{"id":1041913,"date":"2026-01-12T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/?post_type=review-other&p=1041913"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:50:17","slug":"pixma-imageprograf-pro-1100-review","status":"publish","type":"review-other","link":"https:\/\/www.imaging-resource.com\/review\/pixma-imageprograf-pro-1100-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Canon Pixma imagePROGRAF PRO 1100 Review – A Legendary Printer Line Gets Even Better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Watching the first print come off the Canon Pixma imagePROGRAF PRO 1100, I was struck by how unfortunate it is that photographers don’t really print the images anymore. Before the age of the smartphone,  photo printer sales were as vibrant as the images coming out of them. Photographers would come home from a shoot, evaluate their pictures, and print the best ones. It reminded me of my start in photography, back in college.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standing over a vat of chemicals in the darkroom of my school newspaper, I waited anxiously for the paper I dropped into it to transform from a blank sheet into a (hopefully) beautiful image. More often than not, it would reveal something mediocre. I hadn’t yet taken the hundreds of thousands of photos I have now, and I had about the skill level you’d expect for someone of my age. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would hold the negatives up to the lone red lightbulb screwed into the ceiling fixture, find another shot to print, and load it back into the creaky, old Bessler enlarger. Expose, develop, evaluate, and start again. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process of holding one’s images printed large made me a better photographer. Seeing what went right and what went wrong in a photo gave me what I needed to try again, but differently. Because I could expose a roll of film and then print from it just a little while later, it created a feedback loop. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doing photo shoots in New York City during art school, I would take my E6 slide film to Carol Color Labs and wait for a rush development of a roll of film before running back to class. As soon as the box of slides was handed to me, I would spread them out on one of the light tables in the processing lab and check out my shots.  <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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The Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 is a 17-inch professional desktop photo printer that replaces the popular PRO-1000. It features the new LUCIA PRO II pigment ink system with 12 individual cartridges including 11 color inks and Chroma Optimizer for improved color accuracy, deeper blacks, and enhanced print longevity up to 200 years under proper storage conditions. The printer handles media up to 17 inches wide with borderless printing up to 17×22 inches and supports panoramic prints up to 129 inches long on paper up to 0.7mm thick.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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