Let’s turn the clock back. It’s early 2008, and I’m wondering how to make the most of the ‘mighty’ resolution of my spanking-new 12-megapixel Nikon D300 camera. The photos look great on-screen, but I’m sure there must be more to it. Enter the Canon Pixma Pro9000, an A3+ / 13-x19-inch printer running on no less than eight dye-based inks. My first large-format glossy print was a jaw-dropping revelation. I could see a whole new level of fine detail, along with color quality and tonal range that immediately made me want to print everything and never look at my photos on a computer screen ever again.
That was then. This is now. The PIXMA PRO-200S is the latest addition to a star-studded cast of A3+ dye-based Canon printers, designed to deliver exceptional output on glossy and luster papers for both color and black-and-white photographs. It’s destined to be one of the best large-format desktop photo printers that money can buy. Speaking of which, it’s very competitively priced, as I’ll come to in a moment.
