Customer Reviews
Not for idiots--everyone else, this is awesome! 
2004-09-10
I've used this printer for home use and it is simply stunning...I bought it to print true "photographic" quality prints and it comes through in spades. At the same time I purchased a Canon EOS Digital Rebel. It is amazing to capture 6 Mega-pixel images and then be able to print them in poster size.
The title of my review refers to those who have submitted bad reviews...those are certainly not indicative of the quality of this product...only the inadequacy of the user. (Well OK, I will give a pass to those Mac users who may have had issues with compatibility...on that I cannot comment). But some of the other reviews...one is not even for this printer (instead he reviews an old S3000 printer) another can't find paper (hello??? McFly! How about search Amazon Electronics on the term "13x19 paper"....you'll have about 50 choices). 'Nuff said...this printer rocks.
And I, like many others, had always been an HP or Epson purchaser in the past...I couldn't be more pleased with my choice.
Great pictures, high cost ink, limited printer life 
2004-07-28
I have used the S9000 for three years, mainly to print 11x17 drawings. It has been a flawless printer, but today I purchase another brand. I am so mad I could spit!
Apparently the Canon products have a spent ink container that cannot be self serviced. There isn't a sensor to indicate that it is filled, the printer just stops working after a given time period or set number of copies. I have tried the internet codes to reset the printer, but to no avail.
The local Canon service center wants $100 to reset the codes. Add to the fact that a complete Canon ink refill is about $90 and this printer is too expensive to keep.
Whatever marketing genius came up with this plan to get more money from their client base has lost my loyalty and business forever.
Almost Great 
2004-06-22
This is a great printer, but no one, including Canon carries 13"x19" card-stock paper. I bought this printer with idea that I'ld be able to print my own 13x19 colored signs (100 at a time) but alas, no paper is available.
Epson user switches to Canon 
2004-05-17
+: Wide format, fairly affordable (especially since the recent price drop), Print heads are less troublesome than on Epson models, ink tanks seem to last longer than with Epson printers (maybe because I am not cleaning them constantly), it's quiet, makes nice photos, and my favorite - print head assembly is replaceable!
-: Annoying to customize settings in OS X.. actually, I haven't been able to choose a custom paper size yet, sometimes output is enlarged (I know - weird, right?), had problems with saving color settings, prints like crap on plain or non-inkjet art paper (Epson is better here).
New Canon printers will be shipped... 2004-05-08
i9100 prices dropped because the new i9900 will come out between May 10 - 21 (2004). i9100 are great but if you can wait, it looks like the new i9900s will be better with 2-picoliter droplets, 4800x2400 dpi printing, 8 ink system (CMYK, PC,PM, Red,Blue) almost doubling the print nozzles, and USB & Firewire connection. Sorry this is not a review but just a head up for those who like to get latest so they don'g get stuck with buying an older model.
Not for Design Work 2004-04-18
The i9100 Photo Printer is a powerful desktop machine whose remarkable output can rival that of a professional processing lab. It's capable of producing edge-to-edge true borderless prints, from 4" x 6" prints up to breathtaking 13" x 19" size, with the look and feel of a traditional photograph. Think of it: you can take a digital picture, set your printing parameters and be holding an amazing 13" x 19" poster-size borderless print in approximately 5 minutes.The i9100 Photo Printer features advanced MicroFine Droplet Technology, which combines revolutionary techniques in ink droplet size and quality with accurate ink application and composition, for spectacular photo results. Its print head features 3, 072 precisely machined nozzles - providing the quality enhancement people have come to expect from one of the leaders in digital imaging. True borderless 4" x 6" photos can be produced in about 37 seconds because of the high-density print head. It achieves a resolution of up to 4800 x 1200 dpi with ultra-small 4-picoliter droplets revealing precise details in your photographs that many other large-format printers just can't match - more nozzles are better!The i9100 Photo Printer features an intelligent ink management system coupled with six individual ink tanks designed to help eliminate ink waste and reduce printing costs. Replace only the color that runs out rather than the entire cartridge. A unique low-ink sensor alerts you when ink levels are low, so you can drop in a new tank and avoid running out of ink unexpectedly in the middle of printing your super-sized 13" x 19" prints.
Good engineering printer 2004-04-04
This printer is a good choice for black and white 11x17 printing too. I wanted to print schematics and mechanical drawings on up to 11x17 paper as well as the usual office printing chores. It produces very crisp grey scale results on ordinary inkjet paper in "standard" quality. C size schematics are quite readable on letter size if you have good eyes and are comfortable printed on 11x17. A "standard" quality 11x17 OrCAD schematic printed in 75 seconds. The scaling of a TurboCAD v9.0 drawing was accurate to 0.3% which closer than previous laser printers. Have not had any paper handling problems. There was a minor software installation nuisance due to my use of dual monitors and the software's desire to pop up the registration window split between them. All parts were in the box and worked, though you need to buy a USB cable.
Not as good a cheaper Canon printers 2004-03-27
I purchased this printer as a wide-format replacement for my Canon i850. I assumed that because this was a high-end printer, its print quality would at least equal that of the i850. This is not the case. The i850 has a 2pL printer droplet size, whereas this printer has a 4pL droplet size. The difference is noticible to the naked eye from normal viewing distance. Text printed on the i9100 is heavier and more ragged than text printed on the i850. Photos printed on the i9100 have more abrupt tonal transitions than photos printed on the i850, despite the i9100's having 2 extra ink colors to work with. Closer inspection reveals a much more pronounced dither pattern on the i9100's prints.
Ink consumption seems much greater with this printer than with the i850. I've made only a handful of test prints and I'm already getting warnings from the status monitor that three of the ink tanks are almost empty.
This printer is a lot slower than the i850.
The only advantage I can see (aside from the obvious ability to make larger prints) is that the BCI-6BK black ink used by this printer is less susceptible to smearing than the BCI-3eBK black ink used by the i850.
If you are looking for a good photo printer and don't need wide format, I'd recommend the i960, which is a 2pL, 6-color printer. If you need wide format, wait for the new i9900 (a 2pL, 8-color wide-format printer announced in February).
Awesome/Fast/Savings 2004-03-19
I have always been an HP fan for some reason... I probably thought they were best. Recently, I decided to purchase the Canon i9100 for long term cost savings (My cost of $15/color). Now that I have it... it prints beautiful camera images and it prints them FAST! I am very happy with it, no problems so far. I have been putting ILFORD paper through the printer with excellent results... plus it is wide carriage for enlargements up to 13"x19"...wow. I have no trouble recommending this printer...it wastes less consumables than other printers.
WOW 2004-01-24
Being an avid 35mm film and now digital photo taker (primarily nature/wildlife) and having battled through trying to print off both digitally captured and scanned film images on an old Canon BJ, the time was right for a change. I researched the i9100 and Espon 2200 for some time as I wanted the best quality I could get without bankrupting myself and to have the capability of printing large format prints. The Canon won out based on comparative reviews on Amazon.com, relative speed and price as well as compatability with the rest of my camera/digital imaging system.
I've been using the printer for 3 weeks or so now and printed approximately 300 prints, mainly 5x7 but also numerous 8x11 and a couple of 13x19s. The sources for the images ranged from 2mp p&s digital to EOS10D digital SLR to slides scanned from between 2000dpi and 4000dpi. Without exception the i9100 has delivered with excellent results. The printer is fast (almost too fast to keep up with if you get distracted with some other task while printing off multiple pages of 8.5x11) and unbelievably quiet (normal paper loading sounds when the sheet is first fed in but that's about it).
Ink usage is pretty reasonable - I feel like I'm replacing a cartridge fairly regularly but I'm printing off large volumes and haven't noticed anything abnormal. My old printer used to fail to print one ink when first used for the day and required constant cleaning/nozzle checks to come up with usable results. The i9100 has had no such issues and doesn't seem to mind if you don't clean heads that often.
I would recommend that you use good quality paper with the printer but then again why spend this sort of money and feed cheapo paper into it?! Canon's papers work well, naturally, but Kodak Ultima works great with no profiling adjustments etc.
Overall, highly recommended to those who want to print high volumes of prints, large size prints and who care about top quality yet don't want to wait around all day just to get one print to work.
