Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) today announced the
availability of the next generation of its industry leading Fiery®
production printing platform. Digital front ends (DFEs) based on
EFI Fiery FS300 Pro platform drive presses across sheetfed,
high-speed continuous feed, B1 folding carton, and corrugated
digital production systems. These new products retain Fiery
technology’s position as the world’s most productive and versatile
DFE platform offering with new features in the key areas that print
customers care about: color, performance, usability and
integration.
“With the trend toward shorter runs and faster turnaround times,
digital print shops need systems that make every minute and every
step count. Shops can double the processing speed on more types of
jobs with Fiery HyperRIP enhancements on the Fiery NX Premium print
server,” said John Henze, vice president of marketing at EFI.
“Higher Fiery processing speed enables 10x the throughput than
before on Fiery XB print servers, driving print engines all the way
to 2,400 ppm and beyond.”
The Fiery FS300 Pro platform comes with the new, free Version 6
of Fiery Command WorkStation®, the most popular production print
job management solution in the industry, estimated to be used by
more than a quarter million print professionals.
Fiery Command WorkStation: more productive than
ever
The Fiery FS300 Pro platform is accompanied by a completely
redesigned Command WorkStation that dramatically improves the
industry’s most trusted job management application. In less than
two months, more than 41,000 have already upgraded to the new
version to run their print shops more productively.
“It was an easy transition to Command WorkStation 6,” said Dan
Moore, print operator, Star Digital Print in Lincoln, Nebraska. “As
soon as we upgraded, we realized we can find specific jobs faster
with the new search tools. We have an overall faster experience
interacting with jobs and working with presets and templates to
automate our workflows and keep our engines busy. We’ve found
Command WorkStation 6 to be a reliable and robust way to manage
print jobs across our three print engines.”
Another company using the software, New Delhi, India-based
Avantika Printers Pvt. Ltd., produces more work per shift thanks to
the Command WorkStation 6’s strengthened search features. Himanshu
Pandey, director of Avantika Printers in Delhi, India, “The
transition to Command WorkStation 6 increased the productivity of
Avantika’s shop floor by 15%.”
Version 6 features a number of productivity enhancements,
including:
- The ability to manage a variety of printers across the
production operation by connecting to Fiery Driven™ cutsheet,
high-speed inkjet presses, and, in 2018, wide- and superwide-format
printers.
- Previews for all jobs and new search tools that provide faster
ways to interact with jobs. Job views can also be customized to
specific needs, such as by media, to help prioritize print
production.
- The ability to reprint a job faster and more consistently by
using saved rasters on already printed jobs.
- Home, a new view in Command WorkStation 6 that provides
at-a-glance status of all connected Fiery servers and a snapshot of
key print production statistics.
- New versions of Fiery Impose, Compose and JobMaster™ fully
integrated and accessed directly through Command WorkStation, which
enables users to produce high-value print products more profitably,
in less time and with fewer clicks. Imposition layout is simplified
and users can more easily create gangup layout templates to
automate job imposition which can turn a 10-minute job preparation
into 10 seconds.
Uncompromising color out of the
boxAs with previous Fiery generations, the FS300
Pro platform places significant emphasis on delivering outstanding
color out of the box while also offering tools for expert
interaction with the system.
The Fiery FS300 Pro platform features easy prioritization of
spot color edits on a job basis to satisfy customers' specific
color preferences.
Fiery ImageViewer enhancements include Object Inspector and
Total Area Coverage features that help identify imaging problems
related to particular object types. Operators can diagnose and
troubleshoot color problems without going back to the source files,
savings hours in turnaround time to get jobs out.
“Keypoint Intelligence’s software investment surveys have
consistently told us that workflow automation, managing shorter
runs, and capturing shop floor data to use in business decisions
are key areas of interest for print service providers,” according
to industry analyst Pat McGrew, Production Workflow Director,
Keypoint Intelligence. “With the Fiery FS300 Pro and the new
Command WorkStation, EFI is responding to what printers want most
from their DFEs.”
The Fiery NX Station: advanced design for high
productivityThe new Fiery workstations feature a
compact, ergonomic design that has the comfort of the operator in
mind and requires 20% less floor space than previous generations.
The height of the NX Station LS work surface adjusts by six inches
(15 cm) for optimum user comfort. The LS workstation’s proximity
sensor automatically displays Command WorkStation when the operator
is near. In addition to the LS workstation’s large, adjustable
27-inch monitor, Fiery NX servers include a unique 7-inch
touchscreen display, with Fiery QuickTouch software that provides
fast views of job status information and access to server
management.
“These enhancements just scratch the surface of what users will
see with the new Fiery FS300 Pro platform and Command WorkStation
6,” EFI’s Henze added. “The first implementations by our partners
will be at Print 17, September 10-14 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Visitors to EFI’s booth 2302 at the show will get an in-depth view
of how Fiery FS300 Pro and Command WorkStation 6 can fuel business
growth through increased productivity, profitability and print
quality.”
About EFI
EFI™ is a global technology company,
based in Silicon Valley, and is leading the worldwide
transformation from analog to digital imaging for industries and
market segments where imaging and color matter. We are passionate
about fueling customer success with products that increase
competitiveness and boost productivity. To do that, we develop
breakthrough technologies for commercial printing and publishing
and for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic
tiles, and personalized documents, with a wide range of printers,
inks, digital front ends, and a comprehensive business and
production workflow suite that transforms and streamlines the
entire production process. (www.efi.com)
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