Print Businesses Gain the Innovation Advantage in Display Graphics with EFI’s Expansive Offerings at PRINTING United
LAS VEGAS, October 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE), — Electronics For Imaging, Inc., a digital print technology provider, will be showcasing its extensive portfolio of innovative display graphics solutions at the PRINTING United Expo 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The range of EFI™ production LED inkjet, dye-sublimation inkjet, and Fiery® Digital front end (DFE), workflow options and other innovations are highlighted at the show, which highlights cutting-edge, innovative and award-winning technologies that give signage companies a stronger competitive edge.
The EFI VUTEk 2.0® FabriVU® The Plus series of soft sign printers, including VUTEk FabriVU340i+ printer with Inline Fixation EFI, will be exhibiting at PRINTING Unified in booth #C8107. This printer offers the highest level of dye-sublimation efficiency, and the best opportunity. Soft signage is the fastest-growing application for many EFI customers, including high-volume trade supplier Orbus Exhibit & Display Group® – an industry leader that recently purchased the VUTEk FabriVU 340+ model for its Las Vegas facility.
Display of soft signage is setting new standards
Orbus’s new, 133-inch (3.4-meter) wide high end production solution gives it important redundancy as well as production volume capacity in a market that is experiencing rapid growth. It is also one the many VUTEk FabriVU installations Orbus completed to address the increasing demand for tradeshow graphics as well as the rising preference for soft signage in the outside space. Aaron Kozar, Orbus Vice President of Print Operations, stated that there are four FabriVU printers in total. “So we can be satisfied with the technology!”
Designed for high-end direct-to-fabric or transfer paper production with resolutions up to 2,400 dots per inch (dpi) and three-level grayscale printing with 7pL, 12pL and 18pL drop sizes, the FabriVU Plus series achieves remarkable quality in dye-sub printing – with better saturation and more density for soft signage and flag printing – thanks to new electronics as well as eight high-performance printheads in a new CMYK x 2 configuration.
The VUTEk FabriVU 340i+ model from PRINTING United features an in-line fixing feature. This eliminates the requirement for a separate heatpress in direct-tofabric production.
The new soft signage printer is one of many high-end EFI display graphics inkjet products at the show.
- EFI’s booth showcases the EFI Pro30h hybrid roll/flatbed led printer that measures 126 inches (3.2 meters) in width. This printer is ideal for companies looking to increase their production sign and display graphics sales. The printer can cover up to 2,477 sq.ft. (230 sq.m) per hour and prints at resolutions upto 1,200 DPI. It also includes the EFI Fiery proServer core DFE acceleration technology.
- The 138-inch (3.5-meter) wide EFI VUTEk Q3r LED inkjet printer on display – the fastest superwide-format roll-to-roll solution in its class – is part of a VUTEk Q series that also includes a 208-inch (5.2-meter) wide Q5r model. A new inline UltraClear Coat option for the VUTEk Q3r, Q5r and other EFI roll-to-roll LED inkjet printers offers superior protection for outdoor graphics and high-quality gloss or matte spot enhancement in premium POP work – capabilities that earned UltraClear Coat the 2022 PRINTING United Alliance Pinnacle Award for UV digital inks.
- VUTEk’s h5, the high-productivity, 126-inch (3.2 meter) wide hybrid flatbed/roll LED inkjet printer, will be on display. It delivers outstanding image quality at speeds of up to 109 boards per an hour. With its automated media handling options, including a ¾ automated media loading and stacker system and super duty winders, the VUTEk h5 is ready to drive efficiency in high-quality print. EFI has developed a corrugated media management solution for the VUTEk 5 printer. This system includes an enhanced vacuum, material edge guides, and a dynamic roller subsystem to increase board throughput.
EFI partners LexJet (booth#C6407), and Nazdar SourceOne® EFI Wide Format LED Inkjet Printers will also be on display at PRINTING United (booth #C6425). LexJet’s booth features the 65-inch (1.6 meter) wide EFI Pro16h hybrid LED printer. This system has a low total cost and produces high-quality output at speeds of up to 476 sq. feet (44 sq. meters) per hour. The EFI Pro 30f is a dedicated flatbed printer that can print up to 120×80 inches (3.05 x 2.04 meters) at a Nazdar SourceOne booth. The versatile flatbed printer is capable of printing on media up 4 inches (10cm) thick, and can operate at speeds of up 2130 feet (198 sq. meter) per hour.
Innovation and automation in the display graphics workflows
EFI’s enhanced IQ™ cloud solution featured at PRINTING United gives customers more power to monitor production operations and printer utilization – including exact job-level consumable tracking data – to reduce downtime and costs. EFI IQ won the 2022 PRINTING United Alliance Pinnacle Product Award in software and workflow/MIS/CRM for its outstanding display graphics management and business intelligence capabilities. IQ is the only management software that has a direct connection with EFI printer data. This allows business leaders to make better, data-driven production decisions and allocate capacity more efficiently across their production floor.
Another award-winning EFI display graphics workflow solution at the show, EFI Fiery Prep-it™, is a powerful and cost-saving print-for-cut preparation software offering that can be used with any wide- or superwide-format DFE. The PRINTING United Alliance Pinnacle Product Award was given to this software for prepress/premedia. Fiery Prepit allows display graphics companies to reduce the time required to nest complicated objects for wide-format printing by as much as 90% Prep-it’s detailed and powerful nesting capabilities can save users up to 10% when compared with other solutions on the market.
Digital opportunities in growing markets
EFI has one of the broadest and strongest inkjet technology portfolios for driving the analog to digital transformation in the display graphics, corrugated packaging, textile, and building materials/décor markets. Given the extended growth in applications EFI supports, PRINTING United also features exhibits from two of the company’s newest acquisitions – innovators that deliver some of the best and most respected workflow technologies in direct-to-textile, direct-to-film (DTF) and direct-to-garment (DTG) printing. Inèdit Software, part of the EFI Reggiani textile business, is showcasing its advanced offerings – including its industry-leading, worldwide benchmark RIP solutions for digital textile printing – in booth #C10337. Booth #C4918 showcases the most advanced Digital Factory DTF/DTG automation, production and personalization software solutions, which were acquired by EFI Fiery in recent acquisition of CADlink® Software.
EFI Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Ken Hanulec stated that EFI’s cutting-edge portfolio at PRINTING United is an example of their unwavering commitment in providing customers with the most innovative advantage in industrial inkjet printing and display graphics. “We are committed to helping our customers grow in these areas by offering the right products that will help them make more money in more applications. We also keep up with the times in terms efficiency, sustainability and versatility.
Visit www.efi.com for more information on advanced display graphics solutions by EFI.
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