02.15.16
Ceramic tile producers can maximize efficiency and profitably manufacture popular new tile sizes using new technologies that Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) unveiled at Cevisama 2016 in Valencia, Spain. During the exhibition, the company’s integrated EFI Cretaprint exhibit of new X4 technology for tile printing up to 1.8m wide, ink and Fiery proServer products won the 40th annual Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (Spanish Society of Ceramics and Glass) Alfa de Oro award for machinery innovation. This award is presented biennially to honor ceramics and glass manufacturing equipment.
DTP enables the simultaneous production of two different patterns or designs within a single printhead. It also gives tile manufacturers the ability to produce different-sized tiles simultaneously on their Cretaprint printer, an advantage that helps users extend beyond standard products to capture growing market demand for longer and larger tiles.
“Now, manufacturers who previously required multiple printers to produce different-sized tiles can efficiently combine their work on a single device,” said José Luis Ramon Moreno, VP and GM, EFI Cretaprint.
The capabilities showcased with EFI Cretaprint products and the launch of DTP 2.0 led to a number of new orders at Cevisama.
In addition to DTP 2.0, the exhibition featured the first public showing of a Cretaprint printer featuring EFI’s X4 technology, a new industrial inkjet hardware platform offering high quality, versatility and higher-productivity printing.
The Cretaprint ecosystem shown at Cevisama also includes Genuine EFI Cretacolor inks. Introduced in 2014, these inks give users the benefits of a long shelf life, predictable running costs and high performance and reliability. Combined with Cretaprint printers and Fiery proServer products from EFI, the inks help users achieve maximum color intensity and gamut, chromatic range and color stability over time, and uniformity throughout the manufacturing line.
DTP enables the simultaneous production of two different patterns or designs within a single printhead. It also gives tile manufacturers the ability to produce different-sized tiles simultaneously on their Cretaprint printer, an advantage that helps users extend beyond standard products to capture growing market demand for longer and larger tiles.
“Now, manufacturers who previously required multiple printers to produce different-sized tiles can efficiently combine their work on a single device,” said José Luis Ramon Moreno, VP and GM, EFI Cretaprint.
The capabilities showcased with EFI Cretaprint products and the launch of DTP 2.0 led to a number of new orders at Cevisama.
In addition to DTP 2.0, the exhibition featured the first public showing of a Cretaprint printer featuring EFI’s X4 technology, a new industrial inkjet hardware platform offering high quality, versatility and higher-productivity printing.
The Cretaprint ecosystem shown at Cevisama also includes Genuine EFI Cretacolor inks. Introduced in 2014, these inks give users the benefits of a long shelf life, predictable running costs and high performance and reliability. Combined with Cretaprint printers and Fiery proServer products from EFI, the inks help users achieve maximum color intensity and gamut, chromatic range and color stability over time, and uniformity throughout the manufacturing line.