The ’stache is an integral part of the kickball uniform. Just sayin’!
Anyways!!
I’m probably not that hard to shop for, but I definitely am one of those kids that tends to have most anything he could ever want. Being a graphic designer / art director / kid that doodles, a nice printer that could print at larger formats was something that had always alluded me, that is until this weekend. My wife and parents pooled funds together to get me a Canon Pixma Pro 9000, a printer I had been lusting after for quite some time.
The Poet (aka Hearts Of War) move
I actually ended up re-arranging our spare-room / office in order to fit the new printer, which is a pretty sizable piece of equipment. You can see it there on the far right, next to the scanner that also found its home on. So, four hours after starting my project, I finally started to setup the printer. I had a spare airport express that I hadn’t been using that is now the print server, so I can print wirelessly in the house.
To the right of the printer, in the tower, I have all my paper. To the left, all my design magazines and books, some guitar stuff, my keystation. I actually do most of my design in the living room laying down by my sofa (old habit form HS, it’s how i’ve always done my projects and homework), so the office only gets used as an archive room. I’m hoping that re-organizing let’s me use it more as a workstation.
So what’s the big deal right? It’s a damned printer? Well this printer can print up to 13″ x 19″, handles thicker card stocks, and uses 8 inks for faithful color replication. I haven’t started messing any real settings, color management profiles, or specialized settings for specific paper stocks, and I’m already impressed with the results.
Below are some shots of my first couple of test prints. I’m very excited about what this printer will be able to do. The prints look gorgeous. I actually have a cache of heavy stock from French Paper and some brown craft paper stock that I’m going to be using for a couple of up coming projects.
I printed two photos, one of my wife & one of my birthday ’stache photos, as seen above. In addition I printed some mock thank you cards to test a clean vector design as well as photos looked like. I’m very impressed with this machine so far.
