Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1000
is a professional
productive
first-class printer
When we address people
who are professional in printing
we must talk about the characteristics
that distinguish this machine from others
First
it prints with one head
but is this an advantage or not?
In my opinion, it is a very powerful feature
because competing printers may divide the inks
in the machine into more than one head
So it needs head alignment from time to time
and for the two heads to output
the ink drops properly and to synchronize
with each other
Always
at the beginning of the work
the result is good
But from time to time
a shifting occurs
in the place of each head
and it needs to be re-adjusted
Often
this adjustment is not done through
the knowledge of the consumer
but through a specialized maintenance center
and this may lead to disruption of work.
Its colors are distinguished from
competing models as they contain special
inks for colors, not spectra
It has cartridges dedicated to
the color red
and cartridges dedicated to the color blue
and this makes the colors more vibrant
especially for lovers of landscapes
and those who photograph sunrises,
sunsets, flowers and festivals
that have vivid colors
This printer is made to serve
this group of people
In addition to its high
efficiency in black and white
because it has four black colors
including photo black, matte black,
grey and photogrey,
which is a shade of grey
lighter than traditional grey.
This is very useful for producing images
that contain shades of grey
especially in black and white print
And of course, matte black ink
is very special for printing on matte materials
so it produces a very high-efficiency image
PROGRAF PRO-1000
is very suitable for in-house services
It is not only used in homes
for photography lovers
like other models
b ut it can be placed in a studio because
it prints up to A2 size
which is a size of 42 cm by 60 cm on one sheet,
and there also
many options like
feeding a longer sheet
and thus produce panoramic images
with high efficiency
And like the other professional categories
from PROGRAF printers from Canon
one of the secrets of its success
is the chroma optimizer
and it is the transparent ink number 12,
which treats the defect of bronzing
and makes the color images appear more saturated
and the black and white images printed on
the materials of satin, semi-glossy,
semi-matt and glossy,
appear with the utmost purity,
with the utmost saturation
and without the defect found in nearly all competing printers
which is bronzing
For any service house
it is not just important to provide it
with the printer that provides high
quality and a large space
up to A2
but it is important to provide it
with a high production capacity
The advantage of this printer is that
it takes 12 cartridges and each cartridge is 80 ml
This enables us to print an entire gallery
for a large group of photographers
without any stop or downtime
A great advantage of this printer
which distinguishes it from competitors
is that the head is user friendly to change
and there is a feature that needs intervention in some
competing machines, but here it is done automatically in this machine
which is if during operation,
any nozzle is blocked
the printer will not stop,
no white lines will occur
due to a nozzle that did not release ink
but instead there is a photo cell in the head
that reads while printing and it notes whether
there is a blocked nozzle
and quickly replaces it with the
next nozzle to work instead of it
until it is time for cleaning
without disrupting printing
or resulting in defective work
since there would be a problem if
we as professionals turn out defective work
First, our reputation could be affected
in front of clients
and with large quantities of work, a picture or
two containing defects may be discovered by the client
at their gallery, and this harms our reputation greatly
and put us in a very difficult position
PROGRAF PRO-1000
with an 11-color plus chroma optimizer,
when the calibration is done correctly,
and one of the most important advantages of the printer is
having a built-in calibrator
The machine has the ability to
release the ink onto the paper
and perform calibration
and has a photocell that reads the colors
and defines the profile to ensure the continuity
of the color to be the same even if the file
is printed at a different time with different materials
so it is one of its most important advantages
that it can do calibration for the colors
in order to produce images that are
as close as possible to the most complex colors
that can only be obtained in Pantone
and complex colors called solid colors
PROGRAF PRO-1000 is produced as a desktop machine
to be placed on the desk
but when I took it out of its box in order
to put it on the desk
I was struck by its huge weight
It is an industrial machine
When looking at the specifications
I found that its weight exceeds 30 kg
When looking at its technical details
I found that it is made of a steel chassis
and this is what gives it this weight
for a printer that can print A2 size paper,
which is around 40 cm by 60 cm in four minutes
Other equipment, if it is lighter, may cause
vibrations, especially at high speeds
which prevents their nozzles from falling into the right place
which gives a picture that does not
Match the level and sharpness required from professionals
The PROGRAF PRO-1000's body is produced
to be compatible with its speed and the head,
which has a width of 3.15 cm
so it prints very fast
as part of an integrated system of weight,
speed and efficiency in order to
produce the highest quality.
Another important thing for artists and photographers
and for people who print on materials on sheets such as
canvas, matte or cotton paper, who sell artistic work
Let's say I am a professional artist
I may print an image 30 cm by 40 cm or
larger or smaller up to A2
I produced a picture and sold it
The person who bought the picture, bought it
in order to acquire a work of art and paid for it,
so I must have the integrity to sell him a picture
that does not change color and lasts with time.
I was surprised that among the specifications
of the printer is that the dyes have
silicon oil added, which gives them
resilience against cracking and the ink has high elasticity
which gives it greater resistance than
others to scratches without
giving it any coating
and it is sufficient to have chromo-optimizer if
my type of material needs chromo-optimizer
The most important test for a color printer
is to print a black and white image
because black and white does not come out
only from black ink, but from all colors
Using the original ink with the original program
produces a balanced number of dots
that gives you the exact tones
I encourage every professional photographer,
everyone who cares about image quality,
and everyone who respects their art and their viewers
to buy a printer that is not huge in size and has
very high capabilities like the best of the most
expensive competitors, and to
print a picture. If you print a picture of a landscape
you will feel like you are inside the scene
and if you print a picture of a person, you will
remember him and feel like you are talking to him
It is a beautiful experience that I encourage you to try