Professional Print & Layout
Achieve outstanding colour accuracy, detail and tonal control when you pair your imagePROGRAF PRO devices with Professional Print & Layout. Designed for photographers, this powerful tool ensures every print matches your shooting intent, perfectly and efficiently.
High-quality printing with true-to-life colour
Accurate on-screen previews
Use the intuitive user interface to see exactly how images will be positioned and printed on the media roll, helping you avoid misprints and paper waste.
Precise image editing
Manually adjust and size images with the Slot function. Meet specific print dimensions and avoid unwanted cropping or misalignment.
Efficient media use
Automatically arrange multiple images by using the Nesting function, helping you minimise wasted space on the media roll. Crop marks can also be added for easy trimming.
Reliable colour reproduction
Use the Soft Proofing function to preview how colours will appear on different media with their ICC profile and adjust them using tone curves and sliders for precise output.
Plug-in support
Integrated plug-ins for software like Adobe Photoshop Photoshop Elements or Lightroom, and also Canon’s Digital Photo Professional, enable a seamless workflow from image editing to professional-quality printing.
Crystal Fidelity
Make use of raw printing data across the Canon ecosystem by combining the software with Canon’s EOS camera, Digital Photo Professional software for editing, and PRO series printers.
Professional Print & Layout workflow
Print quickly with the optimum level of quality with Professional Print & Layout’s speedy, smooth and accurate workflow.
One window for print settings
Access basic settings, such as selecting printers, media type, layout for multiple images, paper size and quality, and view details by expanding each tab.
Fine-tuned layout
Select alignment of your image, create borderless prints or trim borders with numerical values or slider shifts.
Colour Management
Select ICC profiles and rendering intent to deliver an image to deliver the optimum screen to print match results.
Proofing
Use Pattern Print to create hard copy proofs to fine tune colours ready for your final print
Get ready to send your photos to print by selecting the number of copies.
Take photo printing to a new level
Maintain tonality, sharpness and accurate colour reproduction with this reliable and dynamic software. With built-in DPRAW for printing in true high definition and a HDR print function for the strong reproduction of highlights*, it's the perfect tool for giving your photos an extra dimension.
HDR Print
Show the world as seen through your eyes with RAW images. Professional Print & Layout's HDR Print makes use of the broad and dynamic range of RAW images, expressing the information more accurately for photos that are truer to life. The software's expansive image processing works well with Adobe RGB to achieve images that surpass other image processing software.
DPRAW
Add depth and texture to your photos with DPRAW Print. Using focus information from RAW photos saved in a DPRAW format*, Professional Print & Layout can recover sharpness for more vivid images with standout expression. Pixels with the correct focus are given higher definition while pixels without the proper focus are given no extra emphasis. This ensures smooth tonality without the noise typical of sharpness filters.
*Canon EOS 5DMKIV and Canon EOS R
ICC Profile
Take full advantage of the imagePROGRAF PRO Series' capabilities with the Use ICC Profile. Thanks to an improved printer profile design and easy-to-use Black Point Compensation, colour reproduction can be enhanced even further. Simply select Black Point Compensation to adjust the tone of the image so that the darkest point in the image's ICC profile matches the darkest point of the printer's ICC profile.
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Pair your Canon imagePROGRAF PRO series printer with Professional Print & Layout to achieve outstanding performance, colour accuracy, detail, and tonal depth. Advanced printing options allow you to print quickly and precisely to your specifications, presenting your work at the highest standard.
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