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Detail Performance Summary |
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 • The Pro 9500 Mark II produced very deep blacks
• Fine detail was also extremely well reproduced
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Color Performance |
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Inks & Media |
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Depth of Blacks (13.01)
To produce good looking photos, a printer has to be able to produce deep, dark blacks, which is what we measure here. This measure of the density of the blacks in a print is often called dMax (short for density Maximium), and the Pro 9500 Mark II did extremelty well here: we measured the dMax at 2.84, which is significantly deeper and darker than what other printers manage. For more details on how we test the depth of blacks in prints, see here.
| Canon Pro 9500 Mark II DMax comparison |
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Detail (12)
The Pro 9500 Mark II did a good job of reproducing the fine details that make a photo jump off the page, both with black and color details.
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Canon Pro 9500 Mark II Detail Comparisons: Gradients |
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Canon Pro 9000 Mark II |
HP B88500 |
Epson R1900
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The Pro 9500 Mark II did a decent job with our color gradients: most of them look smooth and have no major evidence of banding. There was some banding on the black and blue (the latter of which might show up in blue skies), and the yellow was being bolstered by adding some black at the darker end of the gradient scale. But neither of these are likely to be major issues when printing photos.
Next, we look at a number of real world examples to see how the Pro 9500 Mark II deals with them.
| Canon Pro 9500 Mark II Detail Comparisons: Photo Edges |
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Canon Pro 9000 Mark II |
Epson R1900 |
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Again, the Pro 9500 Mark II did an outstanding job here; the details are rendered well, but without being overwhelmed by the black. The higher density of the blacks also makes the Alice etching really stand out from the page; the higher contrast between the paper white and the blacks provides much more impact than the softer blacks of the other printers.
Printing Modes
When printing photos onto glossy paper, there are just two quality settings: Standard and High. As the exmaples below show, we didn't see an awful lot of difference between the two.
| Canon Pro 9500 Mark II Detail Comparisons: Print Modes |
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Canon Pro 9500
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Canon Pro 9500
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Canon Pro 9500 Mark II
Detail Score Comparison |
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