Canon is well known in manufacturing printers, digital cameras and various other technical products. Canon image PROGRAF iPF6100 Inkjet Printer is a new 24” large format printer which comes with 12 inks for enhanced colour printing. Inkjet printing with FINE using PF-03 print heads and 4pl ink droplets offers incredible printouts at 2400 dpi x 1200 dpi resolution. This printer takes just 3 minutes to print a colour photo in an A2 size photo paper.
The Canon imagePROGRAF has a dual print head with 30,720 nozzles. The ink used is LUCIA pigment ink with ink cartridges of colours Cyan, Photo Cyan, Magenta, Photo Magenta, Yellow, Black, Matte Black, Gray, Red, Green, Blue and Photo Gray. It uses 11 inks when printing choosing either black or matte black, based on the type of the paper. Photo black ink is used on glossy or semi glossy photo papers and matte black is used on smooth finish, matte and fine art papers. The grey and Photo grey inks are used to produce black and white images.
The media types that can be used in this Canon inkjet printer are Plain paper, glossy photo paper, banners, fine art paper, high resolution paper, matte coated paper, glossy proofing paper, semi-gloss proofing paper, water resistant glossy paper, proofing paper, satin photo paper, opaque paper and high resolution barrier paper. The printer offers three media feed options- a rear manual feed, a front feed and a roll feed for longer paper lengths and borderless prints. Roll media with widths of 10″ (254 mm), B4 (257 mm), A3+ (329 mm), 14″ (356 mm), 16″ (407 mm), A2 (420 mm), A2+/17″ (432 mm), B2 (515 mm), A1 (594 mm) and 24″ (610 mm) can be used to print borderless photos. The maximum paper width supported by the printer is 24” and the maximum printable area is 24” x 62’ (roll feed). 8” to 24” wide cut sheets and rolls can be handled in this printer. Media with weight 80-270 gm/m2 as well as all inkjet receivable paper types with a thickness 0.8mm to 1.5 mm are supported by this printer. The paper capacity of the printer is 1 sheet for manual feed and 2” or 3” core with total roll diameter of 5.9” for roll feed. It also works with non-paper based inkjet media.
The Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6100 Inkjet Colour Printer has an L-COA print controller and has built in calibration sensors which detects variation in print heads, density level of inks and takes necessary actions to return to its original factory settings. The operating platform needed by the printer is Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32/64 bit), Macintosh OS 9.x or OS X (10.1 or later). Software’s included are printer driver and Digital Photo Front-Access Utility. Networking is provided by the integrated print server. The data link protocols are Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Transport Protocols are TCP/IP, IPX/SPX and AppleTalk and the Remote Management Protocols are SNMP and HTTP.
The interfaces provided are a Hi-Speed USB – 4 PIN USB Type B and a network – Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX – RJ-45. The status LCD provided on the printer displays 2 lines. The front panel controls include Power, Info/Cleaning, Paper feed/Paper select, 4-way controller with OK button and Stop/Eject button. The dimensions of the printer are 118 cm x 67 cm x 34.8 cm and its weight is 51 Kg. The printer requires a voltage of AC 120/230 V with 50-60 Hz frequency. The power consumed by this printer is 100 Watts and standby power consumption is 6 Watts.
| General Info | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Canon |
| Model | Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6100 Inkjet Printer |
| Functionality | Printing |
| Technology | Inkjet |
| Output Type | Colour |
| Weight | 51 Kg |
| Dimension | 118 cm x 67 cm x 34.8 cm |
| Speed | 3min/ Colour photo |
| Resolution | 2400 x 1200 dpi |
| Power Consumption | 100 watts |
| Interface | Hi-Speed USB – 4 PIN USB Type B and a network – Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX – RJ-45 |
| Head Design | PF-03 dual print head |
| Platform | Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32/64 bit), Macintosh OS 9.x or OS X (10.1 or later). |
| Number of colours | 12 |
| Print technology | |
| Printing method | Inkjet |
| Nozzle configuration | 30,720 nozzles |
| Droplet size | 4pl |
| Ink system | 12 Individual Ink Cartridges |
| Borderless Printing | Yes |
| Paper Handling | |
| Total Media Capacity | Manual feed – 1 sheet Roll feed- 2” or 3” with diameter 5.9” |
| Paper Size | 8” to 24” |
| Media type | Plain paper, glossy photo paper, banners, fine art paper, high resolution paper, matte coated paper, glossy proofing paper, semi-gloss proofing paper, water resistant glossy paper, proofing paper, satin photo paper, opaque paper and high resolution barrier paper |
| Media sizes | Borderless Photo Sizes: Roll Media only with widths of 10″ (254 mm), B4 (257 mm), A3+ (329 mm), 14″ (356 mm), 16″ (407 mm), A2 (420 mm), A2+/17″ (432 mm), B2 (515 mm), A1 (594 mm), 24″ (610 mm) |
| Ink cartridges | |
| Type | Cyan, photo cyan, magenta, photo magenta, yellow, black, matte black, red, green, blue, grey and photo grey |
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