FLXflow technology has been added to Canon’s Arizona 1300 series, which brings new productivity and performance features to the flatbed printer series.
Previously known as FLOW technology, the new FLXflow offers not only the original Hold functionality, which helps to hold media on the zoneless flatbed table, but also the new optional Float and Instant Switch functionalities to improve media handling.
Catering to growing mid-volume operations, the Arizona 1300 FLXflow supports a wide variety of substrates and applications. This enables large format graphics printers and other print service providers (PSPs), to efficiently offer customers a wide range of applications for the retail, interior décor, packaging, and industrial market segments.
Mathew Faulkner, director, marketing and innovation, Wide Format Printing Group, Canon EMEA, said: “At Canon, we’re focused on the continuous development of our portfolio by working closely with the market and our customers to evolve our products, from our printer ranges to the software that supports them. With that in mind, we’re now extending the FLXflow technology from the Arizona 2300 series, announced in March this year, to the Arizona 1300 series, giving even more of our customers the capability to be more versatile and deliver high-quality applications with even greater workflow efficiency and productivity. And with its added Float capability, our FLXflow technology makes life much easier for operators to handle irregular or heavy substrates, opening up opportunities to produce an even wider range of applications.”
Offering reduced waste and lower energy consumption than its predecessors, the Arizona 1300 FLXflow has been designed with sustainability in mind. FLXflow technology requires less masking and underlays to hold media in place, resulting in less waste. As LED-UV printers, the series also consumes at least 15% less energy compared with its UV-halide predecessors and offers power-saving features such as first-time-right printing and instant-on functionality. Its inks are GREENGUARD Gold certified, which ensures prints are safe for use in sensitive environments such as hospitals, schools and other public places.
With over 8,000 installations worldwide, Arizona users can now benefit from enhanced productivity, ease of use and application versatility thanks to FLXflow.
