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Canon Pro 9500 Mark II Comparison Summary |
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  • The Canon Pro 9500 Mark II is the more expensive printer by a significan margin
• The Canon has a much wider color gamut
• The Canon has much deeper blacks, but color accuracy was not significantly higher
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Conclusion |
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HP B8850 Vs Canon Pro 9500 Mark II Specifications |
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HP B8850 |
Canon Pro 9500 Mark II |
| Price |
$530 |
$849 |
| Type |
Inkjet |
Inkjet |
Color resolution
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4800 x 1200 |
4800 x 2400 |
Black resolution
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4800 x 1200 |
4800 x 2400 |
4 x 6 prints
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Y |
Y |
| 5 x 7 prints |
Y |
Y |
| 8 x 10 prints |
Y |
Y |
| 11 x 7 prints |
Y |
Y |
| 13 x 19 prints |
Y |
Y |
| Banner prints |
Y |
N |
| DVD printing |
N |
N |
| Letter printing |
Y |
Y |
Legal printing
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Y |
Y |
Tabloid printing
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Y |
Y |
| Flat paper path |
Y |
Y |
Fine art paper support
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Y |
Y |
Number of cartridges
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Y |
10 |
| Ink Cartridge type |
HP38 |
Canon Type 9 |
| Ink Cartridges |
Matte Black, Photo Black, Light Gray, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan, Light Magenta |
Photo Magenta, Photo Black, Matte Black, Photo Cyan, Grey, Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Green, Red |
Borderless printing
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Y |
Y |
| Paper paths |
1 |
2 |
| Main paper tray capacity |
200 |
120 |
| Network |
N |
N |
| Media slots |
N |
N |
| PictBridge USB |
Y |
Y |
Performance
The Canon Pro 9500 Mark II is the clear winner when it comes to the quality of the prints produced; it had a much wider color gamut and much deeper blacks. However, we did not find that either printer had much better color accuracy; in our tests, we found that both had problems with some colors, such as some of the blues and greens. Overall, the HP had slightly better overall accuracy, but the Canon isn't that far behind. And the Canon is the much better printer overall in terms of the range of colors and depth of blacks that it can produce.
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HP B8850 Vs Canon Pro 9500 Mark II: Color Accuracy Comparison |
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HP B8850,
Default profile, HP Advanced Photo Paper |
HP B8850,
Custom profile, HP Advanced Photo Paper |
HP B8850,
Custom profile, Ilford Galerie Paper |
Canon Pro 9500 Mark II, default profile |
| Mean Color Error |
7.1
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4.8
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4.5
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5.3 |
HP B8850 Vs Canon Pro 9500 Mark II:
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Inks & Media
Both printers use sets of 10 ink cartridges which include two blacks and a number of lighter inks; the HP uses a light magenta, a light cyan and a light grey, while the Canon uses a grey and a photo magenta and photo cyan. Both use two blacks; one for matte papers and one for glossy. The chemistry of the inks is different; the HP uses normal ink, while the Pro 9500 Mark II uses pigment inks. What this also means is that the pigment inks of the Pro 9500 Mark II won't work well on most glossy photo papers; you need to use paper that can absorb the pigment ink.
Apart from that issue of paper type, both printers are pretty evenly matched when it comes to the sizes of papers that they can handle. Both can work with anything from a 4 x 6 print up to a monster 13 x 19 inch print. Neither can handle anything larger, though; they can't deal with larger banner sized prints.
In Use
The HP is the faster printer, but neither are going to win any land speed records. Printing a 13 x 19 print, the HP took 9 minutes and 13 seconds, while the Canon took a lengthy 11 minutes and 24 seconds.
HP B8850 Vs Canon Pro 9500 Mark II:
Photo Speed Comparison |
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HP B8850
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Canon Pro 9500 Mark II
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HP B8850 Vs Canon Pro 9500 Mark II:
Document Speed Comparison |
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HPB8850
2.06
Pages Per Minute
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Canon Pro 9500 Mark II
0.88
Pages Per Minute
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