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Photographers seeking to produce their
Photo-Lithographic User-
own gallery-grade inkjet prints have had
Replaceable Dual Print Heads
limited choices until now. Understanding
the demands of professional photogra-
phers—especially those who shoot with
the EOS System—Canon has responded
with the imagePROGRAF series Photo
Printers featuring impressive new tech-
ing over 30,000 nozzles. This not only makes
nologies that bring unprecedented quality
possible extremely high output resolution but
and performance to large format photo
also ensures faster, more reliable printing.
printing. It's never been simpler or more
Photographers no longer need to choose between
cost-effective to produce gallery-grade
print speed and image quality. The large number
prints at home or in the studio.
of nozzles also substantially increase print
head life so that the printer requires less frequent
LUCIA 12-Color Ink
maintenance. And because the print heads
Set
are user-replaceable, maintenance can be per-
The 12-color Canon LUCIA
formed with minimal downtime and no costly
ink set delivers a substan-
service calls.
tially wider color gamut than
LUCIA Ink
16-Bit Printing Support
competitive printers. The far
greater range of available
While conventional inkjet printers are 8-bit-per-
colors produces richer, more
channel devices, requiring a conversion from
vibrant prints with signifi-
16 bits somewhere along the workflow, the
cantly reduced metamerism
imagePROGRAF printers provide advanced direct
Canon LUCIA Ink set vs.
Adobe RGB
(the perceived shift of color
output support for 16-bit files. A supplied plug-
Canon RC Photogloss L-50
balance when viewing prints
in enables printing of 16-bit RAW images directly
under different lighting conditions). The ink set
from Digital Photo Professional software. Also
includes three levels of gray—Black, Gray, and
included is an export module for direct printing
Photo Gray—to deliver black-and-white photo
of 16-bit files from Adobe® Photoshop®.
prints of exceptional tonal detail. The inks are
These features provide the photographer with
pigment-based, ensuring long-lasting prints with
the first true wide-dynamic-range workflow
excellent archival characteristics. imagePROGRAF
option from capture to output. Images are
printers ship with a starter set of all 12 inks.
reproduced with smoother tonal gradations for
Printer output: ©William Neill
greater photorealism. Dynamic-range-related
problems, such as posterization and banding,
are virtually eliminated.
Automated Black Ink Cartridge
Switching
An advanced
head design
The ink set includes Black and Matte Black, only
uses two print
one of which will be used depending on output
heads—each
media selection. While other printers require
with 15,360
the user to perform an inconvenient and wasteful
nozzles—yield-
manual operation to flush unused ink and
switch cartridges, the imagePROGRAF printers
automate the process. With both Black ink car-
tridges loaded and live at all times, the switchover
is fast and wasteless, performed with a simple
push of a button.
Unsurpassed Output
Media Selection
Canon imagePROGRAF
printers include sup-
port for a wide range
of papers and spe-
cialty output media,
such as RC photo
papers, transpar-
ent film, and fine
art papers.
Superior carriage
design enables the printer
to handle a wide range of media thicknesses
and finishes. Moreover, the Media Configuration
Tool supplied with the printer enables users to
update the software, using a periodically
published database, to accommodate new
Canon and other popular media as they
become available.
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Canon Photo Printers:
The Perfect Complement
Combining unparal-
ChromaLife100
Ink System
leled Canon expert-
The PIXMA Pro9000 features the highly refined
ise in photography,
dye-based Canon ChromaLife100 ink system,
photocopying, and
which uses Red and Green inks in addition to
printing technologies,
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Photo Cyan, Photo
PIXMA Pro photo
Magenta, and Photo Black. This advanced
printers are redefining
8-color system reproduces a much wider color
output quality, per-
gamut than conventional inkjet printers, deliv-
formance, and convenience. Canon PIXMA
ering a color range that rivals color slide film.
Pro photo printers are meeting, and even
The dye-based ink set further ensures vividly
surpassing, the expectations of the most
demanding photographers.
Canon Photo Printer Line-up
FINE Print Head
Technology
Canon's high-precision
FINE (Full-photolithography
Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) print heads each
have thousands of nozzles designed to release
microscopic ink droplets as small as 1 picoliter
in a single pass, resulting in fast, high resolution
printing. Capable of plotting thousands of ink
droplets each second, the high-density nozzle
pitch produces sharper detail and less grain.
10-Color Pigment
Ink System
Featuring the same LUCIA
pigment ink found in the
imagePROGRAF printers, the PIXMA Pro9500's
10-color pigment ink set produces professional-
quality, archival prints. The Gray, Photo Black
and Matte Black ink produce monochrome
photographs of unrivaled quality on fine art
and glossy paper. Gray ink reduces grain,
banding and metamerism and virtually eliminates
color shifts. Unlike Black ink that increases
contrast, Matte Black ink increases black density
on fine art papter while maintaining detail in
shadows. With 10 individual ink tanks, users
can replace a single color, reducing waste and
saving money. Since the Pro9500's ink is less
sensitive to light and environmental factors,
prints have incredibly smooth gradations and
Printer output (top to bottom): ©George Lepp, ©Eddie Tapp, ©Michel Tcherevkoff
are archival.
brilliant colors and a high-luster surface finish
that enhances the beauty of printed images.
Long-Lasting Photos
Canon ChromaLife100 ink technology also
delivers prints that withstand the test of time.
PIXMA Pro prints will resist fading for up to
100 years when kept in select albums. When
combined with genuine Canon photo media,
prints typically exhibit 30-year light fastness
and 10-year gas fastness.
Canon's 17-inch, wide-format imagePROGRAF iPF5100
features the exclusive LUCIA 12-color pigment ink set that
yields a tremendous range of colors and grays. For smooth,
detailed color and black and white images, no matter the
media. Canon's FINE photo-lithographic heads ensure
accurate plotting of even the finest details thanks to over
30,000 nozzles. Matte Black ink and Black ink cartridges
are both loaded in the printer at the same time, enabling
automatic switching without wasting time or ink.
For the highest quality color and grayscale photographs,
up to 13" x 19", one needs to look no further than the
PIXMA Pro9500. With the LUCIA 10-color pigment ink
system, there's no other printer out there that can print
both stunning color and smooth black and white photo-
graphs like the Pro9500. The inclusion of Gray, Matte and
Photo Black pigment tanks, combined with 3 pl droplets
ensure the smoothest gradations possible and the results
are prints that will astound.
Capable of quickly printing lab-quality prints up to 13" x
19", Canon's PIXMA Pro9000 raises the bar thanks to its
combination of speed and versatility. Its FINE print head
generates a maximum resolution of 4800 x 2400 dpi
and ChromaLife100 dye-based inks create long lasting,
beautiful photos. Canon's Easy-PhotoPrint Pro software,
including plug-ins for Digital Photo Professional V2.1 and
Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3, combined with a new
printer driver for advanced color control, ensuring accurate
prints from the start.
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