Canon S9000 Review Online

[Michael Reichmann]

There is now a comprehensive hands-on review of the Canon S9000 at The Luminous Landscape.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/s9000.htm

Finally there is some real competition for Epson in the wide carriage photo printer market.

Michael
http://www.luminous-landscape.com

 

[lilharley]

Good review and pretty much what I have seen (as far as Epson papers), although my favorite is still Canon PPP.

There is now a comprehensive hands-on review of the Canon S9000 at
The Luminous Landscape.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/s9000.htm

Finally there is some real competition for Epson in the wide
carriage photo printer market.

Michael
http://www.luminous-landscape.com

--Mike

 

[Ulysses]

A very respected site, with a very favorable review.

Wow... Even the Epson PM-4000PX may be able to deliver a knock-out blow, at best perhaps being about even in the overall... if it even comes to the US/UK.

There is now a comprehensive hands-on review of the Canon S9000 at
The Luminous Landscape.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/s9000.htm

Finally there is some real competition for Epson in the wide
carriage photo printer market.

Michael
http://www.luminous-landscape.com

-- Ulysses

 

[Ulysses]

Quote from the review:

"Unlike previous generation Canon printers, where the heads needed to be replaced periodically, the heads on the S9000 are permanent and are covered by the standard 1 year warranty. But, if the heads ever do need to be replaced this can be done by the user by simply flipping a lever. Again, thoughtful user-friendly design. (I have been told that a replacement head assembly will cost about U.S. $175)."

There is now a comprehensive hands-on review of the Canon S9000 at
The Luminous Landscape.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/s9000.htm

-- Ulysses

 

[Peter Gregg]

I am glad to finally read a great review from a very respected site. This review will carry great weight for me. Thank you.

The biggest question for me is quality. The next biggest question, or I should say EQUAL to quality is life span of the print.

We take pictures of young people today and if they are 18 or younger the 25 years is not long enough. In 25 years they will be 40 or younger. The prints need to go on till they are in their 60's 70's and 80's. And what about passing pictures down to the next generation?

I don't think I am being unreasonable. Any young men here? You want to hang pictures on your wall that when you are 40 or 50 start going bad? What if it was art that you paid for?

That is why I look at the longevity of the print. Am I wrong to put a great amount of weight on life span?

Pete

 

[mook jackson]

Archival is important.
Mook

I am glad to finally read a great review from a very respected
site. This review will carry great weight for me. Thank you.

The biggest question for me is quality. The next biggest question,
or I should say EQUAL to quality is life span of the print.

We take pictures of young people today and if they are 18 or
younger the 25 years is not long enough. In 25 years they will be
40 or younger. The prints need to go on till they are in their 60's
70's and 80's. And what about passing pictures down to the next
generation?

I don't think I am being unreasonable. Any young men here? You want
to hang pictures on your wall that when you are 40 or 50 start
going bad? What if it was art that you paid for?

That is why I look at the longevity of the print. Am I wrong to put
a great amount of weight on life span?

Pete

 

[budhines]

Thanks Michael for a thorough and professional review of this printer. We can always count on you to answer the important questions.

I too have a problem with the 25 year print life (????) of the current crop of printers and inks, and the 2000P wasn't the answer as far as I was concerned.

Being an older member of the photo community I can easily go back to color prints I made in the early 70s and they still look fine. I currently use Fuji crystal in a traditional darkroom for images I sell. I don't know how some of these new wedding photograpers can deliver digital prints which they certainly know the Bride and Groom won't be able to show to their grandchildren. I still have a print of my grandparents wedding from 1912.

Bud

I am glad to finally read a great review from a very respected
site. This review will carry great weight for me. Thank you.

The biggest question for me is quality. The next biggest question,
or I should say EQUAL to quality is life span of the print.

We take pictures of young people today and if they are 18 or
younger the 25 years is not long enough. In 25 years they will be
40 or younger. The prints need to go on till they are in their 60's
70's and 80's. And what about passing pictures down to the next
generation?

I don't think I am being unreasonable. Any young men here? You want
to hang pictures on your wall that when you are 40 or 50 start
going bad? What if it was art that you paid for?

That is why I look at the longevity of the print. Am I wrong to put
a great amount of weight on life span?

Pete

 

[advid]

... whenever I sell my prints to customers I always put the original image(s) onto CD and give it to them saying that If/when the prints start to discolor in about 20+ years time - they can use the cd to print out another onto whatever printing format will be available in the year 2022... I bet it won't be inkjets

(( the good old cd probably won't be around either but as its digital they can always get it transfered to whatever medium is being used at the time...))

Bud

I am glad to finally read a great review from a very respected
site. This review will carry great weight for me. Thank you.

The biggest question for me is quality. The next biggest question,
or I should say EQUAL to quality is life span of the print.

We take pictures of young people today and if they are 18 or
younger the 25 years is not long enough. In 25 years they will be
40 or younger. The prints need to go on till they are in their 60's
70's and 80's. And what about passing pictures down to the next
generation?

I don't think I am being unreasonable. Any young men here? You want
to hang pictures on your wall that when you are 40 or 50 start
going bad? What if it was art that you paid for?

That is why I look at the longevity of the print. Am I wrong to put
a great amount of weight on life span?

Pete

--www.pbase.com/gallery/advidOLY-2100 - OLY-3030 - B300

 

[Hendrik van der Veen]

Thank you for your review. I’m happy I ordered the S9000. I saw the industry-standard test file on your page, and it’s a great picture for testing.

Can I download that file somewhere? The 44 MB file size is no problem.

Greetings Hendrik

There is now a comprehensive hands-on review of the Canon S9000 at
The Luminous Landscape.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/s9000.htm

Finally there is some real competition for Epson in the wide
carriage photo printer market.

Michael
http://www.luminous-landscape.com

 

[Michael Reichmann]

The 46MB test file is from Photodisk. It used to be publicly avaialble from their FTP site, but now password access appears to be necessary.

Here is a link to where you can download a smaller version than the 46MB original.

http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/custom/

Michael

 

[Hendrik van der Veen]

Thank you, it's a great image.

Greetings Hendrik

The 46MB test file is from Photodisk. It used to be publicly
avaialble from their FTP site, but now password access appears to
be necessary.

Here is a link to where you can download a smaller version than the
46MB original.

http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/custom/

Michael

 

[EmilP]

... whenever I sell my prints to customers I always put the
original image(s) onto CD and give it to them saying that If/when
the prints start to discolor in about 20+ years time - they can use
the cd to print out another onto whatever printing format will be
available in the year 2022... I bet it won't be inkjets
(( the good old cd probably won't be around either but as its
digital they can always get it transfered to whatever medium is
being used at the time...))

Having photos that last more than 20 years is important for me,too. That's why I bought a digital camera that saves picture data directly to a 3"CD(100+shots, 3mPixels at max res. Jpeg,for less than 50 cents.) The photos can be reprinted with a better printer in the future if needed.

 

[Dave64053]

I agree!

... whenever I sell my prints to customers I always put the
original image(s) onto CD and give it to them saying that If/when
the prints start to discolor in about 20+ years time - they can use
the cd to print out another onto whatever printing format will be
available in the year 2022... I bet it won't be inkjets
(( the good old cd probably won't be around either but as its
digital they can always get it transfered to whatever medium is
being used at the time...))

Having photos that last more than 20 years is important for me,too.
That's why I bought a digital camera that saves picture data
directly to a 3"CD(100+shots, 3mPixels at max res. Jpeg,for less
than 50 cents.) The photos can be reprinted with a better printer
in the future if needed.

 

[Ulysses]

While we have no real details to go on as to fastness and archivability with Epson papers (and the review acknowledges that), it's good to see a source like this say:

"I'm pleased to report that the Canon printer and Epson papers look as if they were made for each other. No drying problems, no splotching, no bronzing. Just excellent, sharp, colourful prints on most every Epson paper that I tried."

With the warning again that we don't know the long-term results with this combination.

There is now a comprehensive hands-on review of the Canon S9000 at
The Luminous Landscape.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/s9000.htm

Finally there is some real competition for Epson in the wide
carriage photo printer market.

Michael
http://www.luminous-landscape.com

-- Ulysses