Datacolor User to User Support Group.

My past BEST Printer post sure was educating!!!

It looks like all printers have their pluses and minuses.

I fixed my Canon I950 inkjet over the weekend and this 6 color 
printer gives me fairly good photo prints.  I have a large quantity 
of ink and paper for this so it will be used for glossy snapshot type photos.

Now I like what I read about the Canon 9500.  I haven't ever used a 
pigmented ink printer.  What are the upsides and downsides?

Can I still do glossy prints?

How is the 9500 print quality for skin tones?  I do a lot of 
portraits and want this printer to give me the best possible skin 
tones that I see on my calibrated NEC monitor.

Print speed is not important as I don't do many prints at one time, I can wait.

Does the Spyder3Print do a good job at generating profiles from this 
9500?  Or are there issues when using pigmented inks?

BHPhoto currently has this printer for $550 after rebate so that is 
in my amount to spend  range on a good printer.


Any other comments would be appreciated....


Bob P.