Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) continues to
revolutionise the future of printing by introducing new
technologies at this year’s FESPA Global Expo in Berlin. At hall
2.2, stand B30, EFI™ will unveil its next-generation hybrid
flatbed/roll platform technology – the EFI VUTEk® h series printers
built from the ground up to offer higher quality, more capabilities
and better productivity up to 109 boards per hour.
EFI’s exhibit also features the launch of a breakthrough
industrial textile pigment ink technology for direct-to-textile
production. The new EFI Reggiani pigment ink technology gives users
a faster, environmentally friendly production process with inline
polymerisation that requires less water, less energy and less
processing time, with no washing or steaming needed. In addition,
the ink’s excellent fastness properties and high printability
sharpness will allow printing on a wide range of fabrics with the
fine-detail designs. The new pigment textile technology completes
the outstanding range of innovations EFI Reggiani has presented
over the past year, with unparalleled new products including the
FLEXY digital printer launched at last year’s FESPA tradeshow and
the brand-new EFI Reggiani COLORS printer launched last month.
Other new innovations at the 15-18 May tradeshow include the EFI
VUTEk FabriVU® 340i, an aqueous soft signage printer that combines
superior-quality imaging with efficient, in-line fixation for fast,
all-in-one fabric soft signage production. FESPA attendees can also
witness the next generation in digital print job management with
version 7 of EFI’s Fiery® wide- and superwide-format production
digital front ends (DFEs) and updated Fiery Command WorkStation®
software. Together, these two products help unify production
operations by giving users the ability to manage cut-sheet,
continuous-feed, wide-format, and superwide-format digital print
devices from a single user interface (UI).
EFI’s technologies, including the products the company is
presenting in Berlin, create streamlined digital production
operations that help customers drive greater throughput with less
waste and faster turnaround times. For example, Bremen,
Germany-based printing company Medienhaven GmbH is getting more
throughput from its digital production equipment using the new EFI
Fiery XF 7 DFE and Fiery Command WorkStation.
“It’s great to have the same UI at different workstations to
drive both our cut-sheet and wide-format printers,” said
Medienhaven Managing Director Peer Rüdiger. “We estimate we'll save
around 10% in downtime by not having to switch applications to
administer different printer technologies and Fiery servers.”
Designed for high-volume production of premium signage
and graphicsThe new VUTEk h series of 3.2-metre wide
hybrid LED printers launching at FESPA is the culmination of EFI’s
decades of experience in signage and graphics production
technologies as the world’s leading manufacturer and developer of
UV and LED inkjet superwide-format printers and inks. The printers’
new, high-velocity 7-picolitre UltraDrop™ Technology greyscale
printhead imaging delivers precision dot placement and consistency
from print to print at high production speeds. The printers offer
four- and eight-colour printing modes plus white, as well as
five-layer print capability in a single pass.
The new VUTEk h3 model on display at FESPA offers maximum
throughput of up to 74 boards per hour. The h5 model, which is
available direct from EFI or as field upgrade to the h3 model, can
produce up to 109 boards per hour.
The EFI Ecosystem for complete industrial textile
productionThe new EFI Reggiani pigment inks are based on
an innovative new binder technology. The inks react to EFI Reggiani
printers’ on-board dryers, which set off a unique in-line
polymerisation process for faster, greener printing that requires
fewer steps than other digital industrial inkjet textile
systems.
The new pigment textile solution extends the outstanding range
of EFI Reggiani innovations presented during the last 12 months,
including the EFI Reggiani FLEXY launched at last year’s FESPA, and
most recently, the EFI Reggiani COLORS – a breakthrough printer
offering up to 12 colours that brings new creativity to the
industry with unmatched printing quality and uniformity, an
extended colour gamut, superior colour depth and increased
penetration into fabric.
EFI Reggiani printers are part of a complete EFI Ecosystem
mini-factory application shown at FESPA. The design process of the
EFI Ecosystem starts with EFI Optitex®, a technology innovator in
the field of 2D/3D software. The cutting-edge digital solutions
offered by EFI Optitex allow brands to optimise their workflow and
create patterns in the digital sphere, ultimately saving time,
money and textile, which places EFI Optitex’s clients at the
forefront of the textile industry.
Once a virtual product pattern is complete, EFI’s Fiery
DesignPro software – a series of plug-in applications for Adobe®
Illustrator® and Adobe Photoshop® – combines technologies for
efficient textile design and file preparation with the Fiery
proServer DFE for professional colour management and high-quality
RIP output on EFI Reggiani digital printers. Efficient,
high-quality production in the EFI Ecosystem for textile at FESPA
takes place on the EFI Reggiani FLEXY, a versatile printer that
handles a wide variety of fabrics, from knitted and woven to low-
and high-stretch materials. The tightly integrated mini-factory
gives textile producers a smoother, coherent, production-aware
workflow by connecting EFI technologies as well as key workflow and
cut-and-sew solutions from other leading vendors for true
end-to-end productivity.
Experience digital corrugated printing like never
beforeShow attendees visiting EFI also can experience
EFI’s 360-degree, interactive virtual reality (VR) demonstrations
of the EFI VUTEk HS125 Pro hybrid inkjet press and EFI’s
game-changing, single-pass corrugated packaging press, the EFI
Nozomi C18000. The ultra-high-speed (75-linear metres per minute)
Nozomi press has multiple installations worldwide and is used to
drive digital efficiencies in digital packaging production at some
of the world’s leading corrugated board converters. EFI Nozomi –
the winner of the 2018 EDP Award for best corrugated solution –
also is one of the key highlights of the FESPA multi-vendor Digital
Corrugated Experience in hall 5.2. High-quality Nozomi-printed
packages and displays and a showcase of EFI’s unique and
comprehensive EFI Corrugated Packaging Suite workflow offering are
part of the exhibit.
In addition to the new products being launched at FESPA,
attendees can also see where productivity meets quality and
versatility with the VUTEk 3r, the most technically advanced
three-metre LED high-volume roll-to-roll printer in its class.
EFI’s exhibit also features the EFI Midmarket Suite for end-to-end
signage and graphics production printing management and
MarketDirect, EFI’s new customer communication platform
software.
For more information on EFI’s advanced technologies for digital
printing, visit www.efi.com.
About EFI
EFI™ is a global
technology company, based in Silicon Valley, and is leading the
worldwide transformation from analogue to digital imaging. We are
passionate about fuelling customer success with products that
increase competitiveness and boost productivity. To do that, we
develop breakthrough technologies for the manufacturing of signage,
packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, and personalised 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.
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