The new EFI VUTEk D3r and D5r LED inkjet printers leverage many of the advanced capabilities from EFI’s highly successful VUTEk 3r+ and 5r+ printers, offering a mid-range solution for an even wider variety of high value applications thanks to its combination of white and clear inks, as well as its Museum print mode.
The new printer line also supports the unique collection of options for VUTEk roll-to-roll LED printers, providing a full system for higher efficiency and a lower total cost of ownership. The D3r and D5r printers, at 3.5 and 5.2m wide respectively, deliver outstanding smoothness in shadows, gradients and transitions with UltraDrop Technology, precise and sharp 3-point size text, and a true resolution of up to 1200 dots per inch. An ultra-high-definition print mode offers near-photographic quality. The printers’ LED curing ensures not only cost savings but also a more environmentally sound printing solution, consuming less energy and enabling the use of thinner, heat-sensitive substrates.
The VUTEk D line is equipped with additional printheads and offers both white and jettable clear ink for matte and glossy effects, covering a wider amount of unique applications such as wall decorations and murals, window graphics, flooring, high-value prints with selective gloss effects, fleet graphics, truck-side curtains and more.
The printers are easily customisable to the purchaser’s needs and strategies, with optional features including:
• White and clear ink.
• Inline x-cutters and y-slitters.
• Automatic backlit and block-out printing.
• Media spreaders and motorised winders, and more.
Both printers include EFI’s industry-leading Fiery proServer SE digital front end, allowing increased productivity as well as accurate colour matching every time. For added productivity, users can choose to add a software productivity pack and can remotely connect with the printers using a mobile application. EFI VUTEk SuperFlex 3M inks are also available for manufacturing of popular and profitable vehicle wraps and fleet graphics.
‘The ‘D’ in the name for these new printers is for ‘Design,’ and they are designed to offer the right mix of features, productivity and cost to create new opportunities for signage and graphics professionals,’ said Ken Hanulec, EFI’s vice president of Worldwide Marketing. ‘We listened very closely to our customers for feedback to create a mid-volume solution that will be the technology of choice for print providers seeking to profitably grow their businesses with high-end applications.’
The VUTEk D5r prints up to 244sqm (2626 square feet per hour). Early D5r users such as Thomas Printworks in the United States and Allgraf in Italy have purchased the new printer line for its performance capabilities to meet growing demand for high-end signage, décor, outdoor graphics and other applications.
EFI also announced that its EFI Productivity Suite offerings for automated business and production management. New features include:
• Advanced, end-to-end workflow support for short-run label printing in the EFI Packaging Suite.
• Faster estimating in the EFI Midmarket Print Suite, along with improved inventory control for display graphics roll media.
• Real-time mobile device estimating using EFI iQuote and RFQ spreadsheet import capabilities in the Enterprise Commercial Print Suite.
• New Business Intelligence capabilities and an overhauled, simplified user interface for the EFI Corrugated Packaging Suite.
• An automated job creation application programming interface for short-run jobs and connectivity to advanced EFI Process Shipper workflows with the EFI Publication Print Suite.
• Engagement-based campaign targeting tools in EFI MarketDirect Cross Media, and the new MarketDirect PackCentral solution for packaging eCommerce and campaign management.
Other new EFI technology for digital print management includes EFI IQ – a comprehensive, cloud-based platform that tracks and monitors printer utilisation as well as ink and substrate usage, giving users more capabilities to optimize their operations. IQ features include EFI ColorGuard – an award-winning solution that standardises the verification process to ensure consistent, accurate colyor on printers using EFI Fiery digital front ends (DFEs). All this could be seen at the recent EFI Connect Conference, held from 21-24 January in Las Vegas.
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