Specifications

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Canon imagePROGRAF iPF710
Buyers LaBoratory LAB TEST REPORT—European Edition
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Canon imagePROGRAF iPF710
Buyers LaBoratory LAB TEST REPORT—European Edition
 Sliders are available in the Advanced Settings tab for adjusting brightness
and contrast for monochrome prints, which can be applied to images, graph-
ics and/or text elements within a document.
 Black print quality on plain paper was rated Good overall. Characters
appeared dark and fully formed, with some ink spray visible. Circles were
cleanly formed. Diagonal lines were straight, with no stair-stepping evident,
though thin lines on a dark background lled in at higher resolutions. Gray-
scale was visible over a normal range, from 1% to 91%, with the lighter tones
appearing darker than is typical, and slight banding was also noted.
 When congured with the optional Colortrac SmartLF scanner and CopySmart
scanning software, black text was rated Good, with average darkness and
below average sharpness and smoothness. In addition, characters were
fully formed and no toner overspray was evident. Line art was rated Fair.
Although there was no visible overspray, line thickness was not consistent,
with horizontal lines visibly thinner than vertical lines. Halftone pattern was
rated Very Good, with no banding, above average smoothness, and separa-
tion between all halftone levels. Solids were rated Good also, with consis-
tent coverage and density readings.
Colour Print/Copy Productivity GOOD
 The iPF710 wakes from power-save mode almost instantaneously. After a
weekend of non-use, the printer awoke after 14 seconds and began to print
a D-size document 38 seconds after the print was initiated from the driver.
 To assess colour print productivity, one 12-page Arch D-size DWF document
was used. This document was printed using the Canon iPF710 driver set for
plain paper/colour, using three different quality settings—Draft, Default and
Highest Quality. In Draft mode, the 12 pages printed in 12 minutes and 18
seconds, which translates to 58.5 pages per hour (pph). In Default mode,
the document printed in 17 minutes and 6 seconds, which translates to 42.3
pph and in Highest Quality mode, the document printed in 28 minutes and
26 seconds, which translates to 25.3 pph. Colour print productivity is con-
sidered competitive to other devices tested by BLI. Note: BLI could not cal-
culate print efciencies for the Canon iPF710 because Canon’s rated speed
is based on 33.25" x 46.75" documents rather than 24" x 36" documents that
BLI uses.
 A job stream consisting of 10 24" x 36" monochrome les (a mix of DWF,
PDF, TIFF and PLT) was sent to the printer while in a paused state. The les
consisted of ve or fewer pages, totaling 19 pages, and were sent using
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