Printer
Printer Type	Print Head: PF-01 Technology: FINE (Full-lithography inkjet Nozzle Engineering)
Number of Nozzles	Nozzles: Matte Black: 5,120 Nozzles Other Colors:2,560 Nozzles per Color 5 colors Total
Nozzle Pitch	1,200 dpi x 2 rows
Nozzle Recovery System	Non-firing Nozzle Detection and Compensation
	2,400 x 1,200 dpi (Max)
OS Compatibility	Windows® 98SE/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server, Macintosh® OS 9.1/X 10.2/10.3/10.46
Standard Interface	USB 2.0 High-Speed (Built-in) 10/100Base-T/TX (Optional)IEEE1394 (Firewire®)
Ink Droplet Size	4 picoliter
Ink Capacity	130ml Per Tank (Tank PFI-102)1
Ink Types	Dye:Cyan (C), Magenta (M), Yellow (Y), Black (K) Pigment: Matte Black (MBK)
Media Width	8"-17" (Cut sheet and roll)
Media Thickness	Cassette: 0.83-0.3 mm (3.2-11.8 mil) Top Loading Manual Feed: 0.08-0.5 mm (3.2-19.6 mil) Front Loading Manual Feed: 0.5-1.5 mm (19.6-59.0 mil) Roll: 0.07-0.8mm (2.8-31.4 mil)
Maximum Roll Print Length	59 Feet (18 meters)2
Maximum Media Roll Diameter	5.9" (150mm)
Borderless Printing Width (Roll Media Only)	10", 13", 14", 16", 17", B4 (10.12"/257mm),A2 (16.54"/420mm)
Paper-Feed Method	Cassette: 250 sheets(Letter), 100 Sheets (Up to 13" x 19"" sized), 50 Sheets (up to 17" x 22" sized) Top/Front Loading Manual Feed: 24" Optional Top Loading Roll Feed
Languages	Language: GARO (Canon Proprietary)
Noise Level (Approx.)	Operation: 53 dB (A) or less Standby: 35 dB (A) or less Acoustic Power: 6.7 Belts
Physical Dimensions	12.5" x 32.2" x 28.9
Weight	Approximately 86 lbs
Power Source	AC-100-120V (50-60Hz)
Power Consumption	Maximum: 100W or less Standby 6W or less (7W or less when EB-05 installed)
Operating Environment	Temperature: 59°-86° F (15°-30° C) Relative Humidity: 10-80% (No Condensation)
User-replaceable items	Print Head (PF-01) Ink Tanks (PFI-102) Maintenance Cartridge (MC-05)
Software Included	Printing Software Printer Driver 2006, HDI Driver for AutoCAD/AutoCAD LT 2000–20063, Printer Driver Extra Kit4(Free Layout, imageRUNNER Linking Function) Applications PosterArtist 20063 Utilities Media Configuration Tool, GARO Device Setup Utility Device Status GARO Status Monitor, Remote UI Printer Language GARO (Canon PROPRIETARY)

5-Color Dye/Pigment Ink System

The new ink system consists of four dye color inks and a 2-channel matte black pigment ink. Doubling the matte black is used for maximum black density and speed. When printing, four of the colors may be applied at the same time, since matte black or black is automatically selected based on the media type selected in the printer driver. Matte black will be used when printing on plain or matte media whereas the dye-based black will be used when printed on coated or glossy paper.

Automatic Switching of Black Inks

The iPF500 will automatically switch between Regular Black and Matte Black at the time of printing. Simply choose the paper type and the iPF500 will use the appropriate black to optimize print quality.

The Regular Black ink produces high quality prints on photo glossy type media and the Matte Black ink exhibits high contrast prints with deep black on media such as fine art paper.

Multiple Media Options

• Roll (optional)
• Cassette
• Manual Front Feed
• Manual Top Feed

All media loading can be done from the front of the printer; there is no necessity for the user to go behind the printer in order to load paper. An automatic media switching feature has been added, keeping the workflow speed on par with the printer. Instead, media switching is done within the printer driver and doesn't require the user to physically go to the printer and change anything.

L-COA Controller - New Print Controller

The L-COA¹ print controller intelligently processes the print data to implement high-speed processing in order to accurately lay ink down for optimal image quality. Combined with Canon's dual print head design and the most ink nozzles per color in the industry, the L-COA controller helps achieve print speeds of under three minutes for 16.5" x 23.4" (A2) size prints, at 1200 x 1200 dpi on a glossy photo paper.

HDI Driver

With the Canon HDI Driver, the driver creates a vector graphical representation of the printed data. Here points are defined and a curved line is calculated mathematically in order to achieve precision. The HDI Driver creates a graphically accurate drawing of the printed data.

Features of the HDI Driver

Printer Driver

This Windows® and Macintosh® driver incorporates advanced black and white control, simplified page setup options, 1-touch borderless printing, expanded color settings, and much more into a printer driver that is intuitive and easy to operate, but still gives even the most advanced users the tools needed to stay productive. For Windows users, the free-layout feature enables nesting and custom layouts of images or files of nearly any type.

Features

PosterArtist - Software application with poster designing and printing capabilities

This template driven software was developed by Canon specifically to create large-format posters easily. PosterArtist helps users of all levels to create professional looking posters, banners and signage with extreme ease. This application offers a variety of templates, hi-res royalty-free images and clipart designed to target a wide array of markets such as food service, education, offices, retail and much more. Features Provides professionally designed templates to simplify poster creation Over 1 GB of preloaded files in a wide variety of poster designs and artwork Variable Data Printing Page Capture feature allows users to load desired data from other applications into a PosterArtist poster, such as Microsoft® Word®, Excel® and Adobe® Acrobat® Import images directly from most digital cameras PosterArtist QuickCopy - separate application with the ability to enlarge image data scanned with any CanoScan flatbed scanner

Print Head

Full-fledged, high-quality document and CAD/GIS renderings take advanced technology. Our newly-developed print head has two nozzle lines instead of just one. This increases the number of nozzles by a factor of two. The high-density, high-speed and high-quality print head comes with 2,560 nozzles per color (6 colors) with a total of 15,360 nozzles in total. The addition of a second nozzle line to the print head means that speed is increased dramatically; this is due to twice as many nozzles firing droplets of ink during one pass of the print head, thus applying more ink to the media. The addition of the second nozzle also means that the print head may travel faster across the media.