Colorado Goes Rigid: Canon Launches New Colorado XL Wide-Format Printer

When Canon launched the Colorado series of wide-format printers in 2017, it was touted as a game-changer in terms of speed. The “decoupling” of UV ink printing and curing via the company’s then-brand-new UVgel ink technology meant that print speeds could be two to five times the speed of competitive printing technologies. The rollfed Colorado complemented the company’s Arizona line of flatbed UVs and today, the Colorado, Arizona, and Texas comprise Canon’s “tri-state” lines of wide-format printers.

The Colorado line was revamped in 2023 with the introduction of the Colorado M-Series, which took a modular approach to the device, and, perhaps most importantly, added white ink.

So what would be the next logical development for the Colorado line? Yes: a rigid media option. Enter the Colorado XL Series. A 3.4m-wide device, the new Colorado XL7 comes in two primary configurations—the XL7R (rollfed) and the XL7H (hybrid). Additional configurations include the XL7RW and XL7HW (the rollfed and hybrid versions add white ink) and the XL7RWPRO and XL7HWPRO (the base configurations include white ink and support Canon’s FLXfinish+, which allows users to add gloss or matte finish—even both on the same print).

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About Richard Romano

Richard Romano is Managing Editor of WhatTheyThink. He curates the Wide Format section on WhatTheyThink.com. He has been writing about the graphic communications industry for more than 25 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than half a dozen books on printing technology and business. His most recent book is “Beyond Paper: An Interactive Guide to Wide-Format and Specialty Printing.

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