Side by Side Comparison of: Canon vs HP

This printer is amazing. I did notice a lot of people saying it printed very bland colors but like a lot of reviews stated: there are 2 sides to the printing paper.If you use basic office printer paper, youre going to get boring icky bleeding and muted colors. I recommend you pick up actual inkjet paper. It makes a world of difference. I picked up a pack of 400 sheets for like $6.If you print of actual photo paper, it is absolutely GORGEOUS. Like...i was blown away by the amount of detail and quality.

This is a great Canon photo printer, definitely prints presentation quality photos and photos excellent enough for framing. Love that it will print up to 13x19, this is super sized!. For a business or photographer who wants to print there own awesome photos, this is the printer for you!

I LOVE this printer. I use it to print my artwork and family photos for my home. The quality of the prints is wonderful. I've experimented with both the Canon Luster paper and the Canon Photo Plus Glossy II paper. The combination of the art prints on the Luster paper has been really great. Now this printer is incredibly heavy and when you receive it warns that you need two people to carry it. I wasn't able to carry it, but my husband can manage it by himself. Before purchasing this printer I researched into other options and it seemed to be the best option I could find for professional quality large format prints for a really reasonable price. In my opinion, the only negative (apart from the weight) is that the ink is expensive at about $100-120 full set of ink.

First of all I want to dispel some myths and answer some questions about the printer. It has two (2) paper feed sections, one that is sort of on top, you can put about ¼ of a ream of paper in there and one that folds open from the back of the printer that is single sheet feeding for products that are thicker and don’t bend well. Next it works fine with Windows 10 and the software runs just fine. It takes it a while to warm up, that is typical of all top end printers, don’t shut it off ever and you will be in good shape and it will save you some ink. Also for those that are unsuspecting this printer is massive, you should expect that with so many ink tanks and 13” wide feeding, but it is huge if you have never seen it in person.Ok, now down to the nitty gritty. Setup time from box opened to my first print was about 45 min including installing software and so forth. The profiles for canon papers are not that bad depending on the paper, I tried Luster and Platinum Pro from there line. Luster was not that great, Platinum Pro was better. I also tried some Red River papers last night, I like them better than canon paper and there profiles are better. It feeds my 250gsm Aurora Art paper from the back feed with no problems. Print quality its self was better than my local Walgreens print center so long as you set it to fine, about on par if you set it to normal. Colors where great, purples and blues popped nicely when I was printing some MLP stuff for my daughter, reds and organ look nice too. Black and white is much better than a standard inkjet, but yes the Pro-10 and Pro-1 make better black and white prints (had a friend make me a couple from his studio to compare). Print time was not bad for a high end, on fine setting I hit print and go make a cup of tea, by the time I’m back the page is done. Considering I have some friends with printers that take 5 min a page, I’m pleased with the speed.The good and bad of what is in the box. Well the power cord is a good length and the documentation is not bad. The USB cord they give you is a joke, it is short, very short, only slightly longer than the printer is wide. I have not tried the tray for printing on a CD. The packaging was good and secure.Ok let’s talk value. When I ordered I was arguing between a good price point and the all-out performance of a Pro-1. I don’t print that much, some photos for my cube at my day job, some of my semi-pro photos that I sell on line and a little here and there for family. As such I did not feel that I could justify the price of a Pro-1 and figured I would try the Pro-100 and see if it met my needs. My needs are more than met. For the price point the Pro-100 cannot be beat. I am more than pleased with the purchase and with the rebate it is even better.Word on the rebate. You need to send a full copy of the receipt (showing order number and that you paid), yes Amazon is an authorized retailer, it is a good idea to pre-register the rebate and send the whole set of bar code and SN on the outside of the box and it runs fairly smooth. DO NOT send the upc on the inner flap, DO NOT peel the label off the cardboard, send the cut out cardboard.Hope that was helpful.

Bought this for my dad for Christmas. The printer is big and heavy, as expected but it prints awesome photos.He is still getting the hang of it but so far the quality of photos and and speed is great.It comes with adapters to print directly on CD's or DVD's with I think is a nice addition.Set up can be a little tedious to align the nozzles so expect to spend a half hour on it if you do manual calibration, which I did just to make sure it is calibrated good.More updates to come as time goes on.

Excellent printer! Setup was a snap ... if you use the CD installation disk. Just follow the instructions on the screen. It's set up as a network printer, but the instructions at one point tells you to hookd up the USB cable ... it's just getting information from the printer; then you disconnect the USB cable. I set it up on my wifes laptop, Windows 8 and my dual boot computer with Win XP and Win 7 x64. The software recognized my home network very quickly. The only thing that was confusing was the designation of the paper loading trays. The one on top of the printer is called the "back" tray and the one on the very back of the printer is the "manual feed" tray. Like I said, confusing at first, Setup of the ink cartridges is simple and easy. The printer is BIG and fairly heavy! I had to buy a dedicated table just to set this on, I would recommend this printer to anyone who wants professional quality printing at home.

I always dread buying printers because every time I research them, they always have negative reviews that are not necessarily helpful, but make me nervous to try them. I am a new graduate student and bought this printer because I needed a more reliable one than the HP deskjet I used in undergrad. So far, I am happy with this product as it was easy enough to set up, and is the perfect size. I had no problems hooking up the printer to my wireless network and laptop, and found it was very easy to print wirelessly. I have not had this printer for very long so I can't speak to its life span, but so far I am pleased with it and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a quality printer with little to no hassle.

I am extremely satisfied with this printer. It is a relatively compact size. Bluetooth setup was a breeze. It is very quiet when printing. AND, of course, the print quality is very good! Automatic Double sided printing is great. All in all I really could not be more satisfied. For everyday use and space-saving this is a terrific choice for your home office. Also the price is excellent for the features and if you can pick one up through the Amazon Warehouse you will get an even better bargain.

I replaced my old HP all in one with this one only because I wanted wifi printing and it is great! It has an email address that you can send documents to from anywhere and it will print them! The print quality isn't as good as my old one though. But I love the flat-bed scanner that lets me get copies from books.

After a year with this printer I can say it is ok. Print quality is not as good as my old C5200 though.
It wouldn't recognize the print cartridge last time I changed it so I called tech support and they said this is common and I just had to trash the driver and reinstall it. Took time to get to tech support.
I get new ink cartridges automatically so I never run out of ink.

I'm SO GLAD I ignored the bad reviews on here and purchased this anyway...BEST PRINTER EVER. I was worried because people said it was hard to set up, they had to reconnect it to their phone or laptop or whatever every single time they use it...blah blah blah. I haven't had any of these issues. I own my own business and don't print a lot at home but I've already printed over 100 pages in the last couple months and it's worked flawlessly.
Also- get the instant ink!!! It's so cheap and totally worth it. Spend the $5!! They give you a couple months free on top of that! Like I seriously got ink delivered a week ago and had no idea I was low!

Oh and we're short on space and sometimes pile things on top of it and it will still print just fine. Lol not that it's the best thing to do but hey I figured some other people might wonder if it would be a problem.

I never liked HP products until now, but the Envy is so easy to use and even has some nice gimmicks like the tray bar that opens up automatically and protects the sheets from falling down. It is not the fastest printer I've seen, but the quality is very good, and the best feature is that it actually orders ink from HP whenever it comes out. It took me about 5 minutes to set it up including the automatic ordering.
I can pretty much list the main features of this printer:
1) It easily (Really easy) prints from everywhere, including your mobile phone, computers connected to the network, you can even send an email to a designated email and it will print it. You can scan on the spot or from a far, pretty good.
2) This printer removes the worries from running out of ink and where to order it - it orders for you, and the model is different - you pay for pages printed, and not for the ink. For example - $4.99 per month (insignificant cost IMO) will get you up to 100 pages per month, if you need more, they have plans for that too. From here on out - print everything that you want - B&W or color - same costs.

Very happy with that purchase.

I am a teacher and I bought this printer to be able to participate in the instant ink program. The printer and the iip are great!! The best part of the printer is that it auto prints on both sides! The pics are samples of a projects I printed with this printer. Great printer for the price.

World's heaviest ink jet printer. in the box it is 60 lbs.!Out of the box and on a desk in is 43 lbs. No vibration from this baby. Works well. Simple to setup, if cryptic. Why use careful words and detailed pictures when you could use vaguer simplified icons like Japanese comic strips (no manga, please, you don't want anything entangle in this 43 lb. unit).Anyway, i hope it does not die in 3 years like the HP equivalents. Maybe it is "lift once",

Awesome prints. Just as good as if I paid Costco to print them.They only drawback is a problem that I always have with Canon products - there software is junk! None of it works worth a darn on my Windows 10 computer. This creates an issue when wanting to print to printable discs, which is you will have to make your own template in your favorite image editor (Photoshop?) to get the image to print correctly on the disc.

Excellent overall printer, printing from Lightroom processed photos requires a very hard to find plug in for LR in order to avoid skin tones being a "peachy-pink" color. Canon's customer service was excellent in helping correct issue, but after a year, it should be a much simpler fix I would think.That said, the print quality, especially for boarderless pictures, is amazing for the price, printing up to 13" x 19" prints.

Wonderful printer, but it was difficult getting set up. Love the photo quality, and doesn't seem to use too much ink. Have printed at least 30 8.5x11" photos, and 10 13x19" photos, with about half of my ink levels left.

This is great, but the wireless I couldn't get to work with my imac. Tried several times, but still no connection. No biggy just ran a cord and extention across my room. Brilliant colors, amazing resolution in B&W.. Not looking forward to replacing the ink, but I've sold prints from this, which have paid for the ink several times over, so there's that.

I've owned this printer for over six months now. I have mixed feelings about it.Pros:Excellent print qualityReasonable ink usageRelatively inexpensive inkCanon came through on the rebate making the end cost very attractiveCons:Huge!Wireless functionality is near uselessPaper handling is terrible <---- See Edit Below****Edited 11/20/2014It turns out that the paper handling issues I had were apparently a defect in my printer.After putting up with it's paper feed problems for over a year, I finally bought a new one. The print quality and price (after rebate) were so good I was willing to try again. The new one has no paper handling issues. I can't say if the wireless works on this one. Now that I've run the USB cable I don't really care about wireless any more. I guess Huge! is still a Con since it's size made the original one cost prohibitive to return for repair/replacement.I really like this printer. I purchased it again even after being so frustrated with the first one's problems, so that tells you how much. I added a star to my review.Original Review Starts Here....Print quality is great. I use the printer for AutoCAD line drawings and it is much clearer and better defined than the old Epson it replaced. I can't speak as much for the photo quality, but it looks great to me. It doesn't seem to be too thirsty on the ink. So far I've replaced black and red more than the others - which is true to the type of line drawings I create, so that seems legit. I like that it uses separate tanks for each color, keeping the cost down. But it does have a lot of tanks for those who print more multi-color stuff than I do, so it could get expensive there, I guess.I use this printer with Windows 7 on a home network. The printer wouldn't stay on the network. Six feet away is a Canon MX860 that never misses a beat, so it isn't signal strength. At first, it seemed it was just "sleeping" after periods of non-use and not waking up. But sometimes it would lose connectivity during a print. I have since given up on wireless and attached a USB cable. Solves the problem, but unfortunate that it won't serve the purpose for which it was designed.And the paper-handling is horrendous! I print almost entirely on regular thickness 12" x 18" paper - very rarely on something as thick as photo paper. I can't find any paper thickness adjustment on the printer, and I've set the paper type setting in the printer properties accordingly. Still, it feeds multiple sheets through at a time, sometimes grabbing additional sheet halfway through a print. I can fill the paper tray and be out of paper printing a five page document! If it manages to complete at all, as the extra paper sometimes clogs the feed and requires a manual reset.So what you're left with is a printer that is VERY large and supposed to be able to be put anywhere and accessed by wireless network, but won't work reliably. So you have to have a large space to put it close enough at hand for a USB cable. But you'll want it close by because you'll have to babysit it, watching every printout to add paper or correct it's paper jams.I've found a space near my desk that works for me. And the print quality is so good that I put up with it's Diva personality. Just make sure you are able and willing to be as accommodating before you buy one!

Good multifunction for the price. Does not have a fax capability. Paper tray will only hold about 15 pages of paper. When printing, a page support device swing out from the front of the printer (support is about 2"x 7") and remains protruding in front of the printer. You have to manually return it to the stored location in the printer. This is guaranteed to be accidently broken off in time, sooner than later. This was purchased for a casual location for part time business and personal use. Performs well in what is does.....But with the small paper load and swing support device Iwould not buy or recommend it. It the lack of a fax, and the small paper load, and protruding paper support does not bother you, then this is a good printer.

I have not had the problems with this printer that others have complained about. I followed advice from this poster:

"This is a pretty simple solution that not many people know, but here's how to disable the annoying instant ink pop-ups:
You can disable the notifications through Printer Server Properties. (Click on your Control Panel, then the Devices and Printers tab)
>From Devices and Printers. Highlight your printer, then look above for a tab called "Print server properties" across the top. Click the tab, then click the Advanced tab and uncheck both "Show informational notifications for local printers and network printers" boxes. Apply and click OK. Hope this helps!"

This wireless all-in-one photo printer does a good job. I had to end up hooking it up with a cable, though, because even the HP customer support rep was unable to get it hooked up in wireless mode. I also think that a port for a camera SD card should be standard equipment on these machines at this point, but this one does not come with that feature. Having made those criticisms I will say that the machine is easy to use and scans, copies, and prints well.

I have had a few wifi printers and the one consistent thing is none of them work the way they claim they will. This printer replaced a Lexmark that was about five years old that I could never get working. This one is the exception to that rule.

Setup took about 30 minutes and in that time I had it printing from devices on our home network, and via Google Cloud Print. I am still having an odd issue with Cloud Print requiring random refreshes but overall its been a great printer.

HEADS UP -- It takes about 15 seconds from the moment you click "Print" to the moment it completes the first page, and that's without printing any images; only text. Following pages thereafter take about 7 seconds each; I'm only adding this as it matters to those intending to purchase for heavy use. This shouldn't be an issue unless you heavily use your printer (like in a very busy office space). I personally think this printer is best for home use or light office use. I print about 4-5 invoices per day so it really isn't a problem for me.

I do like the touch screen and slide menu feature, and I also really like the sleek and professional look it has. It comes with what's called "HP quick forms" (refer to photos), where you can print out a fax cover sheet, graph paper, notebook paper, calendar, check list, and even some Sudoku and other games; pretty neat. It does have a 2"x7.5" retractable paper holder, which automatically retracts when you hit print. Dimensions are approximately 17.3"x15" with paper holder in; 17.3"x21" when holder is out. The top surface is flat so since I rarely use the scanner, I use that extra space for a lightweight paper organizer. It's slightly textured so you don't have to worry about scratching it if that matters to you.

Setup was extremely easy, both by USB cable and by wifi connection. Took a total of about 8-10 minutes setting up by both methods. I use this printer on two different computer towers, one of which has no internet connection. Never have any issues connecting to the printer or getting it to function as needed on either towers.

Overall would recommend for light to moderate use.

Caution: this printer uses HP63 (not HP61) ink cartridges. That fact is misrepresented in the Frequently Bought Together section.
I was little disappointed because I thought I would utilize new unused HP61 cartridges from my previous printer. Otherwise, printer seems to be well made.

It's an ok printer. I've had it now few months, didn't use it much at all, still same inks in. But when I print on Hahnemuhle papers the black ink gets stuck on corners of almost every sheet of paper. Sometimes it goes on top so it's a total waste of an expensive paper. Wouldn't invest again.

The print quality is enough for my purposes, but the instruction manual is dreadful. Why do they never have clear instructions for these things? Also prints very slowly. Hate having to manually push the paper feed button on the machine instead of remotely from the computer.

My first purchased unit ended up getting paper jams-with no paper being stuck-and "no paper and feed her" error messages, when there were plenty of pieces of paper in the feeder. I did some research on the web, called canon tech-support, and ended up with a new unit being shipped to me. I'm kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop with this new unit. Wish me luck?

Nice printer that really does produce excellent results. Ink is pricey but what you'd expect from a printer of this class and price - if you go for much more expensive printers you can use tanks which hold more ink.So why only three stars? Canon's support for their printers is dismal. The printer comes with a disk for installation but you'd better not lose it because finding manuals and instructions is difficult and it doesn't help that printing on a Mac requires that you go through their Print Studio software instead of using standard dialogs. It works well but it's one more not-so-obvious thing that you have to do. And the software itself - well, let's say that the user interface wasn't designed by a Mac user

Not as adept at printing black and white photos as i had hoped. Color printing seems okay. The blacks in the color prints do fine.Printing the sRGB gamut images is what it does best. Have yet to get adobe RGB to print with consistancy. Speed is great. Ink levels do ok for 8.5 x 11. Printing 13 x 19 with high quality selected can drain them pretty fast as expected, with such low capacity inks. Overall pleased, just disappointed with the lack of deep blacks.

First, some background: I am a digital artist. I judge a printer on two main criteria: how well does the printer match the picture on my monitor and the color gamut of the printer.I have spent a lot of effort to figure out how to match screen to print. For a monitor, I use an NEC PA271W calibrated using NEC's X-Rite based sensor. I calibrate the monitor to a color balance of 4000K. I view the print next to the monitor under a 4000K Solux lamp (50W low voltage halogen). Using my old printer, a Canon iP6700D, I can get excellent screen to print match using Canon glossy papers (Photo Paper Plus Glossy) and standard Canon printer profiles for those papers. I use 4000K color temperature because I have found (using the X-Rite sensor) that my house is around 4000K on the interior during the day and is in the 3200-3300K range at night (artificial light). I find the 4000K screen color balance makes the screen look like the prints when hung on the wall. This all has taken me years to figure out. I also demand a high level of quality and I am very sensitive to color shifts.Now for the Canon PRO-100 printer. I first printed on stock Canon papers using standard Canon profiles: Platinum Pro, Semi-Gloss, Luster, and Photo Paper Plus Glossy. I was somewhat disappointed with the results--they were OK. I found the screen match wasn't as good as with my older Canon iP6700D printer. So, I started to print grey scales (neutral, warm, cool, 21 points each). I found that for all the papers, the results were similar: highlights were significantly too dark, midtones were light and dark tones were light. I found that overall prints felt dark. I speculate this is because of the compressed contrast and especially missing highlights. I now was thinking I would need to make custom profiles for these papers---I assumed that the issue was with the stock Canon profiles, but couldn't be sure it wasn't a general printer issue. (I found these problems surprising given my past experience with Canon papers and profiles).So, I tried some 3rd party papers. I tried 11 Hahnemuehle and Canson Infinity papers. What a difference! I got outstanding screen matches and color gamuts with the following papers: Hahnemuehle: Fine Art Pearl (my personal favourite), Photo Rag Satin, Photo Rag Pearl, Fine Art Baryta. Canson Infinity: BFK Rives, Platine Fibre Rag (very nice), Photo Satin Premium PC, PhotoArt HD Canvas. In each case I use the stock paper profiles for the PRO-100 supplied by Hahnemuehle and Canson Infinity. The PRO-100 definitely produced lovely prints with better screen matching and color gamut than my old Canon iP6700D. The general color tone was a significant improvement also.So, in summary, the PRO-100 is an excellent printer when used with high quality profiles. For Canon paper, the stock Canon profiles are subpar and I would not recommend them.

See the update below.I have never heard anyone complain about HP printer hardware, and this printer meets that high bar. It is surprisingly small and light weight but delivers impressive performance. Some reviews complain about the "intrusive" Instant Ink feature, that requires the user to let the printer make direct contact with HP to order ink and receive updates. I was a little skeptical at first but a close look at what you get made me give it a try. It does seem to be an economical way to buy ink if you can anticipate and manage your usage. It is based on the number of pages printed and not on the amount of ink consumed. New users get the first 3 months and 300 pages free, which includes delivery of one each color and black cartridge in about 10 days after you sign up. What I have yet to determine is if the printer can tell you how many pages you've printed, because if you go over your 30 allowance there is a $1 charge for each 15 page increment after that. So take a close look at the feature and decide if it's right for you. Moving on to the printing, the first page the printer printed was an alignment page. You put that on the scanner bed and the printer aligns the print head. After that I tried scanning a color image and could barely tell the original from the copy. Next was sending an image to the printer from the computer, which meant connecting the two using WiFi. It was a slightly tedious process but one you only need to do once. I found a full size rich in color image and printed it. If I had used glossy paper instead of regular bond paper it would have looked like a photograph. Overall, for the price of printer and ink, I am impressed. I would buy it again.Update: I was really impressed with the printer at first and gave it five stars. But lately it seems to have conspired with Windows 10 and refuses to print. When I go to print a document I get the message that the printer is offline. And yet all other indications are that it is online. This makes the printer nothing more than a paper weight. Very frustrating. I think I will still to printers that connect via USB ports from now on.

Going from our Epson 730 that died to the HP was pretty much lackluster results. The tricolor cartridge just doesn't deliver the eye popping color of our older printer. We were in a pinch to get something I wish I would have waited and done more research. If I had it to do over I wouldn't have purchased this printer. I will say that using the HP ink service is nice but it still doesn't make up for lost ground when it comes to printing pictures on this thing.

Update

So, turns out the printer I first bought is a defect, after exchange, the printer works great, though, I thought it is a photo printer, but no, it's just a color printer. NOT A PHOTO PRINTER!
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The "easy set up" process turns out not be easy at all, we had to watch multiple Youtube video to figure out how to set it up and my bf is a UX designer, and we are tech people. The whole setting up and getting started experience was just awful, we made it work eventually without even knowing how we did it. After it finally worked, we are having connection issues, ex. Printer has to be shut down and restart to be really connected even the wifi LED shows it's connected. When it enter sleep mode, and a new job got sent to the printer, it will not awake, and connection will be lost again, it requires a shut down and restart the printer to make it work again. Even shutting down is awful, there are time the display will froze, and never wants to shut down. This product looks modern, but works like an antique, and we would not recommend it to anyone.

I've had several HP printers and HP has always made decent products, but it's their software and marketing tactics that let them down and that's a shame.

This is a nice printer as long as it's for home use. Be aware that you will get a pop-up every time you print. I did not opt for the automatic replacement cartridges because I'll go out and get the ink when I need it. I should have that choice regardless of what HP thinks. Don't care that I need to use genuine HP ink cartridges as I've always done that anyway.

I'd be happier if I could get rid of that annoying pop-up. I'll live with this for awhile, then maybe I'll try another brand.

There are some aspects to this printer I really like and some I really don't. Overall, I'm left feeling just "okay" with the purchase.

This printer is, by far, the easiest I've set up. It reads the network without a hitch and the touch display makes selections easy. Copying is quick enough, as is scanning. I do both frequently, so I'm happy with the functionality there. The paper tray makes duplex printing possible at long last. And, for the price point, it is a fairly quick little printer.

Then there are the things that make me unhappy. The paper tray is located at the front bottom of the print and can get block by anything on the desk (I know, big whoop, but still...). The paper support swings out when you print. When you no longer need it, you have push it back in place or risk snapping off this thin piece of plastic. I sometimes confuse the location to lift the scanner cover and open the door to the inside of the printer instead.

Now the big one. It's a really big one, too. I hope I've got your attention because it is the one thing you should remember about this review. No matter how good the printing of text and simple images looks, when you print your really nice pictures or other images with detail, they look horrible. Every image is muddied with darkness and too much ink. I have a good idea why this happens (it's rather technical with the handling of RGB images in with a CMYK printing tool). From the HP forums, they know this happens, but don't address the issue. Their stock response seems to be for us to check the driver, software, run diagnostic tools, and print in draft mode.

So, if you aren't printing images, but are printing graphs and graphics, this is a decent printer to purchase. Just don't expect a photo printer for this price point.

UPDATE: I have been using the printer for about two weeks. The picture quality is GREAT; however, I went through the starter color ink cartridge AND another store bought FULL cartridge with only having printed 14 full color photograph pages. Unfortunately, this has forced me to sign up for the Instant Ink Program, which is $36/year (which guarantees me 50 pages per month). I have spent over an hour on the phone with HP to get this far and to insist they send me another ink cartridge for free since I should get more than 10 color copies per $15 ink cartridge. This is so frustrating

ORIGINAL POST: I just received my printer today. It is much larger physically than I expected (I didn't look at the dimensions), but that wasn't a problem. It took about 15-20 minutes to set-up, but was very easy with step-by-step directions in the box. I test printed a full page picture on plain copy paper and it looks great. I also printed four pictures on a piece of glossy photo paper and it looks great as well. I am very pleased so far with the printer. I have never had a photo printer before, so the quality of the pictures is 100% better than when I was try to print pictures on a regular printer.

Photography is a hobby and when my HP printer gave out I thought I would pay a little more for a really good printer. I have been disappointed. I purchased this printer 2 years ago and I haven't been able to get the colors to match the screen. I purchased fresh ink hoping it would fix it, I tried different papers and profiles. I downloaded additional profiles from Cannon. I tried contacting Canon and they sent me a picture to print. I printed the picture and told them what colors were off. No response or help. After much research I found out I would have to pay for more equipment and create a profile that would work. I've spent well over $700 on the printer, paper, and ink and it still has the same crappy blue so any pictures with a blue ski are not worth printing.To be fair I have to admit the clarity and detail of the pictures are very good. I do not recommend purchasing this printer unless you are a graphic designer or have knowledge and equipment to create your own profiles. I also don't recommend Canon Support.

The printer is advertised as being able to print on paper as small as 3.5" x 5". However, there is no driver support for "non standard sizes" as the Cannon representative I just got off the phone with informed me. Don't expect to be able to print on small or "non standard" sized paper.

Too slow. The settings are confusing. I'm sure the print quality would come out great if you test print for a few hours in order to get the settings right. But I needed a more intuitive 11x17 printer that was fast so I got an Epson Workforce 7600 series and I couldn't have made a better choice.

Quality of prints: very good. Other reviewers will obviously attest.Quality of printer: absolute crap. I've had this for about a year and a half now, and anytime I want to print any picture, I have to negotiate with this POS for at least 10 minutes (though sometimes I have to give up and come back later). If there is anything touching the printer, or any pressure (like a pair of sunglasses on top of it), it won't print. "Paper jam". If I do 4"x6" prints, even without the pressure issue, I generally have to reinsert the paper 3-10 times before it will print.So, I still use it for the occasional big print. But if you're shopping around, avoid this printer!!! (If I didn't get it free with a camera, I would have returned it long ago).

I'm having major feeding problems with my 4" x 6" photo paper. I keep getting an error light flashing which means I have to remove a photo paper that only fed 1/2 way and stopped. A real pain. It does feed most of the time but this error occurs far too often on a new machine. Also, unless I edit and brighten the pictures prior to printing they come out of the printer too dark. I am considering returning it for a different mfg.

I was in the market for a professional grade photo printer for use with my Photoshop CS and Lightroom applications when I saw that some compelling rebates were offered for this printer. I already own a desktop Canon printer and a Canon digital camera, so I was confident in the quality of the brand, and ordered the printer. Amazon delivered the printer promptly, on a Friday afternoon, and as soon as I received it I began the setup process with high expectations.First impressions of this printer are that it is solid but very heavy, with a fairly large footprint. It is supplied with an easy to read instruction sheet and I encountered no issues unpacking the printer and installing the ink cartridges (eight cartridges in different colors are supplied with the printer). So far so good.Once the printer has been unpacked and the cartridges installed, Canon instructs you to complete the setup process using a supplied CD. This installs the printer drivers, some software supplied with the unit and establishes a connection to the printer using a USB cable or on a network. In my case, I installed the printer on a countertop about eight feet from my desk and therefore needed to use a network connection. I have both Ethernet and wireless connections in my home office and so initially attempted to connect via wireless. After repeated attempts I was finally able to establish a network connection and run a few test prints. Printing from Photoshop was a joy and the output was excellent. I was really happy with the printer at this point in time. I shut down the computer and left for a few hours, then came back with the intention of printing some additional photographs. However, despite repeated attempts I was not able to reestablish the wireless connection, so I ran the CD again, changing the network connection to a wired Ethernet. As before, I was only able to establish a network connection after several reinstallation attempts. Once I was able to establish a successful network connection, the printer worked brilliantly, producing excellent prints. But as before, once I shut off the computer, the network connection was not automatically reestablished.To make a long story short, I spent [wasted] the better part of the weekend installing and reinstalling the Canon-supplied software to try to get the printer to connect my network reliably. I was never able to do so and concluded there was a possibility that the printer had a defective network card, so I decided to call Canon's tech support for assistance. They are not open on the weekend so I had to wait until Monday morning to make the call. My call was answered promptly and I explained my situation to the tech support person. He then asked me to remove the printer using Windows control panel and reinstall the software using the CD supplied by Canon. I did so but noted that I had already gone through this exact procedure at least a dozen times over the course of the past weekend. I was instructed to do it again anyway. Of course, this did not fix the problem. When I stated that I have multiple other devices on my home network, he declared that the problem was probably with my network, asserting I have too many devices hooked up to it. When I noted that every device on my network (including another Canon printer) works perfectly, he seemed at a loss for any additional suggestions. Realizing that Canon's customer service was not going to be able to assist me in getting the printer to operate reliably, I gave up and returned the printer to Amazon. After hours spent following their instructions to the "t" and a session with Canon's tech support service, the device would not work reliably on my network. I believe it had a defective network card, but Canon's tech support was of no assistance in my case. Amazon provided their typical level of excellent customer support by arranging for a next-day UPS pickup for the return, which I sincerely appreciate.Because I had to deliver a set of about 100 prints later in the week, that same day I bought a competitive unit, an Epson Stylus Photo R2000. First impressions with the Epson are that it is considerably lighter than the Canon and requires a somewhat smaller footprint in terms of countertop space. As with the Canon, it comes with a nice, easy to read set of instructions. The biggest difference between the Canon and the Epson was installing the printer drivers and establishing a network connection. In contrast to the Canon, the Epson immediately established a network connection, and it maintains that connection each and every time I shut off and then turn on my computer. So much for the theory that the problem with the Canon was my network.In terms of print quality, the two printers appear very comparable. I was able to compare identical prints that I made with both printers using high-quality Hahnemuhle paper (the best!) and to my eyes the Epson produced a discernibly better result.In sum, I think the Canon Pro-100 is a fine printer and a terrific value with the rebates currently being offered so long as (a) you use a USB cable to connect to the printer, or (b) you are able to establish a reliable network connection. For me, the Epson is a better choice not only because it works on my network (where the Canon would not) but also because, for me, it produces a somewhat better print. And in my observation the contrast in customer service between Canon and Amazon was quite striking.The bottom line is that it's remarkable home users can obtain brilliant, professional-quality prints of the type that either of these printers is able to deliver.

This printer has a setting that makes it fall asleep after a set amount of time and completely turn off after 2 hours -- to save energy, which is great. But you cannot adjust this setting or disable it. It just sleeps and shuts down, no user input.

HP says that if you try to print something when the printer is off, it will not print until you turn the power back on. This is not true in my case. When I see the printer is off and I just tried to print something, I turn it on and nothing happens. No printing. My print job is in queue, but nothing happens with the print job until I completely shut down the printer and restart it. Because this takes a minute or two, and because I am sometimes in a rush to print something and head out the door, I end up having to unplug it and plug it back in for it to finally process the print job and print the documents I need.

For a while, for unknown reasons, I'd print something when the printer was shut down and it would just turn on and print my stuff. Later, again for unknown reasons, it just stopped doing this. Now it just won't print and I have to shut it down and restart it.

If you have this plugged into your laptop / computer with a cord, you won't have any problems, but I bought this printer specifically for its wireless capabilities and it has let me down!

One star for a frustrating experience, one extra star for the few times it has worked.

I don't know what's wrong with this thing! It seems like every time I print something I have issues. Usually they seem to revolve around HP's server network that the printer MUST BE connected to otherwise it won't print. Another frequent problem I seem to have is that it doesn't fit the image to the page even though the setting are correct.

I hate to write this since all the research says that this IS a great printer, but upon setting it up I kept having a paper jam issue when there WAS NO paper jam...it printed the test page fine but when trying to scan the test page according to setup directions it kept stating paper jam...lift and open up and blah blah bah...I looked inside: no bits of paper, everything looked to be in place, no broken pieces, all looked fine and dandy inside..researching HP's troubleshooting sites about it there was nothing else I could do...amazon contacted me and we came to the conclusion that this is just a defective printer. So as NOT to diss all over HP, I've had plenty of printers, many brand names and HP still seems the best, only this time I got a lemon. Oh well.

This is hands down the worst printer I've ever owned. I have two major gripes with it.

1) It's marked as a photo printer, but the only feed option is from the bottom, where the paper must wrap 180 degrees around the (3/4" or so diameter) rollers to feed into the printhead. This wrap-around feed wrinkles/creases every photo I've tried to print, even when using HP branded photo papers! The print quality actually is decent, if you don't mind having wrinkly/creased photos.

2) After 2 months it just stopped communicating with my devices. I downloaded the HP printer/scanner troubleshooting software that you're prompted to install when you first get the error - it literally does nothing but asks you to turn everything off and back on, and then if you still have problems, asks you to do that again. Total waste of time. I did eventually get in touch with HP support, and through a chat session was able to provide remote access to my computer, and their service agent was able to get it working. It took over 45 minutes, and he had to download multiple HP software during this time. I was not a fan of this troubleshooting, but it is working now (for the time being).

This is the last HP product I will ever buy. I swore off their PC's years ago, and bought this only because it was the top listed printer on Amazon, however I totally regret that decision. For now, I'll continue to use this piece of junk, but when it comes time to replace it I'll not even be looking at HP (probably Epson, I've had good luck with my Epson printers).

Wireless? This printer is HORRIBLE if relying on its wireless "capabilities". It's not very dependable at all. I've attempted to print multiple page projects and it would stop mid project and say it was finished and go back to the home screen. After going online to find out why my new wireless printer constantly says it's "offline" I came to the realization that this is a common issue with this printer. It constantly reads "offline". My issue with this printer wasn't fixed until I uninstalled everything and reinstalled it with a USB cable connected to my laptop. It works fine...as long as a cord is attached which TOTALLY defeats the purpose of purchasing a wireless printer. I'll never recommend this printer to anyone ever. Wireless. Not hardly!!

I hardly use it and almost every time I go to print, it says another tank is empty. RIDICULOUS. I had a Canon i9900 that I LOVED. This printer cant hold a candle to it. It plain stinks.

The biggest waist of money. VERY slow and uses tons of ink making it expensive. Stay away from this printer

It stopped working!!! Aughhh!! Very expensive and now I dont know what to do with it. Doest even pair with my pc anymore

I'm having a lot of trouble with this printer. Most of my work is printing portraits of children. I've found that the Canon Pixma Pro-100 has problems with highlights that are even the slightest bit over exposed. The printer can't handle the smooth transition from flesh color to white. Instead, I get a magenta halo around the white zone. My very old Canon i9900 never had this problem. The Pixma also seems to give pink flesh tones an unattractive jaundiced hue.I also had problems with the on-screen manual. There was an error that caused the printer to flash an orange warning light 10 times. When I tried looking up what this meant the manual jumped from 9 to 11 flashes without mentioned what 10 flashes meant. Also, when I try to do a manual print head alignment and follow the manual's instructions, nothing happens. No adjustment options are provided.Finally, the images seem to print out soft. This is the opposite of the i9900, which printed images sharper than what was on screen.I'm seriously considering returning it.UPDATE: After printing fifty 8 x 10 prints I've found the following:1. Image sharpness is still a little soft. I have to over sharpen then deal with sharpening halos.2. Printing is very quiet, but the printer is almost constantly grinding away between, before and after printing. It sounds like the printer is locked into constant cleaning cycles. It stops for a couple of minutes from time to time then starts up again. I'm concerned all this cleaning, if that's what it is, is going to eat up a lot of ink.3. After fifty 8 x 10 portraits of caucasian faces against a dark blue background, the first ink to run out was gray. The next lowest ink was photomagenta. The rest are only half empty so it doesn't seen to use too much ink.4. Prints come out darker, redder and yellower than what appears on my monitor. I found resetting the defaults to be very difficult, but then I'm not a printer expert. In the end I found that in Photoshop +20 brightness, -20 red and -20 yellow produces a picture that looks like the monitor image before these changes are applied.5. I printed two copies of the same image, one right after the other and the second one came out noticeably darker.6. In spite of all these problems I've decided to keep the printer. I'm getting acceptable results and the fact is that every printer is going to have its issues. I could pay a lot more and still have problems. Modern printers are not plug-and-play devices if you want to get good results. Unfortunately to do so you have to be willing to put in many hours of study and work.After a year with this printer I have come to the conclusion I hate it.I hate that Canon sacrificed the red and green inks in the old I9900 printer in favor of light and medium gray. Because of this I have yet to get a good red out of this machine. It always comes out orange.I hate that it runs so many cleaning cycles.I hate that instead of running a cleaning cycle when I turn it on, it waits until I request a print, forcing me to wait two minutes while it grinds away.I can't return it because too much time has gone by, but I'm looking for a new printer to replace it.

So this printer arrived today and I was really excited about it. I spent the day at work imagining the pictures I would print out and how great they would look. I was very excited because I have never had a printer that was better than a low end bargin, simply because I could always buy prints online.I decided I wanted to take my photography to the next level and ordered this unit.I rushed home after work and set it up. I kind of felt like a little kid on Christmas.I got it hooked up, set up the wireless with very little effort.Time to print. The first print looked like and old film negative I tried a few more same results after about 30 minutes it's on the phone.Come to find out the print head is only firing on one side so all the colors are not being used.Canon is sending me a refurbished unit to replace my brand new unit I have had less than 12 hours. I basically get another junker someone sent back. Thanks a lot canon. Maybe this one will at least work upon arrival.

I really wanted to like this printer. The inks aren't cheap but it prints outstandingly well.Unfortunately it failed after four months and that kind of takes the edge off the positive feelings. I've seen other reviewers report the same thing - Paper feed error / Paper jam and a blink code. My wife was using it when it happened - it printed a page just fine, ejected it cleanly, and reported a paper jam. There was no paper damage on the sheet that it had just printed. All the paper is accounted for.If you look carefully you can see where the paper sensor / micro-switch mechanisms are and they are quite clear. Manually feeding a sheet through will cause an audible "click" as the paper reaches it and another other click when it clears.Repairs and warranty.. What a nightmare. It still is in limbo. The service center tech confirmed that there is no paper jam, but we're still waiting.

This is the first time I'm writing a review on Amazon cause I can't bear this printer any more. DON'T BUY IT. When you receive this thing, you'll spend a whole night to get it installed properly. What's more? Every time you will need more than 15 minutes( includes at least 5 times restarting) to get the printer connected to your device to print a single page. Sometimes it only print half of the page and you will have to start over again. If you're not patient enough you'll never get anything printed out. For last 3 months, it never work as it described even one time. I've bought 3 printers before, they all work well. Can you imagine even the printer I had 10 years ago works better than this thing. Will never buy any HP products in the future.

Arrived in product box, no outer shipping box. Had clearly been used, returned then sold to me. Ink cartridges were already installed and used, corded was wadded up in top of box, inner packaging was damaged and extending paper arm popped out when I opened the box.

There is one main reason I sent this back to Amazon. It was because of HP's Instant Ink program. Even thought I opted out of it during setup, I got an 'Instant Ink' popup EVERY TIME I printed something. Hey HP, you asked and I declined, end of story. I can buy my own ink cartridges. I don't need a constant reminder of your money making ink program. I barely print 10 pages or pictures a month..

Worst HP printer ever! I am at my wits end. This stupid printer loses it's internet connection after each print job. I have to constantly turn the printer off to reboot. HP Tech supports answer to this dilemma? TURN THE COMPUTER OFF AND REBOOT. THIS IS THE FIX.

I am going to throw this piece of garbage out the window.

There are better printers out there. You get what you pay for.

Just got the printer in, just connected it, half way through set-up and then bam! Fake paper jam. All I had to do was listen closely and notice that none of the cogwheels that were meant to feed the paper weren't moving. Nore were they even showing signs of responding. I'm betting it's a faulty connection. I even called customer service and after being wrongly transferred 4 times, the call time is now going on 39 minutes and I'm still on hold.

By the time of posting this, it has been 1 hour and 20 minutes. The only reason I'm not giving you two stars is because I like how the printer looks.

I will rewrite this review when I get my new unit.

Edit: This is the worst piece of crap I have ever had the displeasure of owning... Not only have both machines failed to connect to my computer, but bearly 7 months have passed and the Printer has already failed. Even with full cartridges, the printer refuses to print anything and constantly skips lines

To add insult the injury. The price of refills are ridiculous! You buy two full refills and its the price of the damn printer! Wanna find a 3rd party to compensate? there are none! save your self the trouble and go with Canon. At least if their machines break down, it's after some rough use. AND, there are 3rd party ink sellers for a fraction of the price.

Buyer Beware. This printer is "HPInstantInk" eligible. This translates to a pop-up in the printer control screen EVERY TIME YOU PRINT until you sign up for their Automatic Cartridge Replacement Service. HP WILL NOT assist in disabling this pop-up. Every time you replace a printer cartridge, this intimidation resets.