Electronics For Imaging, Inc. unveiled two new printers for the high-end, high productivity soft signage market: The EFI COLORS 340 and the EFI POWER 340.
The EFI COLORS 340 prints at up to 9,149 square feet per hour (in a four-color x 4 configuration). The EFI POWER 340 prints up to 16,835 square feet per hour.
Both new offerings have the ability to print with higher quality on a wider range of materials than other soft signage inkjet devices, with 100% penetration on both sides of the material. The printers offer added versatility and economical ink capabilities with their ability to print either direct to fabric or to transfer paper using the same inkset, eliminating the significant cost and downtime related to switching over inks.
“EFI, through our Reggiani division, has decades of experience bringing to market the highest quality in fabric printing in the industry,” said Scott Schinlever, chief operating officer, EFI Inkjet. “These two new printers are specifically designed to meet the most stringent quality and productivity needs in soft signage for companies that want to truly differentiate themselves in a highly competitive marketplace. With their extreme speed and reliability, the EFI POWER and COLORS printers can often replace multiple soft signage printers, producing more premium signage work with a single footprint.”
The new printers follow the market successes EFI customers have achieved with VUTEk FabriVU soft signage printers.
There are more than 250 FabriVU printers installed worldwide, many of them installations of FabriVU 340 and 340i models.
At 11 feet wide with the ability to handle different fabrics up to 450 gr/m2, the EFI COLORS 340 is ideal for many applications, from table throws and pop-up promotional tents to SEG backlits, flags and retail fixtures.
It uses genuine EFI water-based CMYK dispersed dye inks and is available with up to 24 printheads.
The POWER 340 is also capable of printing direct-to-fabric or onto transfer paper using genuine EFI water-based CMYK dispersed dye inks.