Canon goes after CAD and GIS market with Canon imagePROGRAF iPF700 wide format inkjet printer
CAD, GIS, and technical drawings are part of our background at FLAAR for several decades. We have experience with architectural drawings, maps, and are in the same building as the architecture department on our university campus. Plus every generation of the Hellmuth family has produced several architects.
So far, we instinctively use HP Designjet printers, because that is what architects have used for years, since the era of pen plotters.
Besides, HP Designjet printers are the ones we already have. But if any Canon imagePROGRAF iPF700 printers land in our university, we will consider evaluating them. But in the meantime, we use HP Designjet printers because that is the generally accepted solution for CAD and GIS.
Canon is also trying for the CAD market with their Canon imagePROGRAF iPF600. Even Mutoh is trying to get into the CAD market (probably because otherwise the market for water-based printers is sinking as everyone moves to solvent-based inks). Mutoh is now offering their
The CAD and GIS printer we know most about is the new HP DesignJet 4500, since we were in San Diego the same day it was being presented, so we got invited to listen to the presentation.
Most recently updated May 1, 2006.
First posted April 12, 2006
