Gareth Thomas, development manager – digital imaging, Canon Australia says, “The market for photo books is strong and continues to grow rapidly. With consumers demanding high-quality printed images, Canon has extended its renowned inkjet technology to create a commercial printer that raises the standard of image quality for the photo book industry.”

Building on Canon’s existing inkjet technology, which it has successfully deployed through its PIXMA desktop printers and imagePROGRAF wide format range, the DreamLabo 5000 features a newly developed high-density print head, enabling the printing of output up to 305 mm wide.

Incorporating Canon’s FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) technology, the print head, which features over one million nozzles, enables the printing of high-quality photos to support a variety of high-value-added output, from photo books, and calendars to high-quality POD items.

Thomas adds, “The DreamLabo 5000 sets a new standard for the printing of high-quality images and high-definition text and is aligned with the needs of commercial photo printers and print-on-demand specialists looking to provide premium merchandise.”

According to Canon, the system also realises high productivity with duplex printing capabilities with an on-board guillotine reducing post print process production costs. In addition to the inkjet technology the high-end commercial printer also includes units for de-curling, skew correction, inspection, front and back cutting and temperature control and holds up to four paper rolls.

When used in combination with the automatic double-sided printing function, the DreamLabo 5000 is capable of printing the contents of a 20 page A4-size photo album in 72 seconds, according to Canon.

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