Newly appointed CEO Bill Muir was on hand as digital print giant EFI showcased eight new products for signage and industrial textile production at the SGIA Expo in Las Vegas, including the world premiere of the Pro 32r.
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| EFI's Pro 32r roll-to-roll printer making its worldwide debut at SGIA (photo - EFI) |
The new entry-level roll-to-roll Pro 32r uses EFI’s LED and UltraDrop Technology and is billed as “an economical, production-level roll-to-roll printer that can make users more competitive and profitable.”
Designed for high-quality print with mid-level production, the Pro 32r prints up to 207 square meters per hour and features a built-in EFI Fiery digital front end (DFE) with FAST RIP acceleration technology. The machine uses four colours plus optional white ink and 7-picoliter EFI UltraDrop Technology for high-end imaging.
Its proven “cool cure” LED imaging technology drives down operating costs with less energy use and waste while delivering superior results on an extended range of supported substrates. A host of value-added options are available as well, including slitters, automatic blockout printing, manual backlit printing, an iPhone printer management application and a software productivity pack featuring enhanced tools to reduce media waste, said a company press release.
Other products featured on the EFI stand at SGIA included:
An enhanced 3.5 metre wide EFI VUTEk 3r+ superwide roll-to-roll LED printer platform;
The EFI VUTEk h series – a 2018 SGIA Product of the Year award-winning hybrid platform in its North American debut;
The VUTEk FabriVU 340i, a high-end soft-signage printer offering in-line sublimation;
Previews of the newest-version EFI Fiery digital front ends (DFEs) for wide- and superwide-format production;
EFI Reggiani TERRA, a new system that combines textile digital printer technology with new pigment ink and binder offerings for more sustainable industrial textile printing;
The latest version of EFI Optitex, O/18, which brings the latest innovations available in 2D and 3D CAD software;
Version 4 of EFI Fiery DesignPro software for textile design;
The newest-version EFI Midmarket Print Suite, an easy-to-navigate browser based MIS/ERP workflow for end-to-end signage and graphics production printing management.
EFI is distributed in Australia through Starleaton.
