TRANSGRESSION- Black & White Fashion Portraits Exhibition

TRANSGRESSION- Black & White Fashion Portraits Exhibition has been successfully held at Kinokuniya Bookstore at Suria KLCC, KL  from 7th-31st January 2010.

The photographer, Vincent Paul Yong has chosen Canon imagePROGRAF as the official large format inkjet printer for  the black & white fashion portraits. According to Vincent Paul Yong, the quality of the black & white printouts produced by the Canon iPF8100 is far exceeded his expectation.

The portraits in A1 and A0 size are very impressive and can be very decorative if well placed.

The managing director of Plot-tech Services (M) Sdn Bhd, James Khor said Vincent  Paul Yong is very professional and with high expectation on the output quality of the printouts.

To ensure optimum quality of the black & white printing, James Khor has calibrated the Canon iPF8100 with the monitor and media roll a day before Vincent Paul Yong made his visit to Plot-tech Services (M) Sdn Bhd located at Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.

 Personally, the first two portraits of the above picture are my favorite.

Large Format Printer - Size Does Matter?

Office space has become an expensive resources as the office rental rate is rising drastically especially in developed cities like London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Moscow and etc.

In Malaysia, the monthly rental rate for prime offices in  Kuala Lumpur City Centre is at MYR 62 to MYR 86 (USD 18.50 to USD  25.67) per square meter. A unit of A0 size large format printer or wide format printer (plotter) is occupying approximately 1.3 meter square, hence the cost of office rental for a unit of plotter per month will be at approximately MYR 115 (USD 34.33) per month.

A part from the rental cost, the printer width is also playing an important part while selecting a large format plotter as it is always an challenging task to find a space to fit in a plotter that need almost 2 meter length for installation.

The Canon iPF650 A1 size plotter with printer width at less than 1 meter (997mm) can be easily installed in small office where space is limited.

In short, a part from comparing the plotter print speed, specifications and running cost, hidden cost such as office space occupancy which is printer size in term of width and footprint should be put into consideration especially for users in prime office area and project site office where space is limited.

Printer Width comparison between Canon iPF650 (A1 size plotter), iPF750 (A0 size plotter), iPF710 (A0 size plotter) and HP Designjet T1100 (A1 and A0 size plotters).

Have you ever consider printer's footprint (office rental rate per square meter) as part of the total cost of ownership and printer width as part of the office ergonomics feature?

Canon iPF755 vs. HP Designjet T1100 vs. Canon iPF720 Review - Print Speed Comparison

The Canon iPF750 and  iPF755 has significantly increase its printing speed as compared to the Canon iPF710 and iPF720.

Under draft mode A0 size plotting, there is approximately 18% increased in printing speed.
iPF750 at 47 seconds (A0)
iPF710 at 56 seconds (A0)

Please view the speed comparison video (Canon iPF755 vs HP Designjet T1100 vs Canon iPF720) for details.

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1. Canon iPF755/iPF750 vs HP Designjet T770 (Print Speed Comparison Video)