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PMA Progressive muscular atrophy 2004 Booth No. E11 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2004 imagePROGRAF W6200; Unparalleled Speed Plus Image Quality, Archival Printing and Graphic RIP Drive New Wide Format Category Canon U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of Canon Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CAJ CAJ Canadian Association of Journalists CAJ Christliche Arbeiterjugend (German Young Christian Workers) CAJ China Academic Journals CAJ Christian Academy in Japan CAJ Canaima, Venezuela (Airport Code) ) today is showcasing the industry's fastest 24-inch pigment ink printer (printer) ink printer - A retronym used by Blind users to refer to all printers which are not Braille printers, regardless of whether they actually use ink. , designed to offer breakthrough wide format output speeds combined with superior image and archival quality. The introduction of the imagePROGRAF W6200 greatly expands the company's wide format product portfolio and establishes a new market category for the imaging technology leader. Using Canon's singular bi-directional head, MicroFine Droplet droplet very small drop of fluid. droplet nuclei the finite particles of matter which are transmitted from animal to animal. Technology(TM) and pigment ink solution, Canon's imagePROGRAF W6200 is able to rapidly produce highly detailed, brilliant, photo-quality archival prints and proofs up to 24 inches wide. The printer - producing A1-sized prints in less than five minutes in standard (600 x 1200 dpi) mode - comes equipped with the company's own graphic PS-level 3 compatible raster image processor See RIP. Remember... try the acronym first! (application, printer) Raster Image Processor - (RIP) A device (usually hardware but can be software) that takes a Page Description Language description of a page and converts it into a bitmap for printing. (RIP) software and retails at less than $3500. "The output speed of the imagePROGRAF W6200 fundamentally strengthens Canon's competitive edge in the fast-growing wide format segment," states Amit Bagchi, director of printer division for Canon U.S.A., Inc. "Fueled by its rapid output and a comprehensive range of exceptional features, Canon will market the new W6200 printer as a high-speed, high-quality and cost-effective proofing, signage and poster solution for multiple environments, including corporate, print for pay and photo retail operations." With the increasing use of high-quality digital imaging solutions by corporations and photographic retailers, Canon expects wide adoption of the printer for multiple professional applications. From in-house production and proofing at ad agencies, graphic and design studios, pre-press operations and commercial point of purchase to informational and display signage for retail and entertainment establishments, the imagePROGRAF W6200 promises to fulfill many diverse large-format printing purposes. "Beyond its use within the professional printing and pre-press arena, the addition of the new W6200 printer to our imagePROGRAF line of wide format printers also creates an entirely new market for Canon and a far more competitive profit center for photo retail establishments, enabling them to easily produce high quality, highly profitable posters for customers quickly, conveniently and on site," adds Mr. Bagchi. "Additionally, at approximately three feet long and four feet tall, the small footprint of the imagePROGRAF W6200 keeps the amount of valuable retail floor space it uses to a minimum and can itself serve as an eye-catching point-of-sale device, promoting impulse buys, novelty applications and customized decorations for celebrations such as birthdays, anniversaries, promotion and retirement parties and even company award ceremonies." High Speed, High Quality, Low Maintenance Canon creates posters in under five minutes. The imagePROGRAF W6200 printer's extra-large, bi-directional print head streamlines the workflow and speeds the output, printing A1 size media (594mm x 841mm or slightly larger than 24" x 36") in as little as 1.5 minutes in draft (300 x 1200 dpi) mode, 4.5 minutes in standard (600 x 1200 dpi) mode and seven minutes in high (1200 x 1200 dpi) mode. What's more, the print head is user replaceable, ensuring that printer downtime is held to minutes (not hours or days waiting for a service call). Utilizing Canons's MicroFine Droplet Technology that consistently provides precise and uniform 8-picolliter ink droplets, a extra-large (1.07-inch, six color, bi directional print head with 1280 nozzles per color (for a total of 7680 nozzles), the imagePROGRAF W6200 produces brilliant graphics in record times. Thanks to Canon technology - including a top quality print mode of 1200 x 1200 dpi - and the use of 1/6-density Photo Cyan and Photo Magenta Magenta, town, Italy Magenta (mäjān`tä), town (1991 pop. 23,667), Lombardy, N Italy, near Milan. Manufactures include matches, textiles, and machinery. as two of the six ink colors create smoother color gradations and dramatically reduce graininess graininess a fault in x-ray films in which there is clumping together of the silver particles in the emulsion, causing the image to lose its homogeneous appearance and to give an impression of lumpiness. particularly in midtone and highlight areas. The printer employs a new straight paper path design, wherein roll media is fed from the back and printed out to the front and cut sheets are fed from the front. The paper path can be switched manually between roll media and cut sheet media. The imagePROGRAF W6200 also features adjustable head heights to accommodate a variety of Canon specialty media compatible with the unit. A pull out media exit guide supports rigid media to come out flat and stores conveniently in the main unit when it is not needed. The printer is capable of full-bleed printing on compatible roll- media such as heavy coated paper Coated paper is paper which has been coated by an inorganic compound to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight and surface gloss, smoothness or ink absorbency. Kaolinite is the compound most often used for coating papers used in commercial printing. , photo semi-glossy paper, photo glossy paper and flame resistant cloth in popular sizes including but not limited to 20" x 24" and 24" x 36". Offered as Canon's latest pigment ink engine - for greater archival longevity - the imagePROGRAF W6200 printer features six individual 130 ml ink tanks that can be easily replaced as needed as needed prn. See prn order. , even mid-job. Despite its heavyweight printing capabilities - including both roll and cut sheet media compatibility - the imagePROGRAF W6200 is quickly and easily assembled, weighs in at a mere 110 pounds, has a space-saving foldaway fold·a·way adj. Designed to be folded up for easy storage: a foldaway bed. fold basket and a lower profile making access to the roll holder and the LCD panel Also called a "projection panel," it is a data projector that accepts computer output and displays it on a see-through liquid crystal screen that is placed on top of an overhead projector. See data projector. easier. The W6200 printer is a multi-platform system supporting Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. 4.0/2000/XP and Macintosh OS 8, 9 and OS X (10.2). The printer also fully supports the most popular network protocols (including TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. , AppleTalk and IPX/SPX See IPX. ) and ships with a 10/100 BASE-T/TX Ethernet network interface and a USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 high-speed interface. An optional Firewire/IEEE1394 board is available. The Canon Graphic RIP included with the imagePROGRAF W6200 printer and contains such features typically found in upgraded or high-end RIP packages as hot folder printing workflow, print server capability, ICC profile based color management, color curve editing and press simulation. Canon's Graphic RIP is both Macintosh and Windows OS compatible. The Canon imagePROGRAF W6200 printer begins shipping in mid February and carries an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $3,495. About Canon U.S.A. Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging solutions. The Company is listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies in America, and is ranked #39 on the Business Week list of "Top 100 Brands." Its parent company Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) is a top patent-holder of technology, ranking second overall in the U.S. in 2003. Canon Inc. achieved global revenues of $29.9 billion in 2003; $9.8 billion of which came from Canon Americas. For more information, visit www.usa.canon.com. * Actual prices are determined by dealers and may vary. ** All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respective owners. 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