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Brilliant Large-Format
Printing Solutions
The imagePROGRAF printers are pure expressions of Canon ingenuity. Combining groundbreaking
technologies with unparalleled Canon expertise in the digital imaging workflow, these innovative
large-format printers are the new benchmarks for output quality and performance.
Incomparable 12-Color
saturation and tonal gradation. Moreover, the
LUCIA Ink Set
two Gray inks ensure black-and-white photo
prints of exceptional tonal depth and detail
The Canon 12-color LUCIA
with substantially reduced metamerism. The
ink set includes Red, Blue, Green, Photo Cyan,
latest Canon imagePROGRAF printers feature
Photo Magenta, Gray, Photo Gray and Matte
improved LUCIA ink technology that builds
Black inks in addition
Visible frequency range
on this imaging system's widely acclaimed
to the traditional
Adobe RGB
performance. The inks offer improved scratch
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
LUCIA Ink
resistance and longevity thanks to an improved
and Black inks.
polymer coating that allows the ink to bond
This enables the
more efficiently and effectively to the paper.
imagePROGRAF print-
ers to reproduce a
Reformulated Gray and Photo Gray inks com-
much wider range of
bine with processing optimization to ensure
Canon RC Photogloss L=50
better gradation, resulting in even less visible
colors with superior
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grain than their
predecessors. They
deliver higher
overall print quality
with dramatically
reduced bronzing.
Automatic Color Stability Control System
A sophisticated Automatic Color Stability Control
system on imagePROGRAF printers makes it
simple to achieve predictable, repeatable
color. With a high-performance multi-sensor
installed in the printer, calibration is done
easily and quickly (under 10 minutes) with a
simple setup from the printer's operation
panel. Photographers will find amazing
times and automatically selects one or the
consistency among all calibrated printers they
other depending on media type. This superior
might use. Canon imagePROGRAF color
design eliminates wasted ink and saves time.
calibration also ensures consistency in viewed
Unsurpassed Output Media Selection
colors from capture to calibrated computer
imagePROGRAF printers include support for a
screen to final print.
wide range of paper and specialty output media,
Superior Print Durability
such as RC photo, fine art and co-branded
Using advanced pigment ink technology, the
Canon LUCIA ink set delivers outstanding
archival characteristics. Prints are exception-
ally fade-resistant and exhibit excellent color
stability, light-fastness, gas-fastness, and
water resistance.
FINE Dual Print Head Technology
Thanks to unique Canon
FINE print head technology,
with the printer enables the user to update
photographers no longer
both the driver and the printer itself, using a
need to choose between print speed and
periodically published database, to accom-
image quality. imagePROGRAF printers employ
modate new media as they become available.
an advanced FINE dual print head design—
Custom ICC output profiles for individual
each head has 15,360 nozzles, yielding over
media will also be available via download,
30,000 nozzles. This not only delivers
making the imagePROGRAF printers ideal for
extremely high output resolution, but also
color-managed workflows. (Profiles for the
ensures faster,
iPF9100, iPF8100, iPF6100 and iPF5100 are
more reliable
available online now. Profiles for the iPF6200
printing. The
will be added soon.)
large number
of nozzles also substantially increases print
Exclusive L-COA Image Processor
head life so that the printer requires less
Canon L-COA (Large format printer COmmon
frequent maintenance. And because the print
Architecture) technology lies at the heart of
heads are user-replaceable, maintenance can
the dedicated image processor in
be performed with minimal downtime and no
costly service calls.
Automatic Black Ink Selection
The LUCIA ink set includes both Black and
Matte Black. Black ink is optimized for glossy-
High Speed
surface media, while Matte Black ink improves
Engine Control
contrast with Fine
High Accuracy & High Speed
Art papers.
Control of High Density Head
imagePROGRAF
printers keep both
imagePROGRAF printers. A proprietary chip
black ink car-
architecture, sophisticated algorithms, and
tridges loaded on
high-speed multitasking capability ensure
separate printing
rapid printing with precise control over the
Regular Black vs. Matte Black on
Fine Art Media
12-color ink delivery system. In addition to
channels at all
assuring both the highest printing speed and
highest output quality at all times, the L-COA
processor enables productivity-enhancing
features such as auto nozzle clog detection,
cleaning, and compensation.
16-Bit Printing Support
While conventional inkjet printers are
designed to handle only 8-bit-per-channel
papers. Versatile 4-way
image data, the imagePROGRAF printers
media feeding, including
provide advanced support for high-bit-depth
a roll feed, enables the
files. A supplied plug-in enables high-bit-
printer to handle media
depth images to be printed directly from
thicknesses from 0.07mm
Digital Photo Professional ver.3.1 and later.
to 1.5mm (iPF6200,
Also included is an export module for printing
iPF6100 and iPF5100).
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16-bit files directly from Adobe
Photoshop
Moreover, the Media
Configuration Tool supplied
Digital Photo Professional
These features provide the photographer
with high-bit-depth workflow options from
capture to output. Images are reproduced
with smoother tonal gradations for greater
photorealism. Dynamic-range-related
problems, such as posterization and banding,
are significantly reduced. You can now
realize that high depth color you captured
with your digital camera in your wide format
High Performance
without additional software.
& Integration
Integrated System
Advanced Connectivity
& Engine Control
The imagePROGRAF printers are equipped
with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed and Ethernet interfaces.
High Fine
Image Process
A FireWire (IEEE 1394) interface is also
Integrated System
available as an option. They also feature
& Engine Control
excellent multi-platform support, enabling
seamless integration with a wide variety
of hardware and workflow
configurations.
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