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iPF8000S and iPF9000S Features16/36Product Features and Target MarketQ. What are the features of the iPF8000S and 9000S?Both models are part of a new series incorporating a newly developed 8-color ink system. This isa high-speed series designed for work that demands high productivity, such as production of signsor displays, or large posters as produced by print-for-pay shops. The iPF8000S supports output upto 44 inches wide, and the iPF9000S, up to 60 inches. The printers offer the following advantages.• Both high-speed output and high print quality, drawing on innovations such as a newlydeveloped 8-color ink system with LUCIA pigment ink and bidirectional printing• FINE high-density print head technology produces extremely tiny ink droplets (4 pl) fromtwo lines of nozzles per color• Image processor L-COA also supports the dual objective of high-speed and high printquality• Features for exceptional productivity, including an ink supply system enabling ink tankreplacement without stopping the printer• Ambient Light Adjustment function, based on next-generation color managementtechnology called Kyuanos• High-precision automatic color calibration• PosterArtist 2007 is available as an option, software that makes it easy to createprofessional-grade posters• Dedicated software RIPs are also available as an optionQ. Who are the target users of the iPF8000S and iPF9000S?The iPF8000S and iPF9000S were designed with production of POP displays, signs or displays, orlarge posters as produced at print-for-pay shops in mind.Q. As models in a new high-speed series, how do these printers support high-speed production?Bidirectional printing using a newly developed 8-color ink system with LUCIA pigment ink enableshigh-speed printing while maintaining a level of print quality that meets everyday needs. Colorsthat greatly affect print quality—cyan, photo cyan, and photo magenta—are symmetricallyarranged on dual print heads. Because colors of ink are applied in the same order in both passesof bidirectional printing, subtle differences in color that might otherwise occur from the sequenceof ink layers are eliminated. Output is therefore more consistent, with less banding and fewerprinting passes. The high-speed image processor L-COA allows ink droplets to be ejected fromtwo lines of nozzles per color, supporting FINE high-density print head technology that appliesmore of the extremely tiny ink droplets (as small as 4 picoliters) in a given period than in