I can leave my printer sitting for a while without any real problems. The best part is that these modern printers just don’t have as many problems as they used to. Canon’s plugin for Photoshop, Print Studio Pro, worked to make printing easy, as did the AirPrint support that allowed for printing from the phone.
It’s why I ended up buying my own PIXMA PRO-10, a superb 10-ink, pigment based printer that, because of the type of ink used creates archival quality, long-lasting prints at the expense of the better pop of color from a dye-based printer like the PRO-100. I should know, as my part of my job required printing hundreds of 13x19” prints with this printer to send to dealers around the country. The PRO-100 is a dye-based, 8-ink printer that creates beautiful prints up to 13x19”. If you don’t have time to watch the video, that’s all you need to know.
The list is definitely aimed at beginners, as the top printer in the bunch is the Canon PIXMA PRO-100, an aging but still awesome printer that sits at the bottom rung of Canon’s professional printers. Here are a few options to get started in the world of large format, professional printing.Ĭoming at you from Photography PX is a breakdown of the top ten starter photo printers from brands such as HP, Epson, and Canon. Fast forward more than a decade later, and that’s not the case anymore, for Epson or any other brand. Back then, whatever behemoth Epsons the school had would always jam, eat paper, spew ink, and generally make it incredibly difficult to make prints, though when they did work, those prints were beautiful.
My first experience with professional photo printers was in graduate school in the mid-2000s.