Canon Introduces ProStream 3000 Series

Canon U.S.A. Inc. announced the ProStream 3000 series, the next generation of its high-speed, web-fed inkjet presses for commercial print. Built on the ProStream technology platform, the new ProStream 3000 series delivers consistent offset print quality at indus-trial speed on a wide selection of substrates including heavyweight paper, enabling ultra-fast digital production of a broader range of commercial print jobs.

The extended media capability makes it easier for print businesses – including general commercial and online printers, direct mail printers, book producers and photo specialty printers – to migrate high-volume, high-value work from offset to digital inkjet and print media like 7 pt. at full machine speed as required.

With the ProStream, customers can recognize the full end-to-end productivity benefits of inkjet production across most applications, from direct mail and books, to postcards, post-ers and calendars.

The ProStream 3000 produces high quality on web widths of up to 22 inches and page lengths up to 60 inches, and up to 436 feet per minute, based on the media being used. For those occasions when volumes spike under tight deadlines, the new ProStream series can produce up to 11,300 4/4 B2 sheets per hour, equating to 62 million US letter, on a wide range of substrates and weights, including standard offset coated, uncoated and inkjet-optimized papers up to 300gsm.

To deliver offset quality at extreme speed across a wider range of substrates, the ProS-tream 3000 incorporates an enhanced drying system. This uses air floatation throughout the paper path – including the advance air impingement turn bar – to help protect the surface quality of the printed output at all stages. The system’s asymmetric design dries all jobs evenly and controlled without coming into contact with the paper, delivering ex-ceptional quality even on the most scratch-sensitive media.

Consistent, high quality with accurate, vibrant color is delivered by native 1200dpi piezo drop-on-demand print heads in combination with proven polymer pigment inks and Smart ColorGrip.

“At Canon, we share our customers’ passion for print, and we’re driven to create technol-ogy solutions that accelerate their progress towards their business goals,” said Shinichi “Sam” Yoshida, EVP and GM and of Canon U.S.A., Inc. “Customers worldwide have already embraced ProStream’s exceptional productivity, for everything from high-margin books to premium direct mailing jobs, while benefiting from minimal waste and very high uptime.

“With the announcement of the new ProStream 3000 series, we’re building on this suc-cess to power our customers faster and further, delivering the speed, efficiency and me-dia versatility they need to energize their growth,” added Yoshida. “The scope to print vir-tually any job at great ProStream speed means that customers can now confidently mi-grate even more offset work to digital on-demand, reducing turnaround, slashing make-ready time and waste, making today’s shrinking run lengths more profitable and helping to meet brand owners’ demands for shorter time to market.”

The ProStream 3000 series will debut globally at Hunkeler Innovation Days (February 27 – March 2, 2023, Lucerne, Switzerland), where it is being exhibited in live production workflows of a broad range of commercial print applications. The ProStream 3000 Series will be launched and available for the U.S. market summer of 2023.