Canon imagePRESS C1 reinvents printing
With revolutionary technologies and breakthrough image quality, Canon’s desirable new imagePRESS finally bridges the gap between digital and offset printing.
Canon announced the launch of the much anticipated imagePRESS C1. As the first member of Canon’s imagePRESS family in Australia, the C1 is the first digital device ever to provide true offset-quality printing, bringing new technologies to the market that deliver both image quality and colour stability.
The imagePRESS C1 is designed for the proofing, photo-reproduction and short-run colour printing market. It will soon be joined by a family of imagePRESS devices superbly designed to meet the needs of production colour environments.
“Instead of just revamping a digital printer to improve quality, Canon has built a range of entirely new technologies from the ground up to take digital printing into the future. These new technologies have been developed to bring the best of offset quality, stability and media flexibility to the digital world, merging the best of digital and offset creates the imagePRESS. The imagePRESS family incorporates technologies that were previously only found on offset presses as well as brand-new Canon-only innovations,” said Steven Brown, (pictured) Market Segment Manager, Production & Graphic Arts, Canon Australia.
“The new toner, belt and drum systems in the imagePRESS family combine to offer outstanding image quality and stability day after day, while an oil-less fusing system provides the authentic look and feel of offset.”
V Toner and Gloss Optimisation
Breakthrough quality begins with the new V Toner. A large colour space helps allow for accurate colour reproduction while the tiny toner particle size, which averages 5.5 microns, produces brilliant and sharp detail. Digital prints have traditionally suffered from a three-dimensional appearance. In the past it was possible to see the layering of individual colours, which produces a textured print with shadowing around areas of built-up colour.
This is still the case with the most expensive competitor machines, but no longer with Canon. The oil-free V Toner, coupled with new fusing technology, produces Gloss Optimization for the "look and feel" of offset printing. Gloss Optimization excels even on high gloss media that carries high, dense areas to help ensure no three-dimensional appearance. Gloss optimisation also ensures that the toner takes on the characteristics of the print medium: gloss paper produces glossy prints, while matte or satin produce smooth, non-glossy results. The toner matches the print medium, enabling a range of output textures never before seen from a digital printer.
Elasticised Rubber Transfer Belt (blanket)
Like a traditional offset press, the imagePRESS C1 features a rubber blanket. This new Elasticised Rubber Transfer Belt (ERTB) moulds itself to the texture of the paper being printed so that the blanket is in contact with every part of the page regardless of its texture. It then snaps flat before the next page, and this process continues regardless of the texture of each individual page. This ensures even colour spread across the page with the consistency traditionally associated only with an offset press.
Drum
Canon’s revolutionary new drum has been developed to achieve long life and a smooth, consistent image. The machine checks sixteen drum sections during printing, verifying that the density of toner is equal across the face of the drum to deliver smooth, consistent colour across the entire page. The result is unrivalled print quality, free of banding or areas with little toner coverage.
Further Innovations
The imagePRESS C1 sets new standards in image quality and performance for printing and proofing: colour production at 14ppm with 1200dpi with 256 gradations for exceptional image quality.
The device offers printing and proofing on a wide variety of media sizes up to 13" x 19" (330 x 482mm) — including a range of coated and uncoated stocks that previously couldn’t be used for digital printing. Media flexibility goes beyond just traditional handling of thick and coated media by the new elasticised rubber transfer blanket technology, maintaining an exceptional level of quality for creative and production environments.
The imagePRESS C1 also incorporates a large, easy to read, touch-screen LCD control panel for easy operation, and automatic calibration and control systems provide outstanding colour stability and consistency. The device includes built-in colour sensors that check both toner density and colour fidelity at the image creation and fusing stages, continuously updating the imaging system in real-time to ensure stability.
Unparalleled business opportunities
Exceptional image quality and flexible media handling ensure the imagePRESS C1 works in many ways for your business. From proofing, to short run, to print on demand and even variable data printing - this is the digital device to open new opportunities.
Flexible feeding capabilities permit the inclusion of hardcopy in your digital workflow with the Duplex Automatic Feeder, while using the optional Paper Deck Lite adds high capacity feeding to your process. Advanced finishing options are also available, including saddle-stitching, centre-fold, punching, stapling and stacking.
Canon has reinvented the colour print market. The imagePRESS C1 is first in a family so unlike any other printers that they will permanently change the way you look at colour. It’s dependable, predictable and reliable: able to deliver consistent output time and time again. The straightforward operation and revolutionary technologies enable the C1 to achieve consistent colour from job-job, day-day, month-to-month, and year-to-year.
Whether you’re producing critical design proofs, marketing collateral and reprints or simply colour business documents, the imagePRESS C1 digital printer provides the quality and reliability to achieve success from the first run.
Features at a glance:
14 pages per minute print speed
1200 dpi with 256 gradations
Outstanding image quality
Oil-less fusing
Exceptional media flexibility
Canon announced the launch of the much anticipated imagePRESS C1. As the first member of Canon’s imagePRESS family in Australia, the C1 is the first digital device ever to provide true offset-quality printing, bringing new technologies to the market that deliver both image quality and colour stability.
“Instead of just revamping a digital printer to improve quality, Canon has built a range of entirely new technologies from the ground up to take digital printing into the future. These new technologies have been developed to bring the best of offset quality, stability and media flexibility to the digital world, merging the best of digital and offset creates the imagePRESS. The imagePRESS family incorporates technologies that were previously only found on offset presses as well as brand-new Canon-only innovations,” said Steven Brown, (pictured) Market Segment Manager, Production & Graphic Arts, Canon Australia. 
Breakthrough quality begins with the new V Toner. A large colour space helps allow for accurate colour reproduction while the tiny toner particle size, which averages 5.5 microns, produces brilliant and sharp detail. Digital prints have traditionally suffered from a three-dimensional appearance. In the past it was possible to see the layering of individual colours, which produces a textured print with shadowing around areas of built-up colour. 
Like a traditional offset press, the imagePRESS C1 features a rubber blanket. This new Elasticised Rubber Transfer Belt (ERTB) moulds itself to the texture of the paper being printed so that the blanket is in contact with every part of the page regardless of its texture. It then snaps flat before the next page, and this process continues regardless of the texture of each individual page. This ensures even colour spread across the page with the consistency traditionally associated only with an offset press.
The imagePRESS C1 also incorporates a large, easy to read, touch-screen LCD control panel for easy operation, and automatic calibration and control systems provide outstanding colour stability and consistency. The device includes built-in colour sensors that check both toner density and colour fidelity at the image creation and fusing stages, continuously updating the imaging system in real-time to ensure stability.