Canon USA’s Pixma Pro-1 Professional Inkjet Printers Feature New 12 Ink System

Canon USA’s Pixma Pro-1 Professional Inkjet Printers Feature New 12 Ink System

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Lake Success, NY—Canon’s Pixma Pro-1 professional inkjet printer is engineered to allow pro photographers to be confident that its output will match the photographic vision captured from their cameras. Newly developed for this printer is a 12-ink system, five of which are monochrome, along with a Fine printhead to help deliver consistent results that professional photographers demand. 

“Canon is proud to be one of the only companies to offer professionals a complete input to output photographic ecosystem,” said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies and Communications, Canon USA. “The recent introduction of the EOS-1D X DSLR camera and now the Pixma Pro-1 printer, further solidifies Canon’s commitment to providing professionals with the necessary equipment in order to help them produce the highest-level possible in image quality.”

The Pro-1 printer uses a completely new ink system to help achieve gallery-quality results, utilizing 12 inks (cyan, magenta, yellow, red, photo cyan, photo magenta, photo black, matte black, gray, dark gray, light gray, chroma optimizer) to increase the color gamut in all directions. Additionally, skin-tone reproduction has been improved to provide a more natural look, eliminating the magenta cast occasionally found when printing portraits. 

Additionally, to achieve the desired results for a deeper, richer, truer black creation, the engineers of the Pro-1 printer incorporated five monochrome inks. The photo black, matte black, gray, dark gray and light gray inks were added to provide smooth gradations, suppress graininess and reduce the bronzing and metamerism phenomenon that shows a metallic luster, such as iridescence due to the colors in reflected light.

A chroma optimizer was also included to aid in the accuracy and quality of prints. In addition to increasing the color gamut, it increases the black density when printing on glossy media for a deeper, darker black. After the ink is laid down on the media, the printer applies the chroma optimizer to help eliminate the bumps between droplets that at times can reflect light irregularly, resulting in a more uniform print.

Another important facet of printing is the overall lifespan of the print. Based upon independent testing conducted by Wilhelm Imaging Research, the expected light fastness of a print using the Pixma Pro-1 Printer with Canon’s semi-gloss media is approximately 70 years.

For the first time in a Canon Pixma professional printer, the Pro-1 photo printer will feature a tubular ink delivery system, with the inks housed on the sides of the printer to help improve the print speed compared to existing Pixma pro models. Specs say the printer produces a 13×19-inch print in 4 minutes and 20 seconds on Canon Pro Platinum photo paper. It also has ink tanks that are 2.5x larger than on any other Pixma pro printer.

To help the workflow of the printer, it has an intuitive paper feed with a dual paper path on the top rear for semigloss and glossy media and a manual paper feed on the back for fine art media. This system will help ensure paper is initially fed correctly, thus eliminating skewed prints that result in wasted ink, paper and time. 

The Pro-1 is networkable via an Ethernet connection, which allows multiple users to print to one machine. And Canon has worked with leading paper companies to create ICC profiles designed to help users get the best results. At launch, 26 ICC profiles are available for Hahnemuhle, Ilford, Moab and other paper types.

The Canon Pixma Pro-1 professional inkjet printer will have an estimated selling price of $999.99. usa.canon.com/pixmapro

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