Canon blasts back with new imagepress range

Canon’s new imagePRESS 1135 makes its debut at PacPrint.

For Canon’s managing director, Kenji Kobayashi, the eagerly-awaited release is a personal milestone as he has followed the project through from the very beginning.

“The imagePRESS 1135 is my personal dream, and today it’s come true,” he said.

The new Canon imagePRESS 1135 printer (also awarded a Print 21 Hot Pick) has been designed to revolutionise digital black and white printing. It is one of the extraordinary monochrome production presses that are capable of delivering high quality image and text prints without any compromise. Capable of 1200 x 1200 dpi output with 256 tonal gradations the imagePRESS 1135 can print up to 8100 impressions per hour.

Dreams do come true, says Kenji Kobayashi with the imagePRESS 1135.

Aimed at commercial, print-for-pay and in-plant print businesses, the imagePRESS 1135 is specifically designed for larger commercial printers.
“The needs of the market have very much driven the design of these presses,” said Steve Brown, production printing systems marketing manager at Canon. “Whether it’s lower cost of entry, manageable running costs or new revenue streams through differentiation, this technology and the service we’re backing it up with gives print owners freedom to be innovative and profitable.”

Other major launches for Canon included: new imagePRESS C1+ digital press; a colour device with clear toner for the light production and proofing markets; the imagePRESS 1110; Helix Production Workflow, an advanced print management solution that enables print providers to streamline production and offer flexible web-to-print services and the new imagePRESS Digital Front-End Controller, powered by Creo Color Server technology.

Kobayashi has high hopes for Canon at this year’s show. “PacPrint is an important event for Canon,” he said. “We have some innovative new technology on display, which is attracting a lot of interest.”