Monochrome Printing
With three dedicated monochrome inks – Photo Black, Matte Black and Gray – the PIXMA Pro9500 offers a new level of quality in professional monochrome printing.

Reduced Metamerism
Conventional printers create light gray areas using a combination of CMYK inks. The reflective properties of these inks vary, causing the appearance of printed colours to vary under different light sources – an issue known as metamerism. The PIXMA Pro9500 produces gray colours with one dedicated gray ink. This stabilises reflective properties so that prints look superb under any light. By minimising the use of colour inks for monochrome output, the PIXMA Pro9500 produces neutral tones with stabilised gray balance.

Smooth Gradations
Grayscale-converted images from D-SLRs can contain thousands of individual grayscale tones. Printers with a single black ink reproduce only a fraction of them. The PIXMA Pro9500's dedicated gray ink allows you to reproduce a wider range of grayscale tones with smoother gradations and finer detail.

High Contrast
The high density Matte Black ink adds higher contrast when printing on fine art papers: images retain their original impact. Photo Black ink is similarly optimised for printing on smoother, semi-gloss papers.

Convenience
Both monochrome and colour inks are located in the print head. The printer can automatically switch between colour and monochrome printing without the user having to swap tanks or purge ink.

Software Support
Monochrome output capabilities are complemented by the printer's software. Select a special “Grayscale mode” through the printer driver or Easy-PhotoPrintPro to perform simple monochrome conversions that take full advantage of the printer's ink system. Advanced features include Colour Tones for achieving warmer or cooler monochrome prints.

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