Two-way paper feeding provides a rear tray for most supported media types and a dedicated manual feed in the back of the printer to load thicker papers.The new Print Studio Pro plug-in provides more "effective printing solutions and can directly hand-over image data".The Optimum Image Generating System uses two image optimization technologies first introduced in the Pixma Pro-1.
Three monochrome inks (ChromaLife 100+ Black, Gray and Light Gray) for true monochrome prints.Canon Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering features a patented print head that enables printing with microscopic droplets and high resolution up to 4800x2400 dpi.Professional quality photos on various media up to 13x19 inches.You might think of the Pro-100 as something of a hybrid made from the Pro-1 and the Pro9000 Mark II.Ĭanon lists the major features of the Pro-100 as: Previously the Pro9000 Mark II dye-based printer included just one black ink, making the Pro-100 the first Canon dye-based printer with multiple monochrome inks.įaster than the Pro-10, Canon says the Pro-100 can print a 13x19 high-quality color, bordered image in 90 seconds and a high-quality, bordered black-and-white print in three minutes, 5.4 times faster than previous models. The $499 Pro-100 uses the eight-color ChromaLife 100+ dye-based ink system, which includes three monochrome inks. Even if you have a Pro pigment printer, the Pro-100 might be a worthwhile addition. In our Pro-1 review we found that the pigment was not as brilliant as the dyes used in the Pro9000 Mark II so we have been anxious to try a Pro dye printer. But in the minds of photographers, a printer must be pigment-based to sell." Today's dye technology, he said, has "a 300 year lifespan, and the fading durability is almost identical to pigment. We decided to start with the Pro-100 because we remembered a remark Canon's Katsuichi Shimizu made in an interview with Dave at the Pro-1 launch.