Canon Europe has unveiled a new Sensing Unit and a new Inspection Unit for its ImagePress C10010VP Series digital colour press.
The Sensing Unit, which has been designed to boost efficiency by removing the need for manual calibration, monitors front-to-back registration and colour tone before and during printing, making automatic adjustments to ensure consistency with the job settings. This real-time adjustment, with reference to the printed media, improves the colour control on the image transfer belt offered by the Multi D.A.T technology, a standard feature of the C10010VP Series.
Meanwhile the Inspection Unit, intended for those customers looking to reduce the need for manual inspection, monitors every printed page for issues such as distortion, as well as identifying defects such as streaks and dirt on the media. Customers can choose to purge and automatically reprint faulty pages, alternatively those pages can either be purged without reprinting or the operator can simply receive a log of the pages which fell short of the pre-set quality benchmark.
The two new products can be added individually or together and are compatible with existing C10010VP Series engines. Both enhancement modules can be attached to imagePress products running either PrismSync or EFi Fiery digital front-end controllers. In addition, Canon is also making a Cooling Unit available as an option to further enhance production capability, benefits are said to include flatter output and improved toner adhesion.
‘The imagePess C10010VP Series already sets the highest standards of quality and productivity, meeting the expectations of even the most demanding print buyers,’ said Joseph Courts, head of product at Canon UK and Ireland. ‘These new developments remove the need for any manual calibration and inspection that would require an additional investment of time, visual checks and subjective judgement.
‘The development of these automation options demonstrates that we listen and respond to our customers’ needs. We know how important efficiency is to our customers and therefore they now have the option to fully automate these inspection and calibration processes. This gives them the confidence to produce flawless prints and redeploy staff and expertise to other value-adding areas. With these new technologies, customers can boost their productivity and profitability, minimise costly reprints and waste, shorten job turnaround times, and focus operator skills where they add most value.’
