MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on
its heritage in flatbed printing, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging
solutions, announced today the new Arizona 2300 Series UV curable flatbed
printers for the wide format print market. This series is designed
to help customers speed up production, improve operational
efficiencies and fuel growth opportunities through its new
applications.
The Arizona 2300
Featuring a true stationary flatbed table structure, this series
is built around the entirely new Arizona FLOW technology, a unique
vacuum technique that supports a zone-less, multi-origin table
layout. FLOW technology offers up to 20 percent more productivity,
as it requires less masking and taping, and is supported by
easy-to-use, three-sided pneumatic registration pins to better
secure the substrate in place on the table. The pneumatic
registration pins allow customers to print from edge to edge on the
substrate, to align substrates to either the left or the right edge
of the table, or both. Users can also easily and accurately print
double-sided, as well as confidently print on odd-shaped, heavy,
smooth or pre-cut media without the use of a jig.
For added convenience, no operator time is required for taping
the media down, resulting in faster changeover between jobs,
shorter set-up times, and hassle-free job switching. Through its
FLOW technology, printing on unusual and more challenging media,
including canvas, wood and glass, or even printing large images
tiled over multiple large boards, can be accomplished far easier
than ever before. As a result of these features, customers can
expect to reduce waste, improve turnaround time and reduce
labor.
Additionally, this series also provides customers with the
ability to print up to 1,001 ft2/hr., helping to
streamline and improve productivity. The automated maintenance
system offers hands-free printhead maintenance and reduces downtime
by restoring nozzle function in as little as 24 seconds—including
white ink, which can be difficult to maintain. Furthermore, its
high-resolution camera alignment system enables easy, quick and
precise printhead alignment and flatbed table mapping.
With Arizona Xpert, the Arizona
2300 Series offers self-learning capabilities so users can
design—and then repeat—complex, multi-layered projects. This
software is equipped with machine learning capabilities to help
customers when they want to print a similar application, saving
them set-up time and automating the production process.
Sustainable by Design
The Arizona 2300 offers UV-LED
curing for 40 percent less energy consumption than our traditional
curing systems and has been safety certified for the North American
market by TÜV and DGUV.
The Arizona 2300 is very
economical to operate and uses less than 0.74 ml per square foot on
average, including maintenance. The right ink droplet size is used
across each print for low ink consumption, and the series' UV inks
have been UL GREENGUARD Gold certified, making prints safe for use
in schools and hospitals. An air filtration option is also
available to maintain a healthy working environment for customers
with less than ideal surroundings.
A New Dimension of Possibilities
Customers can achieve advanced print quality, print after print,
across a broad media range, at fast production speeds as a result
of the series' high-key print mode, pixel placement compensation,
enhanced screening and the award-winning VariaDot printhead
technology. This technology offers bright white inks and a clear,
glossy varnish, which can help customers optimize configurations
for high-value, high-margin applications.
The roll media option also allows customers to explore a vast
range of roll media, including thin, heat-sensitive media, such as
vinyl, up to 86.6 inches wide. This feature allows customers to
easily switch between rigid and flexible media jobs with no machine
preparation. Businesses can meet any customer demand for printing
on hard plastic materials, such as acrylic, polycarbonate and
styrene. To support this, a static suppression upgrade kit,
providing active suppression of static electricity, can be added at
any time.
The Arizona 2300 Series can
also be equipped with Canon's textured printing software,
Touchstone, enabling the addition of texture effects to
applications such as point-of-purchase displays and interior decor
products, including wallpaper, fine art reproductions and much
more.
"We are committed to the research and development of our flatbed
series with a focus on smart productivity, application versatility
and sustainability. With our customers in mind, the Arizona 2300 Series will make the production
process smarter and more automated, enabling our customers to have
the time to focus on what matters the most: growing their
business," said Shinichi Yoshida,
executive vice president and general manager, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "With the addition of the new
Arizona 2300 series to our
portfolio, we have a range of large format solutions to suit any
and every print need of our customers. We are confident the new
flatbed printers will enable them to boost profits, expand their
application possibilities and open up new market opportunities,
while achieving operational excellence."
The new Arizona 2300 Series is
commercially available starting September 1,
2020.
For more information on the Arizona 2300 Series, please visit
csa.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A.,
Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading
provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital
imaging solutions to the United
States and to Latin America
and the Caribbean markets. With
approximately $33 billion in global
revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third
overall in U.S. patents granted in 2019† and was named one of
Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2020. Canon
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