Printer Advice. I want to replace my Printer Canon Pro 10

Hector1970 said:

Anyone around who might give an opinion?

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For desk top printers I changed from Epson to Canon. I was constantly having issues with blocked nozzles even though I always printed at least a nozzle test every week. Also I went through a few Epsons over an eight year period.
Got a Canon Prograf pro 300 and it has been excellent. Never had a blocked nozzle yet. As with all these A3+ printers the ink carts don’t last long if you’re printing A3+ a lot, but if you want an A3+ printer this is the one I’d get.
Despite having only one grey ink B&W printing is still very good.

Just tonight I was smiling because my Canon Pro-1000 alerted me to a firmware update--right on the printer's little display panel. Went without a hitch.

I used to have an Epson 3880, which was excellent. It did take quite a bit of fiddling with the ink-cartridges, as they tended to dry out quickly if not used. Once clogged, I would have to wet a piece of paper-towel with Windex, and then place the little piece of paper under the parked printhead overnight. Sometimes I'd have to repeat the procedure several times. Still, I kept it running pretty well for about eight years.

I've now had my Pro-1000 for almost five years. No problems, no clogs. I only use Canon inks. I try to print with it at least once a week, but sometimes I go over a month. I change the run-off tank whenever it is about 80% full.

One reason the Pro-1000 might be better is it agitates the ink, something I had to remember to do by hand on the Epson. Plus the Canon ink formulation and the head-design likely play roles.

I've always kept my photo printers covered with covers designed for the printers they are used on.

One downside to the Pro-1000, besides ink costs, is the ink-level gauge is vague. I get dozens of 5x7's before I can physically feel (by removing and shaking the cartridge) that the ink has gotten close to draining out completely. So far, I've never gone beyond the low-ink alert into the warning phase that I've read about. Maybe this is a little conservative, but I just don't want to take a chance getting air bubble in the feed tubes--or having the tubes getting dry inside.

The Pro-1000 has actually made printing pretty zen. Brilliant product.