Canon provides FLXflow know-how to the Arizona 1300 sequence
Canon has added its FLXflow know-how to the Arizona 1300 sequence, which brings new productiveness and efficiency options to the flatbed printer sequence. The corporate made this announcement at Printing United.
Beforehand referred to as FLOW know-how, the brand new FLXflow gives not solely the unique ‘maintain’ performance, which helps to carry media down on the flatbed desk, but additionally the brand new non-compulsory ‘float’ and ‘prompt swap’ functionalities to enhance media dealing with.
This enables Arizona customers to learn from enhanced productiveness, print high quality and utility versatility due to FLXflow, a spread of print modes, ease of use, workflow optimisation and UV-LED curing know-how.
Catering to rising mid-volume operations, the Arizona 1300 FLXflow helps all kinds of substrates and functions. This permits massive format graphics printers and different print service suppliers (PSPs) to supply clients a variety of functions for the retail, inside décor, packaging, and industrial market segments extra effectively.
The brand new ‘float’ performance pushes air from the desk upwards to create a cushion, enabling the straightforward positioning of heavy or difficult substrates and lowering the danger of media harm or waste. It additionally leads to the smoother registration of all sorts of media, with a ‘floating with out drifting’ performance enabling a number of items of media to be exactly positioned on the similar time.
The ‘prompt swap’ performance permits the operator to simply change from ‘maintain’ to ‘float’ through the use of the foot pedal(s) for easy operability of the printer, making it simple to take away media from the desk.
Arizona 1300 FLXflow clients also can make the most of the Superior Picture Structure Controls, which permit last-minute changes on the printer, giving further flexibility when positioning substrates on the desk and lowering waste of high-priced supplies. Productiveness is additional enhanced by service help instruments similar to PRISMAservice, which offers predictive upkeep and facilitates authorised distant help by certified service technicians to extend uptime.
Clients of the present Arizona 1300 sequence with FLOW know-how can improve their printer to the most recent model with FLXflow know-how, together with the non-compulsory Float and Instantaneous Swap functionalities.
Upgrades additionally embrace options just like the Superior Picture Structure Controls. They’ll additionally add PRISMA XL Suite workflow software program to supply a preview perform, which permits customers to see what the ultimate product will appear to be earlier than it’s printed whereas permitting them to make any crucial changes.
This makes it doable to preview advanced, multi-layered, textured jobs and to supply value estimates earlier than printing, thus saving time.
“At Canon, we’re targeted on the continual growth of our flatbed know-how by working intently with the market and our clients to evolve our merchandise, from our printer ranges to the software program that helps them,” Canon Manufacturing Printing Australia head of gross sales {and professional} companies Steven Badger mentioned.
“With that in thoughts, we’re now extending the FLXflow know-how from the Arizona 2300 sequence, introduced in March this 12 months, to the Arizona 1300 sequence, giving much more of our clients the aptitude to be extra versatile and ship high-quality functions with even higher workflow effectivity and productiveness.
“And with its added ‘Float’ functionality, our FLXflow know-how makes life a lot simpler for operators to deal with irregular or heavy substrates, opening up alternatives to provide an excellent wider vary of functions.”
Obtainable with the Arizona 1300 FLXflow is PRISMAelevate XL, which permits layered printing as much as a top of 4 mm to assist clients create stand-out, tactile paintings for elevated print functions that improve and broaden their product providing.
It permits clients to discover new functions, similar to high-value, textured, everlasting signage, product ornament, awards, décor supplies and bundle prototyping, in addition to functions for the visually impaired.
PRISMAelevate XL software program makes prints sturdy with out further ending steps, similar to lamination, coating or spray varnishing, and leads to much less waste and better manufacturing effectivity.
Providing lowered waste and decrease vitality consumption than its predecessors, the Arizona 1300 FLXflow requires much less masking and underlays to carry media in place, leading to much less waste.
As LED-UV printers, the sequence additionally consumes a minimum of 15 per cent much less vitality in contrast with its UV-halide predecessors, and gives power-saving options similar to first-time-right printing and instant-on performance. Its inks are UL GREENGUARD Gold licensed, which ensures prints are protected to be used in delicate environments similar to hospitals, colleges and different public locations.
Clients also can make the most of Canon’s remanufacturing programme, the place they’ll commerce of their Arizona printers when buying a alternative. These older techniques are inspected, serviced and ready on the market as refurbished printers, additional extending the lifespan of the Arizona.
The Arizona 1300 FLXflow is obtainable from accredited companions in addition to from Canon’s direct gross sales organisations.
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