EFI Delivers Innovations in Large-Format Inkjet with LED Imaging at Fespa 2015

In keeping with Fespa 2015’s theme Discover Your Universe of Print, EFI is demonstrating a broad portfolio of inkjet and workflow products.
 
EFI is introducing the EFI VUTEk HSr press, its fastest production-class roll-to-roll product on the market. The company’s other offerings displayed at Fespa include end-to-end workflow automation, 7-picoliter grayscale UltraDrop Technology for near-photographic imaging, new SuperRange Ink and energy-efficient, “cool cure” LED imaging at full production speeds, and VUTEk GO, an innovative monitoring application for the high-end VUTEk HS Pro series.
 
UltraDrop Technology offers an additional competitive advantage with the ability to print smaller drop sizes with more precise control thanks to its native 7pL printheads and true multi-drop addressability in each dot position. The results are smoothness in shadows, gradients and transitions, superb text quality with four-point text in both standard and knockout with fewer satellites, and more clarity in all print modes.
 
EFI is demonstrating the EFI H1625 LED printer, which gives printing companies with mid-level production needs the same advantages as higher production LED systems at a significantly lower cost. Thanks to the four color plus white inks that come standard and eight-level variable drop grayscale capability, the printer produces near-photographic image quality, saturated colors and smooth color gradations. The easy-to-operate, low-maintenance system prints on an extended range of flexible and rigid substrates. Its single-pass, multi-layer print capability allows printing companies to offer premium-margin applications with greater profit opportunity.
 
The VUTEk GS3250LX Pro LED printer with UltraDrop Technology is also on display. This high-productivity LED printer allows users to produce more jobs, and extend their applications offering with more substrates and lower operating costs. It offers rigid and roll-fed printing capability, white ink and single-pass multilayer printing.
 
EFI is also showing the 5-meter VUTEk GS5500LXr Pro printer with new SuperRange Inks, which offer the 3M MCS Warranty when printing on 3M flexible media. This high-performance roll-fed printer delivers precise imaging due to its innovative and eco-friendly LED curing and EFI’s UltraDrop Technology. Co-branded EFI and 3M SuperRange Inks, available for VUTEk GSLXr series printers in six-color and eight-color plus white configurations, offer a hard surface cure, a wide color gamut and excellent adhesion properties, making them the ideal choice for a wide range of materials and printing applications.
 
With the VUTEk HSr press, EFI is introducing a dedicated, production-class roll-to-roll printer, its fastest printer on the market. The new VUTEk LED/UV Pin & Cure imaging press is a 3.2 m high-speed roll-to-roll printer that targets the replacement of older solvent printers for the high-volume production of vehicle wraps, bus sides, banners, posters and more. It has six colors plus white ink with multi-layer print capability for the production of perfect day/night backlit graphics. The HSr press features EFI 3M SuperFlex HSr Ink and backs graphics with the 3M MCS Warranty.
 
EFI’s exhibit also includes the award-winning 3.2-meter, hybrid EFI VUTEk HS100 Pro press, a high-volume printer that uses a combination LED/UV Pin & Cure imaging process to provide exceptional quality and high productivity. The press also features automated material loading and unloading systems, along with a material edge guide system for printing corrugated board and other challenging substrates at press-rated speeds.
 
At Fespa, EFI is also demonstrating VUTEk GO, a remote monitoring application for the VUTEk HS Pro series that allows customers to monitor print queue in real time, monitor real time status of ink levels, lamp settings and lamp life, review history of printer status and print queue within last 24 hours and receive push notifications on printer alerts or errors.EFI is demonstrating its mid-market Productivity Suite, which gives users an integrated solution to end-to-end automation including certified workflows and synchronized releases across multiple products. I
 
EFI is also demonstrating thermoforming techniques of pre-decorated thermoplastic sheets printed on an EFI VUTEk GS Pro-TF printer. EFI thermoforming inks stretch during the heat-forming process without cracking or loss of opacity and adhesion.
 
EFI also brings the advantages of LED technology to label and narrow web printing. The Jetrion 4950LX printer represents a new level of digital label production systems—with improved image quality, finer text, higher speeds and advanced LED technology. It gives label producers a competitive edge with the ability to print on heat-sensitive and specialty substrates.
 
“EFI’s mission is twofold: to help the industry transition from analog to digital technology and to guide our customers towards markets and applications that generate growth. As a result we design technology that enables new, more profitable applications so our customers can profitably expand. At EFI’s stand visitors can see this technology in action,” said Frank Mallozzi, EFI’s SVP of worldwide marketing and sales.