Canon has released a new mid-range Pixma All-In-One printer, the Pixma MP550, which provides photo laboratory quality prints in addition to outstanding simplicity of use. The Canon Pixma MP550 is part of a comprehensive Pixma All-In-One printer line-up for 2009, all of these enable home users, photograph fanatics as well as professional users to obtain even better results from their particular prints - from plain paper documents to high quality digital photos. The MP550 includes a variety of upgraded features which deliver photo laboratory high quality prints in even less time than comparably priced forerunners, while also making the machine simpler to work with.
The cutting edge Canon printer makes use of Canon's 1pl FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) print technology which produces grain-free prints at resolutions up to 9600 dpi. Ink is delivered to the print head using five individual ink cartridges - one containing pigment-based black ink intended for laser-quality text printing, and four dye-based coloured inks intended for laboratory quality prints of users' favourite digital photographs. Built-in LED signal lights within the individual inks ensure it is simple for users to evaluate when each and every cartridge calls for replacing.
Improvements to the print engine utilized in the Canon MP550 will mean that Canon's mid-range designs are quicker than ever before. The cutting edge Canon All-in-One is capable of producing photo lab top quality, borderless, 10x15cm (4x6") prints in around 39 seconds. Canon has additionally turned out to be one of the very first printer producers to take up the ISO/IEC 24734 and 24735 print and copy speed measurements tests, permitting customers to immediately compare and contrast print and copy speeds amongst different models and manufacturers. The MP550 is capable of generating around 9.2ipm (images per minute) with regard to mono documents along with around 6.0ipm for colour documents.
The MP550 offers Easy-PhotoPrint EX which helps make it even simpler to create superior quality output from users' digital picture collections. These incorporate Auto Photo Fix II, which uses multi-zone algorithms to be able to offer just the correct quantity of image correction to different elements of users' photos - leading to superbly balanced photo prints.
Auto Photo Fix II is joined by Easy-WebPrint EX, which will enables users to intelligently clip key parts of a website page and then both print them or save as a Pdf file. The Canon Easy-WebPrint EX software makes it possible for users to blend material from a number of internet pages into a single document, helping decrease paper and ink expenses.
The Canon MP550 additionally gives long-lasting photo print thanks to Canon's ChromaLife100 technology and
ink cartridges. Photos printed making use of Canon inks and photo paper are colour-fast for a stated 300 years if placed in an album, and keep for roughly 20 years when exposed to the environment or located under glass.
Canon MP550 ink cartridges can be found here.
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