imagePROGRAF TC-21M

All-In-One Desktop Large Format Printer

TC-21M, 24 inch desktop large format printer with A4 flatbed scanner supports copy/scan/print capabilities. Capable of printing and scanning without using a workstation. Comes with roll support and standard built-in auto sheet feeder, produces quality drawings & poster prints for hybrid workplaces.

Key Features

Features

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Space Saving Desktop Model

Designed to be installed in a small & tight space to print various document sizes ranging from A6 to A1/24 inches sizes. It can be placed on a desk, cabinet or shelf with a flat top that will fit in a home office or satellite office.

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High Quality Prints

Pigment ink for all colours produces fine lines & texts on drawings and delivers vivid color expression in posters and flyers. The prints will not smudge easily due to accidental water spills or highlighter markers and remain visible. By using USB thumb drive or accessing PIXMA Cloud Link, prints can be processed easily without a PC.

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High Ink Capacity for Continuous Printing

Comes with a total of 280 ml of ink (4 x 70 ml) to cater for various applications such as CAD drawings, GIS maps, posters and flyers, reduces the frequency and effort of ink refills.

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All Front Access for Maintenance

Ease of use for daily print operations. Fully front accessibility for loading paper, replenishing ink, and replacing maintenance cartridges.

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Auto Sheet Feeder Support

Standard built-in auto sheet feeder can support up to 100 A4 or 50 A3 cut sheets* for continuous printing. Lesser downtime to reload paper.

* Plain paper.

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Variety of Scanner Capabilities

Flowcharts, handwritten drafts, F&B menus in A4 originals can be enlarged and make copies to large format sizes. Thick books & brochures can be placed on the flatbed scanner to scan into PDF/JPEG formats to a USB Thumb drive or saved to the Cloud using PIXMA Cloud Link.

Workflow Solutions

The following workflow solutions are designed to help you get the most out of your printer.

Free Poster Application

PosterArtist Web application provides a wide selection of design templates for users to create their own posters, flyers and other graphics easily and send to print.

Direct Print Plus

Job submission tool which supports batch printing of multiple file types, shortcut printing function and job presets, enabling efficient large format printing workflow. 

Canon PIXMA Cloud Link

Retrieves scanned files (PDF/JPEG) from the Cloud and prints the files in large format sizes without the use of a workstation.

  • Quick Utility Toolbox - Quick access to supporting utilities and settings. From printer information, speed dial and destination folder settings to scanning and cloud sharing.
  • Free Layout Plus - Enjoy nesting, tiling and duplex printing features.
  • Media Configuration Tool - Easily manage, update and arrange media information in printer's operation panel and printer driver.
  • PosterArtist/PosterArtist Lite - Windows-based application. Create professional-looking posters in-house with a wide variety of templates, stock photos and clip art for various business types and themes.
  • PIXUS/PIXMA Cloud Link - Mobile application which allows you to access to your files via cloud for printing and scanning purposes.

Interactive Demo Tool (IDT)

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Accessories

Printer Stand: SD-24 (Optional)
Desktop Basket: BU-06 (Optional)

Related Consumables

Product Name
Page Yield
Product Type
PFI-050 C (Cyan, 70ml)
Ink Bottle
MC-32
Maintenance Cartridge
PF-08
Print Head

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Specifications

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Specifications

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Printer

Printer Type

4-Colour 24" (610 mm)

Number of Nozzles

4,352 nozzles (BK 1,280 nozzles, C,M,Y: 1,024 nozzles each)

Maximum Print Resolution

2,400 × 1,200 dpi

Nozzle Pitch

1,200 dpi (2 lines)

Line Accuracy*1

± 0.1% or less

Ink Capacity

Sales Ink: 70 ml (BK, C, M, Y)
Bundled Starter Ink: 70 ml (BK, C, M, Y)

Ink Type

Pigment Ink

Printer Language

SG Raster (Swift Graphic Raster)

PDF
USB Memory [Direct Print]
PDF files created using the ScanToPDF function of the application
PDF files created with MPNavigator, My Image Garden, or IJ Scan Utility

JPEG*2
Supported Exif ver2.2/2.21/2.3

Printing Solutions

Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY (iOS/Android), Canon Print Service (Android), Free Layout Plus, PosterArtist, Direct Print Plus, PIXUS/PIXMA Cloud Link, ChromeOS

Management Solutions

Media Configuration Tool, Quick Utility Toolbox, Wi-Fi Connection Assistant, Printer Update Utility

Standard Interfaces (Built-in)

USB A Port
USB Memory (Direct Print)
PDF*3 / JPEG (Exif ver2.2/2.21/2.3)

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

IEEE 802.3 10base-T
IEEE 802.3u 100base-TX
SNMP, HTTP, TCP/IP (IPv4/IPv6)

Wireless LAN:
IEE802.11a/b/g/n/ac
WPA-PSK (TKIP/AES)
WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES)
WPA3-SAE (AES)
WPA-EAP (AES)*4
WPA2-EAP (AES)*4
WPA3-EAP (AES)*4

Standard Memory

1 GB

Print Speed*5

Plain Paper (CAD Drawing)

30 sec (Draft) (Monochrome)

Scanner

Scanner Type

Flatbed (CIS Scanner)

Optical Resolution (dpi)*6

1,200 x 2,400 dpi

Greyscale

16 bit / 8 bit

Colour

RGB 16 bit / 8 bit

Greyscale / Monochrome

1.5 ms/line (300 dpi)

Colour

3.5 ms/line (300 dpi)

Maximum Document Size

A4/LTR (216 x 297 mm)

Media Handling

Media Feed and Output

Roll Paper

One Roll, Top Load, Front Output

Cut Sheet

Top Load, Front Output*7

Media Width (Roll / Cut Sheet)

Roll Width: 297 ~ 610 mm (A3 width to 24");
Cut Sheet Width: 89 ~ 297 mm (A3, A4, Letter, A5, A6)

Media Thickness (Roll / Cut Sheet)

0.08 ~ 0.28 mm

Media Core Size

2 inch core

Min. Printable Length

Roll Paper

203.2 mm

Cut Sheet

127 mm

Max. Printable Length

Roll Paper

4 m*8

Cut Sheet

1,200 mm

Maximum Outer Roll Diameter

110 mm or less

Borderless Printing Width

NA

Margins (Recommended Area)

Roll Paper

Top/Bottom: 5 mm, Left/Right: 5 mm*9

Cut Sheet

Top/Bottom: 5 mm, Left/Right: 5 mm

Margins (Printable Area)

Roll Paper

Top/Bottom: 5 mm, Left/Right: 5 mm*9

Roll Paper (Minimal Margin Print*10)

Top/Bottom: 0 mm, Left/Right: Approx. 0.5 mm

Cut Sheet

Top/Bottom: 5 mm, Left/Right: 5 mm

Dimensions & Weight

Dimensions (W x D x H)

Main Unit

968 × 613 × 395 mm (ASF*11 Opened, OP*12 Opened)
968 × 553 × 395 mm (ASF*11 Opened, OP*12 Closed)
968 × 593 × 245 mm (ASF*11 Closed, OP*12 Opened)
968 × 533 × 245 mm (ASF*11 Closed, OP*12 Closed)

Main Unit + Printer Stand + Basket (SD-24)

968 × 868 × 1,024 mm (ASF*11, OP*12 & Basket Opened)
968 × 720 × 874 mm (ASF*11, OP*12 & Basket Closed)

Main Unit + Desktop Basket (BU-06)

968 × 845 × 1,115*13 mm (ASF*11, OP*12 & Basket Opened)
968 × 595 × 965*13 mm (ASF*11, OP*12 & Basket Closed)

Weight*14

Main Unit

34 kg

Main Unit + Printer Stand + Basket (SD-24)

44 kg

Main Unit + Desktop Basket (BU-06)

35 kg

Packaged Dimensions (W × D × H)

Main Unit

1,120 × 726 × 406 mm

Stand + Basket (SD-24)

1,058 × 826 × 270 mm

Desktop Basket

798 × 301 × 111 mm

Packaged Weight

Main Unit

46 kg

Stand + Basket (SD-24)

20 kg

Desktop Basket

2.0 kg

Power & Operating Requirements

Power Supply

AC 100 - 240 V, 50 - 60 Hz

Power Consumption

Copy Operation*15

Approx. 28 W

Sleep Mode*15

Approx. 1.7 W

Power Off

Approx. 0.07 W

Operating Environment

Temperature

15 ~ 30°C

Humidity

10 ~ 80% RH (no dew condensation)

Acoustic Sound

Acoustic Power*16

Operation: Approx. 6.0 Bels

Acoustic Pressure*16

Operation: Approx. 41.5 dB (A)
Standby: 35 dB (A) or less

Accessories

Printer Stand (Optional)

SD-24

Desktop Basket

BU-06

Consumables

Ink Bottle

PFI-050 (70 ml)
Black / Cyan / Magenta / Yellow

Print Head

PF-08

Maintenance Cartridge

MC-32


  1. User adjustments necessary. Printing environment and media must match those used for the adjustments. CAD paper required: Plain paper, coated paper.
  2. Pixel: Less than 38,400 pixels both vertically and horizontally. The maximum number of pixels varies depending on the function.
  3. PDF supports only files generated by TC Series and Canon IJ products
  4. IEEE802.1X (EAP-TLS/EAP-TTLS/PEAP) supported.
  5. A1 page portrait orientation, plain paper with fastest print mode setting. Print speed (time taken to print one page) does not include time required for data processing, data transfer and pre-printing operations.
  6. Optical resolution is based on the ISO14473 standard and represents the maximum sampling rate for scanning documents.
  7. Comes with optional printer stand (SD-24) and desktop basket (BU-06).
  8. Varies according to the OS and application.
  9. Some photo modes - Top: 30 mm, Bottom: 30 mm.
  10. Supported roll paper widths are 24 inch, 18 inch, 17 inch, A1, A2, A3, B2, B3. The left and right margins are approximately 0.5 mm. There may be a margin of approximately 0.1 ~ 0.8 mm depending on printing conditions and the printing environment. Backlight film, tracing paper and translucent matte film are not supported.
  11. Auto Sheet Feeder.
  12. Operation Panel.
  13. Height above which desktop basket’s cloth does not touch the floor when opening the desktop basket.
  14. Including shaftless roll holder & print head, excluding ink bottles.
  15. Using wired LAN.
  16. Measured based on ISO7779 standard by using 24 inch Standard Plain Paper with the following settings. Canon Standard Plain Paper, Standard mode, Line Drawing/Text mode.

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