Jtoolman's Complete CANON IPF PRO 1000 Printer Setup Video

[@mikeslater1545]

Taking delivery on the Cannon Pro 1000 today. Your videos were instrumental on me getting this printer so keep up the Great work. Many Thanks!!

[@randolphvacchi1933]

Without your videos I would not have known to do a nozzle check. It showed I had a bad print head on a new Pro 300 (after 7 cleanings... no patch grid in Y or CO). For prospective buyers, your Pro 1000 setup video is helpful for the Pro 300 setup. Grateful for the learning curve you provide.

[@bossofthemoss450]

I agree with Andrea, I am awaiting receipt of the printer and the availability of this visual and verbal advice will be priceless for installation and going forward, I look forward to your further and even more informative video's. Thanks a million Jose.

[@whateverrandomnumber]

Isn't the difference in the separation in the blues and greens due to the paper type...? Because I think both printers are supposed to have the very same inks, right?

[@yuema8188]

Hi Jose, I've just ordered a CANON IPF PRO 1000 today and hope to get delivered after Easter. Thanks for this video that cleared the mist of unknown lays ahead my head. :) Cheers!!!

[@cheo1949]

Good luck and remember this printer is one hell of a beast that requires you to be fully committed to it.

[@alanmoore489]

Great setup video, I will be installing my PRO 1000 this Sunday right after my new desk arrives, this video has helped a lot, thank you.

[@cheo1949]

Hope everything goes perfectly well.

[@mabehall7667]

Great video Jose. I'm sure it will help a lot of people. Couple of notes since I just set up my Pro-1000 a week or so ago: 1. I used the same test page and see the same problem with the greens. Every thing else is close to perfect. 2. I'm looking forward to seeing how your custom profiling goes. I am not having a lot of success with that. I printed the targets using Print Studio Pro and using the recommendation in LuLa of selecting "Color Management Off", evidently recommended to them by Canon. My results were unsatisfactory so I went back and turned off the Color Calibration adjustment in the driver. I haven't scanned those targets yet. I wonder if the Chroma Optimizer is on and causing difficulties? 3. Also can't wait to see your data on how much ink was used from each cartridge during installation. My printer says mine are less than half full now--wow. Thanks again. Keep up the good work. Mabe

[@cheo1949]

The two greens are apparently supposed to print nearly identical even though the may appear differently on the monitor screen. I will make some profiles soon and will also test some Canon and Hannemuhle papers on it. Right I am shopping for extra carts. The LCD says full but the ink monitor in the driver says about 1/3 from empty. Did you read the chart I included after my fair well? It shows all the weights before and after.

[@andrearock71]

I just bought the printer and your videos were priceless! thank you! :)

[@cheo1949]

Thank you.

[@LarryManiccia]

Great job on the set up video Jose. I'm sure this will be a great help to others who buy this printer and want a reference on how to set it up. Look forward to the experimenting and printing upcoming.

[@cheo1949]

Hope it does help as there really isn't much out there at this time.

[@mazennabulsi7246]

How I enjoy watching your videos Jose .. I enjoy every single moment of it .. thank you for the time and efforts u did to share it here .. thanking you always .. Keep up the great work , you are so blessed ...

[@cheo1949]

Thank you Mazen!

[@mazennabulsi7246]

Frankly I tell you Jose, you are my Printers and printing BIBLE .. i follow each video you did up to this moment , and I got learnt huge knowledge out of you .. and by the way, I already ordered the MARRUTT inks set kit 125 ml for my P600 , DHL tracking says its in Dubai hub now, mostly I will get it by tomorrow or Sunday .. I hope it will be going well on my printer. thank you

[@cheo1949]

You are way too nice!

[@melarbi]

Hey Jose, thank you for your wonderful videos on the pro-1000. I have some questions hoping you may help me out with as I am relatively new with this printer. I am testing many different papers to see what works best for my B&W image. However, what I am confused about is, what kind of paper do I mark it as from the printer's end? I know this is needed because I assume I have to color calibrate each different paper before I use it right (so I can achieve the best results)? Also, I would need to know this for when I print so there is no communication issue because I can select the paper type from Photoshop, especially since I have the ICC profile, but on the actual printer, I do not see anything indicating which paper type to select for the color calibration and printing. It seems that they cover all of the canon papers, but anything else, it looks super generic. For example, one type of paper I am going to test is the Hahnemühle Matte FineArt Textured German Etching 13"x19". Thank you for your time and help, Jose.

[@xboxasap6369]

Excellent setup video - best watching paint dry for a long time - can't wait for the next installment -thanks 👍

[@cheo1949]

Thank you ! It is a long one and I hope I covered all the basics. I will be doing a lot of specific videos on many of the PRO-1000's features in the very near future.

[@brice386]

Jose reference the two greens printed on your Pro-1000. Using my Pro 1000 I did three test prints (same test image) on Canon semi-gloss paper using my Color Munki created profile, Canon's ICC profile and one print letting the printer control color. The Color Munki and Canon prints both have two distinctly different shades of green. The Color Munki print is probably a little sharper overall, but other than that almost the same. Letting the printer control color the two greens in question are almost identical in color. Comparing prints to my profiled (Eizo) monitor everything is a good match except the two greens which are noticeably lighter. Hope this helps and thanks for the excellent videos.

[@cheo1949]

I will have to create some profiles for the PRO-10 and Pro -1000 and check. I will be showing some prints from one of my images both in color and B&W done on the PRO-1 and PRO-1000 on Pro Luster and OEM INKS and profiles. No difference that I can see with my tired eyes.

[@arthousephotobooth]

Hello Jose, Thanks for all your outstanding expertise! You are teaching us all so much! I performed the internal calibration on my Canon yesterday per your Pro-1000 video. Strangely, this was not a part of the initial set-up procedure for my Pro-4000. They completely skipped over this step. (only a nozzle check & head alignment.. then it said ready to print) so I was happy to learn about the calibration step. This may solve the slight over saturation problem I have been battling. Now that I have calibrated, I am trying to print my standard image (w/ babies, strawberries. etc) by letting my printer manage color as suggested to see how my printer handles color w/ out any other profile or influence, however, I am unsure what setting to set my color settings to under matching. The options are: Driver matching - ICC Profile Matching - ICM and OFF. Initially, I selected Off and let the printer manage colors (perceptual rendering intent) and printed. The standard image was way off. kinda magenta/brown. I experimented with all the other matching settings as well and the standard image looks the same each time. What am I missing here? Thank you!

[@cheo1949]

That is something that is NOT required to do initially. That is why it is not included in the steps. What that internal calibration does is to bring or tweak you printer so it matches the output of another across town or the country. It brings a printer to a STANDARD of perfection without any deviations between other printers of the same models using the same inks and paper.

[@arthousephotobooth]

Got it! Thank You for your reply!

[@dannydivilly6146]

This video is absolutely amazing. Thank you for your hard work!

[@frankcarroll2812]

We`re taking delivery of a PRO 1000 in two months so I'm doing some homework and taking notes. At the end of your "Complete Setup Video" you gave the various weights of full/empty carts, however the promo video link for your next video obscured the weight for Ink Carts 100% empty. The other weights showed OK. Can you tell me that weight in a comment here? Fabulous lesson videos here Jose. You make a great teacher, and by the way, I can understand everything you say, which is better than a lot of others. Thanks!

[@cheo1949]

Empty cart is 32 grams.

[@martykracher]

Great video. Question: What make/model is the handheld camera you used for this video? I'm looking for one, and that one seems to do a nice job. Thanks in advance.

[@cheo1949]

SjCAM5000Elite

[@martykracher]

Thanks!

[@MedinaCliff]

Jose, does your Pro-1000 make this noise when printing? I hear this sound almost like its hitting something when printing going side to side???

[@cheo1949]

Yes. It's normal!

[@MortenRasmussen]

Hi Guys. I bought this printer and I’m quite satisfied with the prints. I am however a bit puzzled over the ink cartridges that came with the printer. When I had installed the printer at after it did it’s feeding proces, I was only left with 40 ml of ink on each tank. Did it really take half of each cartridge in order to fill the tubes and the print head?

[@cheo1949]

What printer??? The remaining ink is inside the printer. It takes about 50% or more of the total initial inks to prime a stationary cart printer.

[@MortenRasmussen]

Jose Rodriguez Pro 1000

[@Weeeee75]

Hey Jose Have a question hope this isn’t too much of a beginners question but I am a beginner and I’m not sure. Towards the end of your video you perform a color calibration on the printer with a pacific type of paper. My question is do u have to perform a color calibration every time you switch Between different kinds of papers like glossy,mat, luster, so forth and so on. Thanks

[@cheo1949]

You can perform this operation on all your papers on none! What this internal calibration does to bring your particular printer to near perfect specs. So if you do it for Pro Luster on your a d I also do it to mine for the same paper then as long as we are both printing with Pro Luster and oem inks, both of our outputs will matches perfectly. Without the calibration, they would not. Output would not be identical. So do you HAVE to perform this? Might as well and that way you know it is outputting perfectly on every paper you print on and calibrate the printer to.

[@Weeeee75]

Ok so that I understand u correctly I should perform color calibration on every type of paper I attend on printing on regardless of what company the it’s from. For example if the paper is Canon Lester or red river Lester I should do a color calibration for both of them.

[@cheo1949]

Well Officially it is only for CANON Papers. But there is a way to include others but you have to basically apply it to an existing CANON Paper listed in the Paper choice Options. Remember that this is only so "Your PRO-1000 Matches Mine" BUT..... you will be able to print using just the driver for those CANON papers you perform this calibration and will not really see huge improvements even when Printing with ICC profiles for those papers.

[@Weeeee75]

Ok thanks Jose I understand ill just stay with the ICC profiles I’m still working on my 5 sample pack form 5 different companies to go through and I’m have tons of fun with that. 😀 Thanks

[@cheo1949]

The It RO-1000 is a her "Intelligent" instrument! You calibrate to what's er canon paper and voila! It prints perfectly to that paper with just the driver!

[@Bowriverguy]

Hi Jose, when I check Cancel Margin Regulation in the Pro 1000 Printer Preferences - it always come up with a warning statement that if I proceed I may have paper abrasion problems....any way around this?

[@cheo1949]

Sure that is the warning you will get and the reason why they normally want you to accept the wide leading and trailing edge borders. Fine art papers are normally thick and by avoiding printing on the front and read edges it will reduce or eliminate the possibility of head strikes. So do you want it to stop telling you that? You can not stop that. BUT... once I set it and click APPLY I remembers that setting. At least on Windows 10.

[@Bowriverguy]

Thank you!

[@MedinaCliff]

I was following your setup and did not select to setup a connection but still was able to go through and do the alignment. I then went through the menu and set up for wireless.Then I did the firmware update before proceeding with the device driver. Amazing how seamless the install is. with the wireless, you can setup from any computer. you just need to know the serial number.to make sure you have the correct printer on the network

[@cheo1949]

Thank you Cliff. That threw me a little when I was setting it up from the LCD screen. It just didn't make sense to me since no other printer I've even installed has asked me to make that choice that early into the install. Guess the PRO-1000 is in different ball park!

[@MedinaCliff]

Yeah, That was strange. But the Manufacture must have had a reason to design it that way..... Jose, I'm looking forward to hearing more from you on the Pro-1000. I watched your video saying they have an auto reset chip coming out....WOW!!!!! Then all I would need is the ink from Precision Colors. I hope the same price as the Pro-100 inks from them! You are doing a wonderful service for all us Amature Photographers!

[@cheo1949]

PRO-100 is dye so much cheaper. PRO-1000 is pigment and so about twice the life per ml. ARC chips will not cheap. About 3x that is single use chips. Still, once installed that is it!!!!

[@MedinaCliff]

Is this the company? $20-$40 each www.alibaba.com/product-detail/12-Color-set-PFI1000-Auto-Reset_60603779013.html?spm=a2700.7724857.main07.10.2bd13975We9KQ5

[@cheo1949]

Yes but you have to order 100 or more pieces.

[@gunsblaster6677]

hi there question why do i need a 15 inches for the back????

[@thisis5123]

The only question i have yet to figure out about my 1000 is the relationship between the print settings on the printers lcd screen, and the print settings set on the computer. For example: if i set to print a 17x22 on the computer in Canon Print Pro Studio, but the printer lcd settings are set to another print size. Also, I am wondering what the best option is to print 17x25.5 which the latest firmware allows for.

[@cheo1949]

If you want to use your driver for that you can disable Print Mismatch on the LCD. Otherwise if your LCD settings do not match what you chose on the driver you will get a mismatch error. It is a PIA! So Disable that and Paper width detection.

[@everythingbecky]

I have just set up mine too! I'm a fine artist and have my paintings professionally photographed. Now, I'm trying to print those and no matter what paper I choose, the images are blurry and not exact. I tried fine art paper and it was a disaster. The pro luster is better but still blurry. Ideas?

[@cheo1949]

Something is not right. I need a lot more info so as to know whether something is wrong with the printer or your workflow. You should be getting results as sharp.l as on your screen. So tell me everything about your set up and how You go about prnting your files. Leave nothing out.

[@mickphotos]

Many thanks for this just received this and setup painless thanks to u have subscibed look forward to more of your wisdom

[@cheo1949]

Glad it helped

[@mickphotos]

@@cheo1949 certainly did made it smooth and easy

[@kurtgrotz]

Setting up this week...maybe tomorrow.

[@flutemusiczone9136]

Hai sir your advices are very helpful to digitel lovers , i have a small doubt any digitel painting in photoshop, how take photoshop settings for digitel painting to take prints on canvas/Flexy print like RGB-JPEG / CMYK-TIFF & please give suggestions for good quality print.

[@cheo1949]

Follow the media instructions. They should provide setting hints in the instructions. There is nothing special about printing on Canvas. I have no idea what Flexy Print is.

[@foldby37]

Outstanding, looking forward to see a A2 photo from this machine....

[@cheo1949]

That is coming next!

[@MedinaCliff]

Ran a few test prints. The first one was the same as yours. I had it set up for driver matching at first. The print came out dull with the colors off. I had previously done the internal calibration for Pro Luster paper. which I used as my first test print. I then switched to NONE on color matching and used Lightroom to do it again. It came out perfect to my calibrated monitor. BTW....can I do the color calibration for more than one paper and does the printer remember it? Can I check to see which paper was calibrated? Then, I did a test of a print that I could never get the colors right with my pro-100. The Pro-1000 printed it right on the money first shot. Exactly like the monitor with perfect colors and skin tone! BTW,...I notice that the prints look like there is more pop with dye ink over pigment???

[@cheo1949]

I am still learning. After you create a calibration for any canon paper it is save. But..... You can choose to print using that Calibration or... Not. I will do a video on that once I nail down that indeed you are able to do that.

[@Rivij]

Thanks for the video. When I looked at the CANON IPF PRO 1000 and found out installing the print head was required, that made me a bit nervous. However, after watching the video I think it is doable. Now I have to decide between this printer and the Epson P800. I’m still going to keep my Pro 10, but I want something that will print a bit larger. Preferably, I would like a larger printer that has third party ink options, such as precision colors. It looks like the P800 no longer has that option according to the precision colors website. It also looks like the CANON IPF PRO 1000 doesn’t have that option yet, and I don’t know if precision colors will add that option in the future. But just going off factory inks the P800 seems to be cheaper to refill, but due to my experience with Canon and being highly impressed with my Pro 10, I am a bit partial to the CANON IPF PRO 1000. As far as print quality I am not expecting much, if any, differences between the two. Thanks again Jose. Your KZbin channel has been like an online printing university for me, and considering printing is probably one of the least talked about topics in photography…like I said this channel has been tremendously helpful.

[@cheo1949]

ALL canon printers require the Manual Print Head installation. It is a piece of cake to do. Insert and lock, close the lid! Done. Ah but there is an option for the P800. PC has great inks and there is A decoder board though it is not cheap.. PC will have inks and chips for the PRO-1000 in a short time. Either printer will produce TOP quality prints with OEM inks. Results will vary with third party inks.

[@Rivij]

Jose Rodriguez Jose again for the reply, this is great to know, that PC will have an ink set for the Pro 1000, that might make a big difference when making a decision between the Pro 1000 and the P800. If you had to make a choice between the Pro 1000 or P800, what would you chose and why? Possibly worth a video? Thanks again.

[@cheo1949]

Both Printers will produce outstanding results. If there are any difference between the two it is so minimal as to be insignificant. If you do not need roll printing or panoramas, then the PRO 1000 is your if you do need roll and panos then the P800 is the one! Of course we are talking about using OEM products!

[@artofwomenphotography]

Jose on the printer lcd select the ink levels and hit the ok button and it will show you the actual ink levels of each cart.

[@cheo1949]

Thanks! I have a lot to explore yet. I have a lot to learn about is baby!

[@lightandimagination7720]

Hello Jose, thank you for your videos and expertise, very helpful! We've had a Pro-1000 for a couple of years now and been very happy with print quality. Unfortunately all of a sudden a few weeks ago when switching it on, it gave the error 'Print head not installed' and no troubleshooting we could find / think of solved it, so it's not been working since. Canon are saying it probably needs a new print head which is not very economical since a new print head plus new inks is more money than a brand new one... We've asked around but nobody knows of a more cost-effective solution, we found your brilliant channel here on youtube and thought we could ask if you or any of your followers ever came across this problem?

[@cheo1949]

All I can tell you is the initial batch for 1000s seem to have some problems. Precisioncolors set on up and it lasted about 6 months and basically stopped working due to head errors. Luckily Canon replaced. So far so good. The head on my PRO1 did not last long either. Did you get a B200 error?

[@lightandimagination7720]

Thanks for your reply - we get error code '140B Print head is not installed. Install the print head'. I've spoken to Canon several times and all they offered for free (as it was over 2 years since I'd bought it so out of warranty) was a call from their technician which wasn't helpful (all he said was take the print head out and give it a wipe with a damp cloth, then put it back in, switch it off and back on again - which did nothing). It's a shame as the quality of prints was good. We were hopeful that a print head clean kit or something was available to try or some other fix as buying a new print head is not cost effective by the time new inks are needed etc, it will exceed the cost of a new one.

[@cheo1949]

The PRO-1-1000-2000-4000-6000 are not used serviceable. These units to through their printheads in about 2-3 years.

[@cheo1949]

@Matt Arnold That's going to be tough one. I've seen them for more than the actual printer and around $500-700. Let me take a look around. Where are you?

[@joshuadelawrencephotograhy7619]

Question. When I go to print with matte photo paper it wants me to crop to A25 which crops out some of the photo. How do I stop this?

[@cheo1949]

First. Are you talking Pro1000? If so. Are you saying it is forcing a leading and trailing edge 30mm border? If that's what it is you can disable Margin Detention in the driver. No the basic tab but the middle one. I am not near my PC so search for it and disable it by clicking the box.

[@joshuadelawrencephotograhy7619]

@@cheo1949 yeah pro 1000

[@joshuadelawrencephotograhy7619]

@@cheo1949 fixed it thank you. Disable safety margins. Stated right after I clicked it how it effects the margins in matte paper thank you Jose.

[@prasadkellapatha9387]

my epson l 800 printer c&m mixing colour.i can see after nozzel check.after celan head clean i can get only one picture after for c&m mixing so 2nd picture i need to head clean again this is wasting my ink ,what shoud i do please thnak you i hope i can get answer from you..

[@cheo1949]

I know nothing about the L800 printers but that looks like a mechanical problem. Whenever one color channel is contaminating another..... That is a big problem that you or I can not fix by just a cleaning cycle. You need to have it looked at by a printer technician.

[@prasadkellapatha9387]

i send to 2 techinician but they said cant its head poblem can i cleaning head by manually using head cleanng fluid? any way thank you for ur reply

[@cheo1949]

They said it's a head problem?? Then cleaning is not going to permanently cure the problem.

[@prasadkellapatha9387]

ok thank you for ur time

[@albertoldschool6950]

Very Very Good, Thank You!

[@krishary8775]

Thanks, setting up soon!

[@arthurhenfield4890]

Excellent, very informative.

[@cheo1949]

Thank you Arthur! Stay tuned for much more very soon.

[@MedinaCliff]

I have been struggling for hours now. I just can't get it to work wirelessly??? Downloaded latest software and selected wireless after setting up the IP at the printer and confirmed its connected and on the Network and can ping it. But when I go to print it just says offline. I've removed and loaded the drivers 5 times with the same results..."PRINTER OFFLINE"........ YET IT SAYS PRINTER IS READY ON THE SCREEN!!! WTF....IS GOING ON??? Just tried it on a Windows 7 computer and it works!!!!!

[@cheo1949]

What OS were you on before you tried Windows 7. Also WiFi data transfer rate is much slower than direct USB. And I have steady 150 Mbit up and down internet.

[@MedinaCliff]

Windows 10 does not work for wireless on the Pro-1000 but it does with the Pro-100. I Never had a problem with speed through wireless on the 100. I switched to Wired Lan.....Everything fine now.

[@cheo1949]

Weird. Some day they will update all these little things. Its much worse wit MAC!

[@neil6765]

great video really enjoyed

[@cheo1949]

Thank you! I should warn that one should take a 5 Hour Energy drink prior to viewing.

[@MedinaCliff]

Color Calibration can only be done on certain size papers..... NOT on 8x10???

[@cheo1949]

Correct. But size in this case has nothing to do with that. It's the type of paper instead. Just like with ICC profiles. They as not size specific but paper type specific.

[@MedinaCliff]

Yes, I did a cal with the paper they gave, pro luster 8 1/2" x 11. then I wanted to do with an 8x10 semi gloss type.I couldn't because of the size paper. that was my point.

[@cheo1949]

You have to use 8.5 x 11 semigloss.

[@mazennabulsi7246]

so many factors effect the printers colors calibration, the environment ambient is great factor, how the printer would know it to achieve true colors ? its good technology the self calibrating , but i cant entirely relay on it , i think its better to do it externally using colorMunki photo .. my own opinion , i dont know if its true or not ...

[@cheo1949]

Remember this " Calibration" is merely bring the printer to a standard for a given paper and OEM Ink batch. So it takes care of slight differences that may exist between physical examples of a printer model, paper batches and ink batches. It is NOT a printer profile you would make with a colormunki photo for instance. A canon photo printer is actually using the canon paper profile even when simply telling it to control color rather than Photoshop or Lightroom for instance. So calibrations would allow say 10 Pro1000s to produce identical results with that particular paper and each batch of ink in each printer even when they might differ slightly.

[@mazennabulsi7246]

Jose .. I received the Marrutt inks set, I replaced the VLM card, and printed a test page, and WOW .. I dont even need to create a new ICM profile, it worked same as the OEM.. Exactly same..but i will keep my eyes on them until i replace the last card, then I will do a new profiles.

[@cheo1949]

Wonderful!!!

[@Weeeee75]

Ok thanks Jose 👍

[@cheo1949]

Thank you!

[@MsgtMelton]

WARNING - PRECISION COLORS CHIPS DON’ WORK! This is an old video, back when Precision Colors chips worked for Canon P-1000. I got the reusable chips about a year or two ago and they only worked once. I am out a bunch of money. I just don’t want anyone else to get cheated.

[@cheo1949]

We all know this now. I am in the same boat and I've been telling everyone over and over about this.

[@cheo1949]

And besides you really need to rephrase this. They are not Precisioncolor chips. They are Chinese Chips sold by many other sellers before anyone even knew that they would not auto reset. We got one use out of them so that would equal $12 worth which is what actual single-use chips cost. We lost $12 per chip.

[@johnfletcher1036]

For a full review see this site www.northlight-images.co.uk/canon-pro-1000-printer-review/ Allow plenty of time for reading it is very long.

[@cheo1949]

I've looked at it on and off. Thanks

[@chazM6116]

interesting your colour chats test prints as I check this for the two greens and found that they are the same colour? see here www.dropbox.com/s/sjwnccgu6bzmbs0/greens.JPG?dl=0

[@cheo1949]

Thank you Chaz! On my monitor they do appear different but then again I never said I had the best display. If that is the case then the PRO-1000 nailed it!!!!

[@chazM6116]

Think you might have misunderstood me, I am talking about your prints where the pro 1000 is showing different greens and the pro 1 BUT I see a difference with the charts the bottom you have solid black and white mine is different so with out having the same file I can not be sure now. I would need the same chart to know for sure.

[@cheo1949]

I am using the same identical chart or standard image as you showed in your example. When I check the left green box in PS Info I show a lot of red ( R-127-G-255-B-0 ) and on the right box it is pure green ( R-0-G-255-B-0 . On my Sample Prints from the PRO-1 and PRO-1000 the blacks samples are nearly identical. Maybe not on video.

[@chazM6116]

strange how you get different numbers can u put a copy of your test chart in the dropbox and I see what I get

[@cheo1949]

www.dropbox.com/s/c13dzewjczvqioe/PrinterEvaluationImage_V002_ProPhoto.tif?dl=0