Canon launched the Océ Auto Pilot, a solution that automates cutting, creasing and kiss cutting of printed output from any printer, including the Océ Arizona series and Océ Colorado 1640, on an Océ ProCut cutting table, delivering measurable productivity gains and minimising the need for operator intervention to finish printed jobs.
Océ Auto Pilot picks up registration marks on the printed output using Canon EOS imaging technology. The ceiling-mounted device then instructs the Océ ProCut software to instigate the required finishing process to the exact specification of each individual job on the cutting table. Océ 
Auto Pilot has been developed by Canon in collaboration with Zünd Skandinavien.
Canon is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the launch of the Océ Arizona series of digital flatbed printers.
Mark Lawn, director, graphic and communications group Canon Europe, commented: ‘We’re immensely proud of the role Océ Arizona has played in the evolution of thousands of businesses since its launch in 2007, and to see its impact so widely acknowledged by the market.
‘The Océ Arizona series has been pivotal to the digital revolution in wide format, enabling print service providers of all sizes to embrace the potential of flatbed technology for graphics, decorative and functional applications. Océ Arizona has helped signmakers and graphics producers to migrate successfully from analogue processes and unlock the potential of digital technology, in particular for creative, high-value customised applications on rigid materials.’
Canon is also introducing a new High Flow Vacuum option for the Océ Arizona 6100 Series. The new vacuum option is designed to improve handling of challenging rigid media such as corrugated board, plywood, MDF and fibreboard. These materials, while increasingly popular for structural displays and short-run packaging applications, are notoriously hard to control on the printer bed, impacting negatively on productivity and requiring labour-intensive workarounds.
Compared with a standard vacuum system, the new High Flow Vacuum option generates more than 15 times the continuous air flow to the media surface, making it easy to print without the need for adhesive tape or gripper mechanisms to control the substrate.
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