The latest Canon wide-format printer, ColorWave 700, is a refreshed version of an old favourite being introduced to the local industry by Haydn Wills, who, as product manager, has years of experience with the technology.
The ColorWave 700 has spread its wings beyond the boundaries of CAD printing with capabilities for high-resolution graphics suitable for print franchises that want to offer new wide format services, like posters, roll-up banners and more, in addition to standard plan and map printing. It is now a brand new engine built on a depth of experience.
Haydn Wills remembers Océ's early venture into wide format with the TCS400 inkjet. That was ten years ago before he headed off to explore other parts of the graphic arts industry as well as spend a couple of years teaching at a university near Shanghai. Now he's back to introduce the latest version of the innovative ColorWave for Canon Professional Print.
“Océ large format printers are the benchmark in productivity and simplicity for plan printing. What we have here is effectively a whole business in a box. Colour and black & white are converging in our world and we are meeting that market demand once again by expanding our core large format capabilities to help our customers become more competitive. The Océ ColorWave 700 offers a unique combination of plan, map and graphical application versatility. It offers high speed, productive printing and operational simplicity that meets the rapidly changing needs of a professional print providers,” he said.
The Océ ColorWave 700 with Océ MediaSense technology, lets shops print on media up to 0.8 mm outputting up to 1,800 A1 CAD drawings or 640 high quality posters per 8-hour working day. It can also print on low-cost uncoated media or high-end specialties to meet customer demands.
Commercial printers can use the Océ ColorWave 700 to consolidate their large format plan and map printing along with graphical applications onto one easy-to-use system. It can replace multiple colour inkjet printing systems and improve efficiency.
Significant technology advancements now deliver results for applications like colour posters, roll-up banners, disposable Point of Sale, modern canvas, wallpaper, etc. A new flexible and simplified service costing model makes it easier for commercial printers to cost graphical applications.
To help save valuable production time, the Automatic Print Assistant selects the print mode, image position and media roll automatically. Six media rolls with 1,200m capacity ensures uninterrupted production. Media rolls can be quickly changed with the built-in roll loading station. The optional Onyx workflow also helps to match specific production needs.
The Océ CrystalPoint technology ensures waterfast prints with sharp lines, high readability of fine details and smooth, even area fills. The high-quality prints have a silk-shine look and feel, independent of the type of media used.