EOS Digital for Professionals Brochure

Canon Solutions for Big, Bold,
Spectacular Prints
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Two Black and Two Gray Inks Create Richer Blacks.
Capable of prints up to 44-inch wide, the iPF8100 uses Canon’s 12-color LUCIA pigment
ink system, extending the color gamut far beyond what can be seen on a screen. Blak or
Matte Blak, plus two gray inks create black and white photographs that are nothing short of
inspiring. Canon’s FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) print heads ensure that
ink is delivered to the paper with speed, generous coverage, and unprecedented accuracy. With
a built-in 80GB hard disk drive, the iPF8100 exceeds lab-quality printing, right in the studio.
A Better Large-Format Printing Solution.
The imagePROGRAF iPF6100 accommodates 24-inch wide media and features the new LUCIA
ink system, further enhancing the wide color gamut, smooth gradations, and great speed
for which imagePROGRAF printers are renowned. The LUCIA pigment-based inks provide
improved scratch resistance for even better print longevity. Reformulated Gray and Photo
Gray inks plus new processing optimization ensure superior tonal gradation with less visible
grain and reduced bronzing. A built-in Automatic Color Stability Control System ensures excep-
tional output consistency over the life of the printer and among multiple printers.
The Next-Generation Professional Photo Printer.
Understanding the demands of professional photographers—especially those that shoot with
the EOS System—Canon has responded with the imagePROGRAF iPF5100, featuring impressive
new technologies that bring unprecedented quality and performance to 17-inch wide photo
printing. The LUCIA 12-color ink set delivers a substantially wider color gamut than competitive
printers. Three levels of Gray—Black or Matte Black, Gray, and Photo Gray—deliver black-and-
white photo prints of exceptional richness and tonal detail. The improved pigment-based ink
formulations provide superior print longevity with reduced graininess and bronzing.
Large format Printer for Professional and Commercial Materials.
The iPF9100 is a 60-inch wide graphic art model incorporating LUCIA 12-color pigment ink.
It is committed to the productivity and efficiency required in business applications such as
professional labs while maintaining high quality large prints. The large operation LCD panel
makes workflow significantly easier to see and to operate from entering print data to producing
output. The other outstanding features: a built-in 80GB hard disk drive to buffer and store print
jobs, and ink supply is via a tubing system with a sub-ink tank to help seamless ink tank replace-
ment. A sub-ink tank is provided as an ink storage buffer tank, ensuring stable ink supply.
LUCIA 12-Color Ink Set
The 12-color Canon LUCIA ink set
delivers a substantially wider color
gamut than competitive printers. The far greater range of
available colors produces richer, more vibrant prints with
significantly reduced metamerism
(the perceived shift of color balance
when viewing prints under different
lighting conditions). The ink set
includes three levels of gray—Black
or Matte Black, Gray, and Photo
Gray—to deliver black-and-white
photo prints of exceptional tonal
detail. The inks are pigment-based,
ensuring long-lasting prints with
excellent archival characteristics. imagePROGRAF printers
ship with a starter set of all 12 inks.
Photo-Lithographic
User-Replaceable
Dual Print Heads
An advanced head
design uses two print heads—each with 15,360 nozzles—
yielding over 30,000 nozzles. This not only makes possible
extremely high output resolution but also ensures faster,
more reliable printing. Photographers no longer need to
choose between print speed and image quality because
superior Canon print head technologies deliver both. The
large number of nozzles also substantially increases print
head life so that the printer requires less frequent mainte-
nance. And because the print heads are user-replaceable,
maintenance can be performed with minimal downtime
and no costly service calls.
Unsurpassed Output Media
Selection
Canon imagePROGRAF printers
include support for a wide
range of papers and specialty
output media, such as RC
photo papers, transparent
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.
16-Bit Printing
Support
While conventional
inkjet printers are
8-bit-per-channel
devices, requiring
a conversion from
16 bits somewhere along the workflow, the imagePROGRAF
printers provide advanced direct output support for 16-bit
files. A supplied plug-in enables printing of 16-bit RAW
images directly from Digital Photo Professional software.
Also included is an export module for direct printing of 16-bit
files from Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
. These features provide the
photographer with the first true wide-dynamic-range work-
flow option from capture to output. Images are reproduced
with smoother tonal gradations for greater photorealism.
Dynamic-range-related problems, such as posterization
and banding, are virtually eliminated.
Automated Black Ink Cartridge Switching
The ink set includes Black and Matte Black, only one of
which will be used depending on output media selection.
While other printers require the user to perform an incon-
venient and wasteful manual operation to flush unused ink
and switch cartridges, the imagePROGRAF printers automate
the process. With both Black ink cartridges loaded at all
times, the switchover is fast and wasteless, performed with
a simple push of a button.
Photographers seeking to produce their own gallery-grade
inkjet prints have had limited choices… until now. Understanding
the demands of professional photographers—especially those
that shoot with the EOS System—Canon has responded with
the imagePROGRAF series printers, featuring impressive new
technologies that bring unprecedented quality and performance
to wide-format photo printing.
LUCIA Ink
Canon LUCIA Ink set vs.
Adobe RGB
Canon RC Photogloss L-50
Digital Photo Professional