This looks very interesting.

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http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012414canonpixmamx7600_mx850.asp

PgR – a revolution in Inkjet
With Canon’s unique Pigment Reaction (PgR) technology,
presentation-quality text, graphics and photographs can now be printed
on plain paper, without the dangers of ‘show-through,’ print curling,
bleeding, scuffing or the images washing off with moisture. PgR brings
savings to small businesses or workgroups with low-volume colour
printing requirements: it consolidates all printing tasks – as well as
copy, scan and fax functions – in a single unit; and it enables the
printing of high quality materials on low-cost plain paper.

PgR works by coating the paper with clear ink as it travels towards
the print head. Canon Lucia pigment inks bond to the clear ink –
improving saturation, brightness and ink fixation. The curling, ink
bleeding, and ‘show-through’ sometimes associated with colour inkjet
printing is all-but eliminated by the chemical bonding of the inks,
resulting in high-contrast, moisture and highlighter-resistant prints
 
irwell said:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012414canonpixmamx7600_mx850.asp

PgR – a revolution in Inkjet
With Canon’s unique Pigment Reaction (PgR) technology,
presentation-quality text, graphics and photographs can now be printed
on plain paper, without the dangers of ‘show-through,’ print curling,
bleeding, scuffing or the images washing off with moisture.
Click to expand...

Each cartridge has a chip and will explode after you refill it, spewing
ink all over the printer insides. After this happens twice, the entire
printer explodes.

You must use Canon-brand paper, which comes in a chipped package. You
must return the paper to its package every day to ensure that it is
within date and is newly re-registered, which is done when the paper
package is connected to the printer via its USB cable, and the computer
contacts Canon via the internet. The paper is then "verified." Once per
week, the paper is not only verified, but it is also authenticated. Each
sheet of paper has an embedded pattern of resistors and conductors; no
two sheets of paper have the same electrical characteristics. Prints
sure look good: wow.

Measekite will counsel that this is a good thing, and then Frank will
argue with Measekite. How do I know all this?

Richard
 
This technology, or something like it, was first brought to my attention
about 5 years ago, and I was wondering when it would finally be
available in a consumer product.

Whatwe don't know is what it costs by sidestepping the specialty paper
costs but having to supply the clear coating. Does the clear coating
ever clog the head, and when it does, what does it do to the print quality?

Issues of permanence of the image, and of course image quality, and the
look of the paper with the coating will determine if this method has "legs".

There are several other paper and ink technologies that will soon be
hitting the market, so this should be an interesting next year.

Art
 
I am sure the fly by nites will have trouble with this one.  Now the big question is do you choose dye based ink or pigment based ink.  Depending on how many units they sell the price will vary.  Right now dye ink is less expensive than pigment ink and the results have, in the past, been better except for durability.

irwell wrote:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012414canonpixmamx7600_mx850.asp PgR – a revolution in Inkjet With Canon’s unique Pigment Reaction (PgR) technology, presentation-quality text, graphics and photographs can now be printed on plain paper, without the dangers of ‘show-through,’ print curling, bleeding, scuffing or the images washing off with moisture. PgR brings savings to small businesses or workgroups with low-volume colour printing requirements: it consolidates all printing tasks – as well as copy, scan and fax functions – in a single unit; and it enables the printing of high quality materials on low-cost plain paper. PgR works by coating the paper with clear ink as it travels towards the print head. Canon Lucia pigment inks bond to the clear ink – improving saturation, brightness and ink fixation. The curling, ink bleeding, and ‘show-through’ sometimes associated with colour inkjet printing is all-but eliminated by the chemical bonding of the inks, resulting in high-contrast, moisture and highlighter-resistant prints
 
irwell said:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012414canonpixmamx7600_mx850.asp

PgR works by coating the paper with clear ink as it travels towards
the print head. Canon Lucia pigment inks bond to the clear ink –
improving saturation, brightness and ink fixation. The curling, ink
bleeding, and ‘show-through’ sometimes associated with colour inkjet
printing is all-but eliminated by the chemical bonding of the inks,
resulting in high-contrast, moisture and highlighter-resistant prints
Click to expand...

To the awe of ink sellers everywhere, Canon comes up with a way to sell
invisible ink.
 
Warren Block wrote:

irwell <[email protected]> wrote:



http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012414canonpixmamx7600_mx850.asp PgR works by coating the paper with clear ink as it travels towards the print head. Canon Lucia pigment inks bond to the clear ink – improving saturation, brightness and ink fixation. The curling, ink bleeding, and ‘show-through’ sometimes associated with colour inkjet printing is all-but eliminated by the chemical bonding of the inks, resulting in high-contrast, moisture and highlighter-resistant prints



To the awe of ink sellers everywhere, Canon comes up with a way to sell invisible ink.

Now that is a very smart statement since no tests have been done, or results have been seen.  How does someone mass such a vast amount of brains to conclude that.
 
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