As the midlevel model in Canon's professional inkjet photo printer line, the Canon Pixma PRO-10 ($699) strikes a good balance between price, ink cost, and photo quality. It prints gallery-worthy photos, and-like the other models in the series-it does particularly well with monochrome prints, and...

Outputs gallery-worthy photos; Especially good with monochrome photo printing; Excellent text quality

Can't print from paper rolls

While there are some significant feature differences between these three machines, the primary difference is the number of ink cartridges each model uses, which, as you can imagine, can greatly affect the printer's "color range," or "color depth.

As the midlevel model in Canon's professional inkjet photo printer line, the Canon Pixma PRO-10 ($699) strikes a good balance between price, ink cost, and photo quality. It prints gallery-worthy photos, and—like the other models in the series—it does particularly well with monochrome prints, and other photos with dark backgrounds. Although it lacks some of the features of the Editors' Choice Epson Stylus Photo R3000 , like an LCD and the ability to print from paper rolls, as well as that printer's superb graphics quality and speed, the PRO-10 is easy to recommend for professionals and serious amateurs alike. Design and Features The matte-black PRO-10 is a large, wide printer that you'll want to set on a table or bench. At 8.5 by 27.2 by 15.2 inches (HWD) when closed, the PRO-10 is the same size as the Canon Pixma PRO-100 ($518.94 at Amazon) . It's slightly larger than its closest Epson counterpart, the Epson R3000, though it lacks the latter's LCD screen. Instead, data such as i...

The Canon Pixma PRO-10 photo printer can output gallery-worthy prints, and is an especially good choice if your photographic style tends toward the noir.

Outputs gallery-worthy photos; Especially good with monochrome photo printing; Excellent text quality

Can't print from paper rolls

Many of the photographs taken these days are shot with smartphones, and most of these cameras are between eight to sixteen megapixels, with a few notable exceptions. That’s fine if you’re going to post the images online or print them out at 4 × 6 or 8 × 10 inches, which a standard photo inkjet printer will suffice. But if you shoot with a digital SLR or other high-end camera, however, especially a “prosumer” model, it’s an entirely different story. These cameras capture images with a very high pixel count and enough metadata to produce professional-quality prints at very large sizes. To print these high-resolution images with the sharpest details and accurate colors, you’ll need a printer capable of doing justice to the image file. One such model is the Canon Pixma Pro-10 ($400), a wide-format photo printer specifically targeted at users who want the very best output. We’re talking prints worthy of an art gallery. Keep in mind that the Pro-10 is a very high-quality professional photo p...

Very good output quality when printing high-resolution image files; Large capacity ink cartridges; Three black inks can generate excellent monochrome prints; Wi-Fi connectivity;

Large and heavy; No memory card slots; Can only handle cut sheet paper, not rolls; Speed is not its forte;

The most difficult aspect of using Canon's 10-pigment ink printer is getting it out of the box. It's a heavy printer in a tightly-packed box. At least half of the setup time came from maneuvering the printer from doorstep to printer table.

Canon's 13x19"-sized printers, the PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II and PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II, have had a longer life than most, but have been replaced with two new models that are similar to the PIXMA PRO-1, introduced over a year ago.

This is the newest addition to the Canon range of pigment inkjet printers. It handles paper up to A3+ (32.9×48.3cm) and also prints on blank discs. It can use heavy art papers by opening up the back feed-through tray, which means the printer – which is heavy at 20kg – needs a large desktop area on...

The Canon Pixma Pro-10 is a printer aimed at professionals and dedicated enthusiasts who value beautiful photographic prints and want to make them themselves. Sending your prints out to a pro lab will probably cost less and give you more options (like very large prints).

Nearly as fine as the Pro-1, but slower. The Canon Pixma Pro-10's photos look gorgeous, testers say: vivid, natural colors and crisp black-and-whites. Side-by-side, experts like the Pro-1's prints slightly better -- but they stress that it's a slight difference. Both can also print very nice text.

Superb photos up to 13 by 19 inches; 10 ink cartridges; including three monochrome inks; Fast; automatic black ink switching; Chroma optimizer improves glossy prints; Smooth and reliable

Small ink cartridges aren't for high-volume printing

The Pro-100 added dye printing to Canon's new Pro line of printers. The Pro-10 provides a second pigment option in the lineup. It brings the Pro-1's paper handling and CD printing to the simpler cartridge/print head design borrowed from the Pro9500 Mark II.