Description
The Canon GP Series are the world’s first large format printer with aqueous pigment Fluorescent Pink Ink*. The 24″ GP-2000 is a 10-color (MBK, BK, GY, C, M, Y, R, O, G, V) plus Fluorescent Pink Ink large format printer. Equipped with Canon’s unique Radiant Infusion which layers the newly developed Fluorescent Pink Ink with other inks on the paper surface during printing creating bright and soft color reproduction. With the new Red, Orange, Green, Violet, and Fluorescent Pink Inks, the imagePROGRAF GP-2000 printer has the largest color gamut of any imagePROGRAF printer to date. Other features include built in color calibration, Intelligent Media Handling, and USB Thumb Drive printing. These imagePROGRAF GP Series printers are the world’s first “PANTONE Calibrated” Pantone licensed1 for “PANTONE PASTELS & NEONS GUIDE Coated”2, which includes fluorescent and pastel colors. Can hit 99% of the colors in the PANTONETM FORMULA GUIDE solid coated. Bundled with Canon’s poster creation software PosterArtist Lite, users are able to create posters in four easy steps with license free images and templates. The Radiant Infusion technology is integrated into PosterArtist Lite software to allow users to create high impact posters easily. Additional software features include Professional Print & Layout, Accounting Manager and Device Management Console. This printer is ideal for supporting in-house production of large format prints with increased appeal and visibility in various industries such as retail, print for pay, entertainment industries, design offices and advertising agencies.
The imagePROGRAF GP-2000 is the smaller brother to the larger, 44-inch Canon GP-4000 printer. The Canon GP-2000 can produce prints up to 24 inches wide on roll or sheet media. Both of these Canon imagePROGRAF GP series printers feature a 10-color inkset consisting of a the standard primary colors and grays as well as red, orange, green and blue for widening color gamut to cover 99% of the Pantone Solid Coated formula guide. They also include a fluorescent pink ink as well. These printers are ideal for printing bright, saturated prints and posters on banner material, photo paper, bond paper, and others.
Canon printers differ from Epson printers in that they have end-user replaceable printheads. Epson utilizes piezo inkjet printheads and Canon uses thermal printheads. Epson’s heads are considered part of the hardware and are meant to last for years of printing. Canon’s thermal printheads are considered a consumable and need to be replaced periodically (depends on how many prints you generate). So, when the printhead finally fails, you can purchase a new Canon printhead (PF-10) and replace it yourself in a matter of minutes. If an Epson printhead fails, it is a service call to have a professional technician replace the head. If the printer is in warranty, then all costs are covered, if not, then you’re out of pocket for the Epson printhead and service.
The printer comes with a full set of 160ml ink cartridges (330ml matte black) to get it up and running and producing lots of prints. Canon GP-2000 ink cartridges come in three different size options that you can choose from depending on your production needs (number and size of prints you make per week). Choose from the standard 160ml size if you’re only doing a few prints per week. If you’re doing lots of printing (several a day) choose the larger 700ml cartridges. If you’re producing somewhere in between, you can go with the 330ml cartridges. The larger the cartridge, the lower the cost per ml and you can mix and match sizes if you typically use certain colors more than others.
The Canon GP-2000 comes with a ton of different software applications to make it easy to print and manage your large format printer. Included are Mac & Windows print drivers, poster artist design software, a media configuration tool, accounting manager to report ink and paper use, and much more. You can also add a RIP option to make the Canon printer postscript compatible. One of our favorite, affordable print software solutions is Mirage, which allows you to nest, step and repeat, layout, color manage, create picture packages and much more. You can learn about and buy Mirage here.
The Canon imagePROGRAF GP-2000 printer comes with a 1-year, on-site warranty. You can also purchase an additional 1 year or 2 year extended warranty. Shop for Canon GP-2000 warranties here.
Please Call DTG today at 800.681.0024 to inquire about the Canon imagePrograf GP-2000, get print samples, and learn about this printer. You can also test and get a full demonstration on Canon printing technology in one of our showrooms. These showrooms not only show Canon printing technology but also other manufacturer printers combined with a variety of accessories including mounters, laminators, clamshell heat presses, a calender heat press, trimmers, cutters, and color management solutions.
Canon imagePrograf GP-2000 Brochure.pdf
