EFI Highlights DNA in Single-Pass Production Inkjet at drupa 2024

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) reported that at drupa 2024, running through June 7 at Messe Düsseldorf, it is highlighting its expertise in proven single-pass printing solutions for printing excellence in the packaging, display graphics, and textile markets.

Visitors to EFI’s stand saw some of the company’s latest single-pass innovations live, including the Packsize EFI X5 Nozomi, the world’s first full-color, on-demand, right-sized box system that prints, cuts, creases, glues, and erects customized boxes at the rate of up to one box every 6 seconds, and the EFI Nozomi 14000 SD single-pass printer for sign and display.

The company is also showcasing an array of applications produced on the brand-new Nozomi 14000 AQ true water-based, single-pass printer for corrugated packaging and displays and the Nozomi 12000 MP single-pass technology for direct-to-metal package printing, as well as the next-generation EFI Reggiani BOLT XS single-pass textile printer.

“Since 2012, when we acquired Cretaprint for single-pass inkjet printing of ceramics, and drupa 2016, where we first unveiled Nozomi, we have not only been focused on leveraging single-pass technology across multiple markets, but also continuing to improve the speed, quality, efficiency, and more for this disruptive printing technology,” said Evandro Matteucci, VP/GM of EFI’s Inkjet Packaging and Building Materials.

“The entire global EFI team continues to participate in these developments, pulling technologies and expertise together in a way no other company can,” added Matteucci. “The initial proof case of this capability was bringing the original Nozomi to market in less than two years, an incredible achievement that has resulted in the installation of more than 60 units around the world.

“We see single-pass printing as the future of production printing in the markets we serve,” Matteucci added. “With an increased focus on sustainability around the globe, this technology stands to be able to accelerate the migration of an increasing volume from less sustainable analogue printing technologies while at the same time opening up new business opportunities for the print providers that adopt this technology.”

Visitors to the EFI stand saw a range of print samples to fully appreciate the quality and versatility of EFI single-pass printers.

“Across the entire spectrum of our inkjet printers, EFI offers the widest array of solutions, using Genuine EFI inks and many of them powered by Fiery technology,” said Matteucci. “We believe single pass is the future of high-volume production inkjet printing across the markets we serve today and new markets in the future.”