BRAMPTON, ON., APRIL 1, 2020 — Aligning with the company’s mission to support its customers on their digital transformation journeys, Canon Canada Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, along with Canon U.S.A. Inc. 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 catalogues, magazines and books.

 

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 colour 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 Canada Inc.
Headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, Canon Canada Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. Inc., is a leading provider of consumer and business-to-business digital imaging solutions. Innovation and cutting-edge technology have been essential ingredients in Canon's success. Canon Canada Inc. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 per cent Canadian-based service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon Canada Inc. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility.

 

For more information, please visit canon.ca or follow the company on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using @CanonCanada.

 

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Availability and other specifications are subject to change without notice.

 

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