Canon to launch new production print devices
- Unveiled the new varioPRINT iX1700 production color inkjet system
- Newly developed Canon-made inkjet printhead and water-based polymer pigment inks
- Uses “conditioning liquid”
- Built-in ink drying system
- Handles B3+ sheet sizes
- Aimed at commercial print, in-plant and direct mail marketers
- Top speed of 165 letter sized images per minute
- 2400x1200dpi
- Auto printhead cleaning
- Air feed paper supply
- Built-in registration correction for skew and misalignment
- Will ship in “early 2025”
- Pricing not announced
- Also announced new LabelStream LS2000 production color inkjet system
- Pigmented aqueous inks
- Aimed at industrial, consumer and food labeling applications
- Imaging width from 90mm to 340mm
- Top speed of 40 meters per minute
- CMYK plus white inks
- Will ship in “early 2025”
- Pricing not announced