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G r a p h i c A rts S o lu t i o ns The imagePRESS C1 Digital Print System
Canon meets the challenge of taking color digital printing to the next level with the imagePRESS C1 digital print system.
From creative to production environments, the imagePRESS C1 digital print system was designed for color-critical customers for proofing to short-run color applications. This system was built to deliver: Outstanding image quality that complements offset print Remarkably consistent color that meets todays colorcritical demands Media versatility that keeps a focus on image quality These innovationsachieved with a historical investment by Canondeliver a dramatic improvement in customer satisfaction, with no compromise in economic efficiency. With outstanding color output at up to 14 pages per minute* and black-and-white output at 60 pages per minute,* the imagePRESS C1 digital print system delivers results that make heads turn!

* Letter-sized pages.

Outstanding Image QualityColor Comes First
imagePRESS C1 output is remarkableits far beyond what youre used to seeing from conventional electrophotographic printers.
Youll see what we mean immediatelythe imagePRESS C1 systems print quality is far beyond that of other solutions in todays marketplace. The technologies behind Canons color first are widespread: A small toner particle size that averages 5.5 microns delivers vivid and detailed images. True 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution results in razor-sharp text and graphics. Advanced Smoothing Technology (AST) eliminates jagged edges in exchange for smooth curves.
MEDIA VERSATILITY THAT DELIVERS THE LOOK AND FEEL OF OFFSET Specifying from a wide range of media is key to producing a great-looking finished piece. The imagePRESS C1 digital print system enables a wider choice by raising the bar for media versatility in a number of important ways. It also offers the New Media Library for optimized printing of various media. Prints on media sizes up to 13" x 19" Handles media weights from 17 lb. Bond up to 140 lb. Index Prints on thin, thick, coated, and textured media as well as labels and tabswith no quality trade-offs
COLOR CONSISTENCY THAT ELIMINATES REPRINTS Stable, consistent color is the hallmark of the imagePRESS C1 digital print system. This quantum leap in color stability delivers the confidence you require in your short-run color or proofing output. Color remains stable over timeedge to edge, page to page. Low E means reliable color is standard with every job.
A Breakthrough in Image Quality at True 1200 dpi
Canon is all about innovation, and the imagePRESS C1 digital print system confirms that reputation.
V TONER DELIVERS EXCEPTIONAL COLOR V Toner is quite simply the finest pulverized toner on the market. It combines an extremely small particle sizeaveraging just 5.5 micronswith a large color gamut. The result is vivid and vibrant colors throughout the job. This oil-free toner also eliminates the unflattering streaking that could often blemish a job. Finally, the belt fusing technology, in combination with the V Toner, eliminate another unwanted characteristic of digital printing, the 3D effect.

ADVANCED SMOOTHING TECHNOLOGY (AST ) AST from Canon dramatically reduces jagged edges by creating smooth curves, sharp edges, and clean lines. Graphics and text look sharper and crisper. Gradients are even and continuous. The outcome is that the overall visual quality is raised to a much higher level than previously possible.

V Toner Toner Cartridges

TRUE GLOSS OPTIMIZATION IS REALIZED The imagePRESS C1 digital print system delivers a long soughtafter goal of digital printinga natural-looking gloss finish. The belt fusing method varies the time the V Toner is exposed to the fusing unit so the toner is fixed evenly, eliminating blistering and wrinkling. Even high-density levels on gloss media have a smooth finish. The greatest value of Gloss Optimization is that gloss levels of the media are maintained. Matte media gives you the intended matte finish and glossy media maintains its gloss appearance. The payoff is a real offset appearance that sells itself.
STUNNING RESOLUTION FROM THE TWIN RED IMAGING LASER With its small path twin red laser beams, the new Canon imagePRESS C1 digital print system brings a new level of precision to imaging. Its one more reason why the image quality is so dramatically improved. Every job prints up to true 1200-dpi resolution so lines are clean and precise and characters are sharp and well defined. Higher resolution, finer halftones, and smooth gradients mean crisp text and more detailed graphics, thus ensuring a consistently higher image quality.
Color Consistency That Sets a New Standard
True color consistency for digital printers always has been a challenge. The imagePRESS C1 digital print system includes innovative technologies to help prevent shifts in hue as well as set and maintain a low E.
IMPRESSIVE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE E DRUM Color control starts with the E Drum. Developed specifically to enhance overall performance of the imagePRESS C1 digital print system, it takes color consistency to the next levelreliable every day. The overcoat layer improves color stability and drum durability. The net return is dramatically improved productivity with much more consistent uptime.

AUTOMATIC COLOR CONTROL WITH REAL-TIME CALIBRATION Canons Real-Time Calibration function substantially reduces and controls shifts in color. Two sensors measure color test patches; if an unacceptable hue shift is detected, the press automatically resets itself to instantly produce the correct color. Essentially, Real-Time Calibration enables automatic color adjustments onthe-fly. In addition, this capability operates in all copy and print modes, ensuring noticeable improved color consistency all the time.

E Drum

THE NEXT LEVEL IN CALIBRATION Calibration is an integral piece of consistent color, but manual calibration is not for everyone. Thats why the imagePRESS C1 system includes Automatic Press Calibration. Whether your configuration is without a Color Image Reader-H1 or youre just looking for less operator intervention, this next level of calibration helps ensure consistency for demanding color environments. Test patterns are printed and automatically measured and, if needed, adjustments are made.
AUTO CARRIER REFRESH (ACR) ENSURES STABLE COLOR Underpinning imagePRESS C1 devices color consistency is Canon ACR technology. ACR technology delivers stable image quality page after page after page. It automatically supplies fresh carrier for reliable, consistent density. In doing so, it improves uptime by eliminating frequent carrier changes.
Automatic Press Calibration

Media Versatility

The imagePRESS C1 digital print system dramatically expands the printable area and the range of printable media to allow your customers significantly greater options.
STRAIGHTER PAPER PATH ELIMINATES MEDIA HEADACHES To improve the handling of a wide range of surfaces and thicknesses, the paper path in the imagePRESS C1 digital print system has been designed to be as straight as possible. This minimized stress on media and substantially reduces paper jams of more types of media.
for customized postcards and other applications. The standard Buffer Pass Unit helps to eliminate curls from coated and other media. Large volumes of coated media can be loaded in the Paper Deck-AA1, thanks to new Enhanced Air Assist Technology, which allows for reliable feeding.

Media Library

A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN TRANSFER BELT TECHNOLOGY The Canon Advanced Imaging Transfer Belt (AITB) drives improvements in both media versatility and image quality. Created for optimum image transfer, the AITB uses a composite construction to print superb color on a wide range of surfaces. The soft belt surface enables excellent image transfer to coated and textured media. The hollow imaging of traditional belt technology is effectively eliminated.

SUPERIOR MEDIA CONTROL WITH THE NEW MEDIA LIBRARY Managing printing specifications for different media has never been easier. The Media Library allows users to edit, manage, and select media from one central location. Consequently, the operator is assured that the job is optimized for any particular media selection. Specifications can be controlled by Name, Basis Weight, Finish, and Type. The Media Library includes 37 of todays most popular media while providing extra capacity for up to 200 custom media types.
MEDIA FLEXIBILITY SPARKS IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY The imagePRESS C1 digital print system serves up true media flexibility by offering a wide range of options, from size to thickness to coated and tab media. This flexibility positions you to be more responsive to your customers varied needs. The system can feed media up to 13" x 19" from all four drawers and the Stack Bypass. It can accept media up to 140 lb. Index (256gsm)

Four Media Cassettes

Architecture That Drives Productivity
USER INTERFACE AND ARCHITECTURE 10.4" TFT display for improved operability Instant status display for media and toner levels Up to 1.5GB RAM and 80GB HDD Mail Box: local archival solution
HIGH-SPEED SCANNING Optional Duplexing Automatic Document Feeder (DADF-R1) Up to 80 ipm (300 dpi); up to 50 ipm (600 dpi) 100-sheet capacity Media weights from 10 lb. Bond to 80 lb. Cover
SFP Model with Printer Cover-A1
MFP/Copier Model with Optional DADF-R1
ADVANCED FINISHING OPTIONS Stacking capacities up to 4,000 sheets Collating and advanced stapling capabilities Two- or three-hole punching with Optional Puncher Unit-M1 Saddle-stitched booklets, up to 15 sheets (60 pages)
OUTSTANDING MEDIA HANDLING Media handling up to 13" x 19" from every standard source Up to 550 sheets from all four standard drawers Up to 110 lb. Index from drawers Enhanced Air Assist Technology with the optional Paper Deck-AA1 Media acceptance up to 13" x 19" Thicknesses up to 140 lb. Index Specifically designed for coated media

Saddle-stitched Booklet Three-hole Punch

Stapled Output

Powerful Print Controller Options Drive Top Performance
In todays fast-paced printing environment, a superior reproduction system needs to be fast but efficient, precise but flexible.
It also needs to cope with the extreme range of jobsfrom entry-level graphics and office documents to intensive graphic and variable data files. The imagePRESS C1 digital print system delivers this exceptional performance with three levels of print controllers.
CANON imagePRESS SERVER Q1 For the highest performance for large graphic files and precise color management, the imagePRESS Server Q1 is a robust color server for graphic arts and production environments. Built on Microsoft Windows XPe Platform with an Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive, the imagePRESS Server Q1 is powerful by design to meet the growing demands of the Graphic Arts Market. In addition to top performance, it provides flexibility, security, and an advanced set of management tools including the Graphic Arts Package as standard software. Available for more color demanding environments are options like the Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition, the Production Printing Package, and Impose.
CANON imagePRESS SERVER T1 This mid-level controller unites many functions into a single integrated, high-performance system with a powerful, flexible, operator-centric workflow. It offers the highest-quality color of any embedded solution with an advanced level toolset that includes Spot-On Color Editor and Auto Trapping for high-end functionality. Built with an Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz and on a Linux platform, the imagePRESS Server T1 delivers optimum performance for corporate, creative color, and light color production environments. The system also includes 256MB RAM and a 80GB Hard Drive and supports Adobe PostScript 3 and PCL.

imagePRESS Server T1

imagePRESS Server Q1
COLOR UFR II/PCL/PS KIT-P1 For office environments requiring high quality but not printing primarily from graphic applications, this controller efficiently handles print tasks from Microsoft Office applications. Also, a perfect fit for those CRD environments that already have Canon imageRUNNER and Color imageRUNNER systems with Canon controllers. The learning curve will be simple and the workflow very consistent. It supports PCL 5c, PCL 6, and PostScript 3 emulation. Also standard is the Canon proprietary UFR II (Ultra Fast Rendering), which optimizes the power of the client PC as well as the UFR II/PCL/PS Kit-P1 Board.

imagePlatform for imagePRESS
imagePlatform for imagePRESS harnesses all benefits of the imagePRESS C1 digital print system to give graphic arts environments the multifunctionality, versatility, and performance they need, quickly and easily.
COLOR UNIVERSAL SEND Managing document workflow is much easier with Canons optional Color Universal Send capabilities. In just one simple operation, scanned documents can be distributed to multiple network destinations, such as e-mail, local Mail Boxes, network folders, and document management systems. In addition, you can send documents to user addresses in a local Address Book, look up users from multiple LDAP servers on your network or manually enter a destination. Once Universal Send is configured, the possibilities are immense. The optional PDF Advanced Feature Set-A1 offers many additional enhancements, such as PDF High Compression, Trace & Smooth PDF, and Searchable PDF.

Universal Send

UNIVERSAL SENDS ADVANCED FEATURE SET-A1 TAKES WORKFLOW FARTHER COLOR UNIVERSAL SEND Scanning and sending color documents over the network can be a challenge, but with Canons proprietary PDF High Compression Mode, file sizes are substantially reduced. This capability lessens the pressure on network bandwidth, often a headache for companies with a high number of graphicintensive files that need to be shared. SEARCHABLE PDF DOCUMENTS After scanning for PDF creation, the text is then embedded within the file and available for extraction or keyword searches via this search function. This ability enables the easy scanning and converting of scanned documents into the workflow.
TRACE & SMOOTH PDF Another Canon exclusive, this feature enables the text in PDF files to be converted to scalable artwork (vector graphics data) in PDF format. These vector outlines have much sharper edges, thereby increasing readability. In addition, they can be manipulated in Adobe Illustrator to create elements for other documents.

Trace & Smooth

Accurate Color and Improved Workflow
Brilliantly vivid color output sent where you want, when you want.
imagePLATFORM for imagePRESS also offers internal Mail Boxes for document storage and print-on-demand applications. Documents can be combined and printed as a single job or sent to multiple destinations in a variety of formats. For large files to multiple locations, the URL Send feature e-mails a link for remote previewing or printing.

DESKTOP INTEGRATION As a total end-to-end document solution, Canons imageWARE Document Manager Personal Version 4 is without peer. Capture, archive, retrieve, and manipulate documents within Mail Boxes right from a desktop PC. This function seamlessly integrates your workspace with the imagePRESS C1 digital print system. OPEN PLATFORM INTEGRATION FOR A CUSTOMIZED APPROACH With Canons Java-based MEAP architecture, you can design custom interfaces and applications to run on the imagePRESS C1 print system. With this capability, you can easily create customized solutions to seamlessly integrate your business processes into the workflow. And as with all Canon systems, scalability is built-in.
imageWARE Document Manager Personal Version 4
Device security and Accessibility
Uncommonly robust security plus added accessibility when needed.
DEVICE ACCESS AND DATA SECURITY The imagePRESS C1 digital print system includes features to help you guard against unauthorized access to the device and its data. In addition to user-level authentication, it can also restrict access from the network. The imagePRESS C1 system supports IPv6 for enhanced network infrastructure management. To protect your stored, scanned, and printed data, the HDD Data Erase option permanently removes deleted files by overwriting them up to three times. The HDD Data Encryption option has achieved Common Criteria (CC) certification and provides additional security by encrypting data before its written to the hard disk drive.

Voice Guidance Kit

ACCESSIBILITY Canon has designed the imagePRESS C1 digital print system to provide ease-of-use for a wide range of operators. The ADF Access Handle attaches to the document feeder for easy access by seated users. Remote users have access and control via the Remote Operator Software Kit. It emulates control panel screens on networked computers to provide easy availability for users. A Voice Guidance Kit provides audible confirmation of settings for easier programming by visually impaired users.

ADF Access Handle

Specifications

MAIN UNIT

Technology: Developing System: Acceptable Originals (MFP and Copier Model): Max. Original Size: Copy/Print Sizes Cassette-Feeding: Stack Bypass: Magnification Preset Reduction: Preset Enlargement: Zoom Mode: Copy/Print Speeds (Letter): First-Copy Time: Warm-Up Time: Image Server Memory: Mail Box Features Max. Mail Boxes Supported: Max. Stored Documents: Max. Stored Pages: Resolution Scanning: Printing: Halftone: Copy Exposure: Paper-Feeding Standard: Laser Electrostatic Transfer System Dry Dual Component Developing System Auto Carrier Refresh Sheets, Books, 3-Dimensional Objects (Up to 4.4 lb./2kg) 11" x 17" (Ledger) Executive, Statement-R, Letter-R, Letter, Legal, 11" x 17", 12" x 18", 13" x 19" 3-5/16" x 5-7/8" to 13" x 19" (100mm x 148mm to 330mm x 483mm) 25%, 50%, 61%, 70%, 81%, 86% 115%, 122%, 141%, 200%, 400% 25% - 400% (Between 25% and 400%, in 1% Increments) Up to 14 ppm (Color)/Up to 60 ppm (B/W) 7.6 Seconds (B/W), 14.1 Seconds (Color) 11 Minutes 40 Seconds Max. After Powering On (68F/20C) 11 Minutes 40 Seconds From Sleep Mode 80GB HDD + 1GB RAM (Max 1.5GB) 100 User Inboxes 1,500 per Inbox 3,000 Pages with Full Color 6,000 Pages with B/W 600 x 600 dpi 1200 x 1200 dpi (Continuous Tone) 256-Level Grayscale Automatic or Manual (9 Levels) 550 Sheets Paper Drawers x 4 (2,200 Sheets: 20 lb. Bond/80gsm) Stack Bypass (100 Sheets: 20 lb. Bond) Paper Deck-AA1/AB1 (3,500 Sheets: 20 lb. Bond) 17 lb. Bond to 110 lb. Index (64gsm - 209gsm) and Transparency 17 lb. Bond to 140 lb. Index (64gsm - 256gsm) and Transparency Standard Automatic Trayless Duplexing 1 to 999 120V AC, 60Hz (From Main Engine) 15A, 20A (Total Two Plugs for Main Unit) 41-3/8" x 33-5/8" x 35-5/8" (1042mm x 855mm x 898mm) 58-1/8" x 52-3/4" x 35-3/8" (1476mm x 1339mm x 898mm) Approximately 646 lb. (293kg) Side Paper Deck-AA1** Paper Capacity: Paper Size: Paper Weight Non-Coated Media: Coated Media: Dimensions (H x W x D): Weight: Side Paper Deck-AB1 Paper Capacity: Paper Size: Paper Weight: Dimensions (H x W x D): Weight: 3,500 Sheets (20 lb. Bond) Letter, Letter-R, Legal, 11"x 17", 12"x 18", 13"x 19" 17 lb. Bond to 140 lb. Index (64gsm to 256gsm) 28 lb. Bond to 140 lb. Index (106gsm to 256gsm) 22-1/2" x 23-5/8" x 24-1/2" (570mm x 601mm x 621mm) Approximately 112.4 lb. (51kg) 3,500 Sheets (20 lb. Bond) Letter 17 lb. Bond to 110 lb. Index 22-5/8" x 12-7/8" x 23" (574mm x 326mm x 583mm) Approximately 68.3 lb. (31kg) Color UFR II/PCL/PS Printer Kit-P1 Processor: Canon Dual Custom Processors - Shared 1GB (Max 1.5GB) - Shared RAM: 80GB - Shared Hard Disk: PDL Support: UFR II, PCL 5e, PostScript 3 Emulation Std. Interface Connections: 10/100 Base-T (RJ-45), USB (2.0) Network OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Server 2003/Citrix Metaframe/Mac OSX Color Universal Send Kit-G1 Color Mode: Address Book Capacity: Sending Methods: Communication Protocol File: E-Mail/I-Fax: Data Format File, E-mail: Auto Color Select (Full Color/Gray Scale) Auto Color, Select (Full Color/B/W), Full Color, Grayscale, B/W Max. 1,800 Destinations (Includes 200 One-Touch Buttons), Max. 5 LDAP Servers E-Mail, I-Fax, SMB, File Server, (FTP, IPX, WebDAV), User Inbox FTP (TCP/IP), SMB (TCP/IP), NCP (IPX), WebDAV SMTP, POP3, I-FAX (Simple, Full) TIFF, JPEG, PDF, PDF (Compact) PDF (Trace & Smooth), PDF (OCR), Encrypted PDF L, Digital Signature PDF (Device L, User LL) B/W: TIFF (MH, MR, MMR) Color: TIFF (Profile-C) Card Reader Attachment-E1 Voice Guidance Attachment-B1 Staple Cartridge-J1 Staple Cartridge-D2 Document Tray-J1 Card Reader-C1 Key Switch Unit-A2 Cassette-AE1 ADF Access Handle-A1 imagePRESS Server Q1 imagePRESS Server T1 Workflow Composer-B3 Access Management System Kit-A1 Braille Label Kit-E1 eCopy Suite imageWARE Suite

Finisher-AA1 and Saddle Finisher-AA2 Number of Trays: 3 Trays Tray Capacity Non-Collate Mode 250 Sheets (Letter, Statement-R, Executive) Tray A: 125 Sheets (Legal, Letter-R, 11" x 17", 12" x 18", 13" x 19") Tray B: 1,300 Sheets (Letter, Statement-R, Executive) 650 Sheets (Legal, Letter-R, 11" x 17", 12" x 18", 13" x 19") Tray C: 2,450 Sheets (Letter, Executive) 1,700 Sheets (Statement-R) 650 Sheets (Legal, Letter-R, 11" x 17", 12" x 18", 13" x 19") Collate and Group Mode*** Tray B: 1,300 Sheets (Letter, Executive) 650 Sheets (Legal, Letter-R, 11" x 17") Tray C: 1,700 Sheets (Letter, Executive) 650 Sheets (Legal, Letter-R, 11" x 17") Staple Mode*** Tray B/C: 1,300 Sheets/100 Sets (Letter, Executive) 650 Sheets/50 Sets (Legal, Letter-R, 11" x 17") Max. Stapling Capacity Corner/Double: 50 Sheets (Letter, Executive) 30 Sheets (Letter-R, Legal, 11" x 17") Saddle-Stitching (Saddle Finisher-AA2 Only) Acceptable Paper Sizes: Letter-R, Legal, 11" x 17", 12" x18" Capacity/Tray: 1 to 5 Sheets/25 Sets 6 to 10 Sheets/15 Sets 11 to 15 Sheets/10 Sets Max. Stapling Capacity/Set: 15 Sheets Folding: V-Fold Dimensions (H x W x D): 43-3/8" x 25-1/2" x 25-7/8" (1102mm x 646mm x 656mm) Weight Finisher-AA1: Approximately 106.9 lb. (48.5kg) Saddle Finisher-AA2: Approximately 158 lb. (71.5kg) Attachable Accessories: Puncher Unit-M1 Puncher Unit-M1 (Option for Finisher-AA1/Saddle Finisher-AA2)*** Max. Paper Weight: 17 lb. Bond to 140 lb. Index (64gsm to 256gsm, 106gsm to 256gsm for Coated Media) Paper Sizes Letter-R, Legal, Executive 2-Hole: 3-Hole: Letter, 11" x 17" Punch Method: Sequential Processing System (One Sheet at a Time) Punch Dust Stock: 3,000 Sheets Power Source: From Main Unit 32-3/4" x 4-1/4" x 24-1/4" Dimensions (H x W x D): (833mm x 107mm x 614.8mm) Weight: Approximately 15.4 lb. (7kg)

I-Fax:

Optional: Acceptable Paper Weights Cassettes: Stack Bypass: Duplexing: Multiple Copies: Power Source: Power Plugs: Dimensions (H x W x D) (Printer/Reader, w/o UI): (Printer/Reader, with UI): Weight (Printer/Reader):
Additional Accessories Universal Send PDF Advanced Feature Set-A1LLL Universal Send PDF Security Feature Set-A1LLL Digital User Signature PDF Kit-A1LLL Web Access Software-E1I Secure Watermark-A1I I Encrypted Secure Print Software-C1I HDD Data Encryption Kit-B1 Voice Guidance Kit-B1N imageRUNNER 512MB Expansion RAM-C1 Remote Operator Software Kit-A2 HDD Data Erase Kit-A1NN Platen Cover Type KNNN Stack Bypass Tray-B1 * ** ***

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ACCESSORIES
Color Image Reader-H1 Image Sensor: Originals: Document Size: Light Source: Resolution: Productivity: Power Source: Dimensions (H x W x D) (Excluding Document Feeder): Weight (Excluding Document Feeder): CCD Sheets, Books, 3-Dimensional Objects Up to 4.4 lb. (2kg) Statement to 11" x 17" (139.7mm x 139.7mm to 297mm x 432mm) Xenon Tube 600 x 600 dpi, 256 Gradations Up to 80 ipm (300 dpi), Up to 50 ipm (600 dpi) From Main Engine 4-1/8" x 28-7/8" x 23-1/2" (105mm x 732mm x 595mm) Approximately 38.5 lb. (17.5kg)

Power Supply Unit-S1 (for imagePRESS C1) is included. Requires power outlet independently. Up to 11" x 17" Up to 12" x 18" The imageRUNNER 512MB Expansion RAM-C1 is included standard in this set item. When configured on the imagePRESS C1, requires Universal Send PDF Advanced Feature Set-A1. When configured on the imagePRESS C1, requires Universal Send PDF Security Feature Set-A1. When configured on the imagePRESS C1, requires Digital User Signature Kit-A1. Requires the Color Universal Send Kit-G1. Cannot be installed with the imagePRESS Server Q1/T1. The imageRUNNER 512MB Expansion RAM-C1 is required except when configured with the Color UFR II/PCL/PS Printer Kit-P1. Voice Guidance Attachment-B1 is required for installation. HDD Data Encryption Kit-B1 is required for installation. Cannot be installed with the DADF-R1. Requires Card Reader Attachment-E1. Requires DADF-R1. Check with your local Authorized Canon Dealer for availability.
DADF (Duplexing Automatic Document Feeder)-R1* Tray Capacity: 100 Sheets Scanning Speed: Up to 80 Sheets per Minute (Letter) Acceptable Original Sizes: Statement to 11" x 17" Acceptable Paper Weight: 13 lb. Bond to 80 lb. Cover (50gsm to 216gsm) Dimensions (H x W x D): 5-5/8" x 25-1/2" x 22-3/8" (143mm x 646mm x 569.5mm) (Excl. Document Output Tray) Weight (Excluding Output Tray): Approximately 47.3 lb. (21.5kg)
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S ales B ac k g r o un d er
The Color quality Advantages of Canons imagePRESS C1
As Canon informs customers about our new imagePRESS line, heres a question youre likely to hear: What makes a digital press different from a color copier? The quick answer is: Several things. A digital press is engineered to meet more demanding requirements than a color copier. Your customers may assume a digital press can: (1) produce noticeably better-looking prints; (2) handle a wider assortment of papers; (3) reproduce specified colors accurately and consistently; and (4) maintain the quality of images used in the document. A digital press is expected to go beyond the bright, saturated colors of a color copier and must be able to produce neutral grays, natural skin tones and accurate memory colors such as green grass, blue skies, and red apples. A digital press also requires accurate tone reproduction. Tone reproduction refers to the number of tones between the highlight and shadow areas of an image. Without correct tone reproduction, a printed image wont be acceptable. Canons imagePRESS C1 is a true digital press.
In this paper, well discuss how your customers can benefit from using the imagePRESS C1 and explain some of the key technologies that make the imagePRESS C1 radically different from other printing devices in its class.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART I Why Canons imagePRESS C1 Color Quality Matters PART II How Canons imagePRESS C1 Color Quality Can Pay Off PART III A Closer Look at the Major Innovations CONCLUSION
Incorporating numerous design innovations in its print engine, Canons imagePRESS C1 represents a giant leap forward from our groundbreaking CLC and imageRUNNER products. The imagePRESS C1 combines higher levels of color accuracy and consistency with greater versatility in media handling. Canons imagePRESS C1 can not only produce memory colors, but also the neutral grays and subtle tones and contrasts required for photorealistic imaging. It is stable enough for use in color-managed proofing, and controllable enough to match the colors of offset-printed marketing materials. Canons imagePRESS C1 automatically provides the color consistency required for on-screen color proofing and print-to-print color matching. Canons imagePRESS C1 can: Save time and money by minimizing proofing cycles; Facilitate the production of short runs of high-quality, image-rich printed materials; and Improve productivity, efficiency and competitiveness by providing new options for creating marketing materials in-house or operating a profitable graphic-arts business. The businesses most likely to buy Canons imagePRESS C1 focus on quality first. Companies that only need to produce a few prints at a time tend to value print quality and color accuracy more than speed.

Introduction

Uses Whether your customers are creative services companies, advertising agencies, design firms, corporate marketing offices, or graphic-arts firms, they can use the imagePRESS C1: As a color-accurate proofer; As an on-demand, short-run press; or As a short-run companion printer to an offset press. Technologies The imagePRESS C1 includes several advanced technologies including: New Real-Time Calibration Automatic Press Calibration A New Developing System A New Advanced Imaging Transfer Belt Gloss Optimization Technology A New E-Drum Twin Red Imaging Laser Beams Capabilities These technologies make it possible to: Achieve consistent color from sheet to sheet and across the page; Keep color from drifting during larger jobs; Reproduce sharp text on coated and uncoated papers and cover stocks; Print superb, high-resolution, color accurate images; Replicate the smooth, familiar feel of offset-printed materials. Maintain the gloss levels of media. Benefits With an imagePRESS C1, your customers can: speed up the proofing and production of color-critical jobs; quickly produce small color runs that complement materials printed on offset presses; differentiate their work from competitors; begin to compete with companies already equipped with digital presses. provide variable data capabilities to produce custom direct mail
The Color Accuracy Advantages of Canons imagePRESS C1
Part I: Why imagepress color accuracy matters
It Can Satisfy Rising Expectations for High-Quality, Fast-Turnaround Jobs The nature of print communications is rapidly evolving to keep pace with the changing demands of business. Print materials must be quickly and efficiently produced, easy to update, and customizable for smaller, more targeted groups of customers. Thats why so much print work is currently moving from offset to digital presses. Instead of ordering a few large batches of materials, many print buyers are ordering a higher number of smaller quantities of materials on a just-in-time, as-needed basis. Some print buyers may occasionally underestimate their print needs (and require a fast batch of reprints), but all are happy to eliminate the wasteful expense of warehousing and disposing of excess, outdated materials. The rising demand for smaller print runs has been accompanied by similarly greater expectations for fast turnaround. Instead of allowing ten days to two weeks for production and delivery of a print job, buyers today expect jobs to be turned around within 24 or 48 hours. What remains unchanged is the print buyers expectation for quality. For instance, if print buyers suddenly need an additional 200 digitally printed brochures to match the 2,000 brochures previously printed on an offset press, they expect all the brochures to look the same. When deadlines are extremely tight, some short-run color printing work will invariably be done on whatever digital color printing device is most readily available (in which case, the print buyer might welcome having in-house access to Canons imagePRESS C1). But when designers do have sufficient time to send a job to a printing company, they naturally assume they will get higher quality image reproduction and more predictable color than they can get from their in-office color printers. This may or may not be the case. Graphic-arts companies that can deliver top-quality printing under fast-turnaround conditions can differentiate themselves from their competitors and build a loyal customer base. imagePRESS Color-Quality Advantage 1: Accuracy. The imagePRESS C1 is color-accurate enough for use with short production runs, companion pieces to longer print runs, or reprints that look very similar to those produced on an offset press. imagePRESS C1 has the tools and responsiveness to match color swatches and product colors. Users of Canons imagePRESS C1 can be confident that the sweater that looked fire-engine red in the offset-printed catalog will look the same fire-engine red in the short-run, localized sales promotion flyer. Its gloss-optimization features help materials output from the imagePRESS C1 look and feel like those from an offset press.

It Can Produce the Color Consistency Needed to Strengthen Brand Identity. Color is one of the most important tools designers use to create an immediate visual impression about who a company is and what it stands for. Color is more effective in establishing a brand identity when it can be consistently reproduced in all forms of printed materials and visual communicationsincluding business cards, flyers, brochures, catalogs, in-store displays and billboards. imagePRESS Color-Quality Advantage 2: Consistency. Canons imagePRESS C1 can provide the consistent, best-in-class color and image quality needed for brand-building, multi-channel marketing campaigns. As a color-managed device, it can produce logo colors that are consistent with and close to those output on the conventional presses.
It Can Support the Trend Toward Image-Rich Print Materials. As the use of color images increases in documents, so will the expectation for color accuracy in digital printing. The use of color images in documents is increasing, partly because Canon has been so successful in placing more powerful digital cameras in the hands of more people. We can see for ourselves that: (1) color images add power to printed communications; and (2) pictures are more effective than words in selling products. In their book Going Visual, Alexis Gerard and Bob Goldstein contend that using more images in all types of documents can help businesses enhance productivity, decision-making and profits. Pictures cross language barriers and can instantly communicate messages that would require pages or paragraphs of text to explain.

N otewort h y Trends

According to a 2005 survey by TrendWatch Graphic Arts (TWGA), 15% of graphic-arts firms plan to purchase a digital color press within the next 12 months and 42% of creatives say their use of digital color printing is increasing a little or a lot. TWGA indicates that a surprising amount of digital color printing is currently being done on
color copiers instead of digital presses. Perhaps thats not entirely by choice. A color copier could simply be the most convenient, readily available digital-color printing device. A small business or marketing group that currently uses a color copier for final output might welcome the opportunity to buy a digital press that can fit into a color-managed workflow.
How the printed images look on paper also conveys a messageabout whether or not the company sending the marketing materials is attentive to quality. Color accuracy plays a key role in determining the perceived quality of an image, and ultimately whether the printed image achieves its maximum visual impact. When color appears off in an image, its as glaringly obvious as a misspelled word in a headline. It instantly conveys the impression that the company sending out the marketing materials doesnt care about quality. Color-accurate images are especially important in selling food, clothing, travel, cosmetics, health services, and pharmaceuticals. For example, its hard to persuade a customer that a restaurant serves appetizing foods if an image of a prime cut of meat has a greenish cast. Accurately reproduced images of sparkling blue waters and lush green fairways are key selling tools in brochures for beach and golf resorts. imagePRESS Color-Quality Advantage 3: Impressive and Precise Tonal Range. Canons imagePRESS C1 combines a high print resolution (1200 dpi), vivid color toner, and density controls to consistently render natural-looking images. The toners deliver a large color gamut and can be mixed into an extraordinary range of subtle intermediate hues. The imagePRESS C1 can reproduce the tonal range needed to keep color images from looking too color-saturated and cartoon-like. It can print subtle and complex color mixtures and maintain accurate gray balance. It is Stable Enough for Color-Managed Proofing Many photographers and graphic designers now recognize that color management can help them obtain the colors they envision when creating digital files. One key benefit of color management is that it gives designers time-saving options for taking control of proofing: If the designer wants to show others how the printed job should look, they can output a hard-copy proof that simulates how the job would look on the final press. To accomplish this, a press profile is loaded into the controller. The imagePRESS C1 will then simulate the tone reproduction and color of the press. If a designer outputs a color-managed hard-copy proof on the Canon imagePRESS C1, the operator of an offset press can use it as a visual guide for creating the final printed piece. This allows for quicker job approvals and eliminates costly corrections later on in the project. Color-managed proofing only works with printing devices that are consistent and stable enough to produce the same colors day after day, and week after week. If colors drift, all of the proofs are meaningless.

imagePRESS Color-Quality Advantage 4: Stability. Canons imagePRESS C1 is stable enough for the creation of profiles that can be used in color-managed proofing. A new Real-Time Calibration feature ensures that the press delivers consistent color from sheet to sheet, from day to day, and from week to week. It Can Save Time and Money by Eliminating Multiple Proofing Cycles With Canons imagePRESS C1, design teams can make color choices and get approvals during the earliest stages of development of a communications piece. These color choices can then be effectively communicated to the graphics company via the chosen settings in the digital file or a hard-copy proof from the imagePRESS C1. When color expectations are clearly communicated from the very start of the design process, the production team can cut hours (even days!) from conventional printing cycles because the press operator doesnt have to spend hours of time going through multiple rounds of manual color corrections, tonal curve and gray-balance adjustments to print what the designer envisioned. imagePRESS Color-Quality Advantage 5: Cost Savings. Canons imagePRESS C1 can dramatically reduce the number of proofing cycles required to get the colors right. This can save thousands of dollars a year in labor and material costs and the time and expense of circulating hard-copy proofs among geographically dispersed members of the project team, the design group to the printing company.
How A Color-Managed Wor k flow Wor ks
When photographers capture images and graphic designers place these images into layouts, they view the images first on an RGB monitor. At some point, either the designer or the photographer converts the RGB color data into the CMYK color data that can be used by the digital press. In order to convert RGB color data to CMYK color data, the designer needs a press profile that describes how the printing device reproduces color on the chosen type of media. When the designer enters the output profile in a layout program such as Adobe InDesign or Quark XPress, a
calibrated monitor will show a close, on-screen preview of how the colors, images and layouts will look when output on the profiled printing device. Color management has enabled graphic designers to re-use a single digital image for multiple shorter-run projects because digital files are no longer being scanned directly into the CMYK color space of a specific press. In a color-managed workflow, an image captured in the RGB color space can be digitally converted to the CMYK color space of any press or digital press that is stable and consistent enough to be profiled.

It Can Help Graphic Arts Companies Be More Efficient. A few years ago, printing companies thrived on running a smaller volume of longer-run jobs. Today, to remain profitable, printing companies must be efficient enough to handle a high volume of shorter-run jobs, plus complementary services, such as online communications, wide-format display graphics, and variable-data printing, in which direct-mail pieces are individually customized to reflect the known demographics and buying preferences of the recipient. imagePRESS Color-Quality Advantage 6: Productivity. With the lack of color drift during short-run jobs, the Canon imagePRESS C1 can run unattended, enabling production personnel to focus on some of the other services now involved in running a profitable graphic-arts business. The imagePRESS C1 also can minimize production bottlenecks that can occur if a job requires round after round of proofing to get the color right. It Can Replicate the Look and Feel of Offset Prints. First-generation digital presses were designed primarily to make on-demand, short-run digital-color more affordable and more practical. Over the years, the speeds of these firstgeneration presses have been ramped uppartly to help accelerate the transfer of higher print volumes from offset presses. At Canon, weve taken a different approach. We believe that those customers who only want to print a few copies at a time care less about speed and more about the quality of the prints. Many buyers of print materials prefer the smooth look and feel of offset-printed materials to the raised toner surface and gloss differential that characterize most electrophotographic prints. Your customers will be amazed by how easily they can now produce a few prints that look and feel like those materials printed on an offset press. imagePRESS Color-Quality Advantage 7: An Offset-Like Look: A combination of innovative technologies in the Canon imagePRESS C1 eliminate the raised text and gloss differential that typically makes it easy for recipients to distinguish toner-based prints from offset prints. Prints look very similar to those from an offset press.
L ets Recap S even Key Advantages o f i m a g eP ress Color Qual I ty
Advantage 1: Color Accuracy. The imagePRESS C1 can be used for short production runs, companion pieces to longer print runs, or reprints that look very similar to those produced on an offset press. Users of Canons imagePRESS C1 can be confident that the sweater that looked fire-engine red in the offset-printed catalog will look the same fireengine red in the short-run, localized sales promotion flyer. Advantage 2: Consistency. Canons imagePRESS C1 is a true productionquality printer that consistently provides the best-in-class color and image quality needed for use in multi-channel, brand-building marketing campaigns. Advantage 3: Precise Tonal Range. Canons imagePRESS C1 combines a higher print resolution (1200 dpi), wider-gamut toners, and precise density controls to consistently render natural-looking images. Advantage 4: Stability. Canons imagePRESS C1 is stable enough for the creation of profiles that can be used in a color-managed proofing.

Advantage 5: Cost Savings. By supporting decentralized soft proofing and helping maintain color accuracy through every stage of the design process, Canons imagePRESS C1 can dramatically reduce the number of proofing cycles required to get the colors right. This can save thousands of dollars a year in labor and material costs and the time and expense of circulating multiple hard-copy proofs to everyone collaborating on a project. Advantage 6: Productivity. Canons imagePRESS C1 can run unattended, enabling production personnel to focus on some of the other services now involved in running a successful graphic-arts business. Press operators are also less likely to be interrupted by jobs that require multiple rounds of proofing to get the color right. Advantage 7: An Offset-Like Look. A combination of innovative technologies in the imagePRESS C1 eliminate the raised text and gloss differential that typically makes it easy to distinguish toner-based prints from offset prints. Prints look very similar to those from an offset press.
PART II: HOW imagepress COLOR ACCURACY PAYS OFF
Buyers of print materials not only want jobs done right nowthey want their jobs done right. Here are a few points you can make when selling imagePRESS products: You Can Expect Repeat Business from Loyal Customers. Color-critical designers play a key role in choosing where to send print jobs. Because its their reputation thats at stake, many designers tend to stick with companies they can trust. (This may not always be the lowest-cost print provider.) When the final printed piece is delivered, if the colors arent right or the print quality is poor, the customer doesnt care whether it was the designer or printing company who goofed up. Shoddy printing work makes everyone look bad. So, designers prefer to partner with printing companies they can rely on for quality. As more designers become skilled in color management, they expect to be able to preview on their monitors how their jobs will look when they are output. The color stability and accuracy of the imagePRESS C1 makes it possible for designers to use a press profile to create an onscreen preview. You Can Save Time and Materials. The stability and consistency of the imagePRESS C1 can yield a higher number of sellable pages, enabling you to schedule more billable jobs and waste less time and materials on do-overs. You Can Make More Money. Your employees dont need to be skilled craftsmen to run the imagePRESS C1. Nor, do they have to babysit a press run, watching for inconsistencies from print to print. While the press is steadily outputting sellable work, your employees can work on other billable projects. Plus, you dont have to print and store volumes of marketing materials, only to discard them when the copy becomes outdated. Print jobs can be archived on a server, updated as needed, and printed just-in-time for use at seminars, trade shows, and meetings. This can keep printing costs down and increase profitability. You Can Attract New Business from Copier Users. If customers are currently using color copiers to output important marketing materials, you can show them how easy it is to obtain short runs of marketing materials that look and feel as if they were printed on an offset press.

Printing companies located near trade-show halls could do a booming business with companies exhibiting at trade shows who wanted to print only as many brochures and catalogs as they needed for the duration of the trade show. Imagine how much money could be saved on packing and shipping print materials from show to show. You Can Do Better-Quality Print Work In-House. If youre sometimes so pressed for time that you output some of your marketing collateral on a color copier, imagine how useful and convenient it would be to be able to produce high-quality color prints without having to send the job out.
Lets Recap Some Reasons Why imagepress Color Accuracy Matters
Canons imagePRESS C1: can satisfy rising expectations for high-quality, fast-turnaround jobs. can consistently provide the best-in-class color and image quality needed for use in brand-building marketing campaigns. can excel in supporting the trend toward image-rich printed materials. can be used for color-managed proofing and press simulations. can save time and money by reducing the number of proofing cycles and amount of labor and materials used for each set of proofs. can run unattended to help graphic-arts companies be more productive and profitable.
L ets Recap S om e of T he Selling Points
With Canons imagePRESS C1, you can: get repeat business from loyal customers who trust that you can deliver the colors they have previewed on their monitors. save time and materials on do-overs and proof prints. set up a streamlined, decentralized workflow that uses soft proofs for color adjustments instead of round-after-round of hard-copy proofs. make more money with fewer people or enable your current production people to work on other billable projects. produce more professional-looking print materials without leaving your office. attract new business from customers who are currently outputting jobs on color copiers.
PART III: NEW TECHNOLOGY IN CANONS imagePRESS C1
The first two sections of this paper talked about some of the ways your customers can benefit from the advanced capabilities of the imagePRESS C1. In this section, well discuss some of the extraordinary advances that make these benefits possible. First, how can we claim that Canons imagePRESS C1 is stable enough for use in a colormanaged workflow? Delta E Tests Prove that the imagePRESS C1 is Stable. Color consistency is everything in proofing and printing. The most commonly used method of measuring the color consistency of a printing device is to measure the Delta E values of one printed sheet to the next. Delta-E values numerically quantify how closely the colors of one printed sheet match the colors of the next printed sheet. A smaller Delta E value means that the difference in colors from one sheet to the next is less likely to be noticeable to the human eye. If Delta E values change significantly over the course of a print job, a print buyer is more likely to notice variations in color from one printed piece to the next. If Delta E values remain stable throughout a press run, it means that the printer is outputting color consistently from one piece to the next. To prove that the imagePRESS C1 is more color-stable than the CLC, Canon engineers conducted Delta E tests on the output from a CLC 1180 and output from the imagePRESS C1. Results were reported in terms of Delta E max and Delta E average. The Delta E max test examined the highest degree of color change that occurred compared to the first sheet in the press run. The Delta E max test showed that the imagePRESS C1 is four to five times more stable than the CLC 1180. The Delta E average report examined the average amount of color change in the press sheets from the first sheet to the last sheet. In terms of Delta E average, the imagePRESS C1 is two to three times more stable than the CLC 1180.

Several Innovations Contribute to the Improved Color Stability The significant improvement in color stability can be attributed to several technological improvements: New real-time calibration, automatic press calibration, an improved E drum, and a new developing system that keeps fresh toner in the system. New Real Time Calibration Helps Keep Color from Drifting: Calibration is a two-sensor process that ensures that Canons printing equipment continues to operate at the same level of performance.
To keep colors from drifting, Canons imagePRESS C1 uses two sensors to constantly measure the density of the cyan, magenta, yellow and black toners on each page. If the sensor detects a color shift, the imagePRESS C1 automatically makes the appropriate changes to ensure the next page produces the correct color.

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First, an internal color sensor measures the density of the cyan, magenta, yellow and black toners on every other page. If the toner density falls below or rises above a specified level, these changes will cause color shifts in the images on the page. If the sensor detects an unacceptable color shift, the imagePRESS C1 will automatically make the appropriate changes to ensure that the next page produces the correct color. The other sensor assists with the accuracy. On the CLC 1180/1140, this real-time calibration sequence was available only in the Photo Mode. On the imagePRESS C1, New Real Time Calibration is performed in all modes. And, the CLC1180/1140 only uses one internal sensor; the imagePRESS C1 uses two. In other words, as the imagePRESS C1 operates, it is using two sensors instead of one to constantly monitor itself to detect unacceptable shifts in color. This real-time calibration keeps colors from drifting as the press runs throughout the day, week, and month. Automatic Press Calibration: For companies operating the imagePRESS C1 without a scanner, the Automatic Press Calibration feature takes color calibration to the next level. Its a new version of the Auto Gradation Adjust feature seen on CLCs, but doesnt require an operator to place test patterns on the glass. It automatically prints 10 test patterns. After these test patches have been transferred to the print media and fused, a color sensor automatically reads the color values and makes the adjustments necessary to ensure the imagePRESS C1 is delivering calibrated color. For greater accuracy in color reproduction, the Automatic Press Calibration feature measures 10 test patterns, compared to the 3 test patterns used in the Auto Gradation Adjust feature on the CLC 1180/1140.

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The Automatic Press Calibration feature is a new version of the Auto Gradation Adjust feature that doesnt require the operator to place test patterns on the glass. It automatically prints 10 test patches. A color sensor automatically reads the color values and makes whatever adjustments are necessary to ensure consistency from sheet to sheet.
A New Developing System Keeps Fresh Toner in the System: A new feature to promote image stability is the auto carrier refresh system that constantly supplies fresh developer to the image-processing unit. New, fresh developer creates reliable color and keeps the density of text from dropping off. A Newly Designed E Drum Improves Image Quality: The development of a new overcoat material and a new 5-layer design of the E Drum make the drum more resilient against scratches. The stiffness of the surface helps maintain consistent density levels from one side of the page to the other. The new design of the E- Drum also enables the charge transfer layer to be thinner and more effective in transferring the charge from the charge-generation layer to the drum surface. Several Features Contribute to Improved Print Quality and Versatility. Color stability isnt the only thing that distinguishes a digital press from a color copier. Your customers also expect a digital press to deliver higher-quality prints on a wide range of media. Advances in Gloss Optimization Replicate the Look and Feel of Offset Paper: Everyone is accustomed to the rich look and smooth feel of offset-printed catalogs, brochures, and magazines. Many people continue to regard offset printing as true high-quality printing, and associate raised text and over-saturated images with color-copier prints. Until recently, the look and smooth feel of offset printing has been difficult to match on toner-based digital presses. Heres why: Darker areas of an image require higher densities of toner than lighter areas do. When toner is fixed unevenly on the media it causes differences in how much light is reflected from different parts of the image on glossy papers. Prints with a gloss differential have a glossy sheen in some parts of the image. This glossy sheen contrasts markedly with lighter areas of the image which look flat.
You can even feel the differences in toner densities on the surface of the pageparticularly on pages that mix text with imagesbecause some toner particles are raised higher than others. Because so much material is offset-printed, were not accustomed to feeling the text on a page. Usually, the only time texture is a desirable attribute is when textured paper has been chosen as the print media. The imagePRESS C1 has addressed the gloss differential problem by: (1) using the V Toner that has a wide color gamut and an extremely small particle size; and (2) new belt fusing technology that exposes the paper to lower levels of heat for a longer time. The average size of a particle of the V Toner is 5.5 microns compared to 7.2 microns on the CLC 1180/1140. The toner particles contain a micro-dispersed wax so it can be fused without oil.

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When the extremely small particles in the V Toner in Canons imagePRESS C1 is applied with Canons new belt fusing technology, the end result is flatter, more dense particles that make the printed page feel more like an offsetprinted page.
When the V Toner is used with Canons new belt fusing technology, theres a smooth, uniform feeling to the page, without the raised texture normally found on toner-based printers.
Measurements from different sections of the image of the seal compare the gloss level of the melted toner from the imagePRESS C1 (pink line), an offset print (blue line) and CLC 1180 (black line). Note how closely the gloss level of the imagePRESS C1 matches that of an offset print.
High Gloss Level Low Gloss Optimization (e.g. High Gloss Paper)
- imagePRESS C1 - Offset Print - CLC1180
The imagePRESS C1 Handles More Types of Media than the CLC 1180/1140: The imagePRESS C1 can support media up to 13 x 19 in., compared to the 12 x 18 media used in the CLC series. Whereas the CLC 1180/1140 can handle up to 110 lb (209 gsm) papers, the imagePRESS C1 can handle media up to 140 lb. Index (256 gsm). The imagePRESS C1 can also print on coated media. The three primary enabling technologies for greater media versatility are: (1) a straighter paper path; (2) a three-layer Advanced Imaging Transfer Belt; and (3) heat and humidity sensors that support an air-assist system in the optional Paper Deck-AA1. New Advanced Imaging Transfer Belt: On any toner-based digital press that is not a directtransfer system, the imaging transfer belt is the component that transfers the charged toner from the photosensitive drum and applies it to the paper. The imaging transfer belt on Canons imagePRESS C1 is described as Advanced because it features an innovative design. After the photosensitive E drum has been charged and each color of toner has been applied, the image is transferred to the Advanced Imaging Transfer Belt (AITB), where each color is applied directly on top of each other. The AITB then transfers all four colors of toner to the page at once. A conventional ITB consists of a single layer of polyimide material. The Advanced ITB in Canons imagePRESS C1 consists of three layers which extend the life of the belt and help to properly adhere toner to all supported media, even thicker and textured media.
Canons imagePRESS C1 can print on a wide range of media because the press includes a soft-surfaced, three-layer Advanced Imaging Transfer Belt (AITB). The more flexible AITB can produce better solidsnot only on plain and coated media, but also on textured and specialty media.

Compared to the CLC 1180 (left), the imagePRESS C1 (right) has a straighter paper path. This is one reason the imagePRESS C1 can handle a greater variety of media, including coated papers up to 256 gsm.
The increased flexibility of the soft-surfaced AITB helps produce better solidsnot only on plain and coated media, but also on textured and specialty media. The three-layer design also make the belt more durableable to last about 600,000 impressions. The Air Assist Technology found in the optional Paper Deck-AA1 uses a combination of heat and humidity sensors and swing fans to reduce the friction that can cause papers to jam when 2 or more sheets are stuck together. It also helps with feeding of coated papers, which tend to absorb more moisture than plain papers. When the heat and humidity sensors detect higher-than-normal levels of humidity, the swing fans start blowing warmer air to keep the papers from sticking together and misfeeding. A Media Library Lets Operators Store Settings for Optimal Results: Print quality and color quality can vary depending on the type of paper being used and the type of document being produced. The imagePRESS C1 has a built-in media library that allows users to edit, manage and store various media types. The media library has 37 preinstalled settings. The press operator can store up to 200 papers of the users choice. The operator can enter and change four standard parameters: Name Weight (64-79 gsm, 80-105 gsm, 106-128 gsm, 129-157 gsm, etc.) Coating (One-side Coated, Two-Sided Coated, Film, Labels, etc.) Type (Normal, Tabs, PrePunched, etc.)
L ets Rev iew So me o f T he Tec h nolog ical Innovations
New Real-time calibration measures density levels that assist with color accuracy. Automatic press calibration measures color value to ensure accurate color reproduction without operator error. A new developing system promotes image stability by continually delivering fresh developer. An improved E-drum design makes the drum more resilient against scratches and more efficient in transferring the charge from the charge-generation layer to the drum surface. Small-particle, wider-gamut V-Toner applied with new belt fusing technology
helps replicate the familiar look and feel of conventional offset printing. A straighter paper path, air-assist technology, and an Advanced ITB enable the imagePRESS C1 to handle more papers than the CLC 1180/1140 , including heavierweight papers and coated stock. A Media Library enables operators to store the settings required to achieve optimal print results on 37 pre-installed settings and up to 200 custom settings. Twin red lasers increase speed and productivity

CONCLUSION

Because of the color-quality advantages of Canons imagePRESS C1, creative-services firms have the flexibility to either produce their own color-accurate proofs or short-run print jobs. Graphics companies of all sizes can use Canons imagePRESS C1 to meet the fast-growing demand for small quantities of high-quality, image-rich marketing materials.
Canons imagePRESS C1: can be used for short production runs, design layouts, comps, proofs, companion pieces to longer print runs, or reprints that look very similar to those produced on an offset press. can provide the best-in-class color, consistency, and image quality needed for use in brand-building marketing campaigns. is stable enough for the creation of profiles that can be used in color-managed proofing or press-simulation proofs. saves time and money by enabling design teams to make color choices and get approvals during the earliest stages of a design project. can run unattended, so production personnel can focus on other revenue-generating projects.
The technological advances in Canons imagePRESS C1 ensure color accuracy, support a wider range of print media, and produce printed materials that look and feel like those from conventional offset presses. When it comes to choosing a digital press for smaller print runs, fast throughput isnt nearly as advantageous as print quality. The imagePRESS C1 can help your customers save considerable amounts of time and money on proofing and meet the demanding new realities of print communications without compromising on either image quality or color accuracy.
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