imagePROGRAF PRO-521

Colours That Know No Boundaries

The 24" PRO-521 captures the imagination of every professional photographers with its finesse in vivid colours reproduction and stunning print quality.

  • 12-colour LUCIA PRO pigment ink
  • 24"/610mm
  • 500GB Encrypted hard disk drive
  • Impressive media handling system
  • 1 Roll with optional second roll
  • Perfect for high quality fine art and photography prints
  • Robust security, extensive suite of software and solutions

Features

Advanced Automatic Media Handling

Ease operation workflow and free up operators’ physical time spent on print preparation through intelligent automatic media feeding, impressive automatic media detection and automatic remaining roll amount estimation shown on the operation panel. Simply place the media roll at the printer and the operators are free to roam.

LUCIA PRO Pigment Ink & Chroma Optimizer

Developed for the imagePROGRAF PRO Series with a wide colour gamut, the LUCIA PRO pigment ink delivers excellent colour expression, superior dark area reproduction, low graininess and good gloss characteristics. The 12 colour PRO Series printers use transparent Chroma Optimizer ink to produce three-dimensional like output on gloss media.

Robust Security and Extensive Software

The new imagePROGRAF PRO series provides end-to-end data theft prevention the moment print job is sent from host PC to the printer. This is made possible with its robust security. Coupled with an extensive suite of software designed to bring out the full potential in the printer that comes standard, the PRO series is equipped with everything needed to print posters, graphics, signages, high quality photo prints easily.

Accessories

Printer Stand - SD-21 (Required) Roll Unit - RU-23 (Optional) 2"/3" Roll Holder - RH2-29 (Optional) Cutter Blade - CT-07

 

Printer

Printer Type

12-Colour, 24" / 610 mm

Number of Nozzles

18,432 nozzles (1536 nozzles x 12 colours)

Maximum Print Resolution

2400 x 1200 dpi

Nozzle Pitch

600 dpi x 2

Line Accuracy

±0.1 % or less
User calibration is required.
Printing environment and media must match those used for calibration.
Required Paper: Plain paper, CAD tracing paper, coated paper, CAD translucent matte film only.

Minimum Ink Droplet Size

4 pl

Ink Capacity

Sales Ink: 160 ml / 330 ml / 700 ml
Bundled Starter Ink: 160 ml

Ink Type

Pigment Ink: Photo Black, Matte Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Photo Cyan, Photo Magenta, Grey, Photo Grey, Red, Blue, Chroma Optimizer

Printer Language

SG Raster (Swift Graphic Raster)
PDF (Ver. 1.7)
JPEG (Ver. JFIF 1.02)

Standard Interfaces (Built-in)

USB A Port:
USB Memory (Direct Print)

USB B Port:
Hi-Speed USB
Full Speed (12 Mbit/sec)
High Speed (480 Mbit/sec)
Bulk Transfer
Series B (4 pins)

Gigabit Ethernet:
IEEE 802.3 10 base-T
IEEE 802.3u 100 base-TX/Auto Negotiation
IEEE 802.3ab 1000 base-T/Auto Negotiation
IEEE 802.3x Full Duplex 
SNMP
Canon-MIB 
HTTP
TCP/IP (IPv4/IPv6)

Wireless LAN:
IEEE802.11n/g/b
WEP (64/128bit)
WPA-PSK (TKIP/AES)
WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES)

Memory (Standard)

3 GB 

Hard Disk 

500 GB (Encrypted HDD) 

Printing Speed

Plain Paper (A1)

58 sec (Level 5)
1 min 38 sec (Standard)
3 min 11 sec (High)

Heavyweight Coated Paper HG (A1)

1 min 38 sec (Standard)
3 min 11 sec(High)
4 min 44 sec (Highest)

Glossy Photo Paper HG 170 (A1)

3 min 11 sec (Standard)
5 min 02 sec (High)
8 min 21 sec (Highest)

Media Handling

Media Feed and Output (Single Roll)

Roll Paper: Front Load, Front Output
Added Roll Paper: Front Load, Front Output (Optional)

Cut Sheet: Front Load, Front Output
(Manual Feed using Media Locking Lever)

Media Width (Roll / Cut Sheet)

152.4 ~ 610 mm

Media Thickness (Roll / Cut Sheet)

0.07 ~ 0.8 mm

Minimum Printable Length 

Roll Paper:
101.6 mm (exclude Cloth and Canvas media)
200 mm (Cloth and Canvas media) 

Cut Sheet: 203.2 mm

Maximum Printable Length

Roll Paper: 18 m
(varies according to the OS and application)

Cut Sheet: 2133.6 mm (with stand)

Maximum Media Roll Outer Diameter 

170 mm or less

Borderless Printing Width (Roll Only)

Recommended:
515 mm (B2),  594 mm (A1), 10", 14", 17", 24"

Printable:
257 mm (B4), 297 mm (A3), 329 mm (A3+), 420 mm (A2), 6", 8", 12", 16", 20", 22", 300 mm, 500 mm, 600 mm and custom roll width (154.2 - 610 mm)

Dimensions & Weight

Physical Dimensions (W x D x H) & Weight
(Include roll holder set, exclude ink and print head)

Main Unit + Stand + Basket:
Approx. 1110 × 984 × 1168 mm (Basket Open)
Approx. 1110 × 766 × 1168 mm (Basket Closed)
Approx: 102 kg

Main Unit + Roll Unit + Stand + Basket:
Approx. 1110 × 984 × 1168 mm (Basket Open)
Approx. 1110 × 766 × 1168 mm (Basket Closed)
Approx: 119 kg

Packaged Dimensions (W x D x H) & Weight

Main Unit + Pallet:
Approx. 1324 x 902 x 1042 mm
Approx: 124 kg

Stand + Basket:
Approx. 1111 x 797 x 223 mm
Approx: 23 kg

Roll Unit:
Approx. 1244 x 562 x 461 mm 
Approx: 26 kg

Power & Operating Requirements

Power Supply

AC 100 - 240 V, 50 - 60 Hz

Power Consumption

Printing: 93 W or less
Sleep Mode: 2.0 W or less
Power Off: 0.3 W or less

Operating Environment

Temperature: 15 ~ 30°C
Humidity: 10 ~ 80 % RH (no dew condensation)

Acoustic Sound

[Acoustic Pressure]
Operation: Approx. 46 dB (A)
(Glossy Paper - Image; Print Priority - Standard)

Standby: Approx. 35 dB (A) or less

[Acoustic Power]
Standard Print Operation: 64 dB or less
(Glossy Paper - Image; Print Priority - Standard)
(Measured using ISO 7779 standard)

Accessories

Printer Stand (Required)

SD-21

Roll Unit (Optional)

RU-23

2"/3" Roll Holder (Optional)

RH2-29