Canon Introduces New Benchmark For Inkjet Photo-Printing Speed and Launches ChromaLife100 System
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., July 11, 2005—Canon, a leader in photographic and imaging technology, today announced a fundamental shift in focus for communicating printer speed performance to reflect the rapidly growing trend in personal photo printing. Leveraging the advantage of the company's patented FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) print technology, Canon will use print times when producing photo lab-quality prints as a new print-speed performance benchmark for all new PIXMA desktop and all-in-one photo printers. As a further indication of Canon's commitment to the photo printer market, the company also introduced the new ChromaLife100 system for photo longevity, making possible a level of fade-resistance rivaling many traditional film-based prints.Canon's newly introduced ChromaLife100 system, comprising genuine Canon dye-based inks and specialized photo paper, delivers an exceptionally broad color gamut while making possible photo prints that resist fading for up to 100 years when stored in an archival quality photo album2. Designed to complement Canon's FINE print head technology, ChromaLife100 realizes a technology "triangle" combining print head nozzle design, ink and print media, making possible the creation of photo prints that rival the image quality and colorfastness of many conventional film-based prints.
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