Have been using a canon i960 for a few years and loving it, beautiful images and color with almost no adjustments necessary, just a little sharpening. Concerned about the archivability I recently bought the canon 9500 pro and am considering returning it. Knowing it is a pigment printer I asked someone at canon what color differences there would be and she said none, the color would be identical to my i960. Noticing the picoliter size was 3 compared to 2 with the pro 9000, I asked whether the 9000 would give better detail and resolution, she again said no. Now with the 9500 I am seeing not as bright color, not as accurate color (caucasian faces, for example, look either very pale and cold or garishly pink or orange as if badly sunburned. Color tone in general is not as warm and natural as with my i960. Also, the woman at canon had said I would notice more detail with my new printer, but the opposite is true, there is less fine detail with the 9500 than with the i960. I do like the possibility of larger prints for exhibits. Am probably going to return this printer, maybe it is an issue with the 9500's or maybe just with this one. Wondering whether the 9000pro would be more to my liking, would like the color to be just like the i960 and maybe a little more fine detail. Inks are said to be more archival than the bci-6...any thoughts or experiences with any of these three printers would be appreciated. Wondering if anyone has seen prints from the pro 9000 and 9500 and/or i960 side by side.