Canon Boosts Productivity and Ease of Use of Arizona 2300 Series of Flatbed Printers with Addition of FLXflow Technology
Canon at present publicizes the Arizona 2300 sequence with FLXflow expertise, which brings new productiveness options to the flatbed printer sequence. Constructing on the present expertise, the brand new FLXflow provides not solely the unique ‘Maintain’ performance, which helps to carry media on the zoneless flatbed desk, but in addition the brand new elective ‘Float’ and ‘On the spot Swap’ functionalities to enhance media dealing with. Additional options, comparable to further high quality modes, picture structure controls and improved workflow integration, along with an interface that connects automation techniques for steady loading and unloading media, ship elevated workflow effectivity and productiveness.
Additionally being launched is the most recent PRISMAelevate XL launch 2.1, which doubles the printing peak of supported Arizona flatbed printers to 4 mm to assist customers create stand-out, tactile paintings for elevated print purposes that improve and develop their product providing.
Optimised usability
Catering to the mid-to-high quantity marketplace for giant format graphics, the Arizona 2300 FLXflow helps all kinds of substrates and purposes. This permits clients, each in-house or industrial print service suppliers (PSPs), to repeatedly adapt to evolving client traits, such because the rising demand for personalised and made-to-order purposes, whereas guaranteeing that customisation stays economically viable, even for samples and one-off orders.
Providing distinctive, patented performance that not solely permits customers to carry but in addition to drift the media, FLXflow comes with three functionalities – Maintain, Float and On the spot Swap – permitting customers to maneuver heavier and irregular-sized media quicker and extra simply across the desk. The Maintain performance, a characteristic of the unique FLOW expertise, works by conserving the media in place with a patented airflow approach. Utilizing computerized measurement and adjustment of airflow ranges to firmly and precisely maintain varied kinds of media in place, the performance ends in versatile positioning with far much less masking and taping, enabling operators to finish jobs extra shortly.
The brand new Float performance is an elective characteristic that pushes air from the desk upwards to create a cushion, enabling the straightforward positioning of heavy or difficult substrates, comparable to glass or giant Dibond and plywood sheets, and decreasing the chance of media injury or waste. It additionally ends in the smoother registration of all kinds of media, with a ‘floating with out drifting’ performance enabling a number of items of media to be exactly positioned on the identical time. The On the spot Swap characteristic permits the operator to simply change from Maintain to Float through the use of the foot pedals for easy operability of the printer, making it simple to take away media from the desk and decreasing the chance of injury.
Elevated and textured printing for infinite creativity
The most recent launch 2.1 of PRISMAelevate XL doubles the printing peak to 4 mm to assist customers create stand-out, tactile paintings for elevated print purposes that improve and develop their product providing. It permits customers to discover new purposes, comparable to high-value, textured, everlasting signage, product ornament, awards, décor supplies and package deal prototyping, in addition to purposes for the visually impaired. Prints are sturdy with out the necessity for added ending steps, comparable to lamination, coating or spray varnishing, which ends up in much less waste and better manufacturing effectivity.
Maximise Uptime
Arizona 2300 FLXflow customers may also benefit from the brand new Superior Picture Format Controls, which permit last-minute changes on the printer, giving further flexibility when positioning substrates on the desk and decreasing waste of costly supplies. Productiveness is additional enhanced by service assist instruments comparable to PRISMAservice, which offers predictive upkeep and facilitates authorised distant help by certified service technicians to maximise uptime.
In-field upgradability
Clients of the present Arizona 2300 with FLOW expertise can improve their printer to the most recent model with FLXflow functionalities, together with the elective Float and On the spot Swap options. Upgrades additionally embrace new options just like the Superior Picture Format Controls. Or they’ll add PRISMA XL Suite workflow software program to supply a preview operate, which permits customers to see what the ultimate product will appear like earlier than it’s printed, whereas permitting them to make any crucial changes. Saving time, this makes it doable to preview advanced, multi-layered, textured jobs and to supply value estimates earlier than printing.
Mathew Faulkner, Director, Advertising & Innovation, Huge Format Printing Group, Canon EMEA says: “At Canon we’re centered on the continual improvement of our flatbed expertise by working intently with the market and our clients to evolve our merchandise, from our printer ranges to the software program that helps them. With that in thoughts, we’ve designed our Arizona 2300 FLXflow to be versatile and ship high-quality, purposes with better workflow effectivity and productiveness, whereas our service assist instruments comparable to PRISMAservice, assist to keep up the very best uptime for our clients for optimum productiveness. And with the brand new functionalities of our FLXflow expertise, with its added ‘Float’ functionality, it’s making life a lot simpler for operators to deal with irregular or heavy substrates, opening up alternatives to supply a wider vary of high-value purposes.
“Mixed with our newest launch of PRISMAelevate XL, able to delivering prints at 4 mm elevation, the chances have been opened up even additional. Clients repeatedly shock us with the inventive purposes they produce, and we will’t wait to see what they create with these new functionalities.”
Designed with the atmosphere in thoughts
With lowered waste and decrease vitality consumption than its predecessors, the Arizona 2300 FLXflow has been designed to be extra sustainable. FLXflow expertise requires much less masking and underlays to carry media in place, leading to much less waste. The sequence additionally consumes at the very least 15% much less vitality in contrast with its UV-halide predecessors, and provides power-saving options comparable to first-time-right printing and instant-on performance. Its inks are GREENGUARD Gold licensed, which ensures prints are secure to be used in delicate environments, comparable to hospitals, faculties and different public locations.
The Arizona 2300 with FLXflow expertise is modular, providing in-field upgradability with a Roll Media Choice and FLXflow expertise. The modular construct is in step with different current improvements in Canon flatbed and roll-to-roll merchandise such because the Colorado M-series and will increase the longevity of the machine and offers a sensible and extra sustainable method to spend money on expertise as a enterprise grows, fairly than needing to spend money on a brand new machine.
Clients may also benefit from Canon’s remanufacturing programme, the place they’ll commerce of their well-loved, used Arizona printers when buying a substitute. These older techniques are inspected, serviced and ready on the market as refurbished printers, additional extending the lifespan of the Arizona.
The Arizona 2300 FLXflow will likely be obtainable from June 2024, and it’ll have its stay debut at ISA, Orlando (FL), USA from 10-12th April, 2024. For its first public exhibiting in Europe, the Arizona 2300 FLXflow will likely be producing stay at drupa 2024 at Canon’s stand in Corridor 8a, Stand B41-1 to B41-8. PRISMAelevate XL 2.1 is offered from 10th April by way of accredited companions in addition to Canon’s direct gross sales organisations.
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