Cannon announced the new 24" printer today.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1222454121.html

Seems to have internal color profiling. Any one know any other details?

David Gardner

The only thing that was changed to the iPF6100 is that it has a harddisc aboard. It shares the calibration the iPF6100 already had. If it got color profiling then they should fire that man at the Canon booth.


Ernst Dinkla

Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/

I was just quoting from the press release. It must be misleading!
"Built-in colour calibration means that there is no need to use external calibration devices "
This confusion needs to be cleared up by Cannon about what they mean

What would be the advantage of an internal hard drive?
David Gardner

"Calibration" is distinct from "profiling"; the imagePROGRAFs and several of HP's desktop printers have calibration—they can get back to a known state. The Z2100/Z3100 and the 900-series Epsons offer profile creation.



Spooling up multiple huge jobs, and the ability to re-run jobs directly from the printer until you're blue in the face. The iPF9000 (60" imagePROGRAF) has had one from day one, for example, so you can spool up all your bus-sized prints at once instead of sitting around waiting for the previous job to finish.

Thanks for Clarifying this
David Gardner

hard discs onboard are nice for the reasons you state.
Just be leery of the longevity of todays hard discs.
HP Z printers have hard drives, but they cannot be user changed . When they fail you'd want to be under warranty!
I was by the Canon booth at Photokina where they had a little display of their LFP printers. They were not easy to access for the public other than looking at them from a distance. Who knows how they handle the hard drive. IF you find out post back.