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EFI to show UltraDrop printer at Shanghai Ad & Sign

02 Jul '14
3 min read

EFI is premiering the world's most versatile five-meter printer - the new EFI VUTEk GS5500LXr Pro with 7pL grayscale UltraDrop Technology - this week at the 2014 Shanghai Ad and Sign Technology and Equipment Exhibition. The new roll-to-roll inkjet product is part of an exhibit offering the industry's most significant digital portfolio for greener, more-efficient signage printing with "cool cure" LED inkjet technologies.
 
EFI products making their regional debut at the show include:
Two new options for the 3.2m, high-volume EFI VUTEk HS100 Pro UV inkjet press: fully automated material loading and unloading systems and a Material Edge Guide for printing corrugated board and other challenging substrates.
 
The company's first entry-level LED product, the 1.65m EFI H1625 LED hybrid roll/flatbed printer.
 
The EFI VUTEk GS2000LX Pro hybrid printer, a 2m LED product being shown with new UltraDrop Technology.
 
Version 6 of the EFI Fiery proServer, a product that can process complex vector data up to ten times faster than competitive systems. Unmatched flexibility in high-quality, roll-to-roll graphics imaging
 
The VUTEk GS5500LXr Pro printer being unveiled at the Shanghai Ad and Sign exhibition delivers extraordinary performance in high-throughput work requiring precise imaging, thanks to its innovative LED imaging platform and EFI's new 7pL greyscale UltraDrop Technology and new, highly flexible ink.
 
China-based Baicheng Group has signed to become one of the first companies in the world to install the new EFI VUTEk GS5500LXr Pro printer.
 
UltraDrop Technology employs native 7pL print heads with true multi-drop addressability in each dot position, giving high apparent resolution and high-definition quality with four-level grayscale and two ink density levels. The new technology also produces outstanding smoothness in shadows, gradients and transitions, as well as superb text quality with four-point text in both standard and knockout with fewer, stray "satellite" droplets and more clarity in all print modes.
 
The printer's LED inks cure at a lower temperature than is required for other curing or drying methods, giving users the ability to print on a wider range of media that cannot withstand high heat - including less-expensive and thinner media down to .79 mm thick. The VUTEk GS5500LXr Pro printer is ideal for nearly all roll-to-roll graphics uses, including textile and mesh print jobs.
 
With its EFI VUTEk GSLXr 3M SuperFlex ink, the printer delivers superior performance for outdoor applications, vehicle wraps and graphic applications on textured surfaces, such as brick panels. The ink also offers an extended color gamut, plus it provides solvent-like elongation characteristics and withstands heat installation without cracking.

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