Thursday, 22 November 2007 - Building on the success of the highly acclaimed imagePROGRAF iPF5000, Canon Australia is proud to announce its latest A2 large-format printer (LFP).

The Canon imagePROGRAF iPF5100 meets the exacting demands of professional photographers, graphic artists and designers, delivering high quality print at high speed, while remaining reliable and user-friendly.

"The launch of this new printer further underpins our commitment to the large format sector. Canon's customer-centric approach helps us ensure the imagePROGRAF iPF5100 suits the market's needs. The iPF5100's predecessor, the imagePROGRAF iPF5000, set a benchmark for high-quality colour large format printing that hasn't been surpassed by our competitors. With the release of the iPF5100, Canon has further raised the bar to deliver unparalleled quality for customers," said Steven Brown, Production Printing Systems Group Manager, Canon Australia.


Unparalleled Colour
Using twelve LUCIA inks, including red, green, blue and two shades of grey, offers a wider colour gamut, which is well balanced with clear colours and smooth gradation. The Canon imagePROGRAF iPF5100 incorporates four new inks: black, matte black, grey and photo grey to further enhance print quality. The inks ensure less graininess, and reduce bronzing, which can be caused by diffused light reflection.

The Canon imagePROGRAF iPF5100 comes with Canon's next generation colour management technology, Kyuanos, which has an ambient light-adjustment function that can be set by either selecting a preset environment or by entering a colour temperature to automatically balance the colour for the display environment. This minimises differences in the way colours appear due to the different lighting conditions that prints are displayed in.

The imagePROGRAF iPF5100 has a new colour calibration tool that adjusts colour differences caused by ageing, individual print heads, or between different printers, for more stable printing. Using a precise multi-sensor, accurate colour calibration (average delta E: 2.0 or less) is achieved in around 10 minutes.

High-density print head system
The imagePROGRAF iPF5100 has a twin, high-density print head that improves print speed and durability, due to the 30,720 nozzles in two 1" print heads. By incorporating FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) technology, 4-pl (picolitre) ink droplets ensure delicate colour gradation, high-definition and accuracy. The imagePROGRAF iPF5100's L-COA processor performs the high-speed processing of 12-ink image data and simultaneously controls the operation of the printer and the dual high-density print head system. The printer also features automatic clogged nozzle detection to help reduce wear-and-tear on the print heads, and ensure excellent print quality throughout its long life.

The imagePROGRAF iPF5100 comes with a range of features to ensure that set-up and operation are as simple as possible. These include image input and selection with the imagePROGRAF Front-Access, which communicates with other applications, enhanced user support and a stronger link between drivers, software and manuals. Canon's new high quality poster creating software, PosterArtist 2007, is also included.

PosterArtist 2007 includes an Auto Design feature, where users simply designate images to be incorporated into a poster, and the PosterArtist automatically incorporates the images to create professional-looking posters for immediate use. The Auto Design feature significantly cuts down on the time it takes to go from design to output. Also PosterArtist 2007 allows users to take advantage of Kyuanos technology for advanced colour management of their poster output from Canon 12-ink models, to be viewed favorably under various light sources. A template filtering feature allows users to source and apply a pre-loaded template quickly and easily from a library of hundreds of templates.

The Canon imagePROGRAF iPF5100 large format printer will be available in Nov 2007.