Canon Pixma G1000 Review Supplement: Stress test results

And the results are in!

Water test

After 6 hours of being submerged in water, we take a look at the results:

At first glance, it seems that nothing much changed (except for that other one, which, I will point out later).

But the real story here is in the water...

Water of the G1000 print - Genuine Canon inks

Water of the iP7270 print - 3rd party inks

The discoloration is not apparent because there are no smudges on the print-outs. But as you can see, ink seems to have mixed with water where the 3rd party ink print out is submerged.

But wait! Just as I was writing that the Genuine ink is the winner of this test, I decided to take another look at the prints... and found this:

To my surprise, the genuine ink print out has a very visible discoloration on the edges! I was not expecting that.

And then this:

The 3rd party ink print out did not have discoloration on it edges. I was not expecting that, either.

Well... ok.

Then here's another sucker punch for Canon.

What is up with the Selphy print out!? This one, I was really caught off guard. The paper peels, the print out film peels. A clear WTF moment for me, excuse me.

The biggest loser is, unexpectedly, the Selphy CP710 print out. The colors did not fade, but it's just ruined - crumpled and peeled. Ouch.

I'd say the genuine ink and the 3rd party ink is a draw since both showed flaws. But sadly, the genuine ink discoloration on the edges is just too much as it is very noticeable. 

So here, 3rd party ink print out wins.

UPDATE: The print outs dried. Genuine ink print out's discolorated edges are gone...but it's now discolorated all-over. It's mostly in yellow. :-(

Sunlight Exposure test

4 hours exposed under direct sunlight

G1000 print out with genuine Canon inks

iP7270 print out with 3rd party inks

Here, with the G1000 print out (genuine inks), the discoloration is very minimal. In fact, if you are not looking for it, you won't see it. (See markings in the picture below)

G1000 print out

As compared to the iP7270 print out (3rd party inks), the discoloration is very visible. (See markings the the picture below). You will notice 3 shades with this one; it was unintended. I was not able to put back the paper weight in its original position when I first inspected it.

iP7270 print out

Here in the sunlight test, G1000 with genuine ink wins.

Comparisons and the test that stumped them all

Let's take these 2 pictures and print them out:

Printers used:

Canon Pixma iP7270

Converted CISS

3rd Party Ink: MultiColors

Canon Pixma G1000

Built-In CISS

Genuine Canon Inks

Paper used:

Canon Glossy Photo Paper

GP-508 4"x6" (4R)

Print Settings: Photo Printing

Media Type: Glossy Photo Paper

Print Quality: Standard

Print output counters:

iP7270 print out counter: 12,000+ pages (6 months)

G1000 print out counter: 200+ pages (3 days)

This is one of my battle-hardened iP7270

Results:

The clear winner here, is of course, the G1000 with genuine inks.

Let's add something interesting:

Canon Selphy CP710

And yes, it's quite interesting. The colors are like a combination of the 2 inkjet printouts. It's like if these two printouts mated, the CP710 printout would be its offspring. :-D

(And in case you are wondering, that's an Epson ME-10 underneath the CP710. CISS converted with sublimation inks.)

Now let's do something more interesting: Water test

That's just ordinary tap water. As of this posting these print-outs are pushing 2 hours submerged and no smudging or fading has occurred in any of them, so far.

Well, tinubig na lang din, arawin na natin. :D

Direct Sunlight Exposure test

As of this posting, it's only been 30 minutes since I put these pictures under the sun.

I will post later the results of these stress tests when I am satisfied with the duration.

To Conclude:

For the G1000, I cannot draw a clear conclusion yet as I have only printed 200 pages with it. If this is intended for mass printing for groups like us in the desktop publishing business, then the true test would be its durability and its print quality when it reaches the 5,000 prints mark. And you will be sure to hear it from me.

As for the print outs, we are very satisfied with the results we are getting. It's clear, it's crisp and the colors are vibrant. And when compared to 3rd party inks, genuine Canon inks are, of course, the clear winner.

Printing speed is OK. Although it pales in comparison to iP7270 and iX6770's printing speed.

Durability, that remains to be seen.

Mirror image (Tshirt Transfer) functionality is gone. It's a let down for me and for other people who use this feature. I'd like to request to Canon to either bring this back or give us another way to print mirror-imaged. And I really hope that an upcoming premium models of the G series will include this feature.

Ink cost is still on the high side at P295 per bottle of 75ml when compared to 3rd party inks, which costs half that, in bottles of 100ml. If you will argue about the color of the outputs of 3rd party inks versus genuine, as seen on the comparisons above, I will immediately point you to Photoshop to adjust the colors to match the genuine ink outputs. But then, if you use 3rd party inks, you will void the warranty and you will miss out on head, feeder and roller replacements, cleaning and resetting - all for FREE. Don't fret, though, because Canon will still support products with voided warranties for a small additional fee plus the amount of the part/parts for replacement. How awesome is that!?

Smudging and fading when in contact with water, again, both 3rd party and genuine inks seemed to have passed the test. Though, final results are still pending. 

Results are in! See: http://7gprints.blogspot.com/2016/03/canon-pixma-g1000-review-supplement.html

There you have it, ladies and gentlemen, the Canon Pixma G1000.

Other variants:

Canon Pixma G2000 - All-in-one printer Print-Copy-Scan

Canon Pixma G3000 - All-in-one "smart" printer Print-Copy-Scan with WiFi, Mobile & Cloud printing

Canon G1000 A4 Printing

While waiting for Canon's call regarding the TShirt Transfer/Mirror image issue, here's my experience with the G1000's A4 printing.

A4 Borderless, Photo Printing, High Quality - 4 minutes, 15 seconds

Paper: Cuyi RC Satin Glossy Photo Paper

A4 Borderless, Photo Printing, Standard Quality - 2 minutes, 26 seconds

Paper: Cuyi RC Satin Glossy Photo Paper

Again, there is no noticeable difference between High and Standard quality print settings., which is really impressive. Although there's a significant printing speed difference between the two.

That axe to grind with Epson

If I may compare this to Epson, the entry level models of the L Series (with built-in CISS tanks) does not allow you to print A4 Borderless. Everytime you click A4 in the paper type, the Borderless radio button gets disabled. For me, this is a big deal. It doesn't make sense to release an A4 color printer that is not capable of A4 borderless printing. Only L800 and higher models can print A4 borderless. And L800 price starts at Php13k... wow! 

If I'm wrong regarding the A4 borderless printing of Epson L series, then please correct me right now. 

But actually, I called Epson hotline regarding this and the agent on the phone confirmed this and said that only photo printers are capable of doing this, starting with L800. Technical-shmechnical blah... the fact that these printers are colored, can print on photo papers, it can even print on 3R, 4R and 5R photo paper, borderless, makes it a photo printer! Excluding borderless printing on A4 on an A4 printer DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!

Ok, now that that's out of the way, we just wait for Canon to call regarding that mirror image printing... :D

Canon Pixma G1000: First impressions

Foreword

I will try not to compare with its Epson counterpart because first of all, I do not own any L Series, which is the direct competition of this product. However, I own a T60 and an ME-10, and if those have the same printing/print head technology, which I assume it does, then it may be fair game. Plus the fact that I did own a bunch of T10s and T13s some time ago, I do have an idea of the advantages and quirks of Epson printers.

What I can confidently do is compare it with other Canon printers mainly because I have used and I am currently using several.


General Information

Canon Pixma G1000
Php 5,995 retail price
I was able to get this for Php 5,700 in PC Chain Superstore, Festival Mall, Alabang
6,000 Pages - Black
7,000 Pages - Colored
Warranty: 1 year + bonus 1 year when registered via canon.com.ph/rewards
warranty covers Ink Waste counter resetting, head replacement and feeder & roller replacement.
Free: 1 pack 4R Canon photo paper, 2 bottles of Black ink when registered via canon.com.ph/rewards
Ink Price: P295 per bottle of 75ml

For technical specifications and more information: http://www.canon.com.ph/PRODUCTS/PRINTERSFACSIMILES/INKJET/SINGLEFUNCTIONINKJET/PixmaG1000.aspx

Unboxing

Here we go with the Canon Pixma G1000. One of Canon's version of printers with built-in CISS.
On the first look, it's visually impressive. Ink levels are visible in front, the hose is positioned and organized nicely. It's also noticeable that the hose is bigger than its third party CISS counterparts.

The tanks are easy to access yet secured from spilling and protected from foreign objects that may get inside them. Take note that the hose positions are Black, Cyan, Magenta and then Yellow.

As usual, you can jam a small piece of paper in the cover sensor to trick it so that it will allow you to see some printing action or perhaps troubleshoot some paper jam, roller smudges and things that may require you to open it while printing. Otherwise, I strongly advise you keep this closed.


Test print

So far, so good. Now time to do some printing.

It's good, that's how I can simply put it. But I did notice it's slower that what I'm used to. Usually with IP7270 and iX6770, the test page is very fast. 1 second maybe, I dunno, I usually don't feel it - it's that fast. This one, well, I waited. So, yea, it's fast but not that fast.

For some real testing, we printed some photos. 4R Cuyi RC Satin Photo Paper, full color, borderless. High settings took 96 seconds to finish. Standard settings is about 56 seconds to finish. That's ok. Later, we're going to test A4 borderless. I'll put it in another post... I have an axe to grind with Epson on this one.

The result:

 4R Borderless High Quality

4R Borderless, Standard Quality

As you can see, there's no noticeable difference between high quality and standard quality. Nice!


The Verdict

For now, I can say that this is looking good so far. Other than the fact that this is a lot slower in terms of printing speed when compared to IP7270 and iX6770, the print quality is very impressive - on both plain paper and photo paper.

I will continue to do some more testing and update this entry. We'll see the "true colors" of this printer once we do our "normal" usage. Yung walang pa-cute, yung harabas talaga. Kasi designed daw to for mass printing para sa ating mga heavy users eh. Eh di gamitin sa "tamang gamit". Di ba, mga ka-hardcore? ;-)
Tingnan natin ang tigas mo, G1000. :evil laugh: