Now Canon mentions the OIG system and from my observations this is really a tight matching system to paper and ink. The Pro-100 can do it, and I think it is superior. The K3 printers from Epson spoiled me for this aspect and though the Pro9000 was good, it was not to the Epson ability. However none had investigated the color shadow details. Again the reviewers were staying with the marketing line.not surprising. The reviews were somewhat mixed about this. Before I got my hands on my sample and started using it. I knew that there was possibly something to this printer. So when there was news of the Pro-100 sporting 3 Ks. Exactly what the Canon marketers knew would happen.

I had reported this on a forum and sure enough the skeptics rolled in with no experience to really comment only thinking color is for color and gray is for B&W. There was something to this gray ink business. However, having made hundreds of profiles and a pile of used papers higher than three feet mainly of profiles had provided me with an eye. This was never really indicated in reviews I read about the 980. There was a purity of tone as it descended into the shadow areas. I could not put my finger on it but the prints were indeed superior to similar machines like the iP4600 that did not use the gray inks. The quality of output was indeed interesting. So I purchased the 980 and started using it. However, conccurrently owning and using Epson K3 ( Three K's or gray/Blacks.the K and 3). I imagine it is simple to explain to the general public that gray inks was used for B&W. When the MP980 appeared and the engineers from Canon mentioned that the gray inks in the printer was also used int he 980, I purchased one to see what the story was.ĭespite marketing claims that the gray inks was for monochrome or B&W printing, engineering whom I trust more, had indicated otherwise. At the time, it provided excellent prints and possibly the best dye printer ever made that could provide details into the shadow areas.

For many years I had owned the Canon Pro9000 and it served me well.

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