This one is a little different to some of thebest small business printersI’ve reviewed.
But can it justify the high running cost of a cartridge-based printer?
The twelve individual inks take up some room, while the replaceable printhead is also quite a handful.
And unlike most inkjets, the printhead is readily replaceable which suggests a machine that is built to last.
The old school three-inch LCD looks under spec on a machine costing over a grand.
Theres no memory card slot or USB Host port either.
Just the usual USB bang out B and Ethernet ports at the rear.
It can also print banners up to 129 inches (3.27 meters) long.
While the cheap Canon squirts six inks through 2,304 nozzles, our PRO-1100 has twelve inks and 18,432 nozzles.
And if any of those nozzles become blocked, its picked up by sensors and substitute nozzles step in.
It’s the mark of one of thebest photo printersaround.
Thats a maximum of 150 sheets of thin plain paper.
Its a similarly smooth operation with instructions shown on the display.
The only thing that would have made the setup process easier is a touchscreen.
And these prints are probably more durable thanks to the industry-leading light and abrasion resistance of Canons pigment inks.
And by the way, youre going to need twelve of them.
Its prints also passed our smudge and scratch tests easily, which makes the longevity claims seem plausible.
This could be as easy as ordering a maintenance routine via the Canon app on your smartphone.
The chroma optimizer cartridge is likely to need replacing before the pigment inks, so watch out for that.
Its a solid and evolved design that puts image quality first.
The print speed is rather slow, but the results are worth waiting for.
It handles large sheets of paper effortlessly, including banners up to 129 inches long.
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