Currie Group delivers first APAC sale of new Canon Colorado XL Hybrid to CMYKhub

27 May 2026

Pictured left to right on Canon’s FESPA stand in Barcelone are Heath Burgess and Steven Badger from Canon Production Printing and Paul Whitehead – Currie Group

Trade print specialist CMYKhub has become the first company in the Asia Pacific region to purchase the Canon Colorado XL-series, Canon’s newly launched 3.4m hybrid UVgel printer. The printer was purchased through Currie Group at FESPA Global print Expo 2026 in Barcelona last week, where it made its global debut.

Paul Whitehead Business Unit Manager – Sign and Display at Currie Group, says: “The trust CMYKhub has built not only in UVgel technology and Canon, but also in Currie Group’s local support, service and partnership approach, was central to the purchasing decision. CMYKhub is already one of Australia’s most committed users of Canon’s UVgel technology, already running six Colorado M5 1.6m printers across multiple sites nationwide. That depth of experience with the platform naturally gives them a high level of confidence in the XL-series hybrid and what this brings to the table over the existing 1.6-metre Colorado is not simply scale, but capability. The machine handles both flexible roll media and rigid substrates, opening up a significantly broader application gamut for a business that, until now, has operated within the 1.6-metre format.”

Alan Nankervis, CMYKhub National Wide Format Manager, adds: “We’re really happy with our existing Canon Colorado fleet: the speed and quality is outstanding. But this new machine will allow us to retire some outdated equipment and bolster our existing UVgel Canon equipment providing consistency across the board. It has the added bonus of being flexible in how we use it, to enable us to run rolls and rigid media through it, which will provide redundancy to our flatbed printers.”

The Colorado XL-series is built on the same UVgel foundation as its smaller sibling, using Canon’s gel-based inkjet technology to produce durable, high-quality output suited to a wide range of indoor and outdoor applications. The addition of rigid media brings the XL-series into a broader market – one where CMYKhub can leverage its trade offering and, in turn, give its print customers access to a wider range of substrates and finished products through a single, trusted supplier.

For Currie Group, securing CMYKhub as the first XL-series customer in the region is a meaningful commercial milestone. Currie Group is now looking ahead to a broader market launch later this year to give the local industry its first hands-on exposure to the machine.

Whitehead says: “UVgel has steadily built a loyal following in the ANZ wide-format market on the strength of its print quality, media flexibility and low-maintenance reliability. With the XL-series extending those qualities to a 3.4 metre format with rigid capability, the platform is well placed to attract a new wave of investment from operators looking to expand their application range without moving away from a technology they already know and trust, so we’re confident that once people get to see this technology in person, the CMYKhub sale will prove to be the first of many.”