Canon Unveils Commercial imagePrograf Printers

Posted on October 29, 2007 - Filed Under News, Photo | Leave a Comment | 54 views

Canon has added two new twelve-color pigment-ink large-format printers to its commercial imagePrograf line. The iPF9100 and iPF8100 replace the imagePrograf iPF9000 and iPF8000, adding integrated 80GB hard drives, and using newly reformulated Gray, Photo Gray, Black, and Matte Black Lucia inks to improve black-and-white print quality. The iPF9100 outputs 60-inch-wide prints and the iPF8100 44-inch-wide prints.

Both new printers support Canon’s Kyuanos color-management technology for Windows, provide integrated calibration, and use the imagePrograf line’s proprietary L-COA controller with a new intelligent screen dot pattern and ink-drop control system to reduce visible dot graininess. They also use new dual print heads that incorporate a total of 30,720 ink nozzles (2,560 nozzles per color), printing at a maximum resolution of 2400×1200 dpi.

The two models use Canon’s new imagePrograf Printer Driver 2007, which is compatible with both Windows and Mac systems. The new driver includes Digital Photo Front-Access, software that allows users to view and arrange multiple images, and import them into image editing software.

Canon also announced a new large-format fine-art paper designed for use with imagePrograf printers. Canon Polished Rag is a glossy 300gsm/15mil paper designed to offer the look and feel of fiber-based silver-halide paper. It will be available in 8.5×11-inch, 13×19-inch, and 17×22-inch sheets, and in rolls with 17-, 24-, 44-, and 50-inch widths.

The $14,995 iPF9100 and $5,995 iPF8100 will be available in November 2007.

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