iR8500 Product Description

The Canon iR8500 system brings unparalleled ease and efficiency to on-demand, black-and-white document management. Designed for short-run jobs and repeat printing, where deadlines are critical, it instantly delivers the print quantity and image quality required, therefore reducing time and costs compared to offset printing. The iR8500 is the ideal solution for central reprographic departments, departmental document centres and also the graphic industries.

To achieve the highest levels of productivity, the iR8500 features exceptionally high scanning speed technology - inputting documents at 80 ipm and 600 dpi. Output is a rapid 85 pages per minute for A4 output for black and white printing. It offers exceptional productivity and quality due to the following attributes:

Exceptional print quality and superior speed

Powerful, productive Image Server

Remote User Interface (RUI)

Flexible Finishing

High quality on-demand digital printing

Highly productive 85 prints per minute

Automatic trayless duplexing

Automatic image refinement

Up to 7650 A4 sheet paper capacity

100 high capacity mailboxes

10GB integrated Image Server

eCopy Software

Exceptional print quality and superior speed

The iR8500 has a consistently high image quality equivalent to 1200 x 600 dpi for copying and 2400 x 600 dpi for printing - with up to 256 gradations. While FCOT (First Copy Out Time) has been reduced to 3 seconds.

Powerful, productive Image Server

The iR8500 is equipped with a standard 10 GB integrated image server. This provides extensive possibilities for high performance document management and handling, making data exchange within a network easier and more efficient. It also enables copy reservation for up to 5 jobs - with no limit to the amount of images that can be scanned in continuously. Up to 100 mailboxes are available, with a maximum capacity of 2000 documents containing up to 7700 pages.

Remote User Interface (RUI)

A web-based remote user interface allows users to control operations directly from their workstations. This provides easy job administration, with advanced mailbox operation, priority settings and a time-saving status check. The iR8500 offers full PostScript and PCL support whilst enabling users to create their own printing profiles.

Flexible Finishing

The iR8500 features creative finishing options to satisfy all needs. These include a finisher for 100-sheet stapling and stacking, a Z-folding unit and a saddle finisher for professional production of A4 or A5 booklets. Automatic tab sheets insertion plus a tab sheet printing facility are also available. The saddle finisher comes in two versions; either with a 2 or 4-hole punching for filing purposes. Additionally, a document insertion unit offers advanced finishing functionality.

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