Canon Debuts UVgel Wide-Format Printer

Canon U.S.A., Inc. a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced a new print technology that will offer large format graphics print providers unique levels of print speed, quality, automation, and cost of operation.

The new Océ Colorado 1640. (Canon/ LEDinside)

The new Océ Colorado 1640, a 64 inch roll-to-roll printer, is designed to deliver exceptional productivity for high quality indoor and outdoor graphics. Customers will be able to easily handle peak periods with fully automated media loading of multiple online rolls, confidently print unattended with on-the-fly quality assurance, produce instantly cured prints on a wide variety of media including heat sensitive media, and help cut expenses with segment-leading low operating costs.

UVgel Technology

At the heart of the new Océ Colorado 1640 is Canon's recently announced UVgel technology. This technology combines a radically new UV curable ink from Canon that instantly gels on contact with the media, an advanced "self-aware" piezoelectric printhead technology, an LED-based UV system that cures without adding any damaging heat to the media, and continuous, on-the-fly, printhead nozzle monitoring and performance compensation.

These unique technologies come together to create a 64" roll-to-roll printer that sets new standards for quality, productivity, automation, application range, and operating costs.

Breakthrough Productivity

The new Océ Colorado 1640 is the fastest 64 inch printer on the market. It boasts a top speed of 1710 square feet per hour and delivers high quality, POP prints at 430 square feet per hour faster than any competing system in this segment. The new, technologically advanced UVgel ink instantly gels on contact with media resulting in precise dot gain and positional control, perfectly repeatable images, and instantly cured, durable prints.

The state-of-the-art low temperature LED-UV curing system moves independently from the printing carriage thus enabling uniform, post-print UV curing that further contributes to print speed and print quality. Confident unattended printing, automated quality assurance, unattended roll change, and reduced print waste all significantly contribute to overall productivity.

Broad Application Range

The Océ Colorado 1640 is excellent for both indoor and outdoor applications. It delivers a large color gamut, similar to solvent inks but combines this with the environmental benefits and safety profile of latex and UV-cured systems.

The result is nearly odorless, VCL-free, durable, colorfast, high quality prints even on the thinnest, most heat-sensitive media. Canon's unique UVgel technology features ultra-thin ink dispersion with almost no discernible physical profile on the media surface. Prints feel uniquely smooth, unlike other UV ink technologies, and satisfy the highest environmental standards for indoor usage with a virtually odorless profile.

Lowest Operating Cost

Canon's unique UVgel technology features ink consumption much lower than competitive technologies, as much as 40 percent lower. This technical advantage is matched with a competitive ink price, making the ink cost of production significantly lower than competing technologies.

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In summary, this proprietary UVgel technology, consisting of both inks and print heads from Canon, will offer large format graphics print providers significant benefits to existing eco-solvent or Latex ink technology, including:

The world's fastest 64 inch roll-roll printer with a maximum usable print speed of 1710 square feet per hour and a high quality POP mode at 430 square feet per hour.
Up to 40 percent reduction in ink/printing costs compared to other technologies such as latex
Industrial designed production printer capable of printing higher print volumes and built to withstand high duty cycles
Very high print quality across a wide range of applications without having to significantly compromise productivity by reducing speed
Extremely easy and fast media loading and automatic switching with the support of 2 in-line rolls
On-the-fly quality assurance technology facilitates unattended printing and reduced print waste
Automated maintenance provides consistent print quality and higher uptime

This product will have its first public debut in the U.S.A. at the ISA International Sign Expo in April of 2017. In conjunction with the first commercially available units, pricing and specification details will be released at that time.

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