EFI has taken to its currently ongoing EFI Connect Conference at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort to launch digital print innovations that give print businesses more capability and profit potential in a range of market applications.
The company has unveiled the EFI Fiery Impress DFE (digital front end), a scalable, flexible server and colour management solution for inkjet label and packaging applications as well as for inline manufacturing lines that need variable print as well as the EFI Fiery Prep-it software – a prepress product for display graphics businesses for the preparation, layout, and automated production of print-for-cut jobs.
The Fiery Impress DFE helps equipment manufacturers achieve outstanding productivity and image quality. Specialty inkjet equipment vendors with low unit volumes, as well as single manufacturing lines that want to add in variable or personalised print with a print bar, can expand their digital offerings with this new technology.
The Fiery Impress DFE also drives entry-level, mid-range or high-volume inkjet equipment on a range of hardware platforms.
For example, users can output TIFFs to a storage location for entry-level CMYK digital presses, or produce rapid, RIP-while-printing output of variable-data content to high-volume, continuous-feed seven-colour digital presses. Fiery Command WorkStation – an operator interface for job management – is standard with the Fiery Impress DFE.
A wide range of integrated software options are also available, including prepress, colour management, workflow automation, and EFI IQ cloud analytics.
As for the EFI Fiery Prep-it software, it is designed to address productivity needs amid continued labour shortages as the solution reduces the time needed to nest complex objects for wide-format printing by up to 90 per cent.
EFI also said Fiery Prep-it software reduces media usage by 10 per cent or more, helping to alleviate media supply constraints.
EFI is also showcasing a number of its new offerings at the conference including its new EFI Pro 30h production printer and its new EFI Fiery FS500 Pro DFE.
EFI Connect also has more than 130 break-out sessions presenting the latest tips and trends across all the industry segments EFI supports. This includes sessions addressing the growing analog-to-digital transformation opportunities using EFI’s industrial corrugated and packaging, textile, and building materials/décor solutions.
In addition, Connect attendees are learning about the accelerating signage production opportunities empowered by EFI’s superwide-format inkjet printers, which include the EFI VUTEk XT, the EFI VUTEk Q5r, and the EFI Nozomi 18000+ LED single-pass printer for display graphics.
“As the industry works to regain its footing after a very difficult couple of years, EFI customers and partners are coming to Connect to learn about the actionable strategies and important tech developments that could be essential to their future success,” EFI vice-president of worldwide marketing Ken Hanulec said.
“And, more than anything, this year’s conference reflects the community, collaboration and innovation that print businesses can use to capture the growing opportunities of the industry’s analog-to-digital transformation.”
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