Have been following the growing talk and reviews about the Pro1 as I have the Pro9000 and have been considering switching over to a pigment based ink to increase the range of materials that I can print on. The items that keep being touted about it the most are a slightly larger colour gamut compared to the 9500, the use of 5 black and grey inks for a major boost to B&W prints, the elimination of wasting ink to switch black inks, and the gloss optimizer. Biggest sheet it will handle is 14x40ish inches so it has been enhanced there for panorama printing compared to the 14x26 for the 9000. Reviewers seem to have quite favourable comments about the print quality but so do the 9500 reviews.

Biggest complaints are the difficulty that some encounter with setting up custom size prints, the amount of border space produced on some specific print sizes, and the physical size of the printer.

Of course $1000 for a printer isn't insignificant. Compared to several thousand for one that will handle anything I'm likely to throw at it (24 inch wide)I'm thinking that the Pro1 would handle almost everything that I print with the small number of larger prints annually being done continuing to be uploaded to my local print shop who will also directly ship to the client. As I have produced colour calibration files for their printer it is with confidence that I can softproof the images before sending them off.

Is it worth the extra money over the 9500? I don't know for certain. I'd really like to find someone who has one print a few photos for me so I can see what it can do with some of my more challenging prints.