Choosing between the Canon PRO-200 or PRO-300 13" desktop photo printers 

Great video! Thank you so much Keith for reviewing these and helping me make my decision between these printers!

Very impressed with this video. Extremely unbiased, detailed, and comprehensive. Wish others would have a similar production and presentation standard.

Hi Keith. Once again a really good review. Thanks for your balanced insights and valuable information. I have the Pro 300 and it is outstanding for what I require. Keep up the great work you do.

Thank you Keith for putting out this video. I've been wanting to pick up a photo printer for a long time. I purchased the 200 and love it. I did do some black and white printing and they came out wonderful. I'm very happy with my purchase and thank you for helping me decide which one. Keep up the good videos, your experience and knowledge on the subject is very helpful.

I just bought the 200 and now waiting for it to arrive. Thank you for your good explanation!

Super detail in the article etc - I also have my PRO-200 on order. - much appreciate the work you put into all the reviews and info on printing - many thanks

This was very helpful! Thanks! I usually just default to what seems to be the best, but after seeing this, I’m fairly sure the 200 will more than meet my needs. I appreciate the great reviews and comparisons!

Brilliant! Thank you. Will have a look at your reviews.

Going to go with the 200 for my design work after watching this! Thank you!

Great comparison ! ! ! ! Thanks for the videos

Thank you so much for this, it's been very enlightening.

I learned a new term today, "Gloss Differential". I already purchased a different brand printer. Your content is worth the foray into other brands. Keep up the GREAT work!!

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much!!

Great review! Thank you for such a detailed explanation. Upon finishing your video I’ve decided to go ahead and purchase the 200. Now let’s just see when the ink will be available since on amazon many say backordered. Once again, thank you!

Keep it up, great work, I checked the reviews, I watched the videos, it helps A LOT, thank you man, that is really helpfully. It's not easy to find something valuable about this on youtube ;) I'm still searching, but I'm much closer!

Thanks... an excellent review of the differences. I actually purchased the 300; and think I made the right decision. Now I will begin the process of setting it up.

thank you so much for making this video, helping me make the decision to go with the 200 for my newly founded greeting card business.

Brilliant, thanks for your comparison Keith :)

Well done. Best comparison I’ve seen of these two.

Really appreciate the details. Have never purchased a printer for photographic work before.

Thanks for this video. Printing landscape shots for me and got a growing interest in the 300.

Very insightful thank you Keith

WOW! SO helpful. Thank you so much!

Thank you- this is an extremely useful review!

it was a great video. I was confused until I have seen your videos. I am going to get a printer for my small art print business and I will go with pro-200. Thank you for all the details!

Thanks Keith, very insightful !

I almost got the 200 but went for the 300 because I want to sell prints of artwork (watercolors and oil paintings). I want the quality control that comes with printing my own. I got it last week and am thrilled with the results (after a bit of experimenting and endless reading about paper and color spaces etc.) The 200 was the high end of what I wanted to spend, so stretched that to buy the 300; the 1000 would have been too much of a leap for me. Thanks for these great videos.

well done! exactly what i needed to know.

Good video! Just what I was looking for. Many thanks

You helped me with my choice here. Great video.

Thank you very much. Brilliant video, I now know the pro 300 fits my needs as a family photographer who wants to provide long last prints for my clients.

Thanks for this video, it helped a lot. 👍

Based on your video on this I purchased a Canon 200 2 years ago , I absolutly love it, problem free performance and the prints are beautiful also Canons professional layout software is excellent. Thanks,Mac

Thank you so much! This helped me a lot

Informative video...as I've been leaning toward the pro-200 for the last few weeks but now after watching this it looks like the pro-300 is top again, basically for the sole reason of that I will be printing on luster and baryta papers and not so much full gloss. Its a shame really as I don't need the extra quality for archival and exhibition work. Once again thanks for the time and effect you put into these articles and videos, always appreciated.

Thank you, great comparison.

Thank you for you very helpful video. I particularly want to congratulate you on your presenting skill’s; very natural. Blessings.

just purchased the 300 pro ,although i love printing gloss ,i feel the B&W options on the 300 will be beneficial also most of my camera club prints are on lustre types and eventually want to do some fine art prints ,but the difference is very slight on these printers ,except the price fingers crossed print inks become cheaper the old pro 10s can be had for £10 ,anyway i was almost 50/50 with the epson p700 and the canon ,but i expect the blacks to be deeper on the canon .

Great review! Thank you!

Excellent. Thank you.

Thank you for this informative video Keith. I went with Pro 200 after watching . Its on its way to me.

Outstanding video! Thank YOU for putting all the time and energy into producing the videos and the written reviews. So now I am vacillating between the 200 and the 1000. Not so much for archival quality, but for the potential advantage of larger paper on the 1000.

What an excellent class you gave us! Even for selling here people would go with the 200 , due to the high costs inks have down here, as well as shipping, customs etc costs. Thank you very much, you helped me a lot! Best wishes from Uruguay.

Keith, thank you for your explanations on printers. I appreciate all of your trials, expertise and explanations! I am considering upgrading my old PIXMA Pro 100 with the hopes of trying my hand selling photo greeting cards at a farmers market next summer. If the updated Pro 1000 comes out, I will be very tempted to go that way. If I decide to get one sooner, do you have thoughts on which of the 200 vs 300 would do a better job handling foldable photo cards? Thanks very much!

I purchased the 200 based on your review and I found it makes incredible prints. Much better than what I was able to get from online print services.

Great reviews

Thank you greatly helpful video

Here is it boys and girls, the video we've all been waiting for! In my country the prices are PRO-200 ($800), PRO-300 ($1,000), and PRO-1000 ($1,700). The 300 is looking quite tempting. Thanks Keith!

very helpful! thanks!

Hi Keith...very well explained comparisons, do you have an opinion when it comes to printing block colours digital illustrations? thanks so much

I have both the Pro 200 (dye ink) and the pro 1000 (larger version of the pigment ink pro 300). My take is that one is not better than the other. I select printer (i.e., ink type) based on the paper and the paper based on the image (smoothness/texture/warmth/weight). For anything that is glossy, without a doubt, the pro 200 results are preferable. For example, Pictorico High Gloss White Film, which is my favorite glossy paper and is a professional paper with no rival, makes the most astonishing glossy prints with dye, but prints are dull and lifeless (with a clay-like surface) when printed with pigment. If I remember correctly, this is because the dye seeps into the paper underneath the gloss finish (thereby preserving it), and the pigment sits on top of the gloss (blocking it). I assume it is not a big deal with satin papers because it is the sheen and not the gloss that you see. Yes there is chroma optimizer on the pro 300/1000, but that applies the same type of gloss to every paper, even when they have different types of gloss. Moreover, it kills the uniqueness of the gloss of a paper like pictorico HGWF. For mattes, I tend to use the pro 300/1000 (but have begun experimenting with the pro 200 for the deeper blacks and richer colors). I hadn’t thought about black and white. That will be interesting to test. For barytas and other satin “in the middle” papers, it really depends on the paper. Some, like Ilford Gold Fiber Silk are designed specifically for pigment, and don’t print very well on Dye. The same for many Canson satin papers like Platine Fibre Rag which they say on their website are intended for use with pigment. Others, like those from Hahnemhule are designed to work with both dye and pigment, and my tests have shown that it simply varies by paper, and the only way to know is to test. In some cases it’s just the depth of black that is the difference. Canon brand papers tend to work equally well on dye and pigment. Finally, short of selling prints where “100 years” is a necessary selling point, I no longer find the longevity issue to be a factor in selecting a pigment vs dye printer. Today’s dye printers are far better than older ones, and I have 15 year old dye prints, printed largely on Pictorico high gloss white film on really old Epson dye printer models (think Epson 1200) that are displayed without glass, and look as good as they did back then. If I need to reprint in 30 years, I will 😀. Bottom line is that depending upon your use case you have two great options in the Pro 200 and Pro 300. You just have to figure out what works for your style.

Super useful comparison review. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I have been umming and arring between these two printers. I want to sell my art prints, which include both colourful and also graphite mediums so I think the 300 may be the one. Much appreciated

Thank you for sending me this way, I am going to pair one of these printers with a new computer, Mac is so simply but I respect your knowledge, my brain is so full of info I need some direction, I mostly need it for Large Family portraits & pictures on the wall, not much info on pairing computers with printer.

Good job, Thank you

Hey Keith thanks for your videos, they are very helpful. What about the Canon Pro 10 ?

I recently bought the 300 and I am amazed by the by the colour output. Worth the extra cost.

Thank you on your video

Thank You! Now I know that the 200 is the right printer for me :)

Hello Keith! Great video as usual. Let's say I print 90% matte coulor prints. Do you recommend the Pixma Pro-200? I don't mind the shorter dyeink longlivity. I'm not a pro by the way. I only print for fun, for myself and friends.

With current pricing in the states the ink cartridge pricing per milliliter is the same between the pro 300 and the pro1000. I did the math.

Very good videos indeed! What is your opinion on handmade book (very low volume editions) printing with those (b4/b5 format, 95% bw text) when in no rush and aiming for archival lasting? Meanwhile photo printing seems appealing. Kinda multifunctional :)

Thank you.

Hi Keith, Thanks for the video. Well done indeed. Which printer is best to print Realistic 'Gold' color text or fonts that will result being shinny text that will appear to pop off the page against a solid black or dark background on glossy or/and matte paper? Thanks.

Hi Keith thanks so much for your videos and writing. I work almost entirely in black and white, and I prefer to print on matte papers. For these reasons I was leaning toward the pro-300 (or probably the PRO-1000). However, I noticed that the PRO-300 offers a Light Gray ink position in addition to a Gray position. Whereas the PRO-300 (and PRO-1000) spec sheets lists one Gray and one "Photo Gray." The latter I take to be a gloss optimized version of the same Gray. Is it the same density? Or is it lighter one and, though gloss optimized, used in printing on matte papers too? If not, does the PRO-200's additional gray density make a discernible difference in the tonal gradations of black and white prints? "More inks are better" right? Why does the higher end printer appear to lack the Light Gray position!? Looking back in time the PRO-1 had THREE gray densities. Right now I'm wishing that I had a time machine. Many thanks.

Great reviews Keith ....... would you recommend either for cad architectural drawings

Thanks for another great review/comparison, Keith. I make Pop-Up Cards as a hobby and 1 question very important to my decision on my next printer is - will the ink split when I score the card to achieve folds? Many thanks.

I find that the 200 is quite powerful, I print 11x17 and 13x19 colored illustrations and blk & white for my art commissions. the 200 definitely does the job. Im very glad I went with the pixma 200.

Thanks so much for the detailed comparison! May I ask which one, out of the three printers ( pro-200, pro-300 and pro-1000 ) would be the better choice in terms of running costs, on the long run? Would the pro-1000 ink cartridges capacity make any sensible difference? Thanks very much again for the review!

Thank you very very very much sir🌟

Thank you for this very informative video. The difference in the average cost per print is what really has me on the fence. What would you say is the average price per print of a border less A3+ in each of these printers? Thanks again.

Hi. Thank you for the video. Do you recommend a particular one for greeting cards?

Nice useful 👍

Would you recommend either for more graphic illustrative type work? So a lot of areas of solid colour. Thanks, I find your videos very informative.

thanks Keith, this video helps me a lot. I'm going back and forth about pigment and ink, A3+ or A2+ etc. Compared to Epsons HD XP-15000 my feeling is that the pro-200 is superior in quality and the best ink based printer at the moment. I'll definitely won't have the throughput to justify the p900 or pro-1000's expenses - especially for ink usage due to maintenance. I guess the internal conflict is settled now. ;-)

Hi Keith, This video is both informative and helpful. The only thing that sets me back from purchasing the PRO1000 if the possibility that it might have a replacement some time soon. What's your take on this?

Thank you Keith excellent video!!! I recently purchased the Canon 200 printer, good prints the problem is when I print the fonts, they are blurry, blurry. No matter what, I'm using Illustrator, Indesign and using high quality press and still, can you give me any advice?

Hi Keith, thanks for the review. I am primarily interested in getting one of these printers for HTV (vinyl heat applications for clothing) but am very interested in the photograhical results these also yield. Do you know if these are good for HTV or not? I know it's maybe not your area of interest (being an architect and all) but just thought I'd chance it and ask anyway. TIA

Great review! Would you recommend Pro-200 or Pro-300 (or some other printer) for printing daily 50-100 photo prints 5x7". It would be used to sell prints online. Do you know maybe how many 4x6 prints it can print with full ink set? (pro-200)

thank you very much 😊that is very nice of you, have you planned videos in French?

Hey Keith! Thanks for your videos, top content! I want to start printing my artwok (mostly colorful digital art) and hopefully open an online store to sell prints. I saw all your videos about the 200 and I decided to buy it. Unfortunately it's out of stock in Switzerland and all the sellers say that the supplier did not provide an arrival date so it's a little bit uncertain when it will be available here. Because of that, I'm starting to consider to ask a refund and look for a different option and 300 looks good. I want to print mostly colorful digital art, sometimes geometric art and hopefully sell some prints. I like matt fine art paper. Do you think it would make sense to go for the 300 (It's in stock) or wait (not sure how long) for the 200? I'm open to other suggestions you may have as well. Thanks in advance, your channel rocks!

Hi, thanks for the video. I was wondering if dye based inks are more likely to bleed on semi gloss or glossy cardstock than pigments, as that is an issue I have had in the past when printing art cards. Thanks for your content.

How are you Keith. Which printer is the best for printing PVC cards and still enjoy the A3 plus panoramic print? I will appreciate your lead because I am contemplating going into photography business.

Thank you for an awesome video!! What is the speed of the A3 or A4 print like? On the site its states 1minute 30 seconds but is this accurate? Kindly advise, thank you.

Keith, I mentioned before and I'll mention again: you have the best channel for printing enthusiasts. I have a question about the PRO-200 but I'm pretty sure that applies to the PRO-300 as well: is there a way to select a baryta profile that's loaded on the top feeder? I can see that the profile is properly installed but can only select for the back feeder.

Of all your great videos, this one has been the most helpful. Can’t find a Pro 200 for sale in Canada. Might have to go to my original intent for an Epson 900. Even though I don’t nearly print frequently enough.

You got a verry amazing channel Keith . I want to aquire a printer for my wife she loves photography and want to print pictures on canvas , somewhere around a2 printer , can you recomend me anything refering to printer ?

Thank you for a great video. Based on your experience with BW printing, which would you recommend, Pro-300 or Pro-1000? If the max printing size was not important, just strictly based on BW print quality.

Hi Keith - I have a jumble of old family b+w photos of various sizes, more modern colour prints and negatives, and colour slides (non are digital) many of which I would like to scan and archive (for other family members to access) or reproduce as prints. I have been researching the options and find it confusing. Does Canon make a suitable scanner/printer ? I do use a Pixma MG5750 for business letters, digital photos etc, and would favour another Canon if possible.

Hi Keith, I was wondering about the VOCs produced when printing between the Pro200 and the Pro300? Are dye inks or pigment inks more toxic to print with? thanks for your amazing content :) Also, I can only find information that pigment ink has better longevity over dye ink, but in regards to these two printers, what is the 200's longevity of colour? It's hard to find anything about how long they should be fade resistant (as a product sold as a print to be put on the wall inside someone's home). I understand pigment is better, but does the 200 work at all or will they all fade in a matter of months.. I don't think I can afford a pigment printer right now but would like to at least get the Pro 200 and sell some prints.. or is that not okay due to fading (I have no idea how bad fading is, it's so hard to find anything on this subject in specific detail). Would the Pro 200 print a nice enough art print on matte paper?

Hello Keith. Thank you for such an informative video. I am just starting my wedding stationery business and for the beginning planing to print my works at home (it will mostly be black ink text on textured, vellum and cotton paper roughly 300gsm more or less, envelope printing and pattern printing). I originally wanted to go for pro300, but after watching your video, looks like pro200 will be enough for my needs. What would you say? Thank you an advance for your answer.

do you happen to know the best setting to use for printing w/ canson baryta prestige? was using heavyweight fine art paper setting in photoshop, the thing I didn't like that much about it is the ink seems like it's too shiny, and my fingers get a little ink residue on them when handling prints, would choose baryta but it makes me manual feed which I hate but might be the way? just curious on your feedback to whats best.

Hi. I have had a Pro300 for past 6 months and loving it. Just a quick question, yesterday I stupidly for the first time I put some lustre paper the wrong side in printer. To my horror the print obviously came out completely wet! I printed another print immediately the correct way round and it seemed to be fine. My question is will there be a problem inside the printer with the wet ink from the bad print? Perhaps ink getting on exit rollers or somewhere else? My prints seem ok it’s just I’m worried that there could be lasting damage or problems ahead with my expensive printer! Maybe I’m worrying too much as it’s the one and only time I have done it. Any reassurance would be most grateful!! Simon

Hello. Which of them mostly for deep (solid) black on Transparent Film for Screen Printing? Thanks!

Thanks for your video. I have a question: What is the max paper size the support both printer?, A3+?. Thanks in advance

Thanks Keith. For a colour print on a bright white lustre photo paper like Permajet Oyster 271 or Pinnacle Premium Lustre Paper, if longevity is not an issue, is there much to choose between the 200 and 300? I can see the 300 has a wider gamut in greens/blues on various ICC profiles, but possibly even on lustre paper the 200 might be more vibrant? Thanks!

Hi Keith, Thank you for this helpful video, I also intend to start a small art print business and decided on using German Etching art paper (310gsm). I originally bought an Epson x1500 and found it good for the first 30 prints, then it started rejecting the paper through the back feed and didn’t perform at all. I now have to start all over again and try to choose the correct printer for my needs, would you have any advice? I’m leaning towards the Cannon 300 as per your advice, but am also on a tight budget, so not sure? I mostly just want the printer to be able to take the heavy stock paper on a regular basis. 😅

Hi! Thank you for your video. I’m thinking to buy pro 300 or pro 10s. Which one would you recommend? Which one is not so expensive to use and which printer makes better photos?

Thank you so much for your INVALUABLE INFORMATION! The “YOUS” of the world {the ones who DO the work, push up their sleeves…. sweat it out in the trenches… assimilate the experiences and experiments} you are the cultivators gatekeepers of something that only the doers are adorned perhaps burdened with? WISDOM… something that can NEVER WILL NEVER BE BOUGHT! SHARED yes bought no…. THANK YOU for your footwork and for clearing a path for those of us who are lucky enough to have read this. I suppose the “YOUS” of the world are the TEACHERS… who care. Sincerely, thank you

Firstly, lots of thanks for your fantastic videos about Canon Pro-200 and Pro-300. As you say, choosing only one of them is very difficult and I've been having real doubts over the last month. Finally, I've just purchased The P-300. Why? mainly because I love B&W photos and it seems the prints are better on that one, truly neutral and even easier to get them look like what I see on the screen. Secondly, I hardly use bright-glossy papers. I also calculated the cost of printing up to 100 A3+ on the Pro-200 and Pro-300. According with Canon data about how many A3+ you can get with every cartridge and, although the P300 has 2 more inks, the final cost for each sheet will be pretty the same (2.43 vs 2.58€ ) thanks to a cheaper cartridge price (20,49 vs 19,49€) and more content (12,6 vs 14,4ml). So, it seems that, apart from the purchase, there will be no more extra maintenance cost on the Pro300 vs the Pro200 while its better prints will remain there. That said, I know the Pro-1000 is over there and maybe your are right when saying the choosing should be between the 200 and the 1000, but now I'm going to start to print seriously at home for the first time and I'm not sure whether I will need or wish printing bigger than A3+ sheets. However, if I finally regret myself having bought the Pro-300 instead the Pro-1000 it will be because I will have been printing a lot and I will want more and bigger prints what will be a good news, moreover, who knows, maybe by then the Pro-2000 will have been launched. Thanks again for your videos, they really help.

Your video's and reviews are really helpfull Keith! Many thanks for that. Very difficult choices to make. I sold my old Epson R2400. Now trying to decide between the 200 and 300. Which papers do you consider the best black and white choice for the Pro-200? Because I only occasionally print black and white (usually color), but then the print must be reasonably neutral. I am quite picky. I thought I read in your review that good b&w results can be achieved with certain papers.