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Posted on by Regan Dickinson Posted in Promotions & Rebates
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Get Cash Back or an Extended Service Plan for Canon’s 12-Color iPF Printers

Inkjet Printer Rebates CanonCanon announced today new mail-in, cash-back rebates or a one-year CarePAK Extended Service Plan when you purchase or lease one of the following 12-color imagePROGRAF (iPF) large-format inkjet printers:

  • iPF5100, $250 rebate or one-year CarePAK ($300 value)
  • iPF6100, $400 rebate or one-year CarePAK ($480 value)
  • iPF6300, $700 rebate or one-year CarePAK ($500 value)
  • iPF8300, $1,000 rebate or one-year CarePAK ($1,250 value)
  • iPF9100, $1,800 rebate or one-year CarePAK ($2,000 value)

The “mail-in” rebate is actually paperless. Go to www.acbpromotions.com/imageprografrebate to submit your claim and enter your rebate information. Claims must be submitted within 30 days from the purchase date to qualify.

To find out more and about other rebates currently being offered by Canon, Epson and HP, go to www.lexjet.com/rebates.aspx, or call a LexJet account specialist at 800-453-9538 for other specials and bundled offers.

Posted on by Regan Dickinson Posted in Tips & Tricks
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How to Perform a Head Cleaning on a Canon Inkjet Printer

A couple of days ago we posted a video that shows how to do a nozzle check on a Canon large format inkjet printer, which is the same process for the Canon iPF5100, iPF6100, iPF8000S, iPF9000S and iPF9100 printers.

As mentioned in the previous post, we promised a follow-up video showing how to perform a head cleaning on the Canon printers, which is the next step if you identify a problem with the nozzle check. It’s important to note that you should only perform a head cleaning if you find an issue through the nozzle check; a head cleaning should always be preceded by a nozzle check.

After you perform a head cleaning, always follow up with a nozzle check to make sure it worked. If it didn’t, repeat the process. If you go through the nozzle check/head cleaning process about five or six times there’s likely something else wrong. However, this is very unusual and the printer will almost always let you know if the printheads need to be replaced (click here to see the video on how to replace printheads).

Most of the processes detailed in the videos, including the nozzle check and head cleaning, are not quite the same for the latest generation of Canon printers – the iPF6300, iPF6350 and the iPF8300. They use the same menu options, but the path to get there is slightly different. We’re working on these and will let you know when they’re available.

If you have any questions or need help troubleshooting anything, give us a call.

Posted on by Regan Dickinson Posted in Case Studies & Profiles
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Blue Ribbon Printing with Sunset Photo Metallic Paper

It was Rodney Clark’s first experiment with LexJet Sunset Photo Metallic Paper and the results were award-winning. Clark won a first place and three blue ribbons this past October at the Professional Photographers Association of Pennsylvania (PPA of PA) competition held in State College, Pa.

“I’m one of those photographers who’s used to working with high-gloss lacquered prints on f-surface paper for competitions. With the Sunset Metallic it’s that way out of the box. Even if you do laminate, it still shows the same principles and properties that make a metallic paper so nice,” says Clark.

The three blue-ribbon prints – images taken of Main Street in Shepherdstown, W.V. – were photographed in HDR. Clark says Sunset Metallic was the perfect fit for the extreme saturation produced by HDR. The judges agreed.

The other image won first place in the commercial category and was also printed on Sunset Metallic. The metallic inkjet paper, designed to replicate the same look as the old Kodak metallic used in the darkroom, brought a pearlescent shine to the image that helped catch the judges’ eyes.

“The image you see is basically au naturel, other than taking out a couple of dust spots and pulling the density down for competition-quality printing,” explains Clark. “It’s a bridal dress showing the designer’s ribbon and wedding rings shot at a 45-degree angle. Sand, water and sky in the background account for the gradient you see from beige to dark blue. I used a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens on a Canon 1D Mark III to capture it.”

Clark says he’s hopeful that his success locally will translate to more regional and national competition recognition, all that are within grasp thanks to his ability to print his own work with the addition of the new paper and a Canon iPF6100 inkjet printer he bought about four months ago.

“Pretty much right out of the box it was as accurate as you could get. The only thing I had to do was add the 10 points of brightness through my Photoshop plug-in for the Canon, which I use instead of the print driver. What I get out of it is absolutely phenomenal,” says Clark. “With some help from Kelly [Price, LexJet account specialist] and the gang at LexJet, I have the profiles I need to print accurately every time.”

Rodney Clark, M. Photog., Cr., CPP, owns Clark Photography in Waynesboro, Pa. Photos courtesy Rodney Clark.