The Power to Move with Canon’s latest large format technology developments at FESPA

Print Solutions

Canon will reveal its latest wide format portfolio developments at FESPA Global Print Expo, 6 to 9 May 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Through real world applications across the retail, interior décor, point of sale and promotional packaging segments, the company will inspire print companies with an array of materials printed on the Arizona, Colorado and imagePrograf printers as part of end to end workflow solutions that include platforms such as Prisma XL Suite and multiple partner products.

Under the overarching theme of ‘The Power to Move’, customer stories will be brought to life, demonstrating how bold, high impact print creates emotional connections, delivers real business momentum and transforms spaces into unforgettable brand experiences. Aligning with FESPA’s theme of ‘Where visionaries meet’, Canon will showcase its collaboration with partners and highlight how it can satisfy the large format graphic needs of customers, helping them push the boundaries to expand their commercial scope.

The stand (hall 25, stand B10) will feature a concept store demonstrating the creative and commercial possibilities of conceptual and real world brands' wide format graphics applications, including interior décor, packaging and point of sale. A diverse selection of customer samples will be displayed, including soft signage, corrugated and luxury packaging, point of sale displays, posters and interior décor elements. The breadth of opportunities with interior décor applications, using wallpaper, acoustic boards, prints on wood, glass, tiles, posters and mosaics, will also be evident. A number of customer case studies will be featured, including Norwegian floristry business, Fiori, which will illustrate in a interior décor business case how strong collaboration in the value chain can maximise the potential of high value print. Elements of Canon’s immersive World Unseen project will also be on display: a photography exhibition which enables everyone – blind, partially sighted and sighted visitors – to experience imagery in an entirely new way, reflecting print’s potential to enrich lives and businesses.

On the stand, the Arizona 2380 GTF flatbed printer with FLXflow technology with roll media option for flexible printing from roll to roll, will demonstrate its intelligent way to not only ‘Hold’ and ‘Float’ media, but also perform an ‘Instant Switch’ between the two modes for easy media handling. As true flatbed printers, the Arizona series can work accurately and highly efficiently with various rigid and flexible substrates, including more challenging media such as cardboard, wood or glass, offering vast application possibilities ideal for a retail or hospitality environment. Optimising the workflow, Prisma XL Suite samples will show how Prismaelevate XL can be used to create printed layers to a height of 4 mm, helping users create stand out, tactile artwork for elevated print applications that enhance and expand their product offering – including braille signage.

The UVgel roll to roll printer, the Colorado M-series, will be printing a variety of large format graphics applications live on the stand. The extensive and premium range of applications it can print will be presented with bright and bold wallpapers, window graphics and soft signage made possible with a number of options, such as the hassle free white ink, FLXfinish+ technology for printing both matte and gloss at the same time, and FLXture for subtle surface details. Visitors will have the opportunity to see both the Arizona and Colorado printers live in action during demonstrations on the stand.

Multiple current and new UVgel Factory configurations featuring the Colorado will be exhibited with different finishing partners to illustrate its broad application options, no matter what a customer’s volume requirements or budget are. These include the UVgel Wallpaper Factory, situated on Fotoba’s stand, which will show how customers can automate production of mass customised wallpaper at high volumes, unattended and around the clock. This end to end solution demonstrates the capability of the Colorado M-series when used in line with the Fotoba jumbo roll feeder, cutter and rewinder to produce a variety of curated wallcoverings. Nearby, on finishing partner Neolt’s stand, will be the UVgel Packaging Factory, which will display cost effective and versatile digital printing for packaging as well as signage, and posters – perfect for short, custom runs. 

Representing the imagePrograf family of water based inkjet printers will be the GP-6600S (152.4 cm), which produces stunning graphics, ensuring precise colour replication for images and corporate colours. Boasting seven colours including orange ink, the GP-6600S can create an eye catching spectrum of colours with Pantone precision, thanks to the innovative Lucia Pro II inks, making it perfect for printing graphic applications in brand colours. The web based poster creation software, PosterArtist, will illustrate to visitors how they can easily create auto generated, attention grabbing posters, banners and flyers to meet all their commercial needs.

Canon will also highlight how its Prisma XL Suite supports print companies to deliver first time right prints and simplifies the production of complex jobs, whether it is printing five layers or creating textured or elevated applications. Visitors will be able to follow the entire workflow management process, from online ordering including file preparation and printing the job, right through to shipment. Encompassing also the software of partners Erpa, Skyco, Symphony, OneVision and Onyx, each automated step will show how a holistic approach to workflow can help respond to constantly changing challenges and to achieve greater profitability. Visitors will also have the opportunity to see a selection of Canon’s vast media portfolio, including sustainably sourced papers, for optimal printing results.

Stuart Rising, head of graphic arts, UK and Ireland, said: ‘At this year’s FESPA Global Print Expo, we will showcase our latest developments and the breadth of Canon’s large format technology portfolio, proving to our customers how we can support them to create impactful applications and open up commercial opportunities. By continuously evolving our technologies to have the latest cutting edge features and print effects and working with our partners to optimise the end to end workflow process, print comapnies can expand their product offering to provide unique, high quality applications, whether for retail, interior décor, point of sale or promotional packaging. 

‘At FESPA, we will bring our innovation story to life with exciting product developments and by demonstrating specialist applications expertise and agile business models that support customers to futureproof their businesses. In a world where grabbing and keeping attention is every brand owner’s challenge, eye popping, colourful print really has ‘The Power to Move’, stimulating the kind of emotional responses from consumers that are critical to commercial success. This could be the joy of engaging with beautiful artwork, the motivation to respond to an out of home graphic, or the anticipation of unboxing a new product – we are celebrating print’s unique ‘attention power’.’