Compare Prices : Canon PIXMA Pro 9500 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: It's taken roughly 18 months for Canon to bring the Pixma Pro9500 printer to the market, which is surprising as so much of it is identical to the Pixma Pro9000, which launched in October 2006. However, the new model uses a completely different ink set ...

Verdict: The Pixma Pro9500 is the quietest of the A3+ desktop printers on the current market. It's also the slowest, being positively snail-like when compared with the Pro9000 - but only a little slower than its rivals. We recorded the following average ...

Review summary: The Canon Pixma Pro9500 represents Canon's entry into the higher end of the photo printer market, which includes Epson's Stylus Photo R2400 and Hewlett-Packard's Photosmart Pro B9180.

Verdict: Canon's Pixma Pro9500 is a decent printer that produces very good prints, especially if you're using Canon's matte and fine art papers - and if you have the most current driver. We wouldn't recommend it if you planned to print solely on glossy paper, ...

Review summary: Canon's Pixma Pro9500 is a decent printer that produces very good prints, especially if you're using Canon's matte and fine art papers-and if you have the most current driver. Best Current Price: (via )

Pros: Very good print quality on matte-finish and art papers ; prints on thick papers up to 13 inches by 19 inches ; long-lasting prints ; good ink cartridge life

Cons: Color profiles that ship with the printer are sub-par ; not the best printer for glossy prints ; slow

Verdict: Canon takes first step into photo pro printer market

Award: Editor's Choice!

Review summary: The Canon Pixma Pro9500 uses ten ink tanks to print high-quality photos and graphics at sizes up to 13 by 19 inches.

Pros: High-quality color photos and graphics. Maximum 13-by-19-inch paper size. Various fine-art papers available.

Cons: Slow.

Verdict: Canon's top-of-the-line desktop photo printer does a great job with graphics and with most photos, but it's notably slow.

Review summary: Pro9500s are able to print deeply expressive prints utilizing a 10 ink system - cyan, magenta, yellow, green, red, photo cyan, photo magenta, photo black,matte black and gray inks. The printer features a wide color space that rivals positive film and ...

Verdict: Now the photographer or artist can print on a wide variety of paper types with sizes up to 13" x 19". This printer has a front feeder for thick art papers, in addition to the automatic sheet feederon the top. Canon has added two new fine art printing ...