Update Firmware for Panorama Prints on imagePROGRAF-PRO1000

[phildeman]

I know the imagePROGRAF-PRO1000 does not come equiped with a rolling mechanism for roll paper.  And I know that printer doesn't support prints larger than 17"x25?".  However, it would be great if Canon updates the firmware for the imagePROGRAF-PRO1000 to support panoramas.  I can cut the paper to the desired size.  I just need to print a panorama size of my choice.

This is a very good printer, but it needs to be able to print panoramas.  Please update the firmware to support panorama printing.

[aaitken]

Can I just confirm how you feed the printer such large paper sizes? Is it with the rear tray and do you have to manually hold it so it doesn't bend? Thanks!

[Owlan]

I have not made any panorama images with my Pro-1000, even though it can now make prints up to 1200mm in length. So I'm not sure which of the two feeders to use. I suspect that it depends more on the thickness of the paper being used. If it's 300gsm or less use the top feeder, if greater than 300gsm use lower feeder - as you do with cut sheets.

Then you have to just cut a long piece from a roll of paper & I guess manually hold it up so as not to bend it as it feeds through while being printed. Not unlike holding sheets of dough as they pass through a pasta maker!

Not ideal but at least possible now with the (fairly) new firmware. I heard Canon may make a roller holder for this model. But probably more likely a Pro-1100 might come out in due course.

All best with it.

[Owlan]

Just to add to my previous reply, when you go to print a panorama, the printer itself might specify which feeder to use. As I haven't tried it myself, i don't know if it will or not. In this case, it may be best to ring Epson & ask them. Pls write back & let us know.

[Owlan]

Sorry, ring Canon!!

[aaitken]

Thanks for the response, I've got the pritner arriving in the next couple of weeks, i'll let you know!

[Owlan]

Thanks, all best!

[aaitken]

Can report back that I just printed my first panorama with it, I put the largest size paper it could handle through (or very close to) which was 43cm x 119cm. I printed it on hahnemuhle photo rag 308 that I cut from a 17" roll and fed it through the manual feeder. Made an extension for the feeder using foamboard - a dodgy one - but it worked! Very happy with the output.

[Owlan]

Excellent glad it worked well. When the print is emerging from the output tray, how do you handle that length as it's going through?

Thanks for letting us know!

[aaitken]

I have the printer setup on one end of a table facing down the length of the table so that any longer prints just fall on to the table after they have gone past the tray. I have a cutting mat down there which doubles as a smooth surface for the prints to slide across

[Owlan]

Good system! I wish I had the space to do that too! Thanks for the update.