Canon Debuts Devices at Customer Event in Germany

IPG joined other U.S. and European industry publications for the event, during which Canon launched several color and monochrome printers for the European market and offered updates on Project Niagara, Canon’s much-anticipated cut-sheet color inkjet printer. Announced during the event were:

• The Océ ImageStream 3500 continuous-feed color inkjet press, which can can print on offset coated paper stocks at 525 feet per minute at 1,200x600 dpi. It uses flexible droplet modulation for even higher perceived image resolution.
• The Océ VarioStream 4000 monochrome simplex/duplex continuous-feed press. The toner-based device has a a speed range between 180 to 1,200 pages per minute (ppm).
• The Océ VarioStream 7110 continuous-feed toner printer, printing at 108 ppm simplex, for entry-level transactional printing.
• The light-production imagePRESS C800 Series cut-sheet press (to be shown at Graph Expo, with U.S. availability in the fourth quarter). It prints 80 ppm on paper up to 220 gsm using new CV (Consistently Vivid) toner. Compact Registration Technology ensures that every image is placed in the same location every time on every sheet. A 32 beam Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser unit with multi-exposure technology delivers 2,400x2,400-dpi resolution.