Printing, packaging and industrial manufacturing professionals from
across the globe are converging on Wynn Las Vegas, learning new
ways to advance their businesses at one of the world’s top print
conferences, EFI™ Connect. The 20th annual Electronics For Imaging,
Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) users conference is providing valuable
insights as well as news of important digital print technology
innovations, including:
- a new, highly advanced FS350 platform for EFI Fiery® digital
front ends (DFEs),
- a new Fiery proServer Premium DFE technology offering
significantly faster processing on individual jobs for EFI
superwide-format printers, and
- EFI’s newest high-speed, premium-quality hybrid
flatbed/roll-to-roll superwide-format LED printer, the VUTEk®
h5.
Worldwide premiere of new EFI Fiery DFE
technologyFiery FS350 Pro will drive new cut-sheet and
continuous-feed digital production presses from EFI partners, as
well as ultra-high-speed single-pass inkjet presses from EFI. It
handles extended-gamut CMYK+ configurations and offers unique tools
to save on specialty toners and inks, reducing waste while
delivering amazing color results on high-value print products.
Using the newest version of EFI Fiery Command WorkStation®,
customers gain an intuitive and integrated user experience with a
single shared interface for Fiery Driven™ digital equipment,
including wide- and superwide-format inkjet printers and
ultra-high-speed inkjet presses. New Fiery integrations with Duplo
finishing devices offer automated cutting, slitting, creasing and
spot coating workflows.
Faster, better and more profitable signage and graphics
productionFor superwide-format inkjet production on EFI
printers, the newest-version EFI Fiery proServer Premium DFE
launching at Connect uses GPU-accelerated FAST DRIVE technology to
process individual jobs twice as fast on average, eliminating idle
printer time so users can maximize their printer investments.
The high-volume, premium-quality EFI VUTEk h5 hybrid LED printer
making its debut at EFI Connect is part of the VUTEk h series of
devices that global EFI R&D teams developed from the ground up
to establish new benchmarks for productivity and profit
opportunity.
The 126-inch wide printer can run up to 109 boards per hour and
offers eight-color and optional four-color printing modes plus
white, as well as an up to nine-layer print capability. The h5
model, which is also available as a field upgrade to the EFI VUTEk
h3 printer, features UltraDrop™ Technology with native 7-picoliter
grayscale printhead imaging and true multi-drop addressability,
delivering exceptional smoothness in shadows, gradients and
transitions.
VUTEk h series printers’ automated table and carriage alignment
– along with a new camera-based vision system for subpixel
alignment, printhead density balance, and step and bi-directional
set up – significantly increase productivity and accuracy. And, the
series’ drop-in ink design system eliminates ink waste and provides
fill-while-printing functionality for continuous productivity.
The Connect exhibit floor also features the EFI Pro 24f flatbed
and Pro 32r roll-to-roll LED printers, along with the EFI VUTEk
3r+, a best-in-class LED roll-to-roll printer offering even higher
throughput, image quality and efficiency. Plus, attendees can see
the company’s latest advancement for the expanding soft-signage
market: the EFI VUTEk FabriVU® 340i – an aqueous dispersed
dye-sublimation printer offering in-line calendering at fast
production speeds.
Digital printing’s next frontier: Industrial production
innovationConnect also features displays and VR demos
showcasing the broader scope of advanced capabilities in EFI’s
digital portfolio, including ultra-high-speed, direct-to-board
corrugated production on the multiple award-winning EFI Nozomi
C18000 single-pass LED inkjet press, and advanced tile decoration
using new 5th generation EFI Cretaprint® printers.
Several conference workshops, keynotes and demonstration areas
highlight important industrial production and re-shoring
opportunities in textiles – a market where EFI is a leading
innovator with a unique ecosystem that includes cutting-edge EFI
Optitex® 2D and 3D CAD solutions and Fiery DesignPro software for
textile design. Numerous samples of creative output applications
are on display from EFI Reggiani, a leading line of technologies
offering eco-friendly printing and new, high-volume single-pass
production, with stunning colors and color fidelity using a variety
of inks to support virtually any fabric type.
“Our commitment to innovation means EFI customers have few
limits in how they can create new opportunities in digital print,”
said Frank Mallozzi, EFI’s chief revenue officer. “With the
advanced solution demonstrations, training and networking happening
this week, EFI Connect will prove that it is an exciting time to be
an EFI customer, and it is an exciting opportunity for all of us at
EFI to once again put on what has become a landmark event for the
industry.”
The dynamic speaker lineup at this year’s conference will help
customers develop new strategies and processes that can spell
future success in an increasingly diverse range of applications.
Keynote and general session presenters include new EFI CEO Bill
Muir; Joseph Popolo, CEO of The Freeman Co.; fashion designer Ariel
Swedroe; Olivier Gariépy and Michel Savoie of the Cirque du Soleil®
Costume Workshop; EFI CFO Marc Olin; and Gabriel Matsliach, senior
vice president and general manager, EFI Productivity Software. The
conference also includes more than 200 presentations and hands-on
training sessions from top EFI specialists and some of print’s
leading management and technology experts.
EFI partners participating in Connect’s solutions center
include: 3M™ Commercial Solutions; Aberdeen Fabrics; Berger
Textiles; Duplo; Enfocus; Esko; Highcon; Kodak™; Konica Minolta®
Business Solutions U.S.A.; Lubrizol; MBM Corporation; OneVision;
The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation; Print Speak;
Printing United; Progress® Software Corp.; Ricoh® Americas Corp.;
RISO; SpencerMetrics; Xerox® and Zünd®.
About EFI
EFI™ is a global
technology company, based in Silicon Valley, and is leading the
worldwide transformation from analog to digital imaging. We are
passionate about fueling 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 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.
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