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In the early ’90s, when we worked directly in the printer-manufacturing industry, the most potent printer combination was Canon’s CLC 500 color copier outfitted with an EFI Fiery RIP. The result was a high-quality, short-run color press. Then, as now, EFI’s superior RIP products excelled.
Before long, EFI (Foster City, CA) commenced to both partner with, and acquire, print-machine manufacturing companies. In the sign and display-graphics industry, EFI’s acquisition of Vutek® (Meredith, NH) was the most notable gain. Today, the company offers Vutek superwide, digital-inkjet printers; UV and solvent inks; the Rastek™ UV wide-format inkjet printers; and Jetrion® industrial-inkjet printing systems for mailing and packaging systems. It also offers print-production-workflow and management-information software; and corporate-printing solutions.
EFI Vutek manufactures, sells and services large-format printers for multiple markets where operators expect reliability, high speed and exceptional print quality. The company offers numerous print technologies, first-class RIP technology and one of the industry’s best service organizations.
Because investment capital spawns quality and speed, EFI/Vutek machine owners position their printers where they generate the most products and profit, that is, on the sign and graphics market’s industrial (high-end production) side. With the introduction of EFI Rastek, the company offers print machines designed for mid-size or specialty shops.
The Rastek family
Last year, EFI presented its Rastek printers, a mid-priced series of hybrid and flatbed machines, which include Vutek’s characteristic quality, reliability and world-class service. The company said its EFI Rastek printers deliver wide-format printers and inks at an affordable price for mid-sized print companies.
Currently, the Rastek line comprises three, UV-cure printers, with EFI’s Fiery RIP, that, at entry level, sell for approximately $65,000. Our studies show the prices are competitive with similar market products.
The Rastek printers will print on various media. They use drop-on-demand, variable-dot, piezo-inkjet heads that produce seven, six- to 42-pl droplet sizes. The heads can produce ultra-fine type, fine gradients and photographic-image quality – as well as billboard copy. You may also choose the white-ink option.
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