Canon announces the upcoming availability of two new sheetfed inkjet color production presses: the B2-format varioPress iV7 and the B3-format varioPress iX1700. These models will go on sale in the second quarter of 2026, with demonstrations scheduled for January at Canon's customer experience center in Venlo, the Netherlands. "These solutions will allow commercial printers to migrate jobs from digital technologies and shorter runs from offset presses." assures Canon.
The varioPress iV7 is designed for intensive production environments. This printer can produce up to 8,700 B2 full-color sheets per hour, with a maximum monthly capacity of 4.5 million B2 images.
Canon says the varioPress iV7 is suitable for short B2 print runs with high print quality and extensive media compatibility.
The press is aimed at commercial print providers, online printers and book or magazine publishers faced with tight deadlines and low volumes.
The varioPrint iX1700, a sheetfed inkjet press in B3 format, delivers 170 A4 pages per minute, or 73 B3 pages. This varioPrint is designed for printers with monthly volumes of between 300,000 and 2 million A4 images.
The new press features Qualinx printhead technology, developed by Canon's R&D centers in Japan, Germany and the Netherlands. According to Canon, Qualinx combines new technical elements with tried-and-tested solutions. The printheads are high-definition 2,400 x 1,200 DPI and "benefit from stabilization and long-life technologies, as well as an automatic cleaning system" ,
The two models complete Canon's inkjet offering alongside the varioPrint iX2100 and varioPrint iX3200 presses. According to Philippe Pelletier, DP&S Marketing Director for Canon France, the range now covers production capacities from 15,000 A4 pages to 4.5 million B2 images per month, "the widest range of digital sheet-fed presses on the market" .
