Northeast Color is the First User of EFI’s New Hybrid LED Inkjet Platform

Faster, easier maintenance and new print management tools

The VUTEk h series platform comes equipped with ImageEdge technology for fast and easy printhead replacement; automated table and carriage alignment; and a camera-based vision system for subpixel alignment, printhead density balance and step and bi-directional set up. A new, modular drop-in ink delivery system design eliminates ink waste and provides fill-while-printing functionality for continuous productivity.

EFI VUTEk h series printers also have a significantly improved user interface with touch-screen control monitors on both the input and delivery sides. The printers are part of a complete, integrated system available only from EFI for world-class production workflow automation and production management. The latest-version EFI Fiery proServer Premium digital front end (DFE) used with the printers combines faster RIPing with enhanced color management and screening features.

The new VUTEk series provides a technology advantage for Northeast Color, a company that has built a strong reputation as a complete environmental graphics provider for franchises. Color accuracy and high-volume output on a broad range of substrates are especially important, as the company serves as a “brand custodian,” taking responsibility for nearly everything franchises may need in terms of signage, graphics and other décor pieces – including floors, furniture wallcoverings and ceiling tiles.

Northeast Color’s client roster includes successful, growing national franchises in the health club and education spaces, and the newly installed printer will help meet capacity needs when those clients add new locations or execute new re-branding strategies.

Given the often-complex shipping and fulfillment requirements that come with supporting numerous franchise locations, Northeast Color has established a highly organized and efficient business and production workflow using an EFI Midmarket Print Suite with Pac MIS/ERP software. The company’s Suite also features shipping and web-to-print components, and the entire workflow is connected with the EFI Fiery proServer DFEs used to drive the company’s digital printers for more accurate, efficient production scheduling and management based on incoming job workloads and client delivery dates.

EFI VUTEk h series printers are available now from EFI and authorized EFI VUTEk distributors.

Source: EFI