Image Quality Capabilities - Canon imagePRESS C7000VP Customer Expectation Document

17. Image Quality Capabilities

The table below describes the type of image quality the customer can expect when
using the machine.
IMPORTANT
Following installation and set up, it is strongly recommended that owners of the
imagePRESS C7000VP print and store samples of the image quality the product
is capable of producing. These samples should serve as a benchmark against
which subsequent image quality can be referenced. Samples should be made
using as many applications, media, and paper types the owner intends to use on
the imagePRESS C7000VP.
Item
Overall Document
Appearance
Color Uniformity
Color Registration
Color
Consistency/Stability
Color Matching
Line Quality
Black Reproduction
Text Quality
Level of Back
Grounding
Gloss Level
Other Artifacts
Version 7 imagePRESS C7000VP Customer Expectations Document
Equipment Capability
No three dimensional appearance.
Will have look and feel of offset
printing. Uniform look and feel.
Color is uniform throughout the
document. Gradations are smooth
and even.
Color registration is done
automatically.
Color can be consistent throughout
the document, and from one
document to another.
Capable of rendering many of the
Pantone color swatches that are used
in the graphic arts industry.
Even, fine lines can be reproduced.
Blacks are well saturated without
mottling.
Sharp, well defined text. No hollow
characters or haloing of text
characters.
Stray toner in nonimage areas will be
unperceivable.
The gloss level of the final document
will be dependent on the type of
media used.
As with any printing process, some
artifacts are likely to occur. These
may include spots, void or deleted
areas, mottling, streaks, and banding.
However, their levels will not be
significant for most users.
Comment
The most demanding customers
may occasionally perceive a small
amount of mottling in large
uniform image areas. Extreme
high-humidity conditions can lead
to mottling.
Extreme high-humidity conditions
can lead to break up or blurriness
of lines.
Extreme high-humidity conditions
can lead to mottling.
Extremely high-humidity
conditions can lead to hollow or
haloing of characters.
Environmental conditions, such as
low-humidity, can increase levels
of back grounding.
Due to variations in paper/media
stock, and environmental
conditions, some of these artifacts
are likely to occur. Proper
servicing of the equipment and
adherence to media and
environmental requirements will
minimize these occurrences.
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