Canon UVgel Packaging Factory
End-to-end automated solution for digital packaging production. With the UVgel Packaging Factory, you can add the power of in-house digital packaging printing to your business.
1. JRL 170 Jumbo roll loader
A motorised Fotoba Jumbo Roll JRL 170 feeds media to the Colorado.
2. Colorado M-series
The Colorado M-series large format roll-to-roll printer with UVgel technology then prints the packaging designs.
3. XLA170 Cutter
A Fotoba XLA170 system cuts the output to the correct size.
4. ST170 output stacker
Fotoba ST170 stacker/output table, where you the cut output is stacked. The printed top liner sheets will then be fed into the corrugator or laminated to finished boards. The boards can then be converted in the final packaging.
Flexible, cost-effective and future proof digital printing with UVgel
Are you a corrugated packaging converter currently outsourcing digital printing? Or perhaps you’re a packaging printer outsourcing your short-run or variable data printing.
No matter what your requirements, the Canon Colorado UVgel Packaging Factory provides a productive and profitable digital alternative to litho lamination. It enables in-house digital printing, allowing for short, custom runs at digital speeds and quality, enhancing your creative offerings. Digital printing provides low start-up costs, high flexibility, and quick turnaround times.
Now you can meet the growing demand for custom packaging in a way that integrates seamlessly into your existing workflows.
Pre-print corrugated explained
Pre-print corrugated means digital printing on a liner material that is later laminated to a corrugated base substrate, creating a high-quality printed package. It can be viewed as the digital version of litho lamination.
Pre-print involves printing the top liner on a large roll or sheets before it is fed into the corrugator or laminated to finished board. As such, pre-print has often been printed using offset for its historically higher image quality, but this is changing as new technologies such as UVgel emerge.
Find new, profitable opportunities
50 boxes in 6 different languages? 200 boxes in several different colours? Major clients who would prefer you to handle all their packaging printing needs, even the small orders? With the UVgel Packaging Factory, you can say ‘yes’ to these jobs with confidence.
Whether it’s high-end packaging for a premium look and feel, personalized e-commerce packaging, seasonal point-of-sale displays or packaging prototypes. UVgel has got you covered.
Digitally printed packaging examples
UVgel at the heart
Our UVgel technology, which is at the core of our Colorado roll-to-roll printers, is a perfect fit for printing a broad range of applications. It delivers the productivity, quality, speed, and versatility which today’s market demands.
A unique ‘print-then-cure’ technology with instant-dry gel inks, cured with UV LED lights. The advantage of a gel over a fluid is that it is possible to deposit more ink in less passes, without the ink flowing in and over the medium. Ensuring razor-sharp prints with a wide colour gamut and consistently repeatable over time and over different machines. Odourless and extremely durable.Watch the video
Why UVgel for digital packaging printing?
UVgel is a technology that combines all the advantages of the traditional ink technologies while, at the same time, eliminating many of their limitations.
Print on standard media
- Use the same media as analogue printing
- Print up to 1640mm width
- Media drawer holds two 50kg rolls
- Option to use jumbo media rolls up to 400kg
Compatible with analogue workflows
- Use the same media as analogue printing
- Print up to 1640mm width
- Media drawer holds two 50kg rolls
- Option to use jumbo media rolls up to 400kg
Robust Print quality
- Gloss, matte or gloss and matte in one print : FLXfinish+
- FLXture for relief prints
- High quality offset look and feel
- Hassle-free white ink
- Stretchable ink – no cracks
- Easy layered printing with PRISMAguide XL
- Robust ink – no need for film laminate
Modular productivity
- Fully modular and field-upgradeable Colorado printer
- Roll-to-sheet – cut and stack
- Roll-to-roll – offline sheet cutting
- Roll-to-inline – sheet cutting and stacking
- Jumbo roll-to-roll
Seamlessly integrate digital packaging excellence
In a business centered on high-volume offset printing and litho-lamination, the UVgel Packaging Factory integrates seamlessly into your workflow. You can print on the same media as your analogue press, maintaining the type, size, and flawless finish, then continue with your standard litho-lamination process. The UVgel Packaging Factory not only provides digital freedom but also produces robust prints that do not require lamination, can be glossy and matte in the same output, and offer impressive print quality. With its high automation level, you can confidently leave prints running overnight.