LAS VEGAS, OCTOBER 18, 2022 (GLOBE WIRE) — Electronics For Imaging, Inc., a leading provider of digital printing technology, will display its vast portfolio of innovative graphics solutions this week at PRINTING United Expo 2022, which takes place in 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 is now available® 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.
Soft signage displays are setting new standards
Orbus’s new, 133 inch (3.4-meter wide) high-end production system provides it with significant redundancy and increased production capacity in a rapidly-growing market. It is also one the many VUTEk FabriVU installations Orbus completed to meet increased demand in tradeshow graphics. Aaron Kozar (Orbus Vice President for Print Operations), stated, “We have four FabriVU Printers overall so we must be happy!”
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.
PRINTING United’s VUTEk FabriVU 340i+ model has an in-line fixing feature which eliminates the requirement for a separate heatpress in direct-tofabric production.
The show will feature a wide range of EFI display graphics inkjet options, including the new soft signage printer.
- 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 printing machines will be displayed 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 system, which can print up to 4,010 cm (10 inches) of media per hour, is capable of printing at speeds of up 2130 feet (198 sq. m) per hour.
Innovation and automation in the display graphics workflow
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 was awarded the 2022 PRINTING United Alliance Pinnacle Product Award. This award is for software and workflow/MIS/CRM. 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. This software was awarded the PRINTING United Alliance Pinnacle Product Award in prepress and premedia for its industry-leading innovations in true shape nesting. Display graphics companies can save up to 90% on the time it takes to nest complex objects for wide format printing with Fiery Prepit. Prep-it’s detailed and powerful nesting capabilities can save users up to 10% when compared with other solutions on the market.
Digital opportunities for growing market segments
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 will feature the most recent, highly-advanced Digital Factory DTF and DTG production automation, production, personalization and software solutions that EFI Fiery recently acquired from CADlink® Software.
EFI’s leading-edge portfolio of PRINTING United products is an excellent example of our unwavering dedication to providing customers the best innovation advantage. We continue to support our customers’ growth by providing the best products that help them achieve more profit in more applications and remain ahead of the curve in terms of sustainability, efficiency, and capability.
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