‘Differentiator’ in the digital colour press segment

–Canon imagePRESS C10000VP
-Designed to elevate quality, productivity and consistency

Known across the world for its innovation prowess, Canon is one brand which continues to delight customers with its strength in technology. Canon has always emphasized on creating products which are exceptionally high with their productivity, efficiency and quality. These are some of the key factors, influencing customers to make their buying decision.

One such product is Canon’s first 100ppm (Page per Minute) device, Canon imagePRESS C10000VP, part of the Professional Priting division, the machine has yielded more than 30+ installations in a course of just 12 months, having attracted the attention of major players in the print market of India. Delivering combination of outstanding quality, predictable colour consistency and flexible media handling at constant speeds, imagePRESS C10000VP has escalated the print productivity by 30%. The Canon imagePRESS C10000VP has been engineered to deliver production printing excellence for the business advantage of its users. It can help commercial printers, production hubs, direct mail and transaction print service providers to produce a broader range of applications in shorter turnaround times. Even short run colour books are being printed on this machine. With its high quality printing, steady colour and efficiency it has garnered major attention in the Indian print market in less than a year’s time, thereby, setting a benchmark in the digital colour printing segment.

Post installing the Canon imagePRESS C10000VP, customers have witnessed more than 2 times increase in their PV’s, post six months of installation.

Designed to provide higher production volumes without compromising on quality, the C10000VP series sets new standards in image quality and productivity by introducing technological innovations that ensure reliably consistent colour and more accurate registration control and deliver flexible media handling and finishing. It can perfectly handle repeat jobs and has the capability of checking quality at the fusing level, accordingly adjusting the parameters. The device comes with a Consistently Vivid toner (CV), a developer unit and reduced fusing temperature for improved colour consistency and accuracy. It comes with the Fiery B4000 digital front ends (DFE) and delivers high resolutions of 2,400 x2, 400 dpi at print speed up to 100 A4 images per minute in colour and mono on all supported media weights. Equipped with an inline spectrophotometer for colour calibration, the machine uses a second transfer belt thereby eliminating material deformation and improved registration accuracy. The registration control technology delivers front-to-back registration tolerance of 0.5mm. The front end controllers of the machine are based on EFI Fiery FS200 Pro platform, supporting the engine with better workflow and media handling capabilities.

It prints in CMYK at full rated speed on uncoated stock from 60-350gsm, and on coated grades from 70-350gsm. The C10000VP can on an average provide a monthly print volume of up to 4, 50,000 sheets. The maximum monthly duty cycle of the machine is up to 1.5 million.

With customers exploring new business avenues across visual communication, interior decoration, textile, industrial printing, packaging; the demand for the commercial printers market is growing rapidly. As a future ready printer, manufactured to cater to the dynamic needs of the market, imagePRESS C10000VP colour digital press is a landmark product in the Professional Print segment.

Expressing his views on the increasing market demand for the machine, Puneet Datta, director, Professional Printing Products (PPP), Canon India said, “At Canon, we believe that technological innovations are key to drawing a parallel between market demands and trends. Leading in innovation, we are delighted to support our customers with newer technologies and keep them at pace with the global printing practices. imagePRESS C10000VP is one such product that has redefined the medium and high volume printing in the country. Heading a formidable line-up, the imagePRESS C10000VP has been instrumental in allowing our customers to exploit the growth in the colour production market. It is ideal both for existing customers who have grown their print volumes with the imagePRESS series and are now looking for the next step in high quality colour productivity, as well as for other customers who want to take advantage of the changing market demands.”