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Electronics For Imaging, Inc., a leader in inkjet technology, lanched at its Engage virtual users event, its new EFI VUTEk Q3r and Q5r UV LED printers.
The 198-inch wide VUTEk Q5r printer runs at speeds up to 7,233 square feet (672 square meters) per hour, and the 138-inch wide VUTEk Q3r model prints up to 6,006 square feet (558 square meters) per hour.
The world’s first VUTEk Q5r installation site, Yahav Digital Print, is a large wide-format print production company currently with four EFI roll-to-roll printers.
“Our new VUTEk Q5r was installed in October of 2020, and we have been running it in full production ever since,” said Zevik Nur, CEO of Yahav Digital Print. “It has exceeded all our expectations in terms of reliability, production speeds, print quality, ink consumption, media utilization and ease of use. We can shift a lot of jobs to the new Q5r, and our customers are highly satisfied with our ability to shorten lead time and produce even higher quality prints at faster speeds.”
The new printers feature up to nine ink colors (standard CMYK and optional lc, lm, lk, white and clear coat), enabling exact customization of each printer to users’ needs and strategies. They also boast EFI UltraDrop Technology, featuring native 7-picoliter printheads with multi-drop addressability for high-definition image quality.
“We designed the EFI VUTEk Q3r and VUTEk Q5r to go beyond printing to provide a complete print to finished graphic workflow – from RIP to finished product – on the same platform,” said Ken Hanulec, VP, Worldwide Marketing, EFI. “This new printer series is one big competitive edge for our customers, bringing unprecedented speed to our portfolio and a host of valuable features and options that take profitable roll-to-roll print production to a new, higher level.”