It is the sensible course of action, for any individual or organisation comparing their options for a new 44” A0 photographic and fine art printer, to do far-reaching and in-depth research on those options. This process may also include asking reputable wide-format printer suppliers, such as our team at Prizma Graphics, for recommendations and advice.

Well, one machine fitting this description that we would be delighted to recommend to many such customers, is the 12-colour ImagePROGRAF PRO-4600 from Canon.

A high-specification A0 44” printer that captures the essence of the artist’s work

In stock at our online store as we type this, the Canon ImagePROGRAF PRO-4600 is an excellent choice for discerning photographers, artists, and print service providers that don’t wish to compromise with the quality of their prints.

Thanks to a highly sophisticated LUCIA PRO II ink set with Chroma Optimiser, this large-format device can be trusted to deliver prints with faithful colours, mesmerising blacks, and the utmost all-round precision.

In short, the PRO-4600 is a printer that truly captures the most ambitious vision of the artist or photographer, with impressive durability and longevity, too.

However, we can also completely understand that you won’t want to merely trust the words of whatever wide-format printer suppliers from which you have requested advice.

That’s why you might also be intrigued by a recent five-star review of this printer from the renowned photographer, journalist and lens reviewer for Digital Camera World, Matthew Richards.

“The print quality is simply the best I’ve ever seen”

By his own admission, Richards is a highly seasoned user of Canon inkjet printers, going back three decades. In his Digital Camera World review of the PRO-4600, he said that while he had “tried every other make of printer” over that period, he had “always found Canon best for quality, reliability, and dependability.”

But even with that background and expectation, he discovered the PRO-4600 to be something special, declaring: “The print quality is simply the best I’ve ever seen, for both colour and black and white prints”.

Richards raved about the “incredible colour space or gamut” of the 12-ink system, with its “sumptuous colour rendition and epic tonal range.”

He continued: “Mono prints look simply magnificent, and in both cases the printer does an exceptional job of reproducing really dense blacks and the deepest of shadows with immense clarity and detail”.

“The sheer amount of detail revealed in prints,” he observed, “has to be seen to be believed”.

As well as the overall five-star rating for the PRO-4600, Richards gave the device the same score in the categories of features, design, performance, and value.

The intuitive controls, together with the automatic paper feed and recognition, drew further positive words from the experienced journalist and photographer. He added that the machine build was “rock steady”, and that the print results on all media types were “simply spectacular”.

Could the Canon ImagePROGRAF PRO-4600 be the right choice for you?

Your answer to that question, of course, will depend on your circumstances and requirements as a potential user of this formidable machine. You can learn even more about this large-format printer by consulting the full review on the Digital Camera World website, or contacting the Prizma Graphics team for advice and guidance tailored to your situation.

You might also be interested in our previous blog article explaining the essential steps of how to set up the Canon ImagePROGRAF PRO-4600.