Canon imagePROGRAF Printers Win 2006 DPI Product-of-the-Year Awards.Canon's imagePROGRAF iPF9000 and iPF5000 Printers with ErgoSoft RIPs Receive Awards for Poster-Size, Presentation-Size, and Textile Printing LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of office imaging systems, ink-jet technology and digital photography equipment, is proud to announce that the Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9000 60" and imagePROGRAF iPF5000 17" 12-color inkjet printers A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, almost all inkjet printers produce color. Low-end inkjets use three ink colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), but produce a composite black that is often muddy. have both received 2006 DPI (Dots Per Inch) The measurement of the resolution of display and printing systems. A typical CRT screen provides 96 dpi, which provides 9,216 dots per square inch (96x96). Flat panel displays from 110 to 200 dpi have also been developed. Product-of-the-Year awards at the SGIA SGIA Screenprinting & Graphic Imaging Association (trade association for screenprinting industry) SGIA Specialty Graphic Imaging Association SGIA Safe Games Illinois Act SGIA Screen Printing and Graphic Imaging Association Digital Trade Show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . In the Output Device category, the Canon iPF9000 large format printer received the Product-of-the-Year Award for "Poster Size" output and another for "Textile Printing", while the iPF5000 received the award for "Presentation Size" output device. Each year, DPI (Digital Printing & Imaging Association) holds the DPI Product-of-the-Year competition in conjunction with the annual SGIA Trade Show, to honor digital imaging products that have impacted the industry in the past year. The selected digital imaging products are helping the industry by providing fast, accurate and reliable output for wide format digital graphic businesses to help printers succeed in the marketplace. Entries for the "Output Device Category" are required to submit test prints of an image created by the Association and printed on the nominated device. The image is designed to make output devices run through their paces by printing a number of challenging images and test patterns. Output devices are judged on criteria such as color, detail and tonality tonality (tōnăl`ĭtē), in music, quality by which all tones of a composition are heard in relation to a central tone called the keynote or tonic. . "We are very proud to see our imagePROGRAF printers win these awards, they stand as an example of Canon's commitment and dedication to provide superior solutions to the large format printer market," says Tod Pike, senior vice president, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "Working with reliable, industry-leading partners such as ErgoSoft has certainly helped to establish Canon's imagePROGRAF line of printers as leaders in the marketplace." In addition to the award given to the winning output device in each category, ErgoSoft served as a contributing partner supplying the RIP software and media product used to create the winning print. In each case where Canon won an award, an ErgoSoft RIP was used to produce the award winning print. ErgoSoft was the contributing partner with their PosterPrint RIP and TexPrint RIP as well as the company's ColorGPS ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce Color Profile System. Canon DPI Product-of-the-Year Awards: Poster Size - 30" x 40" * Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9000 Contributing: * RIP: ErgoSoft PosterPrint Version 12 * Media: Canon Premium Bright Photo Gloss Photographic Paper Textile Print - 30" x 40" * Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9000 Contributing: * RIP: ErgoSoft TexPrint Version 12 * Media: 3P Media IQ-IJ115 Universal Glossy Canvas Presentation Size - 10.5" x 14" * Canon imagePROGRAF iPF5000 Contributing: * RIP: ErgoSoft PosterPrint Version 12 * Media: Canon Permium Bright Photo Satin Photographic Paper About ErgoSoft U.S. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . ErgoSoft's mission is to provide intuitive, high fidelity high fidelity n. The electronic reproduction of sound, especially from broadcast or recorded sources, with minimal distortion. high digital printing solutions to the creative professional. Each of ErgoSoft's comprehensive line of inkjet RIPs is designed to meet the unique requirements of Fine Art, Photography, Large Format Display, Textile and Sublimation sublimation, in chemistry sublimation (sŭblĭmā`shən), change of a solid substance directly to a vapor without first passing through the liquid state. . We do this by developing feature-specific, production-oriented applications to optimize image fidelity, color accuracy and production speed in the most demanding digital printing environments. For more information, visit www.ergosoftus.com or call 703.464.0876. About Canon U.S.A., Inc. 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 rated #35 on the BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." Its parent company 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) ) is a top patent holder of technology, ranking second overall in the U.S. in 2005, with global revenues of $31.8 billion. For more information, visit www.usa.canon.com. |
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