Canon pixma pro 9000 mk ii

[Steelsun]

Anyone have and use this printer?

Might possibly buy this to use for a few events where I need to print 50-80 8x10s onsite.

Wondering about some real world experiences on it, including:

8x10 print time (borderless or centered on 8.5x11)

Drying time for the print? (they will be signed by a celeb soon after printing then placed in custom matts&frames.)

How sturdy us it? Will it stand up to being moved via car a few times?

Overall impression?

Ready availability of inks at stores in case of emergency restocking need?


Thanks.

[Steelsun]

So I am guessing that no one here uses this printer?

[hhscr]

I have the pro 9500 that is a sister printer to this one using 10 pigment inks instead of 8 dye based.

I can tell you how it performs compared to Canons posted information. Of course YMMV.

Printing using PS4 and the Canon Driver supplied with printer. IMac Desktop Computer with 4gb memory.

Canon posted speed printing an 8x10 using standard setting 2 min 7 sec.
My speed 8.5x11 borderless standard setting 4min 2 sec.
My speed 8.5x11 borderless high setting 8 min 10 sec.

Its hard for the naked eye to discern a difference between the two prints, at least for me anyway.

This is from the moment the paper is pulled into the printer until it comes out finished.

The Canon posted speed for the 9000 in Standard mode for 8x10 is 43 sec.

As for drying time I would not recommend immediate handling or framing. Here is a recommendation that seems pretty standard for inkjet prints:

Inkjet prints (especially when made on RC photo paper) need to “cure” for at least 24 hours after being printed, before being framed, laminated or placed in plastic pages. While the print may feel dry to the touch soon after leav- ing the printer, it will continue to emit vapors from the ink solvents. Epson recommends placing a sheet of plain paper on top of the inkjet print 15 minutes after it is printed, and leaving it there for 24 hours. If you are making multiple prints, it’s OK to stack them with plain paper interleaves. The paper sheets will absorb the gases and accelerate the curing process. After 24 hours, if the plain paper is wavy, insert new clean sheets of paper and wait another 24 hours. If you frame or enclose an inkjet print immediately after it’s printed, a layer of haze will coat the inside of the frame. This is the ink solvent out-gassing. Remove the print, let it dry under a sheet of plain paper for 24 hours, clean the frame’s glass, then reframe. Properly curing prints first eliminates this problem.


Printer is Heavy at close to 35 pounds, so not sure you would want to carry it around much. The 9500 is pretty sturdy, but not sure how well it will tolerate car traveling.

As far as overall impression. If you want a final print that will blow you away on quality, by all means go get one. As for portability and speed you might look for something else.

Inks for the 9000 are usually available at most office supply locations and even some wally worlds, thats not the case for the 9500.

A dyesub printer is best for drying time but it comes with other drawbacks, check this site for more info:

Dye-sublimation printer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hope this helps.

[mmuhlenkamp]

I use the Mark I at work, and it works great, but I wouldn't say it's easily portable. It's pretty large and fairly heavy. It can also be finicky from time to time (had it stop recognizing a magenta cartridge, but a new cartridge fixed the problem). It can run through ink pretty quickly, but it will not start a job it can't complete (won't run out of a color while printing).

Great printer, but if all you're wanting are 8X10s I'd look for something smaller and more portable.

[Steelsun]

Mucho Thanks to both of you!