Serious photo printers tend to trundle along with fairly conservative specifications and an equally serious asking price. The Pro-1 is Canon’s newest entry into the high-end market for studios and dedicated home photographers: an A3 printer that uses 12 (yes, 12) ink tanks. Along with the plentiful ink supplies, it also comes with what Canon calls a “Chroma Optimizer” which apparently gives uniform glossiness and sharp blacks on prints.
Compared to previous Pro models, the Pro-1 now has ink tanks with 2.5x greater capacity and is a lot more speedy, producing a full-colour A3 print in two minutes 55 seconds.
That’s a full five minutes faster than before. It also doubles the input resolution from the previous model to 1200 pixels per inch. It’s networked – of course – with an Ethernet connection. Similar to professional-grade printers the Pro-1 comes with a mist fan and tubular ink supply.
Professional-quality prints from the Pro-1 will be available in Australia from November when it goes on sale for AU$1499.