Over the years, countless artists have come to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, an institution adjacent to the Art Institute of Chicago that consistently ranks among the top three art schools in the United States.
Students in the photography department have access to the school's photography studio 24 hours a day, where they are free to process and print their work using computers.
Uncompromising by virtue of their youth, these budding artists harbor a sense of creativity that at times demands subtle expressions of color.

For this reason, color matching for the printout that represents their work in its final form is especially crucial. Since color output differs subtly from printer to printer, students used to perform constant color recalibrating and re-printing to achieve the colors they wanted. In the end, some students even discovered "favorite printers" that produced the colors they had in mind, but this search took precious time away from the creative process.

The school introduced Canon large-format inkjet printers to solve this problem. The decision was based on Canon's sophisticated color management technology, which the company uses to realize consistent high-quality color in its entire lineup of input and output devices, including cameras and printers. No matter who uses which printer at what time, students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago can now produce artwork with reliable color expression. With its printers being used 24 hours a day in what one professor describes as "rough handling," Canon responds to the enthusiasm of these young artists in their bid to express a new kind of beauty with consistent color performance, today and every day.