imagePROGRAF iPF6400SE Overview

The imagePROGRAF iPF6400SE, 24-inch large format printer is designed for vibrant poster creation in the signage, infographics display, and retail markets while maximizing productivity. The 6-Colour LUCIA EX pigment ink set emphasizes the use of red ink, which allows for incredibly vibrant and eye-catching prints to be produced while providing benefits such as scratch resistance. The printer includes a colour profile that’s designed specifically for poster creation to maximize use of the LUCIA EX ink system’s strengths in colour reproduction, and helps to produce a wide colour gamut that is in some cases comparable to what’s seen on 8-Colour devices. The compact design of the iPF6400SE allows for the printer to be placed in small offices and stores where space is not a luxury. The iPF6400SE printer also features an economy printing mode that reduces ink consumption by about 50% compared to standard mode to help cut down on printing costs. The printer supports ink tank sizes of 130ml and 300ml to enhance productivity, and has a Sub-ink tank system that keeps ink in reserve to allow for tanks to be changed without interrupting a print.

To expand poster printing options and capabilities, the iPF6400SE printer comes bundled with a free copy of Canon’s PosterArtist Lite software, which enables easy poster creation in just four steps. PosterArtist Lite comes with an image correction function that enables a user to automatically correct their image colours, as well as cut out selected areas of an image, right from within the software. The printer comes standard with additional applications and utilities that help make the printing process extremely user friendly such as; an Accounting Manager tool that helps keep track of job costs, a Print Plug-in for Microsoft Office, and Direct Print and Share, Canon’s cloud-based portal solution. To improve versatility, the iPF6400SE printer has a Media Configuration Tool which allows customers to not only utilize existing Canon-branded media, but also with non-Canon branded media. By expanding on Canon's innovative and technological achievements, the imagePROGRAF iPF6400SE printer helps achieve consistently eye-popping customer-friendly prints.

MSRP: $3,395.00

Item Code: 8573B002

imagePROGRAF iPF6400SE Features

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6-Color LUCIA EX Ink Set

The new 6-color pigment ink system adds Red ink to the standard lineup of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, and Matte Black, to help produce posters, infographics and POP materials with vibrant color. This helps create output that's suitable for small retail stores, restaurants, or service businesses that produce their own in-store posters on the premises.

Compact Design

The compact design of the iPF6400SE printer reduces the space required for installation, making this model especially attractive for small stores or offices.

Optimal Printing for Posters

A colour profile is included that's designed specifically for posters to make full use of the LUCIA EX ink system's strengths in colour reproduction. The user simply selects "Poster" as the print target in the printer driver, to achieve vibrant colour reproduction optimized for poster printing. The same profile is also provided in PosterArtist (optional), PosterArtist Lite, and the Print Plug-In for Office.

Large Ink Tank Capacity

The iPF6400SE printer supports ink tank sizes of both 130ml and 300ml in capacity. Ink tank replacement becomes less frequent and users with higher printing volumes can enjoy greater productivity.

Sub-ink Tank System

An ink tank system designed for uninterrupted printing even during tank replacement. The iPF6400SE printer keeps ink in reserve in its sub ink tanks so that even when the tanks themselves run out of ink, printing can continue without interruption and the tanks can be replaced on the fly.

Fast Draft Printing Mode

The Draft Mode produces 1200 x 1200 dpi output at up to 562ft2/hr on coated and uncoated paper stocks while reducing ink consumption by 10% to 20% versus standard mode.

Economy Printing

Significantly reduce total ink consumption by utilizing the Economy Printing Mode for producing draft prints on select media. This feature increases overall speed and regulates the use of all colours to produce quick check plots while minimizing the cost per print. In this mode, overall colour density is reduced to cut ink consumption by up to 50% compared to Standard mode, and ink consumption is cut by up to 15% when compared to the 8-Colour S series of imagePROGRAF printers.

Thermal Print Head System for High Speed Printing

Engineered for speed and advanced image production, the iPF6400SE printer boasts Canon's thermal print head technology that helps lay down ink with incredible speed and accuracy. This printer uses a high-precision, high-density print head with a total of 15,360 nozzles. The twin lines of nozzles for each colour on the print head enables the printer to minimize the number of printing passes and still maintain print quality. The 1-inch PF series print head boasts all 6 colours with 2,560 nozzles per colour. More nozzles mean more ink is ejected with every pass of the print head, no matter what print mode or media.

PosterArtist Lite

Canon's included PosterArtist Lite poster creation software gives users the ability to quickly and easily create professional large format prints. Users simply follow the program's four (4) easy steps to create posters that can be used in applications such as Office presentation, Trade shows, Retail Signage, and much, much more. The PosterArtist QuickCopy feature provides an easy solution for a CanoScan desktop scanner to be used as a copier, making letter-size flyers and documents into full-size posters with a touch of a button. New enhancements include an image correction function that automatically corrects image colours, and a cut-out function that allows users to remove selected areas of an image.

Direct Print & Share Cloud Portal Software

Canon's Direct Print & Share software is a cloud portal solution that helps users to expand their printing workflow. Users are given the ability to upload documents to their own account using Google's cloud service, and have those documents printed from almost anywhere††. Easily share or print PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs through the user-friendly interface, and even have the ability to do batch printing!

Accounting Manager

Tracks up to twenty (20) jobs and shows how much ink and media is being consumed when printing. Costs can be assigned to ink and paper to determine expenses based on "Cost of goods". The user can also input a variable cost that will be added to the total of the print cost. The data is exportable to a .csv format for Microsoft Excel so the data can be used for billing purposes. Features include: · Job Cost (ink, Media and variable cost inputted by user) · Ink Consumed per Job* · Media Consumed per Job · Job Completion time · And more *Ink usage is estimate, and error tolerance is ±15%

Media Configuration Tool

Recognizing the expanding array of media options for large format printers and to further improve the versatility of these new imagePROGRAF models, Canon has included its Media Configuration Tool, which allows customers to not only utilize Canon-branded media, but provides the ability to make adjustments to printer settings to enhance the precision and quality of output achieved with non Canon branded media. Settings that can be configured using media parameter adjustment features include: · Media weight and thickness · Ink drying · Automatic cutting settings · Borderless printing · Paper feed amount · Print-head height · Vacuum strength · Maximum ink usage

Print Plug in for Microsoft Office

This utility makes it easy to print large-format documents created in Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint software applications. The Plug-in appears in a tool bar inside the Microsoft application and has an easy-to-follow "Wizard". The Plug-in will bypass the printer driver to simplify the printing process. A few simple steps convert your 8.5" x 11" office document to poster size.

PosterArtist (Optional)

For those with more demanding poster creation needs, Canon's optional PosterArtist offers advanced features such as Auto Design, Variable Data, and in-application image editing features, as well as additional templates, royalty-free photos, and clip art. The built-in weblink feature in PosterArtist Lite links users directly to the PosterArtist website for useful hints and tips, and even more free contents for download. Visit www.usa.canon.com/posterartist for a free demo version to download.

imagePROGRAF iPF6400SE Specifications

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Printer Type	6-Colour 24-inch Printer
Number of Nozzles	Total: 15, 360 C, M, Y, BK, MBK, R: 2,560 nozzles each
Nozzle Pitch	1,200 dpi x 2 Non-firing nozzle detection and compensation
Print Resolution (up to)	2,400 x 1,200 dpi (Max)
OS Compatibility	Windows® (XP/Vista/7/8), Macintosh® (OSX)
Standard Interfaces	USB 2.0 High-Speed 10/100 Base-T/TX
Ink Droplet Size	4 picoliter
Ink Capacity	130 and 300ml per colour available2
Ink Type	LUCIA EX Ink (Pigment based)
Colour Set	Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Matte Black, Red
Buffer Ram	256 MB
Media Width	Cut Sheet and Roll: 8" - 24"
Media Thickness	Top Loading Manual Feed: 0.07 - 0.8mm (3.2 - 31.4mil) Roll: 0.07 - 0.8mm (3.2 - 31.4mil)
Maximum Roll Print Length	59 Feet (18 meters)3
Maximum Media Roll Diameter	5.9" (150mm)
Borderless Printing Width	10" (254 mm), B4 (257 mm), 14" (356 mm), 16" (407 mm), A2 (420 mm), A2+/17" (432 mm), B2 (515 mm), A1 (594 mm), 24" (610 mm)
Paper Feed Method	Roll Feed: One Roll, front output TTop Loading Manual Feed: One sheet, front output
Languages	GARO (Canon Proprietary)
Noise Level Approx	Operation: 49 dB (A) or less Standby: 35 dB (A) or less Acoustic Power: Approx. 6.4 Bels or less
Physical Dimensions	39.0" (H) x 40.0" (W) x 29.6" (D)
Weight	Approximately 119 lbs. with stand
Power Source	AC-100-240V (50-60Hz)
Power Consumption	Maximum: 100W or less Standby: 5W or less Power Off: .5W or less (Compliant with Executive Order)
Operating Environment	Temperature: 59°-86° F (15°-30° C) Relative Humidity: 10-80% (No Condensation)
User Replaceable Items	Print Head (PF-05), Maintenance Cartridge (MC-16), Ink Tanks (PFI-106/PFI-206)
Software Included	Canon Printer Driver, PosterArtist Lite (PC Only), Printer Driver Extra Kit (Free Layout, Colour imageRUNNER Enlargement Copy, Advanced Preview), Print Plug-in for Microsoft® Word/Excel/PowerPoint, Accounting Manager (PC Only), Direct Print & Share, Optimized Module for AutoCAD (PC Only)

What's in the Box

Main Unit with Stand & Basket + 2" Roll Holder with 3" Core Adapters + 1 Print Head + 1 Maintenance Cartridge, (installed)
6, 90ml Starter Ink Tanks (C, M, Y, BK, MBK, R) + A2 Sized Heavyweight Coated Paper Cut Sheets (5)
Ethernet Card (built in) + USB 2.0 High Speed Interface + Quick Setup Guide (Poster) + Printer Reference Guide (Booklet) + Power Cord + One Year Warranty Card + Registration Card + PosterArtist Lite Application CD
User Software CD with: imagePROGRAF Printer Driver + Media Configuration Tool + Accounting Manager + Print Plug-in for Microsoft Office + Printer Driver Extra Kit + imagePROGRAF Status Monitor + Direct Print & Share

Prices and specifications subject to change without notice. Pricing is determined by each dealer and may vary.
1. 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 consult with Canon Alliance and Industry Market list of RIP vendors.
2. The starter ink tanks initially packaged with the printer are not the same capacity as the replacement ink tanks specified here.
3. The maximum printable length varies depending on the application, OS, and RIP used.
†† You must open a Google Cloud account to take advantage of the cloud functionality. Storage capacity and any pricing thereof is based on Google's current offering and is at Google's discretion. Your Google Cloud account is subject to Google's terms and conditions, which is subject to change at Google's discretion. Neither Canon, Inc., nor Canon Canada, Inc. represents or warrants any third party product, service or feature referenced hereunder.