More CANON PRO 1100 Printer talk!

[@micheleannunziata609]

Good sound, absolutly agree

[@jpdj2715]

Keith had a slow step by step video episode approach - with cliff hangers - and by now has demonstrated the difference with the 1000 and the darkest greys (called blacks) seem a tiny fragment better towards black. In a KZbin video. With lossy compression. The print head and droplet size are the same (significantly larger than Epson's). Keith had the 1100 powered down for a week's holiday and when he returned, his measurement showed that the startup of the printer had cost some $£€ 25 worth of ink. His advice, "never switch it off". Paper handling seems excellent and the vacuum suction to keep paper flat is a great idea. Physically it's much larger than its main competitor, the Epson P900, when no paper trays are folded out. In operation that difference becomes less significant as paper feed and paper exit all need their space.

[@JEHendrix]

Jose, I appreciate your coverage of the printing scene, this one especially as I have just purchased a Pro-1100, my first Canon printer without knowing it was so new. However, I am writing to share with you and your followers a technique I use to minimize the number of proofs I throw away for being too dark or too light. Yes, my BenQ is profiled for the light in my studio, but every profiled paper prints lighter or darker regardless. My work table is lit with 5000K track lighting. That’s my standard for comparing prints to prints and prints to my BenQ. To match brightness, I use a “cheat sheet” that lists for each paper the BenQ brightness that will match the paper. Making the cheat sheet is dead simple. I just make a print on some paper, lay it on my workbench, turn my BenQ hockey puck to match the brightness and enter that brightness number on my print sheet for that paper. Then, when preparing for prints on a given paper, I first set my BenQ to that brightness and edit away.

[@cheo1949]

That's a great tip for any printer, not just a new one!

[@BarryHull]

Thank you, Jose. I got my Pro-1100 a couple weeks ago, have now made about fifty prints, and love it. So far no cleaning cycles. This is my first pro-level printer and it's a dandy. Thanks for your advice. Thumbs up.

[@musashi-san____1409]

You ain't a sell out, Jose. That's why Canon hasn't sent you a Pro-1100. They are scared of you not pulling any punches. 👊👊👊👊👊

[@Tedwill-home]

I have noticed a slight difference in the output of two of my prints from both the 1000 and the 1100. The colors are a bit deeper in the dark areas. Of course, I could darken the image and send it to my pro 1000 and it looks identical. I am using the same pro 1000 driver for both. Red River doesn't have any production ready ICC profiles yet so I can only compare the ICC profiles from the 1000. However, I can't justify having two printers and I ended up donating my pro 1000 to a local community colleges evening photography program. They were very happy to receive it and I was careful transporting it and keeping it level so the ink didn't need to be refilled. I appreciate all the guidance you have given me. I'm sure with future updates. There will be slightly bigger differences, but I think in the long run, it's really not a worthwhile upgrade. A lot of the same issues are still there with the lack of a touchscreen, but the other advantages are still there in terms of the amazing image quality. It wasn't a downgrade by any means. But if I had a choice between keeping my 1000 and getting the 1100 and spending the extra money I would keep my 1000.

[@RafaelRamirez-dm5jp]

just ordered one from b&h. Reading and watching all availible on printer. You and Keith are the best. Will have by this Friday. Can't wait, replacing a dead Epson 4800 I had for over 12 years.

[@intelligenceondisplay9189]

Jose, Great video. Thank you. I do know if you have a previous video that shows how to extract oem ink from the 700 ml cannons carts, If you do, can you share that link? Or explain how to remove ink from the 700 ml carts so I could inject it into the pro 1000 cartridges. Thank you!

[@cheo1949]

I just drill holes at the upper corners of the cart handle and literally pour it onto a funnel into a liter bottle.

[@intelligenceondisplay9189]

@@cheo1949 Jose, Thank you ! do you worry about plastic shards getting into the ink? That is why I was going to extract from exit Port. Oh, by the way, great recommendation for the viewport for canon carts and their soon to be released external carts for the Canon Pro 1000 Again, thank you, I have learned so , so much from you, priceless tutorials, priceless !~

[@grumblewoof4721]

Hey Jose... love your weekly printer chats. I'm thinking about going up to A2 from my Canon Pro-10s A3+ .... but I am torn... Do I get the new Imagegraphpro 1100 or the Epson P900 ? Are there side by side comparisons of the images from each yet ? Would I be able to see a difference ? Do they print at the same speed ? I see some advantages to the p900 including a 4.3 inch touch sensitive screen and a roll paper holder. Downside is 10 inks not 12. The inks are about £0.55p per ml for Canon and £0.58p per ml for Epson. Canon carts are 80ml while Epsom carts are 50mI so you get more prints per set from Canon (or do you?). In the UK, both printers are the same price at around £1099 ... Please help me decide, thanks.

[@harolddavies1984]

Thanks for clearing up what the Canon rep. told me about the internal densitometer. I need to confirm with multiple sources instead of subscribing to just one

[@cheo1949]

I thought it would be odd as all of these printers supposedly share the same printhead. We have to wait to see once more users get a hold of one. At this point I can't see spending $1300 on one. A jump from 1000 to 1100 is not as dramatic a jump as say, 2000 to 2600.

[@harolddavies1984]

@@cheo1949 agreed.

[@itaylorm]

Not having any issues with clogging that I can tell. Does the Pro-1100 dump to the Maintenance Cartridge when you have to shut it down (I was getting a house generator installed and had to shut it down). Normally I keep it running 24/7 I have had my printer for a week and the Maintenance Cartridge is at a little less than 50%. I have been printing every day at the rate of 2-10 images a day