Canon EOS Rebel X/XS User manual

These professional photographers depend on Canon for their total imaging
solution from composition through final prints. Canon innovation speaks
directly to their needs and desires for better tools. Canon’s leadership in
imaging technologies and uncompromising quality standards have delivered
a wide range of tools that include the EOS System of cameras, lenses and a host of accessories. Today, the
Canon system also addresses the photo printing needs of today’s digital imaging professionals. Already
redefining output quality and performance in fine art and commercial applications, Canon imagePROGRAF
and PIXMA Pro inkjet printers are setting new standards in professional workflows. From individual vision
to print, professionals now count on Canon for the finest in image capture and presentation.
The Canon Total Imaging Solution: the Professional’s Choice.

Reliable, Efficient, Versatile
Exclusive Canon L-COA Image Processor
Canon’s exclusive L-COA (Large format printer COmmon Architecture)
image processor is the “brains” of the imagePROGRAF printer engines.
Sophisticated algorithms and high-speed processing ensure rapid printing with the
highest precision. Multiple tasks are processed on-board with simultaneous, parallel
operation to ensure the most efficient processing of large amounts of data, ensuring the
highest printing speed, highest output quality, and consistent color at all times.
Internal 80GB Hard Drive
The iPF9100, iPF8100 and iPF6200 have a built-in 80GB hard disk drive to buffer and store print jobs. It frees up the host
computer more quickly for other tasks. Multiple copies and reprints do not require the resending of data from the host computer.
The printer can even perform unmanned overnight output of multiple jobs after the host computer has been shut down.
As a former painter; I always pay the highest
attention to the detail and color quality in my
work. The symbiosis of my Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
camera and imagePROGRAF iPF9100 printer
comes as close to painting as I could have ever
imagined. The high quality and resolution I
capture with my camera is exactly what I get
on paper… and I get superb color quality with
amazing consistency
and speed. What
would have taken me
days to accomplish in
the past, I can now
achieve in a matter
of hours.
— Ryszard Horowit z
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“I simply love to be in control of my images
from their inception to presentation.”
©2007 Ryszard Horowitz All Rights Reserved.

©2007 Bruce Dorn All Rights Reserved.
Like musicians with their instruments, digital
artists must achieve ‘oneness’ with the tools
we wield. For my purposes, none are finer than
those offered by Canon. The iPF9100 is fast,
consistent, reliable, and happily works on a
seemingly limitless variety of commercial grade
and fine art media. It’s capable of covering
immense acreage in very short order. With
Canon’s philosophy of technological synergy
across the company’s entire product line,
from EOS Digital cameras to Realis projectors
and professional
printers, digital artists
can finally be assured
that their vision
will flow smoothly
from inspiration to
final realization.
— Bruce Dorn
Fast, High-Precision Output
FINE Dual Print Head Technology
Canon’s FINE (Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) ultra-
high-density print head technology uses the latest semiconductor
manufacturing techniques to guarantee the highest precision and
consistency. It ensures large-format output of exceptional detail and
tonality while delivering higher printing speeds.
Moreover, unlike conventional inkjet printers with single print heads, the imagePROGRAF printers
employ an innovative dual print head design. Each print head has 15,360 nozzles, yielding over
30,000 nozzles. This not only makes extremely high output resolution possible, but also ensures
more reliable printing at even faster speeds. The iPF9100 with its 60-inch wide carriage,
for example, can output a full 36
"
x48
"
color print in approximately five minutes.
“Show big, sell big. Let your needs, not
the limitation of your printer, dictate size.”
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Smooth Reproduction of Gradations
Precise Color Rendition in Consistency
The 12-color Canon LUCIA ink set includes Red, Blue,
Green, Photo Cyan, Photo Magenta, Gray, Photo Gray,
and Matte Black inks in addition to the traditional
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black inks. Combined with
Automatic Color Stability Control, the inks assure truer
colors with smoother tonal gradation—noticeable even when working with
pale or pastel colors, where subtle shades must be accurately captured. It
also ensures predictable, repeatable color print after print. Calibration takes
less than 10 minutes and is automatically applied to all supported media
types and print modes.
Technology is great, but I am not one to dwell
on it. The Canon iPF8100 beautifully portrays
the subtleties of my nature photographs as
captured with my EOS Digital camera. It gives
me great confidence that my fine art prints convey
my vision and that my collectors will receive the
best possible realization of that vision…
And that’s all I really need to know. I do like the
amazing speed of the iPF8100 because that helps
me maintain creative focus as I refine a print’s
nuances. I also like having the ability to print
on either watercolor or standard inkjet paper
without changing inks. This printer performs
wonderfully,
and, as a Canon
camera user,
I expect no less.
— William Neill
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“I want my gear to enhance, not interfere with,
my creativity. Canon delivers for me!”
©2007 William Neill All Rights Reserved.

In today’s competitive market, a complete color-
managed high-efficiency workflow from capture
through output is a must. I shoot my EOS-1Ds
Mark II RAW and work in 16-bit color. With the
iPF8100, I can now maintain that high-bit-depth
workflow without having to “dumb down” the
image to 8 bits for the printer. Of course, I am
still a visual person, and there are times “per-
fect,” profile-matched color is not what I want.
The Canon export module lets me make changes,
just like I used to in the
darkroom, without altering
my original file. And I can
easily catalog all of my
settings for consistency
and repeatability.
— Vincent Isola
Uncompromised High-Speed Output
Canon engineers have created ingenious export modules for imagePROGRAF printers that
bypass the operating system’s 8-bit restriction. The export module circumvents the operating
system and is designed with a much more intuitive interface than printer drivers. In
addition, because the export module is independent from the operating system, it
uses only Canon optimized math resulting in higher quality prints. Canon Digital
Photo Professional (DPP) software offers numerous output enhancement
features, such as layout templates, Soft Proof, and Real Preview. Using the output
enhancement features, along with Canon’s export modules for imagePROGRAF printers,
allows direct 16-bit printing from DPP and Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3 for true
wide-dynamic-range workflow options from capture to output.
“The iPF8100 is twice as fast and has a larger,
smoother color gamut than any other
printer I’ve used.”
©2007 Vincent Isola All Rights Reserved.
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©2008 John Pinderhughes All Rights Reserved.
Ispend a great deal of time creating my images
with my EOS-1D Mark III, I expect my printer to
faithfully match not only my images but also my
imagination. It must also work seamlessly with my
other equipment. The iPF6200 is simply amazing.
I get the rich tones and saturated colors I demand,
print after print and with it's 80GB hard drive it
allows me to be even more efficient. I never have
to worry about color gamut, saturation, or con-
trast—my prints just seem to glow. If you have a
vision—one that you have spent years exploring—
you want tools that complement and even
enhance that vision. The iPF6200 does all that
and more. The dark-
room of the future
has arrived, and I
embrace it!
— John Pinderhughes
Unrivaled Color Consistency
Color Stability Control System
The iPF6200 and iPF6100 incorporates a Color Stability Control System that ensures
consistent color, from print to print and throughout the service life of the printer.
The built-in system employs a precision multi-sensor inside the printer, calibrating in under
10 minutes and easily initiated from the printer’s control panel. Adjustments made with any media
type are saved and automatically applied to all other supported media types and print modes.
Calibrated Canon imagePROGRAF printers deliver amazing consistency not only among output
images but also among all calibrated printers across a work environment.
Extensive RIP Support
Most major third-party RIP (Raster Image Processor) providers will support all the imagePROGRAF
printers. These printers, therefore, enable design studios and advertising agencies to output in-house
prepress proofs in addition to exhibition-grade photographic images.
“Not happy with printers I owned, I began
building a new darkroom... only to discover
Canon had made my efforts superfluous.”
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Extraordinary Black-and-White Prints
Superior Grayscale Reproduction
The imagePROGRAF printer LUCIA ink set uses three levels of black ink (Black or
Matte Black, Gray and Photo Gray) to reproduce grayscale images. As a result,
black-and-white images are reproduced with smooth, natural gradations and
excellent highlight detail. These inks also assure an exceptionally high D-Max to
produce crisp images with outstanding contrast.
Conventional inkjet printers must use color inks when printing
black-and-white images because using black ink alone would result
in grainy prints that exhibit poor tonality and reduced detail.
The LUCIA set greatly reduces dependence on color inks for grayscale
output, virtually eliminating metamerism and unwanted tinting.
Iconverted an image I shot on my EOS 5D to
black-and-white using Canon’s Digital Photo
Professional software. What came out of the
printer with incredible speed was a gorgeous,
rich print with overall quality comparable to that
of a traditional silver gelatin print. I am a firm
believer in keeping things
in the family. By that I
mean Canon in, Canon out.
The workflow is smooth
and uncomplicated, and
the results are stunning.
— John Huba
“The iPF6200 creates richer blacks than
any other inkjet printer I have ever used.”
©2008 John Huba All Rights Reserved.
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Unsurpassed Media Choices
Extensive Output Media Options
The imagePROGRAF iPF6200 and iPF6100 is compatible with more than 35 different types of print
media—including resin coated, canvas, and fine art papers—from 0.08 to 1.5mm thick. Additional types
are introduced frequently. Included printer software enables new media and settings to be added to
both the print driver and the printer’s internal interface. The iPF6200 and iPF6100 works with roll media
or sheets of paper and includes a front-loading straight paper path for thicker media types.
Outstanding Archival Characteristics
The LUCIA ink system is pigment-based and ensures print longevity regardless of media type.
Printed photos exhibit long-term fade resistance, color stability, light fastness, and water resistance.
LUCIA inks, with a proprietary high-performance binding polymer, result in stronger pigment particle
adhesion. It improves archival characteristics and scratch resistance for greater print durability.
For the first time in my career, I can achieve the
look I am after in my Canvas Digital Oils. The
iPF6200 allows me to get detail, tonal precision,
and color quality in my paintings that I had
never imagined possible. The prints look just
like hand-painted canvas oils! As an illustrator
and a photo painter, I am judged by the quality
and consistency of my final prints. I cannot
afford compromise in any part of my workflow,
and I need to be able to rely on the output of my
printer. Consistency for limited editions and
archival durability are a
must. The iPF6200 ’s
advanced LUCIA pigment
inks give me canvas prints
with exceptional color
stability, light-fastness,
and water resistance.
— Fay Sirkis
“The beautiful smooth color gradations let
me replicate the style of the ‘old masters’
like never before!”
©2008 Fay Sirkis All Rights Reserved.
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LUCIA Pigment Ink System
Improved Scratch Resistance
The Canon LUCIA pigment-based ink set is better than ever. They deliver an exceptionally wide
color gamut and employ an improved polymer coating. This enables the ink to bond more
efficiently and effectively to the paper, providing superior scratch resistance and even better
print longevity.
Automatic Black Ink Selection
Black and Matte Black inks are loaded and available at all times. Black ink is optimized for glossy surface type media.
Matte Black ink produces a deeper black and thereby improves contrast with many matte-surface fine art papers.
Unlike other inkjet printers that require the user to manually flush and swap ink tanks, the iPF6200 and iPF6100
automatically selects the appropriate Black based on media type. This eliminates wasted ink and saves time.
Ishoot a wide variety of images with my EOS
Digital SLRs. Some have brilliant, saturated colors;
others have dramatic, high-contrast blacks and
whites; still others have subtle, pastel colors.
The iPF6100, with its spectacular wide-gamut
printing capability, reproduces all of my images
beautifully and effortlessly. I am in the business
of selling fine-art color and B&W prints, and the
iPF6100 is just what I need. I can print on a wide
variety of media, including fine art paper and
canvas, with breathtaking
quality, consistency, and
efficiency. And the iPF6100’s
archival LUCIA ink set
ensures that my prints will
maintain their brilliance and
subtlety well into the future.
— Parish Kohanim
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“The iPF6100 gives me prints of the highest
photographic quality… beyond anything
I have ever used before.”
©2007 Parish Kohanim
All Rights Reserved.