is one of them. The user's manual for the Pro-100 lists the voltage requirements as 100-240 volts, 50-60 Hz; all you would need is a simple prong adapter almost anywhere in the world. Or you could replace the cord with the appropriate one, it just plugs into the printer.

I just got a Pixma Pro-10 after avoiding inkjet printers for a decade or so, and the output from this class of printer (I consider the Pro-10 and Pro-100 very close) is phenomenal. I wish you the best of luck whatever your decision.

zoom

YA9Productions · May 23, 2016

zoomCat said:
There are lots of valid reasons to avoid shipping a printer that weighs this much to save some money, but I don't think that voltage is one of them. The user's manual for the Pro-100 lists the voltage requirements as 100-240 volts, 50-60 Hz; all you would need is a simple prong adapter almost anywhere in the world. Or you could replace the cord with the appropriate one, it just plugs into the printer.

I just got a Pixma Pro-10 after avoiding inkjet printers for a decade or so, and the output from this class of printer (I consider the Pro-10 and Pro-100 very close) is phenomenal. I wish you the best of luck whatever your decision.

zoom

many thanks1

do u recommend the 10 more than the 100?

is the a3+ size is enough?

RalfE · May 24, 2016

YA9Productions said:
zoomCat said:

There are lots of valid reasons to avoid shipping a printer that weighs this much to save some money, but I don't think that voltage is one of them. The user's manual for the Pro-100 lists the voltage requirements as 100-240 volts, 50-60 Hz; all you would need is a simple prong adapter almost anywhere in the world. Or you could replace the cord with the appropriate one, it just plugs into the printer.

I just got a Pixma Pro-10 after avoiding inkjet printers for a decade or so, and the output from this class of printer (I consider the Pro-10 and Pro-100 very close) is phenomenal. I wish you the best of luck whatever your decision.

zoom

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many thanks1

do u recommend the 10 more than the 100?

is the a3+ size is enough?

The main difference are the ink kinds: pro-100 has dye inks, the pro-10 has pigment ink. The differences are well discussed here.
Personally, if you don't plan to sell mainly your prints the 100 is more then enough.

Regarding A3+ size and is enough: if you frame your print, it looks good with a mat till 50x70cm frames. For larger frames the mat would be too big relative to the print for my taste.

Tirpitz666 · May 24, 2016

My personal experience in buying a Pro 100 from eBay US from Europe has been very positive so far, chose a vendor with 100% feedback (even if with not that many at the time), utilised eBay International Shipping Program (that although usually being a total rip-off, for such a bulky item is actually convenient) and in one week had my printer in flawless conditions in my house, paying of course almost half of what it costs at retail here in Italy.

Can confirm that there isn't any problem with the voltage, as the power supply is auto-switching (you only need a plug adapter), while for now have not changed the initial carts yet, but so far haven't found on the web any evidence that they would be region-coded (guess that is that would be the case, much more reports on the issue would have popped out by today).

So for me the huge saving is definitely worth the risk (especially if you find even some deal with the free A3 paper included, that alone will set you back several tenths of Euros..)

zoomCat · May 24, 2016

YA9Productions said:
do u recommend the 10 more than the 100?

is the a3+ size is enough?

The only significant difference that I am aware of between the pro-10 and the pro-100 is the different inkset, I prefer the pigment ink used by the pro-10 but that may be a prejudice that is no longer justified by the new dye inks which have better longevity. There are other differences in the inks, but that's a different and fairly lengthy discussion that others have covered better than I could.

A3+ is big enough for my purposes, there are few places in my house where I can stand far enough away from the wall to appreciate an A2 print. And stepping up to the pro-1000 is a big increase, in both cost and weight. At this point if I want something that big I'll have to have it done commercially. I've got a panorama that I'm considering doing that with, the extra $1000US I'd have had to spend on the pro-1000 should cover that.

zoom

YA9Productions · May 25, 2016

RalfE said:
YA9Productions said:

zoomCat said:

There are lots of valid reasons to avoid shipping a printer that weighs this much to save some money, but I don't think that voltage is one of them. The user's manual for the Pro-100 lists the voltage requirements as 100-240 volts, 50-60 Hz; all you would need is a simple prong adapter almost anywhere in the world. Or you could replace the cord with the appropriate one, it just plugs into the printer.

I just got a Pixma Pro-10 after avoiding inkjet printers for a decade or so, and the output from this class of printer (I consider the Pro-10 and Pro-100 very close) is phenomenal. I wish you the best of luck whatever your decision.

zoom

Click to expand...

many thanks1

do u recommend the 10 more than the 100?

is the a3+ size is enough?

Click to expand...

The main difference are the ink kinds: pro-100 has dye inks, the pro-10 has pigment ink. The differences are well discussed here.
Personally, if you don't plan to sell mainly your prints the 100 is more then enough.

Regarding A3+ size and is enough: if you frame your print, it looks good with a mat till 50x70cm frames. For larger frames the mat would be too big relative to the print for my taste.

I do plan to sell my prints,

if I will use the best paper as canon platinum pro etc, I have read the ink will be safe for 100 years+

I also like the fact that it has better results on glossy paper than the pigment version.

But I do planing to sell my prints, most people will want a Matt print? or a glossy print?

Jimmy C · May 25, 2016

YA9Productions said:
I do plan to sell my prints,

if I will use the best paper as canon platinum pro etc, I have read the ink will be safe for 100 years+

This is not true. https://www.usa.canon.com/sites/Chromalife100Plus/light.html

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