Canon PIXMA PRO-200

A new and improved dye-based printer

Canon’s PIXMA PRO-100S has long been our favourite A3+/13-inch pro-grade printer for creating photo prints on glossy paper. Running on eight dye-based inks, including black, grey and light grey, it delivered smooth glossy prints with immaculate colour rendition and good tonal expression for black-and-white photographs.

A new range of inks aims for greater colour space, superior vibrancy and deeper reds, blues and blacks. Paper handling is intuitive, as in the PRO-300 on test, with an upright rear feeder and secondary manual feeder, which enables custom print lengths of up to 39 inches. There’s also a new 3-inch colour LCD screen and compatibility with Canon’s Professional Print & Layout software, as well as wideranging fine art media from the likes of Canson and Hahnemühle.

Performance

Printing is quick and, as is often the case these days, the difference in print quality between standard and highest quality modes can look negligible. Even in standard mode, the PRO-200 delivers lush photo print quality.

N-photo verdict

It’s simply the best in the group for printing on glossy photo paper, and a sizeable upgrade over the older model.

Ink cost (per ml)

Dye-based inks are often cheaper to produce but running costs are a little higher than for the PRO-300.

Print speed (mins)

It’s a fast printer in all quality modes and prints are pretty much touch-dry on output.