Canon Solutions announces Canon UVgel Wallpaper Factory

Canon Solutions America, Inc. announced Canon UVgel Wallpaper Factory, an integration between the Colorado Printer Series and UVgel technology and finishing partner Fotoba. This solution is ideal for the automated production of customized wallpapers and will be available soon as a complete end-to-end solution for new customers and as an upgrade for existing Colorado roll-to-roll large format printers.

The UVgel Wallpaper Factory is a modular workflow solution consisting of a motorized Fotoba Jumbo Roll media loader (JRL) connected to the front of a Colorado series printer to help customers automatically cut flexible media into custom sizes and lengths. For an added convenience, with the embedded taping unit, print jobs can be as simple as “print, cut, rewind, and tape,” allowing wallpaper rolls to be available for quick delivery. For regular print jobs, the two media drawers of the Colorado remain accessible.

As dimensional stability and color consistency are critical in wallpaper production, UVgel technology offers optimal control of dot gain and delivers brilliant color consistency print after print — even across multiple printers and at different times, which can be beneficial for those producing large volumes of multi-panel wallcoverings, the company says. Colorado’s UVgel inks do not require heat to dry, eliminating room for media distortion and resulting in a finished product.