THE NEWS IN PRINT

Earlier this week, Canon launched an office all-in-one, Pixma MX7600 with Pigment Reaction (PgR) ink technology, supposedly a technology to change the world of printing; especially graphics. Much like its cousin MX850, it’s a multi-function printer that can print, scan, copy and fax with higher capacity.

The PgR technology is unique; it initially coats the paper with clear ink before the paper hits the print-head. The print head does the usual printing on the coated paper much like any other printer. This technology has showed that graphics and photographs can be printed on plain paper without the fear of show through, curling, ink bleeding and scuffing through chemical bonding of the inks.

MX7600 prints at a speed of 28ppm for black and 23ppm for colour which is at best above average. 4 X 6 borderless photographs are printed at 43 seconds per photograph which claims to lab quality. As for as quality is concerned, Canon produces the best prints in all printers I have seen and reviewed so far.

Here are the rest of the features at a glance:
- The revolutionary Pigment Reaction (PgR) technology for presentation quality graphics, documents and photo prints on plain paper
- High speed Auto Duplex 35 page Auto Document Feeder (ADF) for scan and copy
- Auto Duplex Print & Copy as standard
- Quick Start – unit ready for use in approx. 5 seconds after power up
- High speed printing: at up to 28ppm Mono/23ppm Colour and photo-lab quality borderless 10×15cm photo prints in 43 seconds in Standard mode
- High speed copy at up to 28 cpm Mono/ 23 cpm Colour
- Ethernet connectivity
- Super G3 High Speed fax with 8 one-touch dials, 100 coded speed dials, 107 group dials and storage capacity for 250 incoming pages
- Photo-lab quality with FINE print head producing min 2pl ink droplets at max 4800×1200 dpi
- Auto Image Fix for optimal photo correction

The Canon Pixma MX7600 is built for offices and carries a fancy price tag of £329. It should be available in the retail market in April 2008.

via Press Release

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