Did you install the Canon Print Studio Plugin for Photoshop? It makes all that stuff very easy.Not just managing colour - every aspect of it , size , shape, papertype, borderless or not, thick/thin paper, button pressing
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Did you install the Canon Print Studio Plugin for Photoshop? It makes all that stuff very easy.Not just managing colour - every aspect of it , size , shape, papertype, borderless or not, thick/thin paper, button pressing
So you use up all your ink/dye in your quality photo printer for basic docs. It takes more expensive consumables than a standard printer. It's not really cost effective. Yes, you can do it but imho, I'd rather have purpose built gear for photography.Just a question for everyone here - I’ve been wanting a photo printer for sometime, but I also do regular printing, and I would ideally like to use a photo printer for all my printing needs. Is it possible to use a photo printer for all purpose printing, or must I own two separate printers?
For me this is the part I get hung up on - I just don’t see the need to own two separate printers, and I still do a ton of all purpose printing (ie document printing, school assignments, etc). The only way for me to make a photo printer work is to use it for everything.
They need to update their drivers to allow you to print longer prints like the Epsons allow. Some Linux drivers would be useful as well. The fact that you have to pay more for the drivers than the printer on Linux is insane. If every other manufacturer on the planet can do it Canon can as well.
My Pro-10 is a beer holder while I drum
Absolutely!Owning a DSLR isn't a cost effective way of taking pictures.
Printers shouldn't be looked at as cost effective items to save us money on prints, rather a modern version of the darkroom where we are truly able to take our craft from conception to completion.
Not just managing colour - every aspect of it , size , shape, papertype, borderless or not, thick/thin paper, button pressing
Is it possible to use a photo printer for all purpose printing, or must I own two separate printers?
You should be able to define a custom sheet size up to 26 inches long on the Canon pro 100. I don't know about the pro-10
for the Pro-100:
Non-standard sizes:
You can print on non-standard size paper within the following ranges.
rear tray
- Minimum size: 3.50 x 5.00 inches (89.0 x 127.0 mm)
- Maximum size: 12.95 x 26.61 inches (329.0 x 676.0 mm)
manual feed tray
- Minimum size: 8.00 x 10.00 inches (203.2 x 254.0 mm)
- Maximum size: 14.00 x 23.00 inches (355.6 x 584.2 mm)
I'd say it's a bit simpler to print long sheets on the epson's but it works OK on my pro-100 and the ink nozzles don't clog up constantly on the Canon so there are pro's and con's to each.
As far as I can tell the whole point of using Linux is so that you can complain about the lack of support.
I fully agree. I have a pro 100 then put a cheap laser jet in the office. When the toner runs out in the laser jet I just replace the whole printer as it is cheaper than buying the toner alone.No. A really good photo printer uses inks that are too expensive for everyday printing. If the quality of prints made with a cheaper and simpler inkjet printers for your are OK, you might use the same printer. If you need a semi-pro or pro photo printer, you'll need two printers. That kind of printer won't have good paper management for everyday printer also, like trays for hundred of sheets, or duplex.
Especially, you can get a duplex laser printer, even a color one, which is IMHO better than an inkjet for most documents that aren't photo.
Not sure if there is an actual physical limitation but yes the 26in limit does seem arbitrary. I probably wouldn’t print any wider than that but I can see where others might. Interesting regarding the print drivers but that’s outside my sphere so can’t comment on that.Epsons don't have the limitation at 26" length. I can print a 40' pano if I wanted to. If the plan is to give the printers away and them get rich selling ink and paper why not allow us to burn a couple of hundred dollars printing crazy panos if we want?
Linux uses the CUPS printing daemon that Apple developed. Printer support under Linux has been plug and play for atleast a decade across manufactures with the exception of the Canon photo printers. No one is asking Canon to actually do any thing other than to stop threatening the open source community with their non-sense software patents which 90% of the world doesn't recognize. They gain absolutely nothing from stopping the open source community from making applications that allow people to use their Canon gear, unless you think Canon is rolling in the lolly from big sales of their awesome photo editing software.
also dedicated photo printers in large size tend to be very slow compared to regular general purpose types, even when printing equal a4 size on regular quality slightly faster modes they are usually significantly slower than a GP printer set to high quality slow mode generally. Very much different tool for different jobs and it is far less cost effective using a decent dedicated photo unit for general print jobs as one is for quality and accuracy in a small niche and one is for convenience and speed in general use. If you are on the fence you'd probably be safe living without one as those who would get the use from it know it generally.Just a question for everyone here - I’ve been wanting a photo printer for sometime, but I also do regular printing, and I would ideally like to use a photo printer for all my printing needs. Is it possible to use a photo printer for all purpose printing, or must I own two separate printers?
For me this is the part I get hung up on - I just don’t see the need to own two separate printers, and I still do a ton of all purpose printing (ie document printing, school assignments, etc). The only way for me to make a photo printer work is to use it for everything.
Would be nice if Canon ever wrote some Linux drivers for their printers