Canon Pixma Pro-100S

£370/$400 Fast, smooth, and great value at the price

Running on eight dye-based inks, the Pro-100S is engineered to deliver exceptionally smooth, top-quality output for both colour and mono photo prints, on glossy, semigloss and lustre papers. Build quality feels suitably ‘professional’, with a very sturdy chassis and high-grade components throughout.

Connectivity is good as well, with built-in USB 2.0, Ethernet and Wi-Fi. Indeed, cloud-based printing compatibility is the main upgrade over the original Pro-100 model. As with the competing A3+ printers on test, there’s no facility for printing direct from memory cards, nor is there a built-in scanner.

Performance

There’s no beating this printer for colour and mono photo printing on glossy, semi-glossy and lustre paper. Tonal range is excellent with superb definition in highlights and lowlights alike.

Full-size A3+ printing is based on eight separate cartridges of dye-based ink. Printing onto CDs and DVDs is supported.

Like the Pro-10S, the printer weighs about 20kg and is built on a very sturdy chassis.