For good Photos from your camera use Canon inks and paper.

Canon have developed a range of paper and inks to use in their latest range of printers, these inks and papers will give you a true professional look. A list of the latest ink cartridges and papers can be found at the bottom of this review, along with the printers that use them.

ChromaLife100 An overview
This Technology Overview describes Canon's new system of image permanence. Over recent years we have seen a fundamental shift in the market from analogue to digital photography. As a direct consequence, more and more people are now choosing inkjet printers as a means to deliver their photo prints. Apart from the convenience and simplicity of printing photographs at home, users typically look for three things from an inkjet printed photograph - quality, durability and "authenticity". The first concern is often "will the quality be good enough?" These days, quality is often taken for granted as image quality rivals that of traditional silver halide.
The next key question is "will inkjet photo prints last as long as traditional silver halide prints?" Image durability has become an issue; primarily because inkjet printed photos had a reputation for fading faster than equivalent silver halide photos. All photographs fade - inkjet prints are no different to silver halide photographs in this respect. Fading is basically a loss of colour intensity, but other related effects, such as changed colour balance, may also affect photographs.
Authenticity is harder to define but what people typically look for from photos printed at home is images that are indistinguishable from those printed in a photolab. Here the surface finish, glossiness, and the feel - paper weight, thickness, rigidity etc may all be factors.

WHAT IS CHROMALIFE100?
ChromaLife100 is a new system to achieve beautiful photographs with improved image permanence and enhanced longevity. The name is derived from "Chroma" - meaningvividness, in effect the purity of colour - and "Life" - meaning durability. Improved image permanence is achieved through the use of a combination of Canon’s genuine photo media and compliant inks. By printing with the ChromaLife100 system, your printed photos will resist colour fading for longer.
Canon considers that the printer, ink and media are all equally important components of the system. The underlying basis of improved image permanence using the "ChromaLife100" system is achieved by the combination of Canon’s genuine photo media and compliant inks*. Improved image permanence and optimum print quality may not be achieved by the use of compliant inks alone.


Whether developed and printed from negative film onto silver-halide paper or printed on inkjet printers, all photographs gradually fade over time. This is largely due to the effects of gases in the air.