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PHOTO PRINTERS
imagePROGRAF Printer Technology
Photographers seeking to produce their own
gallery-grade inkjet prints have had limited
choices until now. Understanding the demands
of professional photographers — especially those
who shoot with the EOS System — Canon has
responded with the imagePROGRAF series
Photo Printers. The imagePROGRAF printers
feature impressive new technologies that
bring superb quality and performance to large
format photo printing. It’s never been simpler or
more cost-effective to produce gallery-grade
prints at home or in the studio.
Incomparable 12-Color
LUCIA EX Ink Set
With increasing consumer
demand for professional and
high quality print output, high-end graphic and
photographic studios continue to seek the
capability to accurately produce vivid output of
their most demanding projects. The 12-Color
LUCIA EX pigment ink set from Canon, incor-
porated into the 60-inch iPF9400, 44-inch
iPF8400, 24-inch iPF6450/6400 printers,
increases the achievable color gamut by
approximately 20 percent when compared to
our previous LUCIA ink. The LUCIA EX ink set
provides photographers with the ability to
precisely achieve their desired results by
producing more expressive and crisp blacks,
smooth color gradations,
and the capability to faith-
fully reproduce the finest
details in the shadowed
areas of photographs.
Even very delicate
shading is reproduced
smoothly to give images
exquisite depth.
The pigment inks are also designed with an
innovative polymer structure that results in
greater scratch resistance and protection from
color fading, while also reducing bronzing and
metamerism, ensuring durable, stable output.
Additionally, LUCIA EX pigment inks exhibit
excellent short-term color drift (“dry-down”)
behavior, which is critically important for
color-managed workflows and in proofing
applications. The LUCIA EX inks are also
resistant to damage from atmospheric ozone,
a particular concern in urban environments
in situations where prints might be displayed
unframed and exposed to ambient indoor air.
Automatic Color Stability
Control System
All imagePROGRAF Graphic Arts Printers offer a
sophisticated, automatic color stability control
system for simple, predictable color. With a
high-performance multi-sensor installed in the
printer, calibration is done easily and quickly
(approximately 10 minutes) with a simple setup
from the printer’s operation panel. When
calibrated, photographers will find amazing
consistency among all calibrated printers they
might use. Canon’s imagePROGRAF color
calibration will help ensure that the colors
photographers saw when they captured
their images, and on their calibrated
computer screens will be preserved in print.
Photolithographic User-Replaceable
Print Heads
Canon’s FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet
Nozzle Engineering) print heads help ensure
accurate and detailed ink delivery, no matter
the medium being used for printing. This
advanced head design uses two print heads
— each with 15,360 nozzles — yielding over
30,000 nozzles, which release microscopic
ink droplets quickly and precisely. This not
only makes
extremely high
output resolution
simple, but also
provides for faster,
more reliable
printing. Photogra-
phers no longer need to compromise on print
speed to attain high image quality because
Canon’s superb print head technologies
deliver both. The large number of nozzles also
substantially increases print head life, so the
printer requires less frequent maintenance.
The print heads are user replaceable, and can
be replaced with minimal downtime and
without service calls, saving time and money
and increasing productivity.
16-Bit Printing Support
While conventional inkjet printers support 8
bits per channel and require a conversion from
16 bits somewhere during t he workflow, the
imagePROGRAF printers provide advanced sup-
port for high-bit depth files. Software plug-ins
enable high-bit depth images to be printed
directly from Digital Photo Professional. Also
included is an export module for printing 16-bit
files directly from Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
. These
features provide the photographer with the
first true wide-dynamic-range workflow option
from capture to output. Images are repro-
duced with smoother tonal gradations for
greater photorealism. Dynamic-range-related
problems, such as posterizati on and banding,
are significantly reduced.
Built upon a foundation of leading-edge technologies, the EOS System puts photographers in touch with their mind’s eye,
enabling them to capture images of beauty and clarity that had once existed only in their imaginations. Canon’s commitment
to photographic excellence, however, does not end with image capture. Combining Canon’s superb expertise in photography,
photocopying and printing technologies, Canon imagePROGRAF and
PIXMA photo printers are redefining output quality, performance
and convenience. They are the perfect
complement to your EOS System with
results that are nothing short of stunning!
imagePROGRAF iPF6450
PIXMA PRO-100
PIXMA PRO-1
High Performance
& Integration
Integrated System
& Engine Control
High Fine
Image Process
Integrated System
& Engine Control
High Speed
Engine Control
High Accuracy & High Speed Control
of High Density Head
Multi-nozzle Dual Print Heads
Exclusive Canon L-COA Image Processor
PHOTO PRINTER TECHNOLOGY
LUCIA EX 12-Color Ink Set
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