MELVILLE, N.Y., April 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Aligning with
the company's mission to support its customers on their digital
transformation journeys, Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging
solutions, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Canon Solutions
America, Inc., today announced the launch of an exciting new
proposition for commercial printers: the varioPRINT iX-series.
Built on the success of the varioPRINT i-series platform introduced
in 2015, this advanced sheetfed inkjet press utilizes
iQuariusiX technologies. These technologies combine the
image quality of offset with the productivity and cost efficiency
of production inkjet to support customers with production volumes
of one to 10 million letter images per month.
Offering an average 94 percent uptime and virtually eliminating
the need for daily calibration and maintenance, the varioPRINT
iX-series streamlines productivity, and helps to improve overall
running costs, differentiating itself from other market
technologies. Through this press, customers can print up to 4,500
12 inch by 18 inch sheets per hour (or up to 312 letter images per
minute) on a wide range of media, including offset coated paper
ranging from 90 to 350gsm with native 1200 dpi processing. This
feature allows customers to produce high volumes of commercial
print applications, from marketing collateral and premium direct
mail, to catalogs, magazines and books.
"With more than 250 installations to date worldwide, the
varioPRINT i-series has established Canon as a leader in sheetfed
inkjet production printing for transactional applications, books
and high-quality direct mail, and we plan to continue building on
this success through the new varioPRINT iX-series," said Shinichi Yoshida, executive vice president and
general manager, Canon U.S.A.,
Inc. "This new press provides customers with advanced print
quality, more media options and quick turnaround times in order to
help them grow their print volumes, as well as manage flexibility
and profitability of smaller, more diverse jobs."
The latest iQuariusiX technologies of the new
varioPRINT iX-series combines three key innovations:
- A breakthrough drying system utilizing heat, humidification,
and cooling protects paper and helps ensure robust prints on a wide
media range – straight and ready for finishing.
- New proprietary polymer pigment, water-based inks and ColorGrip
for high-quality, vibrant and robust color on a variety of media,
including coated stock up to 350gsm.
- iQuariusiX quality control technologies for high-end
image quality. Advanced nozzle uniformity control (NUC) technology
uses an inline scanner to automatically check and align single
nozzles during the production run to help eliminate streakiness.
This also offers the capability of detection and auto-compensation
of the nozzles during the job, thus reducing downtime and waste,
and helping to ensure high image quality. Supporting (NUC) is
Nozzle Activity Control (NAC) which controls the nozzle performance
and automated correction, when needed, for maximum, stable quality
without operator intervention or productivity loss.
Together, these innovations deliver a balance of excellent image
quality, media and application versatility, reliable productivity
and cost efficiency – all in a single inkjet press. Through the
series' improved media handling, and ability to handle short runs,
switch jobs quickly, and produce finished documents with mixed
media confidently, it meets demanding customer deadlines with ease,
helping to further optimize quality and productivity.
Powered by a high-performance, media-driven workflow,
the PRISMAsync print server optimizes productivity by
automatically setting the appropriate printing parameters for the
media selected, as well as enables advance scheduling of up to
eight hours of production. Combined with PRISMA software, a
completely automated and highly intuitive solution can be
integrated into any existing workflow, covering multiple stages of
production from creation and print management to finishing and
delivery tracking.
The new varioPRINT iX-series inkjet press expects to be
available for customer installation in Q3 2020.
About Canon U.S.A.,
Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a
leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial
digital imaging solutions to the United
States and to Latin America
and the Caribbean markets. With
approximately $33 billion in global
revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), ranks third
overall in U.S. patents granted in 2019† and is one
of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in
2020. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to
its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental
responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon
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†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
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