| Having established themselves in the market of digital | | | | proved a success in the market, selling over 300 units |
| production printing with the previous imagePRESS | | | | across Europe. The imagePRESS C6000 and |
| range, Canon have decided to broaden their range | | | | imagePRESS C6000VP production photocopiers have |
| releasing the imagePRESS C6000 and imagePRESS | | | | been produced to deliver the same high quality and |
| C6000VP. These new machines incorporate the same | | | | fast prints as the C7000 but at a lower purchase cost. |
| features that made the imagePRESS C7000 so | | | | The success of the imagePRESS C6000 has already |
| popular, including V-Toner, E-Drum and T-Developer, | | | | been indicated when it was awarded the Best of |
| which work with an Advanced Image Transfer Belt | | | | Show Award in the Process Colour Digital Printing |
| and an oil-less Twin Fusing system. They can reach | | | | Equipment category at this year’s ON DEMAND |
| speeds of 60 ppm, with resolutions of up to 1200 dpi. | | | | Best of Show Awards. |
| The imagePRESS C6000 and imagePRESS | | | | It has been stated by Canon that the imagePRESS |
| C6000VP could take colour digital production printing to | | | | C6000 and imagePRESS C6000VP will maintain the |
| whole new and more affordable level. These | | | | compatibility with the paper feeding and post-press |
| machines are aimed primarily for corporate print room | | | | accessories of the imagePRESS C7000VP. These |
| and pay for print markets, but with the more | | | | accessories now include In-line finishing with Perfect |
| affordable pricing compared to the imagePRESS | | | | Binding which has been claimed to make it easy for |
| C7000, the imagePRESS C6000/VP could reach | | | | the print provider to achieve perfectly bound |
| more markets than was ever thought possible. The | | | | documents or high-quality books. |
| imagePRESS C6000/VP can potentially print, | | | | The imagePRESS range of digital production |
| uninterrupted, for two hours as their maximum media | | | | photocopiers seems to have filled a gap in the market |
| supply is 10,000 sheets which can be fed from up to 8 | | | | by producing machines that can potentially deliver the |
| different sources. | | | | look and feel of offset printing for short-run production |
| Canon only introduced the world to their imagePRESS | | | | colour printing. With the introduction of the |
| range in November 2006 with the introduction of the | | | | imagePRESS C6000 and imagePRESS C6000VP it |
| imagePRESS C1, which many people saw as a giant | | | | seems that Canon could be paving the way for more |
| leap forward in print technology. The imagePRESS | | | | affordable digital production printers, without |
| C7000 was released just under a year later and | | | | compromising on quality. |
