Introduction
Many photographers will tell you inkjet printing is expensive, colors are dull and all the sort of negativity about inkjet printing. We can put that simply to, “print with a print lab” period. Most of the time if we avail of the services of a print lab, we often print the sizes like 4in x 6in (4R) or the bigger 8in x 10in (8R). Thats the normal sizes, little did we know that there are 8in x 12in, 10in x 15in, 12in x 18in and bigger. While these big sized prints are possible with print labs, most mall branches can only print up to 8in x 12in and those bigger prints are to be printed in their major branches.
The PIXMA iX6560 is Canon’s first affordable A3+ printer. This printer is marketed to the amateur and professional photographers. I have a hunch that most photographers is eager to see their photos on large prints on their own but quite hesitant to buy an A3+ printer because in the past, these category of printers are very pricey.
The printer has the glossy black finish top while the side going to the bottom is the usual matte surface which is practically better for dust and scratch reasons. This batch of new Canon PIXMA printer resembles the same design and finish.
Canon PIXMA iX6560 where all trays are extended
The printer is gorgeously transformed to handle A3+ fine art printing when you pull out the rear and front trays. Both trays can be extended from its 3 pull-out extensions. One of the things I really like about PIXMA printers is the cube design when its totally folded down, it minimizes dusts to accumulate inside the printer but more importantly its rollers.
On the front side of the IX6560 is a sleek black finish with the power and resume buttons that indicates their own literal functions. At the back is the standard power and USB printer ports.
The resume button will blink an amber light to indicate a problem with an ink or paper jam
The ink is what makes this printer unique, Canon were able to combine dye and pigment based inks to mix together. Aside from the normal cyan, magenta, yellow, black they added another ink which is photo black and the only pigment ink from the pool. Turns out it prints better blacks than iP4300. The inks have the Chromalife 100+ technology that if used with all original Canon consumables the prints can last a lifetime.
All inks have the intelligent chips that accurately tells you if its depleted
The iX6560 can print vibrantly with good details. Consumption is one of the things to consider in inkjet printing. The iX6560 is fairly decent in consuming inks. As mentioned before, this printer have 5 individual inks. The initial cost will be much expensive but in the long run it saves you more because theres no wastage, because you only consume the color you use. With around 40 pcs of A4 and 20 pcs A3 papers, it still won’t beat the cost of most print labs. Though with deep analyzation if you consider paying for parking, time wasted traveling and waiting, it will come to a point that it is cheaper.
Color output of the iX6560 is surprisingly very good, in fact better than a photo lab print. It is faithfully near from what you can see from your monitor (calibrated monitor) using the Photo Paper Plus Glossy II. This is because this printer posses 5 individual color inks cyan, magenta, yellow, black dye-based ink and another photo black pigment-based ink.
The following sample photographs below doesn’t do justice with how stunning the prints are, it is simply much better in person.
An ISO 1600 shot that printed nicely on A3 Photo Paper Plus Glossy II
Skin tones are faithfully printed (calibrated with X-rite Colormunki)
Sharpness is another strength of this printer, with a minimum of 1 picoliter droplets coming from the 4,608 nozzles to 9600 x 2440 dpi resolution, it renders fine details very well especially if you have a very good hi-res file to print with.
A 6MP image interpolated to match the print size. Still decently printed. The printer can averagely print a full bleed color A3 photo (11in x 16in) in just 3 minutes and 36 seconds. This printer will never bore you speed wise, it is fast!
Decent black and white printed on Everyday Use paper. This printer is specifically for photo, the iX6560 can print fast draft docs in just about a minute. And the best thing about this is that you can print professionally sharp looking text documents with its high setting.
The PIXMA iX6560 is the first hybrid A3+ printer from Canon, the price is way more affordable than its bigger brothers, the Pro 9500 and 9000. It combines both the abilities and properties of pigment and dye inks.
Elegantly designed and engineered, the enclosed design to minimize dusts is a given in a PIXMA printer. For the longest time, most Photographers relied in outsourcing their photo printing with a print lab. The cost of the printer and consumables are their foremost opponent in considering the purchase. I think, the iX6560 is the one serious photographers are looking for affordable, fast, prints professional looking images. It is also very applicable to portrait photographer’s which they can deliver the photo in just 4 minutes. For the fine artistry of still life, landscape and other genres printing their own masterpieces can never be as rewarding as you shoot and finish it by printing it with their own workflow.
Canon PIXMA and the technology of the iX6560 has brought a very compelling product to make inkjet printing more affordable. It might not equally match the outright cost of a print lab but costing all the incidental expenses and saving the time sounds to be cheaper and more productive.
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