FREMONT, California — July 6, 2016 — Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq: EFII) has partnered with OKI Data Americas to bring to market an EFI\u2122 Fiery\u00ae digital front end (DFE) driving OKI\u2019s leading-edge C900 Series digital production color printers for the graphic arts and specialty printing markets.<\/p>\n
The new Fiery C9 Server drives six models from the C900 Series Multimedia Production Platform. These OKI printers provide a low cost of entry and deliver high value output for graphic designers and print shops seeking to expand print applications across a wide variety of media sizes, types and thicknesses. Customers can now take advantage of an industry-leading Fiery-powered workflow that delivers advanced job and color management capabilities and outstanding performance. The Fiery C9 DFE also includes support for OKI\u2019s clear and white toners found in the C941 and white toner found in the C942 leveraging these printers\u2019 unmatched capabilities to:
\n\u2022 Apply clear toner to selected design elements to make them pop, or coat the entire page for a high-gloss finish;
\n\u2022 Produce print jobs that incorporate crisp white toner, as a spot color, or intelligently apply white under CMYK to create captivating high-contrast color graphics on dark media;
\n\u2022 Leverage robust variable-data support, combined with Fiery specialty color features, to apply white or clear toner to envelopes to affordably create sophisticated, attention-demanding mailings;
\n\u2022 Produce high-impact prints using an unprecedented range of specialized media types such as colored media, transparent film, magnetic media, synthetic substrates, extra-heavy card stock, and more;
\n\u2022 Offer a wide range of higher-value printed products varying from 3\u201d x 5\u201d cards all the way to 13\u201d x 52\u201d banners.
\n\u201cOKI Data Americas is excited to offer advanced EFI Fiery technology to support our expanding line of C900 Series professional series digital color printers,\u201d said Fabrizio Soto, Vice President, Marketing \u2013 Production Printing and Wide Format Products for OKI Data Americas. \u201cThe C931 from OKI with the EFI Fiery C9 Server delivers one of the most price-competitive, Fiery Driven\u2122 production systems on the market. Together with OKI\u2019s patented printing technology within revolutionary C900 Series devices, the complementary Fiery C9 server provides even greater advantages and enhancements to create professional-quality output \u2013 whether in-house or within the print for pay arena.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new Fiery offering brings a high-value, performance-enhancing set of features like specialty-color support, advanced job and color management, and workflow integration capabilities that help OKI customers expand their unique print offerings using a 5th color on select models and various types of media,” said John Henze, vice president of marketing, EFI Fiery.<\/p>\n
Industry-leading functionality<\/p>\n
More than just a DFE, Fiery technology is known for its many industry-leading capabilities, including:
\n\u2022 Consistent job management across all Fiery Driven\u2122 printing devices using the latest version of EFI Fiery Command WorkStation\u00ae, the powerful, intuitive job management interface that lets users manage their printers locally or remotely from a single user interface.
\n\u2022 Best-in-class color management tools with Fiery Spot-On\u2122 for reproducing and adjusting critical must-match spot colors and Image Enhance Visual Editor for providing time-saving image corrections within print jobs, such as red-eye, sharpness, contrast, saturation without the need to go back to edit the original document.
\n\u2022 Advanced color and file processing functionality with the optional Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition that provides powerful prepress features to print the job right the first time. Users can also produce color-critical jobs with confidence and achieve consistent color precision with the optional Fiery Color Profiler Suite and ES-2000 spectrophotometer.
\n\u2022 Workflow automation tools such as Fiery Hot Folders, Virtual Printers and server presets that come standard with the Fiery C9 Server and increase operational efficiency by automating a variety of processes and creating custom workflows.
\n\u2022 Short-run, personalized printing, a high-demand service that the new Fiery C9 Server facilitates through its support of leading variable-data printing (VDP) industry standards, with additional, included capabilities such as Fiery FreeForm\u2122, an entry-level VDP product that does not require specialized software applications.
\nThe new Fiery DFE for the OKI C931e, C931DP, C941e, C941DP, C942 and C942DP digital color printers is available immediately from OKI Data Americas. For more information about Fiery Driven digital print production, please visit www.efi.com or call +1 800-875-7117. For more information about OKI printing technology and the C900 Series digital production printers, visit www.okidata.com.<\/p>\n
About EFI<\/p>\n
EFI\u2122 is a global technology company, based in Silicon Valley, and is leading the worldwide transformation from analog to digital imaging. We are passionate about fueling customer success with products that increase competitiveness and boost productivity. To do that, we develop breakthrough technologies for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, and personalized documents, with a wide range of printers, inks, digital front ends, and a comprehensive business and production workflow suite that transforms and streamlines the entire production process. (www.efi.com)<\/p>\n
Follow EFI Online:<\/p>\n
Follow us on Twitter: @EFIPrint
\nFind us on Facebook: www.facebook.com\/EFI.Digital.Print.Technology
\nView us on YouTube: www.youtube.com\/EFIDigitalPrintTech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FREMONT, California — July 6, 2016 — Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq: EFII) has partnered with OKI Data Americas to bring to market an EFI\u2122 Fiery\u00ae digital front end (DFE) driving OKI\u2019s leading-edge C900 Series digital production color printers for the graphic arts and specialty printing markets. The new Fiery C9 Server drives six models from the C900 Series Multimedia Production Platform. These OKI printers provide a low cost of entry and deliver high value output for graphic designers and print shops seeking to expand print applications across a wide variety of media sizes, types and thicknesses. Customers can now take advantage of an industry-leading Fiery-powered workflow that delivers advanced job and color management capabilities and outstanding performance. The Fiery C9 DFE also includes support for OKI\u2019s clear and white toners found in the C941 and white toner found in the C942 leveraging these printers\u2019 unmatched capabilities to: \u2022 Apply clear toner to selected design elements to make them pop, or coat the entire page for a high-gloss finish; \u2022 Produce print jobs that incorporate crisp white toner, as a spot color, or intelligently apply white under CMYK to create captivating high-contrast color graphics on dark media; \u2022 Leverage robust variable-data support, combined with Fiery specialty color features, to apply white or clear toner to envelopes to affordably create sophisticated, attention-demanding mailings; \u2022 Produce high-impact prints using an unprecedented range of specialized media types such as colored media, transparent film, magnetic media, synthetic substrates, extra-heavy card stock, and more; \u2022 Offer a wide range of higher-value printed products varying from 3\u201d x 5\u201d cards all the way to 13\u201d x 52\u201d banners. \u201cOKI Data Americas is excited to offer advanced EFI Fiery technology to support our expanding line of C900 Series professional series digital color printers,\u201d said Fabrizio Soto, Vice President, Marketing \u2013 Production Printing and Wide Format Products for OKI Data Americas. \u201cThe C931 from OKI with the EFI Fiery C9 Server delivers one of the most price-competitive, Fiery Driven\u2122 production systems on the market. Together with OKI\u2019s patented printing technology within revolutionary C900 Series devices, the complementary Fiery C9 server provides even greater advantages and enhancements to create professional-quality output \u2013 whether in-house or within the print for pay arena.\u201d \u201cThis new Fiery offering brings a high-value, performance-enhancing set of features like specialty-color support, advanced job and color management, and workflow integration capabilities that help OKI customers expand their unique print offerings using a 5th color on select models and various types of media,” said John Henze, vice president of marketing, EFI Fiery. Industry-leading functionality More than just a DFE, Fiery technology is known for its many industry-leading capabilities, including: \u2022 Consistent job management across all Fiery Driven\u2122 printing devices using the latest version of EFI Fiery Command WorkStation\u00ae, the powerful, intuitive job management interface that lets users manage their printers locally or remotely from a single user interface. \u2022 Best-in-class color management tools with Fiery Spot-On\u2122 for reproducing and adjusting critical must-match spot colors and Image Enhance Visual Editor for providing time-saving image corrections within print jobs, such as red-eye, sharpness, contrast, saturation without the need to go back to edit the original document. \u2022 Advanced color and file processing functionality with the optional Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition that provides powerful prepress features to print the job right the first time. Users can also produce color-critical jobs with confidence and achieve consistent color precision with the optional Fiery Color Profiler Suite and ES-2000 spectrophotometer. \u2022 Workflow automation tools such as Fiery Hot Folders, Virtual Printers and server presets that come standard with the Fiery C9 Server and increase operational efficiency by automating a variety of processes and creating custom workflows. \u2022 Short-run, personalized printing, a high-demand service that the new Fiery C9 Server facilitates through its support of leading variable-data printing (VDP) industry standards, with additional, included capabilities such as Fiery FreeForm\u2122, an entry-level VDP product that does not require specialized software applications. The new Fiery DFE for the OKI C931e, C931DP, C941e, C941DP, C942 and C942DP digital color printers is available immediately from OKI Data Americas. For more information about Fiery Driven digital print production, please visit www.efi.com or call +1 800-875-7117. For more information about OKI printing technology and the C900 Series digital production printers, visit www.okidata.com. About EFI EFI\u2122 is a global technology company, based in Silicon Valley, and is leading the worldwide transformation from analog to digital imaging. We are passionate about fueling customer success with products that increase competitiveness and boost productivity. To do that, we develop breakthrough technologies for the manufacturing of signage, packaging, textiles, ceramic tiles, and personalized documents, with a wide range of printers, inks, digital front ends, and a comprehensive business and production workflow suite that transforms and streamlines the entire production process. (www.efi.com) Follow EFI Online: Follow us on Twitter: @EFIPrint Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com\/EFI.Digital.Print.Technology View us on YouTube: www.youtube.com\/EFIDigitalPrintTech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[179,280],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19134,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19133\/revisions\/19134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}