Canon imagePROGRAF iPF670

The iPF670 is most at home in a small architecture studio, survey office, field engineering room, or contractor’s project office. Its 24-inch roll capacity suits A1, A2, and A3 work, while cut-sheet support helps when a one-off sheet lands five minutes before a meeting. The listed media-thickness range of 0.003 to 0.059 inches gives it room for ordinary technical media and selected heavier stock.

Five inks—black, cyan, magenta, matte black, and yellow—make color-coded coordination drawings, GIS maps, and redline copies practical without turning every sheet into a presentation-print exercise. The 0.2% accuracy specification is relevant for drawings, but no one should confuse a specification with a scale check. Print a real border and verify it. We have all learned that lesson after the deadline, which is not the preferred training schedule.

Bottom line: This is a local technical-output device, not a substitute for a high-volume plan-room production system.

The L24’s CIS scan technology gives this configuration a practical copying and capture role. Black scanning is listed at 3 ips and color at 1 ips. That distinction matters when a stack of marked-up monochrome drawings arrives at 4:45 p.m.; color scans will take more patience. Use it for redlines, field sketches, and smaller archive tasks, not as an assumption of unattended document conversion.

Networked teams can use Gigabit Ethernet, while USB Type-A provides local connectivity. The supported page-description languages include HP-GL/2 and HP-RTL, which remain relevant in technical drawing environments. Before deployment, have IT test the actual driver path, PDF workflow, authentication expectations, and operating-system compatibility against the stated Windows and Mac requirements.

Bottom line: The scanner adds real day-to-day utility, but it does not eliminate the need for a clean document workflow.

The listed maximum print size is A1 at 23 by 33 inches, with 24-inch roll and sheet media width. That makes this machine a natural match for A-series technical documents. Firms routinely issuing larger American plan sheets should stop here and test their actual title-block sizes before assuming a 24-inch device will cover them.

If 36-inch output is part of the normal workload, the Canon iPF710 36-in has the wider format listed in this family. If the requirement remains 24 inches but the buyer wants to review nearby family choices, compare the Canon iPF680 24-in and Canon iPF685 24-in using actual drawings, not a brochure checklist. The side-by-side comparison is a useful place to begin.

Bottom line: The width limit is either perfectly sensible or a daily nuisance; there is rarely a middle ground.

This unit uses five cartridges and the Canon PF-04 printhead. The compatible supply list also includes the Canon MC-10 maintenance cartridge. Ask the supplier who performs printhead replacement, how maintenance waste is handled, and what turnaround applies when the device is down. Those answers matter more than the box dimensions when permit sheets are due.

The printer is listed at 46 dB during printing, draws 140 W typically, and carries ENERGY STAR certification. Its 39.3-inch width, 27.5-inch depth, and 19.8-inch height are manageable for an office location, but leave space for loading media and collecting output. A printer that technically fits under a counter is often a printer that jams at the worst possible moment.

Bottom line: Buy the service plan and physical placement around the workflow, not around an empty corner.