India, 11th July 2025: Canon India, a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the launch of a newly upgraded version of its popular imagePRESS V1000 with the New Vacuum Paper Feeding Deck, at Print Expo Chennai 2025. Engineered for light and mid-production print environments, the revolutionary imagePRESS V1000 has received exemplary industry response since its launch. Combining cutting-edge technology with user-friendly features, the machine is ideal for jobbers, offset printers, and in-house PSPs managing high-volume print jobs, delivering vibrant print quality and versatile performance that helps users work smarter and faster.
The new New Vacuum Paper Feeding Deck have 3 Standard Paper tray with 5000 Sheets capacity and is designed to elevate and expand paper handling capabilities and operate efficiently without any manual intervention during the printing process. It delivers greater productivity with high-quality printing performance, making it a perfect visionary print partner for business growth. This new paper feeding solution is designed to meet the demands of high-volume environments with uninterrupted print runs and supports a fully automated process for up to 10,000 sheets when 2 POD Deck-F1 are connected in tandem. The New Vacuum Paper Feeding Deck will also be compatible on current imagePRESS V900/V800/V700 Series Color Production Printers. Its cutting-edge vacuum-feed system technology ensures the stable feeding of the papers and increases productivity across a range of printing applications.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Toshiaki Nomura, President & CEO of Canon India, said, “At Canon, innovation is always rooted in a deep understanding of our customers’ evolving needs. Since its launch, the imagePRESS V1000 has set a new benchmark in the printing industry, receiving extremely positive feedback and seeing widespread installations across the country. Its success is a testament to Canon’s commitment to delivering reliable, high-performance solutions that resonate with customer needs. Launching the all new imagePRESS V1000 with the introduction of Vacuum Paper Feeding System reflects our customer-first philosophy, delivering solutions that not only elevate productivity but also ensure greater precision and consistency on the production floor. As media diversity grows and print volumes surge, our focus is on delivering technologies that support seamless, high-performance workflows further empowering customers to meet business goals with confidence and agility.”
Sharing his thoughts on the new upgrade, Mr. C Sukumaran, Senior Director, Products & Communication Centre, Canon India said, “The newly introduced imagePRESS V1000 with Vacuum Feed POD Deck is purpose-built to meet the everyday demands of high-volume print environments and drive greater productivity of Indian Customers. Featuring assist air technology, stable paper feeding, and an upgraded suction feeder, it significantly reduces paper waste, supports a wider range of media including heavier GSM stocks, and minimizes manual intervention. This enables our jobbers and print service providers (PSPs) to maintain consistent uptime and deliver superior output quality. As a smart addition to the imagePRESS V1000, the Vacuum Feed POD Deck streamlines media handling and enhances overall operational efficiency”
Print Expo Chennai is a South India’s most trusted B2B print show and is global business platform for the Print, Technology, Automation, and Packaging Vendor and customers, which is being held at Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam from July 10-12, 2025. The Canon stall will also be exhibiting other marquee Production Products like imagePRESS V800 at Expo. Canon is also showcasing upgraded wide format printers like imagePROGRAF TM-5340 with LM36 Scanner, imagePROGRAF GP-526S & imagePROGRAF TX-5320 with Z36 Scanner at the show.
How New Vacuum Paper Feeding Deck Works
The New Vacuum Feeding Deck employs three Unique Airflows units which continuously flow air from Side, Front and Top of the paper to ensure that Paper Sheets are separated properly and feed into the printing Unit. Initially, Side Assist air Unit lifts one sheet by blowing air as per defined media characteristics. Once, the sheet is lifted, side assist air stops & the Front separation air starts to blow air ensuring the second sheet and other subsequent sheets do not get lifted. In final attempt, two Side Suction air pulls the sheet and sends it to the Print Engine seamlessly. These three airflows ensure clear separation of top sheet resulting in stable feeding of Paper Sheets especially of high 350/400g/m2 (GSM) thicker media and Sticker Stocks. This Unit is also equipped with Multi Feed Detection sensor & a Escape (purge) tray. In case of multi feeding if any, sensor detects multiple sheets and sends multiple Picked sheets to escape tray without interrupting Printer operations.
Other Key features of imagePRESS V1000
High Quality and Reliability
The imagePRESS V1000 features an innovative cooling system that cools paper immediately after fixing it. Minimising the risk of warping, sticking or bricking, the new cooling system ensures optimum print quality and avoids potential waste for the best cost-efficiency. Moreover, a new transfer technology creates the ideal transport path for each sheet of paper during the printing process and ensures even colour distribution when operators switch between media types with different weights during printing.
Effective Task Automation
With a strong emphasis on task automation, the imagePRESS V1000 helps PSPs ensure colour repeatability and registration alignment effortlessly. The Inline Spectrophotometers (ILS) allow operators to easily perform advanced colour adjustments such as engine linearisation, colour profile creation, calibration, and colour validation in a short span of time with minimal operator intervention. In addition, a new Precision Registration Technology helps operators ensure the alignment of duplexed sheets remains accurate and consistent during long production runs.
The imagePRESS V1000 also has a strong front-end controller the imagePRESS Server D3000. Powered by the Fiery FS500 Pro system software, the imagePRESS Server D3000 adds new functionalities, including familiar workflow and prepress features. In addition, the Express Media Colour Manager and Auto Recall combined with the ILS deliver swift colour management on an intuitive interface.
Productive Print Operations
Integrated with POD-SURF (Surface Rapid Fusing), the imagePRESS V1000 effectively maintains a consistent print speed of 100 ppm on coated and heavy media types up to 400g/m2 (gsm), sustaining high efficiency when printing complex and mixed media jobs. When used with the Bypass trays, the optional Multi-Drawer Paper Deck boost the paper input capabilities to create a wide array of premium applications. With remote alerts, operators can change media and toner and remove toner waste while keeping the imagePRESS V1000 running for maximum productivity.