EFI has announced the new advanced Fiery FS300 Pro Platform and Command WorkStation 6.
‘With the trend toward shorter runs and faster turnaround times, digital print shops need systems that make every minute and every step count,’ said John Henze, vice president of marketing at EFI, following the announcement of the next generation of EFI Fiery production printing platforms.
‘Shops can double the processing speed on more types of jobs with Fiery HyperRIP enhancements on the Fiery NX Premium print server,’ continued Henze. ‘Higher Fiery processing speed enables 10x the throughput than before on Fiery XB print servers, driving print engines all the way to 2400ppm and beyond.’
The Fiery FS300 Pro platform is accompanied by a completely redesigned Command WorkStation. In less than two months, more than 41,000 have already upgraded to the new version to run their print shops more productively.
Version 6 features a number of productivity enhancements, including:
- The ability to manage a variety of printers across the production operation by connecting to Fiery Driven cutsheet, high-speed inkjet presses, and, in 2018, wide and superwide format printers.
- Previews for all jobs and new search tools that provide faster ways to interact with jobs. Job views can also be customised to specific needs, such as by media, to help prioritise print production.
- The ability to reprint a job faster and more consistently by using saved rasters on already printed jobs.
- Home, a new view in Command WorkStation 6 that provides at-a-glance status of all connected Fiery servers and a snapshot of key print production statistics.
- New versions of Fiery Impose, Compose and JobMaster fully integrated and accessed directly through Command WorkStation, which enables users to produce high-value print products more profitably, in less time and with fewer clicks. Imposition layout is simplified and users can more easily create gangup layout templates to automate job imposition, which can turn a 10 minute job preparation into 10 seconds.
As with previous Fiery generations, the FS300 Pro platform places significant emphasis on delivering outstanding colour out of the box while also offering tools for expert interaction with the system.
The Fiery FS300 Pro platform features easy prioritisation of spot colour edits on a job basis to satisfy customers’ specific colour preferences.
Fiery ImageViewer enhancements include Object Inspector and Total Area Coverage features that help identify imaging problems related to particular object types. Operators can diagnose and troubleshoot colour problems without going back to the source files, savings hours in turnaround time to get jobs out.
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