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Top 5 Canon Wide Format Printers

January 28th, 2011

Canon’s line of imagePROGRAF wide format printers is at the forefront of the digital printing industry. Canon provides specialized customer solutions and applications that range from fine art and photography to production printing; from technical documents to general purpose poster making. Here we take a look at the 5 best Canon wide format printers and what makes them so special.

imagePROGRAF iPF655

The imagePROGRAF iPF655 is designed for both technical document printing as well as general purpose output applications. It can go from intricate technical drawings to printing oversized office documents to posters and back so effortlessly. The 24-inch printer uses Canon’s 5-color Reactive Ink printing systems (cyan, magenta, yellow, black, matte black) with a maximum resolution of 2400×1200 dpi.

This is ideal for businesses, schools, architects, engineers, or anyone who wants to print spectacular, full-color presentations, signs, posters, CAD drawings, GIS maps, and other types of large-format output.

imagePROGRAF iPF820

The imagePROGRAF iPF820 is a 44-inch wide format printer with a maximum resolution of 2400×1200 dpi. It is equipped with dual media rolls that eliminate the cause of many bottle-necks in busy printing environments. It can automatically switch between different sizes and types of media or print on the same media to enable fast, consecutive printing of jobs submitted by multiple users.

The imagePROGRAF iPF820 is ideal for high-speed and high-quantity print production projects.

imagePROGRAF ipF6000S/iPF8000S/iPF9000S

The imagePROGRAF S-Series production printing systems are Canon’s fastest wide format printers. They are available in three sizes-the 24-inch iPF6000S, 44-inch iPF8000S, and the 60-inch iPF9000S. These production grade print engines make them ideal for professionals who need to increase the capacity and productivity of their wide format printing services.

With high-speed throughput up to 403 square feet per hour, borderless printing, and other innovations that maximize productivity, these printers increase overall production capacity and reduce job turnaround time. This makes them ideal for commercial print service providers.

imagePROGRAF iPF6200

It is a 24-inch wide format printer that uses Canon’s 12-color LUCIA ink set, capable of producing an extraordinary range of vibrant colors, subtle hues, and deep shadows.

These specially formulated printer inks improve image quality by reducing graininess and bronzing making prints that look great from every angle.

Canon’s specially formulated LUCIA pigment inks also have outstanding archival characteristics. This means prints that will look great for a very long time.

This makes it ideal for portrait-quality prints, especially for multi-copy projects where image consistency is essential.

imagePROGRAF iPF9100

It is the 60-inch cousin of the ipF6200 that delivers a unique combination of ultra-high-quality imaging and maximum productivity.

Using the 12-color LUCIA ink system makes it perfect for photo enlargements that retain image sharpness, color and clarity. This also makes them ideal for a variety of photo applications like fine art reproduction, commercial and corporate photography, museum quality displays, etc. The imagePROGRAF iPF9100 is Canon’s top quality printer right now.

By: John C Arkinn

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This Article is written by John C Arkinn from printerinkcartridges.printcountry the contributor of PrintCountry Articles on the subject is at PrinterInkCartridges.PrintCountry, and related resources can be found at Canon Printer Cartridges.

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Photographers – Increase Your Revenue!

January 25th, 2011

There are many industries that are particularly hard to compete in. In fact, any industry that can be inexpensively accessed by an amateur is going to be filled with thousands of “knock off” professionals. Photography is one of those fields, but those who do it well will influence every part of our culture with their invaluable creativity.

Ok, so it’s obviously hard to compete in a market that is over-saturated, but there is an upside. Any skilled, experienced photographer can capitalize on the increase of novices.

Here are ways, I believe, that photographers can dramatically increase their revenue. Many of these ideas are low cost projects, and they will all cause you to stand above the crowd.

#1 Host a Workshop.
Educational marketing is a very powerful tool. In fact, the reason your reading this article is probably because I’m teaching you something for free. If done correctly, a workshop can be relatively inexpensive and there are multiple streams of income available to the host. The most obvious income will come from ticket sales, but, you can also record the workshop and resell it online as a “course in photography”. As the “expert” in your field you can offer one-on-one consultations with the attendees for an additional fee.

#2 Start a Community Runway Event.

I suggest every company get as involved in their community as possible. As I have said before, A community defines a company, one cannot exist without the other. Hosting a local fashion show is an easy money maker. There will always be young aspiring models willing to jump at the chance to walk a runway. As with the workshop, you can charge per ticket. You can also charge a runway fee to the designers who are showing their pieces on your stage. In a project like this I would encourage you to donate a portion of the sales to a community charity. If you advertise that tickets will go toward improving your city, people will be all the more willing to attend, and you will be investing in the community that is investing in your company! Of course the shots you take at the event will also improve your portfolio.

#3 Donate to a Museum.

One of the quickest ways to get free exposure for fine print photography is to donate a piece to a museum. Again, this is a win-win situation. You will get massive amounts of people looking at your work, and you will be donating something valuable to the artistic community in your city. Don’t forget to write off the donation at the end of the year.

In any business, find a niche that isn’t being addressed and create ways to service it. The person who does what no-one else is doing will get noticed every time.

Bryant Jaquez,

Redding California’s premiere small business marketing consultant.

By: Bryant Jaquez

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Discover Norton Simon Museum In Pasadena California

January 25th, 2011

The Norton Simon Museum sits on 9.5 acres, is housed in an 85,000 squrare foot structure and is located in the beautiful city of Pasadena, California at 411 W. Colorado Blvd. right across the street from where the television cameras are set up every year for the Rose Parade. Therefore millions of people view the front of the museum each year as they watch the Rose Parade. What most of these viewers do not know is that “The Norton Simon Museum of Art holds one of the world’s finest and most prestigious private collections of European, American and Asian art.”

The collection, which includes works by van Gogh, Picasso, Rembrandt, Rodin and Fragonard consists of over 1,000 works, including paintings, etchings (by Rembrandt, Goya, etc.), sculptures, photographs (Ansel Adams) and other mediums spanning a period of over 2,000 years. The museum also hosts lectures, gallery talks, family programs, musical performances, dance performances, films and tours.

The museum provides both private tours and monthly free public tours of their collection conducted by Museum Educators.

The museum’s store features a large selection of books on American, Asian and European art along with posters, prints, slides and stationery goods as well as books on photography, gardens and architecture.

The museum is closed on Tuesdays, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s hours are 12:00 noon – 9:00pm on Fridays and 12:00 noon – 6:00pm all other days. Admission fees are adults $8.00, seniors $4.00 and patrons under 18 years of age, students with valid id and museum members free.

For more information about the city of Pasadena, California see http://pasadena.usacitydirectories.com, a directory of links to city of Pasadena, California guides and directories listing hotels, restaurants, churches, physicians, attorneys, information, resources, services, things to do, places to go, art galleries, service organizations, auto dealers, nursing homes, convalescent hospitals, antique dealers and more.

By: David Hallstrom

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David G. Hallstrom, Sr. is a retired private investigator and is currently the publisher of several internet directories, including http://www.usacitydirectories.com a directory of national, state, county and city guides and directories listing local guides, directories, web sites and web pages providing resources, services and information about things to do and places to go.