The Wimbledon Print Company closed a deal with M Partners Wide at Ipex 2014 for a CanoniPF825 44" (1.12m) engine with the hope that it will allow the business to expand its capacity forCAD printing.

The iPF825 has a scanning unit which can scan existing drawings, plans and prints. The five-colour reactive pigment ink system is designed to produce sharp colours with thin lines. The Canon iPF825 boasts an accuracy margin of +/-0.1percent and a minimum line width of 0.02mm. Images can be rendered at 2,400 x 1,200 dpi due to super-fine print heads using 15,360 nozzles.

"Having conducted a detailed review of our business, we decided that an upgrade to the large format printing kit at our retail site would be a real benefit to us moving forward," explains Michael Woolsey, managing director and owner of The Wimbledon Print Company. "There is good business in producing wide-format CAD prints for architects and building companies, but they have moved beyond monochrome work. The full-colour, high-performance capabilities of the Canon will allow us to expand this part of our business.”