Transform photography and fine art visions into reality
Realise artistic potential in every print
Why print?
Our technology allows you to effortlessly create gallery-quality prints that truly represent your artistic intent. Capture your vision with our advanced cameras and bring it to life with our large format printers and software, ensuring precision and fidelity.
Leaving a legacy
A great image, beautifully printed, mounted, and perfectly lit, can stop you in your tracks as you enter a room. It prompts thought, tells stories, and has a physical, tactile presence. Unlike digital files, printed photographs leave a lasting legacy, offering a tangible piece of art that can be admired and passed down through generations.
Control of output
Printing your photos gives you complete control over the final output, ensuring your vision is perfectly realized. This eliminates the wait and uncertainty of outsourcing, allowing immediate adjustments and achieving the desired result without delays. This hands-on approach enhances print quality and streamlines your workflow, guaranteeing satisfaction with every image.
Commercialise your work
Printing in-house enables you to commercialize your work more effectively, offering high-quality prints directly to clients and expanding your revenue streams. This hands-on approach enhances print quality, streamlines your workflow, and boosts your business potential.
Grow as a photographer
Printing your photos can be beneficial for growth as a photographer. Seeing your work in print reveals subtle details, allowing for critical evaluation of composition, exposure, colour accuracy, and sharpness. This tangible feedback helps identify areas for improvement, refining your skills and enhancing your photographic expertise.
Beyond the Lens: Case Studies in Photography
and Fine Art Printing
Faithful prints with vibrant colours and seamless workflow
Discover how Josu Izarra, a renowned photographer, transformed his workflow with the Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-4000. This 44-inch wide-format printer enables him to produce stunning, high-quality prints with speed and reliability, elevating his studio's output. Josu values the seamless Canon ecosystem, from input to output, the Crystal Fidelity allows him to maintain creative control and achieve exceptional results at every stage of his work.
Wedding photographer Sanjay Jogia on how to boost your business with print
Print has become a vital component in Sanjay's business and helped him to strengthen his relationships with clients. Here he reveals how print can add value to your photography business and your professional growth as well.
Photographers on the power of print
At the Photography and Video Show 2024, Canon introduced the new imagePROGRAF PRO series. We talked to some photographers about the power of print and how exceptional printers have the ability to translate digital photographs into high-quality prints; showcasing vibrant and tactile prints, bringing images to life, making it an essential tool for photographers aiming for stunning, tangible results.
Watch photographer Daniel Rye talk about his work with the artistic process
Hear why it is important for Daniel to have control over the artistic process in connection with his work with environmental and climate change.
Solutions for professional photo & fine art printing
imagePROGRAF PRO series - superior large format quality
The imagePROGRAF PRO series printers are the benchmark for superior image quality in fine art and photography. Ideal for photographers looking to print, sell, and have greater control over their work, this printer turns digital creations into enduring physical art. Print service providers can also offer their customers the highest quality prints available. With its superior colour accuracy and longevity, this series ensures each project, whether in photo studios or commercial settings, is of unparalleled quality.
imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 - stunning desktop photo printer
Print with confidence and in stunning detail with the imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 A2 desktop photo printer. With an advanced 12-ink system for a wider colour gamut and a seamless print workflow from input to output, bring what you capture to life.
Available as A2 model.
imagePROGRAF GP series - redefining creative boundaries with PANTONETM(1) precision
Whether you're directing a fashion shoot for brands or creating prints for your portfolio, the imagePROGRAF GP series assists you in generating diverse imagery with accurate colours that must blend or stand out according to your needs. Thanks to the 11- colour ink set of the GP series, featuring fluorescent pink ink, it stands out with its fluorescent and pastel colours. It’s a series of PANTONE™(1) calibrated printers(2) for PANTONE PASTEL & NEON GUIDE Coated(3), in addition to 99% coverage from the PANTONE FORMULA GUIDE Solid Coated(4).
Which Printer Is Right For You?
As a photographer, we know that a huge amount of effort and skill can go into capturing the perfect image. So, what comes out of the printer has to take that image to another level. To lift it from the screen and make an impact in physical form. Your skill as a photographer deserves an equally matched device that’s capable of printing your vision to life. Find out which device is best for your situation.
Innovations that help you create superior results
We're committed to transforming digital files into stunning prints, supporting photographers from image capture to output. With our imagePROGRAF technologies you can capture landscapes, preserve memories, and showcase art with superior results and confidence.
LUCIA PRO II ink
The LUCIA PRO II ink set in this printer achieves unparalleled dark density and produces deeper blacks and detail with precision.
This advanced scratch-resistant ink boosts image durability, offering protection against abrasion during finishing, mounting, framing and display. Our high light-resistance pigment ink can actually help to protect archival prints for more than 200 years. Available in the imagePROGRAF PRO-2600, PRO-4600 and PRO-6600.
Chroma Optimizer
The imagePROGRAF PRO printers feature a Chroma Optimiser ink, applied like a clear coat, which fills gaps between ink droplets to produce uniform glossiness and improve colour depth in darker tones. This coating also reduces bronzing and metamerism, enhancing visual appeal and colour accuracy across both colour and monochrome prints.
Left: without Chroma Optimizer, Right: with Chroma Optimizer
FINE print head technology
With the FINE technology, the ink droplets are controlled to be laid accurately on the media, to achieve high precision ink ejection without discrepancies.
Auto Print Head Alignment: The printer's ink droplet sensor monitors ink ejection, automatically adjusting the print head for precise ink placement, ensuring reliable quality, reduced waste, and time savings.
Colour Calibration: A built-in multi-sensor ensures colour accuracy by automatically calibrating colour density, providing stable, consistent colours in every print.
Anti-Clogging Technology: Sensors detect clogs, activating backup nozzles to reduce cleaning frequency and prevent wasted prints.
Workflow software that let's your print with confidence
When taking an image from screen to print, people sometimes find it challenging to get the best results. Because Canon provides an end-to-end system, however, producing great prints is easy with Canon's Professional Print & Layout software, which is designed to help you get the best with all Canon's pro photo printers. You can use PPL as a standalone application or as a plug-in within your preferred image editing software – Canon's free Digital Photo Professional (DPP), Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Lightroom®.
PPL makes it simple to select all the settings required for printing, including layout, paper size, paper type and any colour management requirements, so you can set up the printer for best results without an in-depth knowledge of print technology.
Crystal Fidelity
Only Canon can offer a fully integrated solution of input and output for photography. Combining EOS camera, DPP, PPL & imagePROGRAF printer allows easy perform of advanced editing and printing of RAW images including adjustment of high dynamic-range (HDR), as well as white balance, colour and much more.
Make your photography lively and outstanding - Crystal Fidelity
Picture Perfect: Benefits of imagePROGRAF Printers for
Photo and Fine Art Printing
Photo and Fine Art Printing
Unbeatable print quality
Enhanced dark density
Streamlined Media handling
200-year preservation
Improved scratch resistance
Large colour gamut, vivid colour gradation
Deeper blacks
True skintones
Want to grow your business with printing photography and fine art?
- PANTONE™ is a trademark or registered trademark of Pantone LLC.
- As of 31st August, 2021 according to professional services performed by Pantone.
- PANTONE PASTELS & NEONS GUIDE Coated colour gamut coverage rate is 97% for GP-4000 / GP-2000 when using Photo Paper Pro Platinum with imagePROGRAF printer driver at [Poster/Photo (Fluorescent)] [Highest] (600 dpi)
- When using Photo Paper Pro Platinum with imagePROGRAF printer driver at [Poster/Photo (Fluorescent)] [Highest] (600 dpi)