Congratulations to Canon for their iPF755 on winning the BLI (Buyers Lab) "Pick of the Year".

Here is what they said...

Canon imagePROGRAF Offers Unbeatable Blend of Speed, Value, Quality and Ease of Use

Demonstrating that it can capably satisfy the printing needs of not only the technical marketplace, but also those of general business and entry-level graphic arts users, the Canon imagePROGRAF iPF755 has been awarded BLI’s Spring 2009 “Pick” for “Outstanding Wide-Format Color Inkjet Multipurpose Printer.”

Well done Canon on another great large format printer award to add to your collection.

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The new ImagePROGRAG iPF650 & iPF655 are due to arrive in stock in the next few days. These great new printers are shipping with a wonderful launch offer, starter kit valued at £870.

• The kit contains a FREE set of starter inks worth £173, (90ml)
• A Printer stand worth £250
• The full version of Poster Artist 2008, worth £425
• 1 roll Canon 90gsm matt coated media 24" x 45 m long worth £22

The new iPF650/655 offers great features:

5 Colour pigment and dye reactive ink with NEW MAGENTA INK
24" A1 Printer
FASTER - A1 Prints in just 30sec (3 seconds faster than the older iPF610)
NEW - Economy print mode
NEW - Hot swap inks
borderless printing
HP/GL2 & RTL compatible with HDI driver as standard
80GB Hard Drive (iPF655)
NEW - Full accounting and eMaintenance software included
NEW - Microsoft Office plug in
NEW - colour emulation for existing Canon and HP Printers
NEW DESIGN - Smaller more compact and lightweight design
NEW - Simple front loading roll feed system

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Large format printer samples website, Sample Print (www.sampleprint.co.uk) and landscape artist David Anthony Hall (www.senezio.com) have teamed up to provide samples of the artist’s work.

Launched last year, Sample Print (www.sampleprint.co.uk) provides print samples to people who are looking at the potential of large format printing or considering which large format printer is best for them. The site provides stunning A1 samples that show off the printers at their best, whilst at the same time providing a stunning image that can be put on display.

The site currently has work from award winning photographer Drew Gardner (www.drewgardner.co.uk) and this is now complemented by addition of the work of landscape artist David Anthony Hall (www.senezio.com).

Hall has agreed for three pieces of his work to be added to the site and each piece brings the best out of the large format medium. Hall says, “I have been working with large format printers for many years and much of my current work is produced in this way. When the idea of using my work on the Sample Print site was mentioned, I was happy to use some of my pieces to help people learn more about this medium and whether it was right for them and their work”.

Hall has also recently worked with group of vendors and suppliers on a charitable work called ‘Autumn Light’ that will be premiered at his first solo exhibition (1st to 14th June 2009 as a solo exhibition and from then until 31st June 2009 as a group show) in London’s West End at Thompson’s Gallery (www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk) in Marylebone.

‘Autumn Light’ is dedicated to the memory of Hall’s natural father ‘Antonio Senezio’ and the proceeds of the sale will be donated equally between Cancer Research, Macmillan Cancer Support and the St. Bart’s Hospital’s East Wing.

All samples from the Sample Print site are provided free of charge. However, Hall has asked that if any of his pieces are liked enough for the requestor to display them, that they might consider a donation to charity. Hall said, “The site is totally there for people looking to see if large format printing is right for them. However, if they find that they like the image enough to put it on display and want to donate some money to charity, then everybody wins.”

The creators of the Sample Print site are LFP Marketing (www.lfpmarketing.co.uk) and director Julie Andrews said, “It is fantastic to have David’s work on the Sample Print site. We are major fans of David’s and his landscape images are perfect to show the best of what a large format printer can achieve.”

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Landscape artist David Anthony Hall (http://www.senezio.com/) has teamed up with group of vendors and suppliers on a charitable work that will be premiered at his first solo exhibition (1st to 14th June 2009 as a solo exhibition and from then until 31st June 2009 as a group show) in London’s West End at Thompson’s Gallery (http://www.thompsonsgallery.co.uk/) in Marylebone.

The piece entitled ‘Autumn Light’ is a stunning example of Hall’s work, whilst also being a fantastic representation of the landscape and large format medium itself.

‘Autumn Light’ is dedicated to the memory of Hall’s natural father ‘Antonio Senezio’ and the proceeds of the sale will be donated equally between Cancer Research, Macmillan Cancer Support and the St. Bart’s Hospital’s East Wing.

Hall has been supported in producing this piece by Canon UK (http://www.canon.co.uk/) whose large format printer the work was produced upon; Velmex Distribution (www.velmex.co.uk) who printed the work; Drytac Europe (http://www.drytac.com/) and Genesis Imaging (http://www.genesis-digital.net/) who helped to produce the stunning finish.

As with all of the work at the exhibition the piece is an archival print mounted in acrylic block. This is a technique that achieves a floating, three dimensional quality unobtainable by any other process. It is thought that ‘Autumn Light’ at its 2.7 x 1.5 metre size may be the largest piece ever produced to be finished in this way,

Hall says, “People have said that they feel like they are walking into my images, that they bring the outdoors inside. This piece is certainly the most natural extension of this because of its sheer size. To be able to produce this work and for it to benefit causes that are very close to my heart is extremely rewarding.”

The image was printed by Velmex Distribution who is leading distributor of large format printing products. Mark Keeley MD of Velmex says, “To work on such a piece is fantastic. David’s work is stunning and is a glowing representation of large format excelling in the landscape genre. ‘Autumn Light’ was printed on the Canon iPF9100 and really shows off the stunning detail the printer can produce. It was a pleasure to offer our time and expertise for such great and worthy causes.”

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A special launch offer has been created by Canon to accompany their launch of the new imagePROGRAF iPF750 and imagePROGARF iPF755.

Both printers from the launch date of 1st May 2009 until 31st July 2009 will come with a 'Professional Start Up Kit' worth over £500. This kit contains:

• Additional set of starter ink tanks WORTH £173
• Printer Stand ST-33 WORTH £250
• 4 rolls of Canon 90gsm uncoated paper (36" wide, 50m long) WORTH £80

Another great reason to check out these excellent new printers.

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Canon have added the new imagePROGRAF iPF750 and imagePROGRAF iPF755 to their ever extending range of large format printers.

Both printers are feature packed and aimed at a wide audience. The main feature of both printers are:

• High-Speed Printing: L-COA processor
• Print Job Accounting Manager
• Reactive Ink Technology
• Economy Print Mode
• Canon Printer Driver
• HDI Driver
• Reactive Ink System
• PosterArtist Lite
• Print Plug-in for Microsoft Office

In addition to the above the iPF755 also has an on-board 80GB hard drive.

These fantastic new printers should be shipping in a couple of weeks and further compliment Canon's impressive range of large format printers.

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Each year, the leading European Digital Graphic Press magazines and an independent jury choose the winners of the European Digital Graphic Press Awards for the best products in the digital graphic press industry.

This year Canon have won the award for 'Photographic Printer' for their iPF6000s, iPF8000s and iPF9000s.

This is an outstanding result for Canon, especially since these models have less (8 compared to 12) different colour ink tanks than their iPF6100, iPF6200, iPF8100 and iPF9100 printers.

Well done Canon on a great result.

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ColorGate, one of Canons prefered RIP partners and distributed in the UK by Velmex Distribution, the Canon Distributor, has won the coverted EDP "Best" award for their Production Server Digital printing product.

ColorGATE wins EDP Award 2009 as "BEST RIP SOLUTION FOR WIDE FORMAT"

Every year, the publishers of the leading European Digital Graphic Press magazines get together with an independent jury to choose the winners of the European Digital Graphic Press Awards for the best products in the digital graphic press industry. This year, PRODUCTIONSERVER5, the ColorGATE digital printing solution, was selected by the European Digital Press Association (EDP) as the best software for "RIP solutions for wide format". After receiving this outstanding honor, the ColorGATE flagship is now immediately authorized to bear the coveted EPD Award logo as the "BEST RIP SOLUTION FOR WIDE FORMAT OF THE YEAR 2009".

The EDP Awards honor the best and most innovative digital press products of the past twelve months that outdo the competition in terms of innovation, quality, value for money and user friendliness. The publishers of the leading European magazines in the field of digital press belong to the international EDP Association. The EDP press office produces publications in more than 15 countries and in seven different languages and reaches an audience of more than 240,000 trade professionals. The jury of the EDP Awards is made up of independent digital press advisors, editors and trade professionals from all over Europe.

Flexibility, reliability and speed in production still stand for perfection in digital printing and press services today. According to these standards, ColorGATE technology now offers the universal PRODUCTIONSERVER, already in its fifth generation, providing cross-system RIP software for every type of digital printing application (LFP – Large Format Printing, screen printing film creation, proofing, photo & fine art, professional processing, including cutting). Improved in terms of productivity and quality, the PRODUCTIONSERVER5 is now available on the retail market with new optional modules:

• COST CALCULATION Module (CCM) to calculate printing costs with subsequent report for reliable printing cost management.
• COLOR SERVER Module (CSM) for quick color transformation.

"We are very happy that our continuing success in developing and servicing the most customer-oriented production software has been rewarded once again, this time with this coveted international award," commented Catherine Kirschner, ColorGATE MarCom Manager.

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To add to the array of awards the Image Prograf series have won this year, now the 44" iPF 820 has received "Outstanding Wide Format Colour Inkjet Multipurpose printer award" from the independant Buyers Lab Inc (BLI). The award comes after BLI carried out extensive tests with the product at their laboratory in Wokingham.

Shane Burchett, Product Manager for Canon said "We are very pleased to have won this award, as it not only positions the product as an outstanding product in the market, but it also demonstrates the products ability to be used in both the CAD and Graphic Arts markets". David Sweetnam BLI European Lab and Research Manager adds "This device displayed exceptional print quality across a wide range of applications, from maps and architectural plans printed on standard bond paper to high quality photographs printed on Canon's premium photo paper". Sweetman also cited the products dual roll ability to quickly switch between paper types, as a contributing factor to the units excellent productivity rating as well as the excellent paper handling and reliablity of performance. The report also goes on to state "The imagePROGRAF iPF820 is an example of Canon's leading technology and tradition for high quality, outstanding colours and exceptional print speeds.

For the full report click here.

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Canon has had an award filled year with several of the ImagePROGRAF range winning industry awards. The iPF6100 won the BLI Pick of the year in Spring, closely followed by two BERTL's with the iPF710 winning "Best" low volume machine and the iPF8000s & 9000s winning a BERTL for "Best" print for pay/production in the Summer. More recently the iPF5100, after receiving FOGRA approval, won EDP's "Best" proofing equipment of the year. The iPF820, Canon's 44" CAD machine, has recently recieved the BLI "Pick of the year" award for the Autumn. And if this performance wasn't star studded enough, Canon have just won the "Hardware Product of the Year" category at the Construction Computing Awards 2008 in London (UK) for the ImagePROGRAF large format printer range. At the same event last year, Canon picked up the editor's choice award for the 36in five-colour ImagePROGRAF iPF700.

Canon have been intent on targeting the CAD & GIS markets, and with machines such as the iPF710/720 able to produce an A0 in under a minute, they seem set to pull market share away from the strong hold HP enjoys. The newly release iPF810/820 is according to, the independant, BLI is 50% more productive and uses 3 times less ink than its nearest competitor.

Read the full article here.

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Canon has received, yet another award for one of the outstanding ImagePrograf range of products. BLI (Buyers Laboratory Inc) awarded the imagePROGRAF iPF820 – "BLI’s Pick for Wide Format of the Year 08".

Introduced earlier this year, this 44-inch, dual-roll, wide-format printer was designed for the Geographical Information System (GIS) market; Computer-Aided Design (CAD); Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC); Reprographics; and other Technical Document markets. The iPF820 is capable of printing two full-density D/A1-sized (23.4 inches × 33.1 inches) color plots in less than a minute, and finishes E/A0-sized (33.1 inches × 46.8 inches) plots in just 45 seconds including cutting time, and is capable of producing 117 D/A1-sized plots per hourI. The iPF820 offers true 1200 dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution printing with 0.02 mm minimum line widthII, precise ±0.1% line accuracyIII, and a large printing area with only 3 mm (0.12”) of margins all around with roll feed paper.

About Buyers Laboratory

Since 1961, Buyers Laboratory has been the leading independent office-equipment testing lab and business consumer advocate. In addition to publishing the industry's most comprehensive and accurate test reports on office document imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in BLI's 10,000-square-foot lab, the company has been the leading source for extensive databases of specifications and pricing on copiers, printers, fax machines and multifunctional products. The company's databases cover more than 10,000 products and have a long-standing reputation for being the industry's most trustworthy and complete. They are available to BLI subscribers online via the company's bliQ competitive information service. This encyclopedic resource also provides quick and easy access to BLI's First Look Reports, Field Test Reports, Lab Test Reports, Solutions Reports, Digital Imaging Review and Business Consumer's Advisor newsletters and OEM library.

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Canon's newly launched iPF820 has just received a "highly recommended" by industry testers, BLI Buyers Lab, Inc. Based in Europe, Asia and the Americas, this independant company is a leading authority and provider of critical intelligence on the imaging industry. Canon recently launched the new CAD iPF810 & iPF820 in September this year.

The two new products fill a gap in the Canon range, utilising the successful 5 colour dye & pigment reactive ink technology which produces the most vivid colours with the sharpest, thinest of lines, with a range of accuracy to +/- .01% and a minimim line width of .02mm for precision accuracy. These 44" printers have hotswap ink tanks, a blistering speed, with a draft A1 in just 24 seconds, plus a built in 80Gb hard drive. The drivers are well supported with HPGL/2, HP- RTL & HDI. The iPF820 has a dual roll feed as well.

To view information on either of these printers click on iPF810 or iFP820
or to view the full test report from BLI please click here.

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The Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6100 has won the Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) product 'Pick of the Year' award for ' Outstanding Wide-Format Colour Inkjet Graphics Printer' and 'Exemplary Performance Throughout BLI’s Extensive Lab Testing'.

BLI are the leading independant global imaging product test laborartory.

To see more about the printer see our Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6100 page and to request a A1 sample by visiting request a large format sample print.

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Canon have included a great end user cash back offer for the launch of their new iPF810 and iPF820 printers.

For all purchases of either printer until 31st December 2008 you can claim £750. Both the iPF810 and iPF820 provide:

• Accurate, high quality prints at blistering speeds - A1 prints in 24 seconds, A0 in 47 seconds
• Improved ROI with economy mode for even greater savings
• Print head warranty and easy integration into your existing system

To request a print sample of either of both printers, click here.

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Canon have recently launched the Canon imagePROGRAF iPF605. This great new 24" printer features:

• Superb graphics with vivid colours
• 5 colour reactive (dye/pigment) ink
• Sharp, thin lines for CAD plan production
• Blistering speeds
• Economy printing
• HPGL/2, HP RTL & includes HDI Driver
• Large LCD with graphics

To request a print sample for this new printer, click here.

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Great new 24" printer from Canon, see Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6200 for further details.

The new Canon iPF6200 features:

• Borderless A1 glossy prints in less than 4 minutes.
• 12-colour lightfast inks for outstanding colour gamut
• 80Gb Hard Disk Drive
• PosterArtist Lite bundled as standard - Canon's poster creation software
• More colours, less inks makes this a great investment

To order a print sample for this new printer, click here.

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This week Canon launch two new large format printers. These printers are called the imagePROGRAF iPF810 and the imagePROGRAF iPF820.

Both are designed for CAD/GIS applications and include:

• Accurate line reproduction with a range accuracy of 0.1% and a minimum line width of 0.02mm
• A built in 80GB hard disk drive means you can store repeat print jobs at the printer for easy management
• Able to produce A1 prints in just 24 seconds and A0 in 47 seconds (draft mode, plain paper)
• Economy printing mode for lower running costs

If you would like a sample print of either of these printers, just click the "request a sample" link above.

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