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imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 Two+ months unused and humidity.

MarcoA — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:31:41 GMT

Hi all,

in the coming summer time my 1100 will not be used for two and a half months. During this time for all sorts of reasons I will not be able to run periodic print tests. Moreover, the printer stays in an environment that will likely get hot (30C and more) and quite humid.

I am buying a dry cabinet for my photo gear. The cabinet does not modify the temperature but keeps the humidity between 30% and 60%. For my photo gear I will set the humidity inside the cabinet to 40%.

Would it help to remove the print head from the 1100 and store it in the cabinet for those two and a half months? I understand the question sounds bizarre and perhaps it is 🙂

Or maybe not ...

Thanks!

Re: imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 Two+ months unused and humidity.

SignifDigits — Thu, 28 May 2026 21:13:56 GMT

Yours sounds like a very unique use case/situation. Unless anyone here has experienced in your same situation and can comment I would suggest you call Canon and ask them this question and follow their advice.

Re: imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 Two+ months unused and humidity.

MarcoA — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:22:02 GMT

Thank you very much for the input. Much appreciated.

Best
Marco