The imagePRESS C7000VPe

Canon has launched the imagePRESS C7000VPe factory produced new model (FPNM) digital colour press, designed to help organisations take a first step into digital print.

The product launch is aimed at offering companies with a solution that offers high quality and performance for a low capital investment.

The printers are produced by collecting models from recent years from the market and disassembling these to the frame level at a factory. Key moving parts are replaced, and all disassembled parts are then thoroughly cleaned and fully tested before the machine is rebuilt using a combination of existing and new parts, creating a new edition of the original model.  A high proportion of existing components are re-used, saving the need for new raw materials and minimising waste.

The printer offers offset comparable image quality along with speeds of up to 71 A4 pages per minute. It also features extensive in-line finishing capabilities including brochures, perfect bound booklets and reports, giving businesses access to a wide range of applications and opening up new potential revenue streams. 

Furthermore, because a large amount of the CO2 emissions over a product lifecycle are associated with raw materials in addition to product use, the FPNM range represents a reduction in CO2 emissions of nearly 80% according to lifecycle assessment simulations, resulting in a more sustainable print solution.

Every C7000VPe printer undergoes the same quality assurance process as a newly manufactured device and the company guarantees the same quality and performance as the original machine. 

Mark Lawn, UK & European marketing director, professional print, said, ‘One of the main challenges facing organisations that want to move into digital print can be in securing the finance to make an initial investment.

‘Canon aims to help businesses to grow and build a sustainable business model for the future.  Canon’s Essential Business Builder Programme is an initiative to help organisations and in-house print departments to plan their approach to a digital printing business model, and the imagePress C7000VPe is intended to help those same organisations with a solution that offers the high quality and performance that the market expects from Canon equipment, but for a lower capital investment than a brand new machine.’