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In June of 2006 I reviewed the then brand newCanon iPF5000, that company's first pigment ink printer and among the first real competition to Epson's hegemony over the fine art photographic printer market.
That review was highly complimentary about the Canon printer's image quality, but I was very critical of the printer's poor user interface and virtual lack of documentation. In fact it was initially so poor that some early users ended up creatinga Wikias a form of self-support.
But that was then and this is now. Canon has recently releaseda new line of Image PROGRAPH printers, the 17" iPF5100, the 24" iPF6100, the 44" iPF 8100 and the 64" iPF 9100.
I chose theiPF6100for testing because for me it represents the sweet spot in the line. For many fine art photographers a 24" printer is about as big as can be handled outside of a commercial print studio, and also is able to produce prints that are usually as large as one needs. Readers should be aware that these ...

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