Tomcat5133 Loc: Gladwyne PA

Going to do finished art photo illustration prints. Have had my eye on the
big brother to this highly touted printer the imagePROGRAF PRO-1000
& the plotter style iPF770.
The baby brother Pro-100 has been annoying in producing a print that isn't muddy and light.
I have teched through output from PS and LR assigning the prefs to color settings on the software.
Have tried different ways and on google found others startups this problematic.
I have owned the large Epson 2000 and another 13x19 Epson. Have experience.
The reviews on this printer say the prints are gallery quality and as good as
the bigger 1000. Smaller format 13x19 for my tests and prep and small sales.
Sorry for this long question but this is where I am at my first week.

SteveFranz Loc: Durham, NC

Have you tried printing from "Canon Print Studio Pro?" I have downloaded it from the Canon USA site and use it as a plug in on PSE. In my opinion it gives much better results than the print driver Canon supplies on the disk that comes with the printer.

MoT Loc: Barrington, IL

I have a Canon Pro-100 and agree. By the way, are you using Canon Paper or others that have a profile for the Canon Apps? I know that Epson paper does not play well with Canon printers and vice versa. I also assume you are using Canon Ink and not a third party version.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Canon Pixma Pro 100 does an excellent job, particularly at the price of printer and even inks - paper is usually free. There is a learning curve.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

What, exactly, is the question?

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

The Pro-100 is very good, the Pro-1000 is better.
But with the 100:
Canon Ink
Canon Paper - preferably the high end papers as opposed to the everyday grades.
Proper ICC codes
Use Print Studio Pro to control the printing - it does do a proof page with thumbnails with various settings, do one of those, pick the best one and change settings for the full print.

Tomcat5133 Loc: Gladwyne PA

Have tried print studio. Only canon inks. My question now is this printer a problem?
I use an HP all in one everyday printer and have found it makes great color prints.
I still have time to return it. It was on sale for $330. One thought is this printer has been around for 6 years wonder if the ink cartridges or time in warehouse has effect. Many folks online similar light smeared prints. I am now wondering if the 1000
Will be a problem? Thanks all.

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

Canon Print Studio Pro (free) is a must! It will give you two proof sheets, one for color and one for brightness, so you can enter the proper parameters for each to get as close to your original as possible. I called them when having the same problem. Charles , the tech rep, walked me through the whole process. Download the program before you call.

rick_n_wv Loc: Charleston WV

Been using the 100 for a while. You really should use Canon Print Studio Pro for what you want to do.

morkie1891

Find Jose Rodriquez on YouTube. Also as jtoolman. He has hundreds of videos on printers, techniques and issues.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

I went from a Epson 1400 to the Canon Pro 1000. I mad that decision when I was at a expo when Canon was doing 1 free print per person. They were using a Pro1000 printer. If they think it good enough for them to use as a sales printer it's good enough for me to use. Not cheep and not cheep to run but quality is the output.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Is your computer monitor calibrated?

If not, you'll constantly struggle to get accurate colors and correct brightness levels in your prints.

Get a device and software such as a Datacolor Spyder or X-Rite ColorMunki.

dick ranez

The printer will accurately print what it is fed. Variables are inks if you don't use Canon's offering, driver and software. You Tube has multiple color workflow videos which might be helpful. The Pro 1000 uses a new ink formulation - and is also 12 color versus 8 - and is an excellent 17X22 desktop printer. If you're in the market, be sure to check out the 24 inch Pro 2000. It's about the same price as the Pro 1000 with a second ink load. It's cartridges are twice the size as the 1000's so it's about a wash if you do a lot of printing and you add a lot of versatility. (Cartridges are also about twice as expensive :) )

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

The Canon Pro-1000 (17"wide ) and Pro-10 (13") printers use pigment-based Lucia inks. The Pro-1000 uses twelve colors, while the Pro-10 uses ten.

The 13" wide Canon Pro-100 uses dye-based Claria inks... eight colors.

Lucia inks are rated for 200+ years life.

Claria inks are rated for 100+ years.

Personally I use the inexpensive to buy (somewhat more expensive to "feed") Pro-100 as my general purpose printer, for many things other than gallery/museum quality prints. I use it's use dye-based inks on gloss, semi-gloss, satin/luster type papers for proofs, thumbnail catalogs, business cards and coupons, as well as the typical "office" printing purposes.

For gallery/museum quality prints that will be displayed framed, matted and under glass I prefer pigment-based inks on smooth matte papers. I've been using an HP B9180 (13" wide, eight color pigment inks) for this purpose. I used several different Epson models before the B9180. However, that's a discontinued model, no longer supported and getting difficult to find inks (which are 3X the cost of Canon Pro-100 inks... but also 4X or 5X greater ink capacity). I will probably soon update from the B9180 to a Canon Pro-10 or Pro-1000, depending upon how large I want to print.

Or, I may just outsource my gallery quality printing instead. I'd have to do a lot more printing than I do now to make it worthwhile to buy another printer.... especially those pricier ones. 13" Pro-10 sells for $450... 17" Pro-1000 costs $1000. While they use the same Lucia inks, the Pro-10 and Pro-1000 don't use the same cartridges. The Pro-10's inks are about the same size and cost as the Pro-100's (Canon doesn't reveal the capacity of either, but cost is about $15 per cartridge, $135 for a full set of ten). The Pro-1000's cartridges are considerably larger and more expensive (80ml and about $60 apiece or $700 for a full set of twelve).

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

17" Canon Pro-1000: $999 (after mail-in rebate)
24" Canon Pro-2000: $2195

Pro-1000 inks:
- 80ml, $60 apiece or full set of twelve $699.

Pro-2000 inks, twelve colors, not offered in sets, three size options:
- 160ml, $97 each
- 330ml, $173 each
- 700ml, $294 each