Ainsley Signs has invested in a Canon Colorado 1650 UVgel roll printer from CMYUK. The printer was purchased expressly to boost the throughput times of its banner production. It follows close on the heels of a Kongsberg X24 Digital Cutting Table installation, also purchased from CMYUK last year.

Tradeprint has recently invested in a Canon varioPRINT iX3200. The device, which was installed earlier this year, has helped the company to increase its digital print capacity, drive additional business growth and access new premium markets.

Optimum Signs has installed a Canon Colorado 1650 from CMYUK at its premises in Preston and has garnered immediate star status within the company. “It’s phenomenal,” says MD, Matthew Austin. “I spoke with production manager James Garity who generally runs most of our print work, and his words were: I don’t know how the hell we coped without it. Seriously, it’s just the best thing in the world.”

Leading digital finishing solutions manufacturer Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (Kongsberg PCS) has announced David Preskett has joined the company as Vice President of its operations in the EMEA and APAC regions.

Diversified print solutions provider ADAPT - Amari Digital Printing Technologies has revealed how it will use its stand at The Print Show 2022 to showcase a number of new machines and technologies in the UK for the first time.

Edinburgh-based Pineapple Express has invested in a Canon Colorado 1630 printer. This comes a year on from the installation of the Colorado 1650. Both printers were purchased from CMYUK.

Beacon Print has recently installed a Canon Colorado 1630. Through the acquisition, the organisation hopes to deliver higher quality output to its customers, whilst increasing productivity, new business opportunities and growth into new markets.

Canon Europe has appointed Mathew Faulkner to the role of EMEA Director, Marketing & Innovation, Wide Format Printing Group. In this position, Mathew is responsible for strategic and operational marketing for the wide format printing business, which includes the imagePROGRAF, Colorado, Arizona, ColorWave and PlotWave product lines.

Canon’s large format graphics, roll-to-roll Colorado series is known for giving customers a choice between a velvety matte or vibrant glossy finish with just one ink set. Today at FESPA 2022, we are unveiling the next step for the Colorado series: FLXfinish+, the unique ability to print a mixed matte and gloss finish in one print, at the click of a button.

Canon will be helping print service providers (PSPs) and print factories (Hall 3.2 Stand A30) to ‘Make It BIG’ by being bolder and leaving a more lasting impression on their customers. The bigger the impact, the greater the value. The ‘Make It BIG’ campaign has been developed for this year’s event as a continuation of our ‘Make It’ drive to help print professionals boost business growth, optimise performance and maximise new opportunities in large format graphics. To support customers with this, Canon will be showcasing three European premieres of new large format digital print solutions at the event.

Canon has extended the coverage of its proCARE after-sales service programme for its full Large Format Graphics portfolio and it’s now available for all customers worldwide. Designed for users of the award-winning Arizona flatbed and roll-to-roll Colorado, print service providers and print factories can now benefit from maximised uptime and full cost transparency. By providing on-site support with the fastest response times, and with parts, labour and travel time, preventive maintenance and remote support all included, Canon’s customers benefit from the highest return on investment and continuous production uptime at the highest and most consistent output quality.

In response to the growing demand from the users of its high-volume inkjet production presses, Canon has opened a new state-of-the-art production facility for water-based, polymer inks at its site in Venlo, The Netherlands. With a focus on operational efficiency, the 1500 m2 factory has been created from the shell of an existing building and fitted with the most up-to-date ink manufacturing equipment and levels of automation optimised to consistently deliver high-quality water-based, polymer CMYK inks and to minimise waste. At the same time, the plant has created new jobs, with its 30 employees being a mix of redeployed staff and new hires.

ILFORD is pleased to announce the launch of three new Canvas products: Due to growing consumer and business demand for a diversified canvas program, ILFORD has developed three canvas surfaces to fit various genres of photography or fine art reproduction. The ILFORD Galerie Décor canvas range meets and exceeds the requirements of décor printers where quality to price ratio is paramount and utilizes the maximum print width of the current printers from Canon, Epson and hp of 60 or 64 inches. To increase productivity with a roll width of 64 inches, the roll length has been increased by 3 m to 18 m. 

Building on its successful PRISMA range of print production workflow software, Canon UK & Ireland today introduces PRISMAprepare Go, a secure job submission and file preparation tool for small in-house and commercial print service providers (PSPs). Offered on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, customers can access this affordable, cloud-based workflow service from anywhere, as long as they have internet access and a web browser.

Central London-based 24 hour print and graphics provider First Colour has installed the first Canon Arizona UV 135 GT flatbed printer in the UK to facilitate its ambitious wide-format print growth strategy.

Rutters UK has installed a Canon Colorado 1650 from CMYUK. Ongoing growth has driven the need for this investment as the Cambridge-based business keeps pace with increased demand.

Graduates in CMYUK’s Creatives in Residence Live (CIRL) initiative are about to embark on their first design brief. Entitled Abstract Florals, the three surface designers have until November 5th to produce an A3 swatch book, 3 x wallpaper designs, 3 x natural, and 3 x polyester printed fabrics inspired by florals and verdure.

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, continues to bring new and exciting innovations to large-format printing. Newly launched is the imagePROGRAF GP Series, the world’s first* aqueous inkjet models to include Fluorescent Pink ink. Comprised of the 24-inch imagePROGRAF GP-2000, 44-inch imagePROGRAF GP-4000, 24-inch imagePROGRAF GP-200 and 36-inch imagePROGRAF GP-300, this series produces vivid neon colors for high value added output and graphics that will captivate consumer’s attention and may help to increase print business opportunities.

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that it is the proud recipient of four Pinnacle Product Awards for its Colorado 1630 UVgel roll-to-roll printer and its Arizona 1380 GT, Arizona 2380 GTF and Arizona 2380 XTF flatbed printers, and two Pinnacle InterTech Awards for its Canon UVgel 460 Ink technology and Canon Arizona FLOW technology, as determined by PRINTING United Alliance.

At FESPA Global Print Expo 2021 (12th – 15th October 2021, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Canon (stand 1-F95) will show its smart-investment-level Colorado 1630 and Arizona 135 GT printers for the first time at a live international event. Highlighting how its end-to-end large format graphics solutions enable customers to expand into new markets, Canon will inspire visitors with a vast application range giving sign makers and print service providers a taste of colour.

As print service providers are constantly on the hunt for innovative ways to expand their business, reach new market applications and better meet new and existing customer challenges, ARC Document Solutions, based in San Ramon, CA, has significantly expanded its fleet of Display Graphics products, further establishing itself as a leader in the wide-format print space. As an expert in display graphics including wall and retail graphics, event displays, and marketing materials, ARC Document Solutions, a Canon Solutions America, Inc. customer and the largest digital graphics print provider with 150 print centers in North America, remains a strong competitor in the large format graphics space by continuing to invest in technology, including high-end graphics printers, to help better service its 90,000-plus customers nationwide.