New Canon Wide Body Printers with Pigment inks

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imagePROGRAF W8400 and W6400

Introducing A Breakthrough Solution In Large Format Printing

W6400
Item Code: 0125B002


Canon, a world leader in office imaging systems, ink-jet technology, and
digital photography presents a breakthrough in professional large format
printing solutions. The imagePROGRAF W6400 24” printer is a large format
printing solution for office, photo, and graphic art professionals.
Utilizing a pigment based six plus one ink system (interchangeable black
ink), a 4-picoliter ink droplet size, and 2400 x 1200 resolution, the
imagePROGRAF W6400 produces exceptional quality output. The printer
delivers output at extremely fast speeds including four sided borderless
prints. MSRP: $3495.00 US

(Other specs are the same as the W8400, below)

W8400
Item Code: 0160B002


Canon, a world leader in office imaging systems, ink-jet technology, and
digital photography presents a breakthrough in professional large format
printing solutions. The imagePROGRAF W8400 (Art’s Note: Canon’s US
website appears to have an error on it, in that it neglected to indicate
the width of this printer, but I discovered it is 44" wide based upon
other sources) printer is a large format printing solution for office,
photo, and graphic art professionals. Utilizing a pigment based six plus
one ink system (interchangeable matte black), a 4-picoliter ink droplet
size, and 2400 x 1200 resolution, the imagePROGRAF W8400 produces
exceptional quality output.

The imagePROGRAF W8400 includes the tools needed to easily Create,
Process & Print high quality professional large format output.
PosterArtist, one of the many software programs that come with the
printer, provides users an intuitive template based poster creation
software for any level of skill user. Print complex PostScript graphic
files with Canon's PhotoPRINT™ Select, a genuine Adobe® PostScript® 3™
RIP that includes a Pantone™ color library. A wide variety of media is
available for applications including posters, banners, backlit displays,
photographs, fine art reproductions and much more.

Outstanding quality, fast print speeds and included software programs
are what make the imagePROGRAF W8400 a breakthrough solution in large
format printing. MSRP: $5995.00 US

Features

* Pigment Ink - light fastness of the print sample is 70 years under glass.
* Interchangeable Black Ink - 2 black inks, one is regular black ink,
the other is a newly developed matte black ink.
* Media thickness up to 0.8mm (31.4 mil/pts)
* Remaining Media Length Detection - keeps track of how much paper is
remaining on the roll, preventing print jobs from being ruined.
* Non-firing Detection and Compensation Function - when clogged or
non-firing nozzles are detected, print head cleaning cycle is
automatically detected.
* Borderless Printing - 4 sided edge to edge printing
* ICC Profile Color Correction - allows user to use custom ICC media
(output) profile for precise color matching.
* Exceptional Color Gamut - the enhanced yellow ink will allow for more
vivid reds and yellows.


New Print Head BC - 1350

New Print Head BC-1350 is a newly developed 1-inch print head that
enables 4 picoliter droplet printing with pigment-based ink. With a 4pl
ink droplet, the graininess of the image is significantly reduced,
producing a sharper and more vivid image. The new print head enables the
printers to attain 1200 x 1200 dpi standard resolution. The enhanced
resolution is 2400 x 1200 dpi that provides much sharper image than the
predecessors. Both the W6400 and the W8400 employ a 1.07 wide
high-density print head with 1,280 nozzles per color for a total of
7,680 nozzles.

Interchangeable Black Ink

Interchangeable Black Ink - the availability of matte black ink is
crucial for photo and fine art printing. The user has the ability to
choose regular or matte black ink, depending on the media. The regular
black ink has been encapsulated with polymer coating optimized for
printing on glossy surface. However, for matte surface, polymer
interferes with the surface treatment of matte coating, giving it a
duller look. Matte black has no polymer coating, which is optimum for
matte surface.