Canon Pixma Pro-200 review 2024: excellent photo printer

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The Canon PIXMA PRO-200 is one of the best photo printers ever made, and it is the successor to one of the best photo printers ever made. When it comes to printing photos on glossy paper using a professional-grade printer, the Canon PIXMA PRO-100S has long been our top pick for A3+/13-inch printers. It used eight dye-based inks and produced sumptuously smooth glossy prints with perfect color rendering and very convincing tonal expression for black and white photographic images.

The inks included black, grey, and light grey. When compared to the previous generation of PIXMA PRO-10S printers, the imagePROGRAF PRO-300 pigment-based printer offers a number of improvements and refinements that are comparable to those offered by the replacement model, the imagePROGRAF PRO-200

Canon Pixma Pro-200 Specifications

The Canon PIXMA PRO-200 is one of the best picture printers ever made, and it is the successor to one of the best photo printers ever made. When it comes to printing photos on glossy paper using a professional-grade printer, the Canon PIXMA PRO-100S has long been our top pick for A3+/13-inch printers.

Specification	Details
Print Technology	Inkjet
Maximum Print Size	13 x 19 inches
Print Resolution	4800 x 2400 dpi
Ink Colors	8-color LUCIA PRO
Connectivity	USB, Wi-Fi, Ethernet
Mobile Printing	Canon PRINT App, AirPrint
Paper Handling	Rear Tray, Manual Feed
Borderless Printing	Yes
Operating System	Windows, macOS
Dimensions	27.2 x 14.5 x 7.9 inches
Weight	32.3 lbs (14.7 kg)
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Canon Pixma Pro-200: Design and Setup

In the Canon Pixma Pro-200, the printer machinery is housed in a sizable plastic block. The front, however, has rounded corners and ‘cuts’ the top edge to make it look a little sleeker than the majority of printers I’ve had in my house up to this point. Despite its hefty appearance, I had no trouble lifting it out of the packaging and placing it on the table beside my desk.

The printer’s menu display is an LCD screen of 3 inches; use it to configure the printer and establish a network connection. The menu screen is conveniently placed at eye level, making it simple to use, and it also allows you to change the paper type being used in the printer at any given time. In my thirty years of experience with printers, this was the first time I’ve ever had a problem-free experience with setting one up.

Canon Pixma Pro-200: Handling

Despite its relatively small size, the build quality is really high, and all of the component pieces have the impression of being highly sturdy and expertly crafted. The color LCD screen is a beneficial addition because it assists in guiding you through the initial setup process and enhances handling by making available standalone modifications to settings and routine maintenance activities such as print head alignment, nozzle checks, and print head cleaning routines. Additionally, the screen displays information in a readable format, which makes it easier to understand.

The adjustment of the paper width guides is a simple and quick process, and the guides themselves automatically retract slightly during printing so that they do not come into contact with the paper in any way while it is moving through the machine.

Canon Pixma Pro-200: Print Quality

In terms of the printer capabilities meter, the Canon PIXMA Pro-200 is evaluated on its print velocity, print dimensions, tray capacity, media diversity, and ink cartridge count. It’s not surprise that this unit is the best in the class after everything we’ve covered so far.

The Pro-200’s inability to accept a paper roll is our primary complaint; without one, the printer’s maximum paper size is 13 by 39 inches. Many readers won’t be put off by this because the maximum size still allow them plenty of room to elaborate.

Canon Pixma Pro-200: Performance

If you’re making a single, cherished print to cherish forever, this may not seem like a big deal, but if you need to make a bunch of prints quickly, it can make a huge difference. The ink is completely absorbed beneath the outer layer of glossy picture paper, unlike pigment-based prints, thus prints are touch-dry even as they exit the printer and can be handled immediately.

The PRO-200 impressed us with its speed, especially for a dye-based printer. It took 33 seconds in standard photo quality mode to produce a 4×6-inch borderless color print on glossy paper, and 1 minute 10 seconds and 2 minutes 51 seconds, respectively, for A4 and A3+ paper sizes. It took 4 minutes and 15 seconds to print a borderless A3+ glossy color photo in high quality photo mode, however without a high-magnification loupe, it was difficult to notice the difference in print quality.

Canon Pixma Pro-200: Price

It’s recommended that you look around for the lowest price on the Canon Pixma Pro-200, which retails for about £459.99 / $549.99, as discounts and incentives like student cashback appear occasionally on Canon’s UK website.

It costs around £200 less than the Epson EcoTank ET-8550 but nearly twice as much as the Canon PIXMA iP8750, which has a higher print resolution but lower color range thanks to its use of five dye-based ink cartridges rather than the Pro-200’s eight.

Final Words

The PRO-200 lives up to the high standards that were established by its predecessor, the PRO-100. It is the best that can be achieved with a dye-based photo inkjet printer. Aside from the peculiarities in the program that were discussed earlier, there are not many complaints. Print quality is good. Both the paper feed and the handling are done really well. The printing speed is quite good. The PRO-200 is the best option to go with if you are looking for a dye-based picture printer that has a width of 13 inches or more.

Canon Pixma Pro-200 review: The good and The bad

The Pro-200 is a high-quality picture printer; however, it does not handle media rolls, which makes it impossible to create banners or panoramas with it.

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