Canon iPF8000 - imagePROGRAF Color Inkjet Printer, Brochure

As an ENERGY STAR

®

Partner, Canon U.S.A., Inc. has determined that this product meets

the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency. ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR
mark are registered U.S. marks. Adobe, Photoshop, PostScript, and Illustrator are regis-
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and/or other countries. QuarkXPress is a trademark of Quark, Inc. and all applicable affili-
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registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. CANON, IMAGEPROGRAF, and
IMAGERUNNER are registered trademarks, and LUCIA is a trademark of Canon Inc. in the
United States and may also be registered trademarks or trademarks in other countries.
IMAGEANYWARE is a trademark of Canon. All referenced product names and other marks
are trademarks of their respective owners.
Specifications and availability are subject to change without notice. 
©2006 Canon U.S.A., Inc. All rights reserved.

MAIN UNIT

Print Head (PF-02)

• Technology

- FINE (Full-Lithography Ink-Jet

Nozzle Engineering)

• Configuration

- 6 Colors per Print Head
- Two Print Heads (Total 12 Colors)
- Print Head (L) Y/PC/C/PGY/GY/MBK
- Print Head (R) PM/M/BK/R/G/B

• Replacement

- End-User Replaceable

Number of Nozzles

• 2,560 Nozzles per Color
• 30,720 Nozzles Total

Droplet Size

• Uniform 4 Picoliter for All Colors

Nozzle Pitch (Head Resolution)

• 1200 dpi 

Print Head Swath

• 1.07"

Print Resolution (Max.)

• 2400 x 1200 dpi

Ink Type

• LUCIA Ink (Pigment-Based)

Replacement Ink Tank

•

PFI-701 (700ml) or PFI-301 (330ml)

• Colors

- Cyan, Photo Cyan, Magenta, Photo

Magenta, Yellow, Black, Matte Black,
Red, Green, Blue, Gray, Photo Gray

Ink Tank Shipped with the Printer

• PFI-301 x 12 Colors (Full 330ml

Each Color)

Ink Supply Method

• Tubing System with Sub-Tanks for 

Continuous Ink Supply

Nozzle Recovery System

• Non-Firing Nozzle Detection and

Compensation

Printer Controller

• L-COA Controller

Printer Memory

• 384MB

Media Feed

• Roll Feed 

- One Roll, Front-Loading, Front Output

• Cut Sheet

- One Sheet, Front-Loading, Front

Output

Media Width

• 8" – 44" (Cut Sheet)
• 10" – 44" (Roll Feed)

Minimum Media Length

• 8" (203mm)

Maximum Print Length

• Manual Feed

- 63" (1.6 Meters)

• Roll

- 59 Feet (18 Meters)* 

Borderless Printing Width 
(Roll Media Only)

• 10", 14", 16", 24", 36", 42", B2 

(20.28"/515mm), A1 (23.38"/594mm), A0 
(33.11"/841mm), B0 (40.55"/1,030mm)

Media Cutter

• User-Replaceable Durable Rotary

Blade (CT-06)

Media Thickness

• 0.07mm – 0.8mm (2.8 mil–31.4 mil)

Media Core Sizes

• 2" (3" Core With Optional 3" Core Spool)

Media Output

• Basket (Standard), Automatically

Winding Media Take-Up Reel (Optional)

Printable Margins

• Manual Feed (Top/Front)

- Leading and Left/Right Edges: 0.20" 

(5mm), Trailing Edge: 0.90" (23mm)

• Roll Feed

- All Sides: 0.20" (5mm) or 0" for 

Borderless

Maximum Media Roll Outer Diameter

• 5.9" (150mm)

Bundled Software

• Printing Software

- Printer Driver 2006, Print Plug-in for

Photoshop,** Printer Driver Extra
Kit*** (Free Layout, imageRUNNER 
Linking Function)

• Applications

- PosterArtist 2006,

†

Digital Photo 

Print Pro

†

• Utilities

- GARO Status Monitor with SMTP E-mail

Printer Status Notification, Media 
Configuration Tool, Remote UI

Printer Language

• GARO (Canon Proprietary)

Operating System

††

• Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/2003 

ServerVista,

†††

Macintosh OS 9.1/X

10.2/ 10.3/10.4 (Power PC or Intel

®

Processors)

Interface

• Standard

- USB 2.0 High Speed
- 10/100Base-T/TX

• Optional

- IEEE1394 (FireWire)

Acoustic Noise

• Operation

- 54dB or Less

• Standby

- 35dB or Less

• Acoustic Power (Operation and Standby)

- 6.9 Bels or Less

Power Supply

• AC 100 – 240V (50 – 60Hz)

Power Consumption

• Maximum

- 190W or Less

• Standby (100 - 120V)

- 5W or Less (8W or Less when EB-05 

is Installed)

• Power Off (Standby, 100 - 120V)

- Less than 1W (Compliant with 

Executive Order)

Certification

• Electrical Safety Regulations

- UL (USA), C-UL (Canada), S mark

(Argentina), CB Certification (Others)

• Electromagnetic Interface Regulations

- FCC Class B (USA), IC Class B (Canada) 

• Environmental Certifications

- ENERGY STAR

®

(World Wide), RoHS

Directive, WEEE, Executive Order (USA)

Operational Environment

• Temperature

- 59 – 86 F° (15 – 30 C°)

• Relative Humidity

- 10 – 80% (Condensation Free)

Dimensions with Stand (H x W x D)

• 45.0" x 74.5" x 38.4" (1,144 x 1,893 x

975mm)

Weight with Stand

• Approx. 313 lb. (142kg)

Package Dimensions

(H x W x D)

• 48.3" x 81.9" x 41.7" (1,226 x 2,080

x 1,060mm)

Package Weight (Including Pallet)

• Approx. 499 lb. (226kg)

User Replaceable Items

• Ink-Tank PFI-301/PFI-701
• Print Head (PF-02)
• Maintenance Cartridge (MC-08)
• Durable Rotary Media Cutter (CT-06)

Options

• IEEE1394 Expansion Board (EB-05)
• Automatic Media Take-Up Unit (TU-06)
• 2" Core Roll Holder (RH2-43)
• 3" Core Roll Holder (RH3-43)

What’s In The Box

Printer, Stand with Basket, Power Cord,
Two Print Heads (6 Colors per Print Head),
12 PFI-301 Ink Tanks (12 Colors x 330ml),
Preinstalled Maintenance Cartridge (MC-
08), Preinstalled Rotary Media Cutter (CT-

06), User Software CD, User Manual CD,
Quick Reference Guide, Quick Start Guide,
PosterArtist CD Disk 1 and Disk 2, Digital
Photo Print Pro CD, LFP Specialty Media
Swatch Book, Tools to Assemble the
Stand, Warranty.

MEDIA TYPES

Signage Media

• Durable Banner (Polypropylene), 

Banner Vinyl (Scrim), Tyvek Banner, 
Removable Banner Vinyl, Adhesive 
Matte Vinyl, Durable Backlit Film, 
Back Print Back Lit Film

Photo Paper

• Premium Super-Gloss, Glossy

Photographic Paper, Satin 
Photographic Paper, Heavyweight
Glossy Photographic Paper, 
Heavyweight Satin Photographic
Paper, Premium Bright Photo Glossy
Paper, Premium Bright Photo Satin 
Paper, Premium RC Photogloss, 
Premium RC Photomatte, Premium 
RC Photo Luster

Proofing Paper

• Commercial Proofing Paper, Premium 

Proofing Paper

Matte Paper

• Universal Bond Paper, Matte Coated, 

Paper, Heavyweight Coated Paper, 
Heavyweight Matte Coated Paper, 
Premium Matte Paper

Fine Art Paper

• Fine Art Photo Rag, Fine Art German 

Etching, Fine Art Enhanced Velvet, 
Fine Art Watercolor Paper, Fine Art
Smooth Rag, Fine Art Smooth Rag 
Heavyweight, Fine Art Smooth Natural
Rag, Fine Art Textured Rag, Fine Art
Water-Resistant Canvas, Graphic
Matte Canvas, Canvas Semi-Glossy

Specifications

0068W630

1206-iPF8000-25M-LTM

* The maximum printable length varies depending on the application, OS, and RIP used. The maximum printable length from Printer Driver is 50 feet.

** For Adobe

®

Photoshop 6, 7, CS, and CS2 running on Windows 2000/XP or Macintosh OS 9.1 or OS X 10.2/10.3/10.4 (Power PC or Intel Processor)

*** Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server, Auto Layout and imageRUNNER Linking Function for Macintosh OS 10.2.8 or later.

† Windows 2000/XP

†† For imagePROGRAF Printer Driver. For printing from PostScript

®

applications such as Adobe Illustrator

®

or QuarkXPress

®

, please use a PostScript

compatible RIP package. For a list of Canon recommended RIP packages, please refer to Canon Alliance and Industry Marketing program list of RIP vendors.

††† Available 2007

printed on recycled
paper in the u.s.a.

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