Keith, I wouldn't recommend using a leaf blower. Just wipe with a damp cloth where dust is visible and accessible. If you blow it, the dust can fly even deeper, where it definitely shouldn’t go. When using the printer for personal purposes, the pads of absorbent paint from cleaning the nozzles will last for 20 years or more. The chip does not read the amount of ink in the swab, but the printing and cleaning cycles. In my work for 18 months it turned out like this: 15 hours a day - 3 cartridges at the highest print quality. Refilled cartridges sequentially, cannot be used immediately, the paint must flow through the capillaries to the very nozzles (10 hours). An important note on storing spare new cartridges is to store them with the nozzles facing down. After 9-10 months the chip required service cleaning, I reset it programmatically. After two service cleaning requests, the pads of absorbent paint was filled and inflated. Easy to cut from similar material to replace the old one. After 1.5 years, the print head guide rod wore out. That's all, the printer is trash. Replacement or repair is not worth the expense. New printer models were already on the shop.. Maybe this will help someone. Bye, Keith. (Google Transletter) Eduard

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Good points for people using the printer more heavily I use a [small] leaf blower quite intentionally, but carefully... and will continue to do so. I may even include it in a video some time ;-) I've used it for years, cleaning computer power supplies, boards and fan systems

@Fujik1966

2 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper I corrected the text, Google translated it in the wrong order.

Top tips for myself and other Pro-300 users. Thanks Keith.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you so much for this video. As a relatively new Pro 300 owner, this is quite helpful.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Glad to help!

Thanks so much for this super helpful video Keith from a loyal Pro-300 user!

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

thanks, just what i needed

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks - glad it was of interest

Another useful video on the 300, thank you Keith.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks

Good tips Keith

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Great video thanks

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks

Great video, as always. Kind regards from Brazil!

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Until you mentioned the Pro 200, I was continuously thinking "How similar is the 200?" If there are any significant differences in the maintenance regime, I would very much appreciate a Pro 200 specific video, but very useful nonetheless, thanks.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Essentially the same - but I'll do a PRO-200 one when I've got one here, since the YT system seems to like ones like this :-)

@connywickstrom9502

2 ай бұрын

Yes, please add a Pro-200 maintenance video to the when you have one in. It would be much appreciated.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

@@connywickstrom9502 until then, just mentally replace every time I say '300' with '200' ;-) :-)

@rogercave6435

2 ай бұрын

Another vote for a PRO-200 one

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

@@rogercave6435 on its way next week!

Excellent tips 👍👏🏻 and I shall definitely put a cloth over the printer to stop dust entering the interior 😊

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks - I was surprised at how dusty my house can be some times

Thank you for this. What is the old adage . . .? "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." A great deal less expensive, too!

@KeithCooper

23 күн бұрын

Glad it was of interest!

Great video, thanks Keith! Can you please do one like this for the Pro-1000?

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

That's a tricky one - I last had a pro-1000 here in 2016, for my detailed review - only a loan, since I'm not allowed to live in a printer warehouse ;-) The general cleaning principles do apply apart from best usage times/periods

As a future 300 user, thank you. Just trying to make my Pro 10 last until this Fall.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks - they are very similar in some respects.

Sorry for commenting as a epson p700 user here on a canon topic... but thank you so much! Its about the general advice you give about spacing out in time cleaning cycles. Just had my first crisis. LGY not outputing anything. Made some cleaning cycles, nada, did a power cycle, nada, waited 6h did another power cycle, nada, 24h wait, power cycle, aha there is life! One basic cycle, better. Go to work, 8h later, basic cycle: nozle check perfect! Take your time seem essential!

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! I had an old epson some 20 yrs ago which took a clean every morning for over a week until it burst back into life...

@ArneHalvorsen63

2 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper Hope you do a p700 / 900 vesrion of this :)

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks - The problem is that I can only do a specific video when I have a printer here The printers are loans, I'd not be allowed to live in a printer warehouse, nor can I afford to buy them...

Keith, yes, if possible, please do a similar video on the Pro-200. Thanks.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

I'll see what I can sort out... [broadly similar, but I appreciate people want to see their printer in the title ;-) ]

@randyharbour8633

2 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper If the two printers are the same, just let us know that. I am just thinking about anything new or different between the 200 and the 300 from a maintenance or operational perspective. Thanks.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

I do need to check for sure, but in the mean time just mentally substitute '200' for every time I say '300' in this video ;-)

Thank you for this video. Very helpful down-to-Earth advice. Also reassuring. Something I thought of for blowing the dust out is my Giotto Rocket Blower. This is a small, inexpensive, manually powered tool originally designed for blowing dust off camera sensors (I think), and I’ve had one for many years. It has some filters to remove the air it takes in to then blow out when the bulb is squeezed, so it seems like it might be a safer, more controllable option than the leaf blower. Again, thanks for this video. I find your videos some of the most authoritative on KZread.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks - much appreciated. Yes, it doesn't need to be super powerful - I just have a battery leaf blower which comes out every so often for computers and printers ;-) [used outside!]

@ArneHalvorsen63

2 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper High end printers should have some means of blowing away the dust, maybe someone have? Seeing how fast the shiny surface of the p700 get dusty I am carefull only having the printer "open" when printing.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

@@ArneHalvorsen63 They do - the P5300 I was testing recently has fans and a vacuum system for minimise dust buildup in the printer - the P700 is a consumer level printer, not 'high end' ;-)

@ArneHalvorsen63

2 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper Yea I know, was interesting if the bigger ones did address it. Followed your P5300 series, was thinking fans was for heat only and vacume for holding paper, but that is brilliant! If I "move up" actually don´t find the P5300 price (subtracting p900 price) so bad, it is more where would I place the darn thing :)

I have been subscribed to your channel for years now, Keith. Your channel is very informative and straight to the point. I can't understand why you don't have more subscribers than you do. After watching this last video of yours, want to ask you this, the ink pad inside the machine is full, does that mean the printer as at the end of it's life and you need a new printer? In your video, you say that when the machine thinks it's full that's it, you cannot do anything about it, it's not user replaceable. I only ask as I do have one of these machines and I do like it. I have never had an issue with it, even though sometimes it is left fir months, without use.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks - still looking for ways of getting the channel 'known' ;-) It won't however start featuring music and other loud 'youtubey' attributes - but I do want to experiment with some outdoor stuff related to some of my architectural photography. I'm told that the internal pad lasts 'for years' even with quite heavy use, but I don't know for sure [I'll ask around] - there are fixes I'm told...

Thanks for video! I have a still relatively new Pro 200 (about 4-5 months), so love the information. Quick question, I’ve noticed that printing margins tend to be off consistently by about .25-.75mm, usually around .5mm. This isn’t very noticeable in a larger print like A3+, but easier to see on smaller prints like 5x7 or 4x6. Is this about the range of offset to expect and/or can this be fixed other than “manually” offsetting the margins while printing?

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks - I don't know of an adjustment mechanism for the 200, but take care that the paper is the size you think it is ;-)

i own 2 canon printers, Pro 1000 and Pro 6000s. i love both printer, the pro 1000 i use it every day, it gives me peace of mind because canon gives 3 yrs warranty or 30k prints which one reach first. at 10k print (mostly i prints 30,5 x 40,6 cm and yes we are metric system) the printhead died, and canon without no time send me a replacement without no time and no expense. and th pro 6000s we print not many prints, sometimes just 1 or 2 large format prints everyday, but for this printer i have more peace of mind because for large format pro printer series, here Canon gives lifetime printhead warrant for life as long we use original inks, and we buy from them. beforehand we use Epson printers, it was honeymoon at first but it was just living in hell when the printer reach high millages. Epson printehead more expensive than canon, and it need service operation just to replace them, buying new printhead is almost the same buying new printer, with epson we never change printhead, we changed printer...

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

That sounds good - there was no such lifetime warranties on heads here.

@supraptosuryodiharjo4338

2 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper in deed, infact here only epson not offering contract services, other brand are offering contract services,

Thanks Keith for this video. I bought a Canon pro 300 2 yrs ago based on your researches and testing ! It’s a great printer but expensive on inks 😢. Quick question… which photo papers/makers creates more dust in a/this printer?

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks - cotton rag papers tend to be the worst, but I don't have any real confidence in saying one is worse than another

On my Pro-300, the far left edge of the foam pad has become so full of ink that is was causing lines of ink on the underside of my prints. I used a tissue as you suggested to blot up most of it, did a bottom plate cleaning - and no more problem. After some 1250 prints, I'm wondering if tthe wate ink container is about full, and if I'm in for a big service bill, or a replacement printer. No idea if this is the case, but I'm annoyed that Canon did not design the printer with a replaceable ink waste container. Love the printer otherwise. Thanks for the info Keith.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

It should take a lot more prints than that to 'fill' the pads. That end pad section often only partly dries, leaving thick gooey ink. The kitchen roll really does help clear it. The problem of the PRO-300 design is that it's fundamentally based on the PRO-10 and before that, the 9500ii - there is no way of 're-using' that basic design and adding a replaceable waste tank. The PRO-10 and 100 both lasted 8 years - the 200 and 300 are just shy of four years old Will Canon [or Epson for that matter] have the vision to bring out a higher end multi-ink inktank based printer, or are they too attached to the profit [and dare I say waste] of ink cartridges... ?

This is super helpful! Is there a video like this for the Canon Pro-1000? I recently purchased it! I do have one issue I'm trying to solve and was hoping you had a solution. I'm using Photoshop to print my art prints, and I tested it by printing a 8.5x11 image on a 8.5x11 paper, but the image printed slightly off-centered or scaled a little larger than 8.5x11 so that it is slightly cut off. I have my print settings and paper size all correct, so I'm not sure why it is doing this. Any idea? I would really appreciate any suggestions! Thank you!

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

The dust and foam strip are similar [my PRO-1000 review was years ago, when it first came out]. The 1000 is rather more picky about lack of use though. Did you print borderless? Printing an 8.5x11 image at that size is not easy without margins I've a bit more about this in my original review www.northlight-images.co.uk/canon-pro-1000-printer-review/ I'd also suggest trying the Canon PPL software.

Hi Keith, great video as always. Really informative. I'm wondering if the Canon Pro 300 is coming to a some sort of it's end of life period. It seems that few large retailers such as Wex and Amazon UK are out of stock for some time now. Could this mean that a new model is coming soon alongside some of the big camera announcements from Canon in the next couple of months (R1 and R5 mk II). I'd love purchase the Pro 300, but if there's a new (even slightly) improved model on the horizon, perhaps I should wait until summer? What are your thoughts?

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Thanks - The PRO-10 lasted 8 years, the 300 is not yet four. I don't know of anything coming, but I'm not expecting the end of the 300 for several years yet.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Also - I've rarely seen much interaction between the printer and camera part of Canon when it comes to marketing ;-)

So the follow up question would be how is it for Epson? Does it differ?

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Broadly similar, but I don't have one here at the moment

@drwatsonismine

2 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper ok. Thanks

after the printer fills up with ink like that on the pad etc and starts splashing onto prints it's pretty much done? just throw it away? I have one and already purchased another, just didn't throw the old one away yet, but i'm guessing that's all you can do, the pad was full of ink, it was about 2 years old

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

Place I'd ask about that would be: www.printerknowledge.com

My Canon Pro-300 is printing A3+ B+W with a fade line about 2cm from the final edge and a ink bleed ( with cleaned foam as you suggested) . I printed two pictures and the fade line is in the same place both times ( not on image!). Sadly Canon were not much help... Any ideas would be appreciated. Regards.

@KeithCooper

Ай бұрын

I've not seen that - My place to ask would be: www.printerknowledge.com

@theblackandwhitefilmproject

Ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper Thanks very much. I'll give it a go

@theblackandwhitefilmproject

Ай бұрын

Problem solved by the forum. The paper had a curl which I have flattened out. I was also suggested to tick the The Prevent Paper Abrasion Setting but this was not on my mac. By going to hard drive>library>printers>canon> BJPrinter>utilities>canon IJ Printer Utility2>Canon Pro-300 Series>custom settings> tick Disable Paper width detection when printing form computer Apply. This seems to be the same. I'm still waiting for Canon help to reply..Thank you for your assistance. Most appreciated. Regards.

@KeithCooper

Ай бұрын

@@theblackandwhitefilmproject Thanks for mentioning the fix

Hello, I have a Canon Prograf 1000 and the ink levels for all my cartridges are all wrong except for the maintenance cartridge. It is because I removed each ink cartridges and put them back because I was looking for a problem. Do you know how I can do a reset to have the real level of ink in each cartridge. Because right now the printer tells me that my ink is low in each cartridge and it is not true.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

I don't know of a mechanism this - the place I'd ask would be the Canon forum at www.printerknowledge.com

@JLabellePhotographie

2 ай бұрын

@@KeithCooper Thank you for your answer.

Hi Keith, I bought this printer over a year ago after watching your detailed reviews, and I'm extremely happy with the quality but I noticed a very worrying behaviour when it comes to ink. I have just replaced some inks again, this time C0 and Y as they "run out". Out of curiosity, this time I weighed new full vs empty cartridges, and the difference was only 10g in both cases. I thought the C0 is just some light fluid but surely yellow pigment ink is heavier than pure water, so I'd expect the difference to be closer to 14g? Once I squeezed the "empty" yellow cartridge, quite a lot of ink came out, a literal puddle on paper towels that took a good moment to absorb. If I'm correct, that's at least 4ml, or 40% of ink I paid for going to the bin just because my printer says so. £60 per set of cartridges, that's a lot. I'd be interested if you notice the same with your cartridges, I print regularly but you must be using yours way more, so there would be no excuse for premature cartridge replacement due to drying out and other marketing nonsense.

@KeithCooper

2 ай бұрын

When I tested this the carts really were virtually empty, so I've no idea why this would be so. I don't actually use this one very much at all, so I don't have much in the way of good test data