Does anyone have any info. about whether this printer will make a noticeable difference in 16 x 20 prints when printing a sharp image from the 5DS / 5DSR, compared to an Epson 7900 or 3800?
Canon states it can print 1200 dpi and they are providing a 16 bit driver plug-in for Photoshop. Will saving your files as a 16 bit TIFF vs. an 8 bit TIFF, and sending a 16 bit TIFF to the printer give you a better quality print?
Will probably just have to wait for test reviews, but maybe someone has some info. about this already.
atodzia wrote:
Does anyone have any info. about whether this printer will make a noticeable difference in 16 x 20 prints when printing a sharp image from the 5DS / 5DSR, compared to an Epson 7900 or 3800?
Canon states it can print 1200 dpi
as opposed to the 2880 dpi of the Epson printers?
atodzia wrote:
and they are providing a 16 bit driver plug-in for Photoshop. Will saving your files as a 16 bit TIFF vs. an 8 bit TIFF, and sending a 16 bit TIFF to the printer give you a better quality print?
The difference between 8 and 16 bit printing is negligible; it is slightly better.
DPI, (dots per inch) with numbers like 1200 and 2880 dpi refer to the dots of various ink colors that are laid down next to one another to create the color you see, like the way magenta and yellow make red in the subtractive color model (printer), or the way yellow and blue make green in the additive color model (monitor).
PPI (pixels per inch) refers to the actual resolution of the image. The native resolution of Epson printers is 720 PPI and the native resolution of Canon printers is 600 PPI.
dmcphoto wrote:
DPI, (dots per inch) with numbers like 1200 and 2880 dpi refer to the dots of various ink colors that are laid down next to one another to create the color you see, like the way magenta and yellow make red in the subtractive color model (printer), or the way yellow and blue make green in the additive color model (monitor).
PPI (pixels per inch) refers to the actual resolution of the image. The native resolution of Epson printers is 720 PPI and the native resolution of Canon printers is 600 PPI.
So it sounds like Canon is still trying to catch up to Epson's print quality even though they put an "L" designation to the new printer and are "pairing it up" with a 5DS, talking about getting the best resolution from this camera in prints.
I just hope they don't cripple the driver and force the ridiculous border for fine art and matte papers like they do for the smaller printers.
I would like to get one of these, IF I can use the papers I wish, in any way I wish.
Well, I just got my Pro-1000 set up yesterday, there is a lack of ICC profiles of course, so I will make my own. So far, it's incredible, but the priming of the print head used half of the full sized ink tanks that it came with. Hopefully it will sip ink from here on out. I bought this to replace my Pro-10 which was constantly out of at least one color and I couldn't stand it anymore.
buggz2k wrote:
I just hope they don't cripple the driver and force the ridiculous border for fine art and matte papers like they do for the smaller printers.
I would like to get one of these, IF I can use the papers I wish, in any way I wish.
I use the suggested work around from Canon to get full borderless 13x19 prints on fine art and matte papers. This works fine for me and the prints look great, and no head strikes so far.
"As long as you don't choose the Fine art media type setting and use the ICC profile for the Fine Art paper you are using you can print borderless. Most ICC profile manufacturers I've seen recommend using the Premium Matte driver setting along with their ICC profile which will allow you to print borderless. The Pro9000 did have the same restriction if you chose Fine Art, but used the same workaround of choosing Matte. The reason for this is that Canon has found that when you print Borderless on Fine Art Paper using the Fine Art settings, curling of the paper often occurred, so it was decided to prevent this that option would be disabled when Fine Art paper was chosen from the Media Type."
The problem with the workaround is that on some Canon printers, unless Fine Art paper is chosen, photo black ink is used. And that really shoves your Dmax down the loo.
Canon printer drivers in the ipf series and pro series allow you to print from the RAW file. it seems pointless to convert to TIFF to make a print when you can print directly from the RAW file. i think, correct me if i am wrong, Canon is one of the only print drivers that can print directly from RAW files. i can't recall if directly printing from RAW is 16 or 14 bit.
Can anyone with the printer confirm the maximum print length?
Canon's specs don't indicate whether the printer will print longer than 22" cut sheet media, and although the printer doesn't have a roll holder, it's important for some that it can print pano's on longer media sizes.
"Canon printer drivers in the ipf series and pro series allow you to print from the RAW file. it seems pointless to convert to TIFF to make a print when you can print directly from the RAW file. i think, correct me if i am wrong, Canon is one of the only print drivers that can print directly from RAW files. i can't recall if directly printing from RAW is 16 or 14 bit. "
Why would you even want to print directly from a RAW file. Pointless to convert to tiff? Nah. Retouching, color and tonal correction, sharpening, cropping, straightening, etc, etc, etc. This idea is about as smart as the direct print button Canon had on so many of even their professional cameras.
