jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

I have the Pro-1000 and love it. I'm not getting a lot of use out of it because I'm not printing anything but my own stuff but the ink lasts a long time, and the quality is awesome. It also does some very large prints which are really nice. I use a lot of the Red River 17x25 paper which seems to be reasonably priced and works like a charm.

rbmartiniv Loc: Nacogdoches, TX

I have a Canon Pro-1000 and it prints up to 13"x19" beautifully. I like it.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

I use an Epson P800 printer and I'm VERY happy with it. I'm sure the Canon models are good as well, but I have always had Epson. For cost-of-ink comparisons, check out the Red River Paper website. You might also consider using their paper as I am now using it exclusively. As far as shipping to/from Russia, I am clueless! Best of luck.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

I have the Pro-100 and also am very happy with it.

stuart416

Canon Pixma PRO-100. Hard to beat. Ink can be a bit costly, but worth it. Results are always outstanding and the printer is not too expensive. I purchase in from LD. Good quality for a much lower price.

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

I have the Pro-100 and am very happy with it. It uses the dye ink rather than the pigment ink - 8 tanks - and can print 13x19s (or longer, I think - there is some way to use longer paper, I believe, in the custom settings but I've never had a need to try it)

mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

I’ve had my P800 for almost two years, with frequent long periods of use when I’m traveling. So far, no clogging issues at all. The same is NOT true of the Canon Pro-1.

mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

Typo. “Use” should have been “disuse”

The Watcher

Sounds to me like the OP doesn’t know much about his Russian girlfriend. I wonder if he’s just trying to please a mail order bride.

Ron Dial Loc: Cuenca, Ecuador

what size output do you need? The Epson line of printers is a little more expensive, but the inks tend to a bit less, and they produce great results. But the printer you purchase for photos should not be used for everyday needs. Very few "do it all" printers can print a decent photo.

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

I concur on the Epson. I have found that their print drivers are superior to Canon's for Apple computers. Most of the pros I know use Epson. If you don't need the large prints, the P600 is less expensive and high quality also.

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

That was one of the most thorough and well written reviews I have read in a long time. I have been looking into a printer for photos as well, but had not seen that review before. Thanks for posting it.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I got my Canon Pro-100 for free during a sale, bundled with a camera I was purchasing. List price of the Pro-10 is $370, but it's often on sale or bundled with other gear. Right now in the U.S., through May 31 it's being offered with a $250 mail in rebate, so the net cost for the printer is about $120 (includes a half-filled "starter" set of inks, as well as a package of paper worth $50). 13" wide and makes very nice prints. The dye-based "Chromalife" inks are rated for 100+ year life. The Pro-100 uses eight ink tanks, 13ml each (black, gray, light gray, yellow, magenta, light magenta, cyan and light cyan).... around $125 for a full set of OEM inks, $16 for black alone, a bit more for other colors individually.

I primarily use the Pro-100 for glossy and luster finish high quality papers, where it works very well. I also use it for lower quality thumbnail catalogs and proofing on cheaper papers.

The Canon Pro-10 lists for $700, but also is often on sale... Right now with the same $250 mail-in rebate, for net cost of $450 (also with a starter set of inks and a pack of paper worth about $50). The Pro-10 is the same 13" wide format, but instead uses pigment "Lucia" inks that are rated for 200+ years life. It uses ten ink tanks (same colors as above, plus a red ink and a chroma optimizer). A full set of inks for it sell for about $140. Individual black sells for $15. I think the Pro-10's ink cartridges are about the same size as the Pro-10's, but Canon isn't very forth-coming about ink cartridge capacities!

When you go larger than 13", the price of ink and paper supplies increases significantly. For example, the 17" wide Pro-1000 uses twelve ink tanks (same as above, plus a blue ink and a matte black). The Pro-1000's 80ml ink tanks are much larger than the 13" printer tanks, but also are considerably more expensive. They sell for about $60 apiece... and AFAIK are only available individually. So you are getting about 6X more ink in each cartridge, but a full set of cartridges will cost around $700... close to 6X as much cost.

I cannot compare to the cost to purchase operate current Epson 13" and 17" printers. In the past I've used a couple of the Epson 13".... but it's been years (and the last one I converted to B&W only). Primarily for lower quality proofs and thumbnail catalogs (as well as general "office" purposes) I used an older six-color Epson 8.5" inkjet until recently, which used ink tanks about the same size as the Pro-10's, which cost about the same per cartridge, but weren't nearly as efficiently used as the Pro-10's. As a result of wasted ink, that old Epson was significantly more expensive to use.

I also use a 13" wide HP B9180 printer... unfortunately no longer in production. It uses eight pigment based inks (black, matte black, gray, cyan, light cyan, yellow, magenta, light magenta) in larger individual cartridges s than other 13"... 27ml if memory serves. I really like this printer for museum quality matte finish papers. Less so for glossy and luster finishes. Initially the B9180 inks were competitively priced... but no longer in production by HP, the prices have gone through the roof. I will probably look into third party inks or refilling the cartridges I've got.

If/when I want larger prints... I send the work out. Currently it's just not something I need often enough to justify a larger format printer.

A nice thing about the Pro-10, Pro-100 an B9180 is that they all have user-replaceable ink heads. That can be handy, even if only to be able to remove and clean the heads. I don't know if the current Epson are the same.

Oh, and another thing I disliked about the older Epson I used was that they built in obsolescence... After a certain number of pages printed, the printer would quit and sent a message "printer is worn out and must be replaced". I found out this wasn't true... There are little apps available online to hack the printer and reset it's page counter. I did this four times with that old 8.5" six-color printer and it continued to work just fine until recently when it stopped feeding paper very well. IMO this was a scam by Epson, making folks think their printer was worn out and they needed a new one... even though the old one still had a lot of life left in it. I certainly hope they're not still doing this with their more recent models!

Newsbob Loc: SF Bay Area

After a lot of research. I settled on the Epson P800. I’m very pleased with the result.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

I think you mean you have the Pro-100 not the Pro-1000. The Pro-1000 will print 17" wide and up to 25" long although they only say 17x22 it will do 17x25.