Review: Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1100

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Back in August, Canon announced the imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 17″ printer, which came 8 years after it's predecessor, the imagePROGRAF PRO-1000.

Keith Cooper has completed his exhaustive review of the PRO-1100 and has come away impressed. As suspected, if you're already an PRO-1000 owner, the PRO-1100 probably isn't worth worrying about as far as an upgrade goes, unless you need a couple of the features such as a new longer paper format, which allows you to print up to 3 metres long from a piece of cut rolled paper, or the wax coating from the new LUCIA PRO II inks which can help with scratching, which may be a benefit if you do take advantage of that 3 metre print length when you're handling it.

Keth has also done a written review to go with the above YouTube review.

There's probably no one better to get a printer review from than Keith, and you'll appreciate the honesty in this one. My favourite part from the video is calling out a couple of reviewers that claim you must go out and upgrade from the PRO-1000 as “arrant nonsense”, which it definitely is.

Compared to the previous PRO-1000 model, differences are relatively minimal. There is the longer paper support and the new ink set is somewhat improved in several ways [gamut, longevity, depth of blacks]. Likely not enough to warrant replacing a good working PRO-1000.
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If you don't have a PRO-1000 and are using a something like the PRO-300, then the PRO-1100 may indeed be a worthwhile upgrade for you. If you're just buying your first printer, the PRO-1100 should definitely be on your shortlist, as it's a terrific printer.

Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1100

Max Resolution: 2400 x 1200 dpi
Print Size: 3.5 x 5″ to 17 x 25″
Print Speed: 17 x 22″ in 4 Minutes
Borderless Printing: 4 x 6″ to 17 x 22″
Max Printable Paper Length: 129″
L-COA PRO Image Processing Engine
11 LUCIA PRO II Pigment-Based Inks
Grayscale Photo Printing; 3.0″ Color LCD
Canon PRINT App, Apple AirPrint & Mopria
USB, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi Connectivity

Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 $1299

For a lot of people, saving about $300 USD on the current inventory of imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 printers may be the way to go. There is currently a $300 instant rebate at B&H Photo, which brings the printer down to $999. The LUCIA PRO ink set is also slightly cheaper for the PRO-1000 than the PRO-1100.

Additionally, as pointed out by Keith. If you're running on older versions of MacOS or Windows, you may want the PRO-1000 for driver support. The PRO-1100 driver doesn't officially support older operating systems.

PRO-1000 support and ink from Canon should be available for many years to come, so you can still buy one with confidence. I currently use the PRO-1000 and I have no plan on upgrading unless something catastrophic happens to the printer.

Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1000