Five new models have been announced in Canon’s range of imagePrograf wide format aqueous inkjet printers. The announcement is timed to coincide with the start of the Photokina photographic trade show in Cologne this week.
They cover 24 to 60 inch media widths in eight and 12 colour configurations. The company claims that new features deliver ‘superior image quality, productivity and usability.’
All of them use Lucia EX inks with ‘hot swap’ technology to allow ink to be replaced while printing, providing uninterrupted production.
The 12-colour, 24 inch imagePrograf iPF6400 and iPF6450 are replacing the iPF6300 and iPF6350 models. A new optional spectrophotometer with the imagePROGRAF iPF6450 has a switchable UV filter to give greater flexibility when profiling different media types.
Calibration Link allows the spectrophotometer to provide a unified solution to all the 12-colour large format printers launched by Canon in 2012. Needing only to be installed on the iPF6450 at one location, users can centrally control the colour management of multiple imagePROGRAF units installed in other sites, ensuring uniformity of colour.
The 44 inch imagePROGRAF iPF8400 (pictured above) is a 12-colour printer which replaces the iPF8300. It includes an increased internal hard drive of 250 GB and a faster throughput. Also launching are the 60 inch imagePrograf iPF9400 and the iPF9400S models, with 12 and eight colours respectively.
The iPF9400S’s improved internal technology means fewer passes are needed when printing for fast production (approximately 1.5 times faster than the previous iPF9000S). The iPF9400S is said to have bright colour reproduction and an updated print head ink sequence, to enable the printer to increase speed while printing – making it particularly suited to poster production.
Canon has also developed its Photoshop plug-in to include a layout function with automated size adjustment for gallery wraps. In addition, the accounting, media configuration and calibration software, which is bundled with the new models, has been upgraded to give users the flexibility and usability to create, monitor and deliver all of their printing jobs to exact specifications.
A selection of these new printers will be exhibited on the Canon stand at photokina from 18 to 23 September 2012).
Contact: www.canon-europe.com
