Graphic Arts Solutions

No More Hit-and-Miss Color: Colorproof XF Drives Quality and Efficiency for India's Comart Integrated Premedia and Print. “We now can execute worry-free printing across multiple plants with EFI Colorproof XF, with reliable color matching of each and every piece within a campaign, whether it is the size of a postage stamp or a building wrap and regardless of the media type used. Colorproof XF never lets us down.” – Mandar Rane, IT manager, Comart.

Edition One Studios Captures Professional Photo Book Market with EFI Splash Mac-based Workflow Solution. “Partnering with EFI, I’m able to deliver the superior color and quality my customers demand. Others approach photo book making from only a technical point of view. My EFI team is made up of color experts who also happen to be technologists, and Mac savvy too! They’ve been extremely helpful, and very engaged in Edition One Studios’ success.”  – Ben Zlotkin, founder and owner, Edition One Studios.

Prestige Graphics Uses EFI™ Solutions to Produce World-Renowned Nature Photography Exhibit and Outdoor Advertising for America's Most Visited Museum. “The Nature’s Best Photography Awards exhibit at the Smithsonian is a crowning achievement for Prestige Graphics, and I’ve relied on EFI since 2003 to help me produce it.”  – Mark McCall, president, Prestige Graphics.

EFI Improves Color for DRAFTFCB – The Proof is in the Jell-O. “After so many years of an excellent relationship with EFI and the innovation they continually provide us with Fiery® technology, it’s not a surprise that we would be so happy with EFI Colorproof™ XF. It’s powerful, flexible, and easy to use, and the efficiencies EFI solutions deliver improve our bottom line.”  – Julio Fernandez, director of creative technologies, DRAFTCB.

EFI Colorproof™ XF Generates Huge Savings for TracyLocke’s N-GEN Studios. “The increase in capabilities and stability was the initial strong sell, but after working with Colorproof XF for just a short while, we realized that we really have a cash cow on our hands in terms of savings.”  – Robert Webber, director of studio services, N-Gen.

EFI Color Profiler Suite Improves Quality and Profitability. “The challenge to offering an all-in-one solution, such as pay per print, is to find a solution that ensures profitability by minimizing  supply, installation and maintence costs. This white paper explains how the EFI Color Profiler Suite can help.”  – Full story available in US letter pdf or UK A4 pdf.

D-Zign S.A.B. Staying on the Cutting Edge. “EFI certainly understands the graphics industry. Any problems we have ever come up against, they have solved quickly to our utmost satisfaction. Nothing is too big of a challenge for them. They want us to be able to produce as quickly and effortlessly as possible.” – Stephen Holtzman, CTO, D-Zign S.A.B.   Full story available in US letter pdf or UK A4 pdf.

EFI Colorproof XF is the Key Component of Flexibility and Quality for the World’s Leading Provider of Microprocessor Card Solutions. “The decision for XF was based upon our observation that competitive products were much more complex and difficult to use...” – Christine Burgevin, worldwide technical support for the Virtual Factory, Axalto.

Fotomecánica Ochoa Relies on EFI Colorproof XF and EFI-Fogra·Cert to Offer the Security of a Standardized System with Reliable Results. “The Color Verifier Option lets us measure each and every proof to verify the color values and to ensure that they match the relevant ISO standard...” – Jose Enrique Ochoa, manager of Fotomecánica Ochoa.

Grasl Print Works Receives Proof Certification from Fogra. “Standardization is an enormous help in production. This is especially important when a number of different companies are involved in the process.” – Gottfried Grasl, project manager at Grasl.

EFI Colorproof Ensures Quality and Provides Savings at American Greetings. “Colorproof makes the whole workflow much more efficient, much more flexible and scalable. So we have a tremendous cost savings when consistency and quality can be maintained using these technologies...” – Andrzej Siwkiewicz, senior creative operations analyst, American Greetings.

Quality Graphics Reduces Color Proofing Costs, and Cuts a Day Off Production Time with EFI Colorproof. “We’ve cut the cost of proofing by 90 percent and we’ve cut a day off a typical four-day job. It’s accurate, consistent and reliable… EFI Colorproof with the inkjet output has streamlined our whole proofing operation. It makes the management of ICC colors seamless. It’s really straightforward.” – Steven Miller, vice president, Quality Graphics.

Schawk Gets Great Colors and Savings with EFI Colorproof and EFI Screenproof™ Software. “Internally, it’s been terrific! Our EFI proofing saves a tremendous amount of time and money for packaging when it comes to the preflight process, imposition and the production of overlays or color keys.” – Frank Melchione, vice president at Schawk Stamford, a division of Schawk Inc.

Econoprint Converts from Traditional Prepress to Computer-to-Plate and Increases Productivity with EFI OneFlow®. “OneFlow took us in the direction we needed to go, and it got us there a lot faster than we could have imagined.” – David Zavadsky, information systems manager, Econoprint, Inc.

EFI OneFlow Automates Prepress Functions and Cuts Job Turnaround Time at Digital Color Graphics. “When you couple OneFlow with a platesetter or inkjet printer, you get a very potent combination for the small printer… OneFlow improves the overall performance of our print production department by 25 percent.” – John Rosenthal, president, Digital Color Graphics.

Kwik Kopy Design and Print Centers Across Canada Rely on Splash Color Quality to Attract Corporate Customers. “We use the identical files on every color machine and on every RIP that we test and, in our opinion, based on the research that we did for color management, Splash is the best unit when compared to others.” – Brian Leary,vice president, Kwik Kopy Printing Canada Corporation.

EFI Color Profiler Suite Delivers Quality and Cost Savings. Read this report and learn how an OEM manufacturer in Germany and its customer uses the EFI Color Profiler Suite to increase color quality, and reduce toner usage.

VUTEk Superwide Printing Solutions

Leading Printer Expands Its Offering with Versatile Wide-Format Inkjet Printer. “We try to cover all the needs of our customers in short and medium runs. The diversity of the products we offer is unlimited...” – Gema Rivas, Artecomp Marketing & Sales Manager

Imaging firm Crushes competition with EFI’s VUTEk superwide format digital hybrid printer. “Production lead times are often shorter than normal with larger projects. We wanted to be able to continue to perform while having enough increased capacity to continually add new work into the mix.” – Barry Polan, vice president of new business development, Crush Creative.

The VUTEk QS2000 expands markets & drives greater profitibility at Screenprint Dow. “The QS2000 is the perfect piece of equipment. It’s roll-to-roll and rigid – it’s really two printers in one.” – Bob Boileau, vice president & general manager, Screenprint Dow.

Quadrissimo in France Hits the Campaign Trail Thanks to EFI VUTEk Superwide Format Inkjet Printing! “We needed to find a dependable and cost effective solution to strengthen the business’ superwide digital inkjet print capability and better fulfill the increasing requirement for diverse applications achievable in this sector.” – Sam Assedo, owner & managing director, Quadrissimo.

Digitally-Printed Wall Coverings – from Niche Markets to Mainstream Applications (Whitepaper). Digital wall covering can be used to change a room, business, tradeshow stand, or retail environment quickly and completely. It can add detail, and give the illusion of size or visual openness to a small, closed space. It can combine photo-realistic interest with information and company branding. With the advent of new materials, printers, and inks, only imagination limits where digital wall covering can go from here.

The Wide, Wide World of… Fine Art! Superwide Format Flatbeds Expand Artistic Potential (Whitepaper). As printer and ink technologies continue to evolve, the integration of digital and traditional art will expand.  Many artists will leverage the digital tools available to stretch their creative abilities and develop new and innovative ways of expressing their art. Superwide format printing will be an important element of art in our times.

Lithographix Spurs Growth with EFI VUTEk Superwide Format Solutions. “Many of our existing commercial clients approached us to suggest we should expand our product line to include superwide and grand format products that are used in their out-of-home campaigns. Lithographix rose to the challenge, seeking out best-in-class solutions to add to our production portfolio”  – Herb Zebrack, president & CEO, Lithographix.

EFI VUTEk Superwide Inkjet Technology puts the Active into Plakativ. “Plakativ’s goal was to become the foremost X-Large printer in Austria. To accomplish this we needed to develop a strong supplier - customer relationship and to invest in a reputable and trusted technology.”  – Klaus L. Ziegler, owner & managing director, Plakativ.

Niggemeyer Soars Sky-High with EFI Superwide Format Printers. “The emergence of digital printing technology, coupled with the emerging and lucrative outdoor graphics and textile markets, created a fundamental shift in our business and we needed to find robust yet versatile solutions to allow us to enter these new markets.” – Roland Niggemeyer, president, Niggemeyer Bildproduktion GmbH & CoKG.

EFI Delivers High Quality, Environmentally-Friendly VUTEk Large Format Printing to Forward-Thinking ATC Groupe. “ATC needed to find an affordable solution that would allow us to increase production and quality while expanding the types of substrates choices for our customers. We turned to EFI, saw the VUTEk 3360 and QS2000, and we knew we had our answer to increasing productivity, quality, substrate options plus the opportunity to become Eco-Friendly.” – Christophe Aussenac, Co-Director, ATC Groupe.

Austin Graphics: Revolutionizing Display Graphics. “We were delighted when we discovered the VUTEk QS2000 … The speed of the QS2000, at 750 square feet/hour, as well as its outstanding high definition printing (HDP) … (the QS2000) delivers crisp images and four point text … key factors in the decision process.” – David Pesnell, founder, Austin Graphics.

VUTEk Supersizes Market Opportunities for Commercial Printers. A growing number of traditional printers and quick print shops means commercial printers need to look for new ways to build revenue and sustain business growth. By complementing their operations with high-profit, high-growth superwide printing capabilities, they are finding solutions. This report presents details.

BioVu Offers a Tall List of Environmentally-Friendly Benefits to Superwide Customers. Find out how Big Print uses BioVu, the first bio-solvent ink, paired with VOC-free substrates, to deliver earth-friendly interior and exterior large format printing to their customers. “Based on our experiences selling (BioVu) biofriendly products, the product sells itself.” – Jon Zinsmeyer, president, The Big Print.

Pictographics: New Applications, New Revenue. New Superwide Solutions. “We tend to have a close, mutually rewarding relationship with both our customers and suppliers, and EFI is clearly a valued partner that has helped us to advance our business.”  – Craig Miller, founder, Pictographics.

Superwide Format Printing Investment Pays Off for The Offset House. “We have been very profitable with the VUTEk QS2000. Add to that the extra offset work it pulls through, and it has been a terrific investment for us. With printing widths of up to two meters and the ability to quickly change from flexible to rigid substrates, I found the VUTEk QS2000 to be an amazing product.”  – John McGrath, president, The Offset House.

VUTEk Makes Lamcom More Competitive. “With the introduction of the EFI’s VUTEk QS2000, conventional screen printers are definitely going to face increased competition. … As for Lamcom, we will continue to grow thanks to our VUTEk products and our highly talented team. It is an exciting time to be in this business.”  – Daniel Lefebvre, president, Lamcom.

BioVu Inks: Changing the Color of Superwide Printing to Environmentally-Friendly Green. This report presents and overview of VioVu Inks, developed VUTEk printers and the first solvent-based inks made from a renewable resource. BioVu is the first and only solvent-based ink recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These Bio-Solvent inks are an entirely new class of inks.

Production Printing Solutions

Customers Boomerang for Personalized Marketing Campaigns Produced on Fiery-Driven® Xerox® iGen3™ 110 Digital Production Press. “We always get the industry’s best from EFI. For more than 15 years, we’ve chosen Fiery – for extreme stability, the most intuitive user interface, and the ultimate in color management.” – Jaison VanDenover, operations director, Boomerang.

Jubels, EFI Fiery® and Xerox™ iGen3™: Leaders in the Digital Print Industry. “Price is not our main focus – continuous quality is.” – Jeroen van Druenen, commercial director, Jubels.

TLG France Prints to Win with EFI Fiery and Konica Minolta. “The Fiery IC 303 offers a direct visual user interface to a centralized Paper Catalogue and multiple finishing options in the print plant, helping us avoid errors.” – Chantal de Pontac., chief operating officer, TLG.

Nashuatec and EFI MicroPress: A Solution that Rules. Because of all the things he can now do without leaving his desk, Julian Julian Janakiev, head of the print department at Nashuatec and experienced Desktop Publisher, is full of praise for MicroPress, saying things like, “no need to be patient”, “automatic error recovery”, and “much more stable.” Though if comes down to it, Julian can describe MicroPress in just two words – “it rules.”

Graphelio: Workflow Solutions in a Repro Production Environment. “We clearly couldn‘t do without the benefit of MicroPress anymore. Our customers just wouldn‘t accept the longer deadlines. As a matter of fact, we even use the MicroPress server to prepare jobs for some of our other printing engines, thanks to the PDF export features.” – Jérôme Frechon, production manager, Graphelio.

MicroPress Gets High Markes at School. Martinuscollege, a Private College in Northern Holland. “It is an extraordinary machine.” – Ton Matthesius, print-room manager, Martinuscollege.

Maryville Press: Making the Digital Transition. “The IKON CPP 500 with the Fiery server and Command WorkStation drove us into a whole new world in high speed color. And with Digital StoreFront, we can turn jobs out more quickly and continue to improve our reputation for exceptional service.” – Paul Zittnan, manager, Maryville Press.

Daily Digital Imaging Goes Digital and Makes it Personal With EFI Fiery-Driven Xerox iGen3 Digital Production Press. “Moving to a digital workflow in partnership with EFI has meant new revenue stream opportunities, as well as increased automation, efficiency and cost savings for Daily Digital Imaging.” – Pello Walker, vice president, business development, Daily Digital Imaging.

Fiery in a Class of its Own at Boise State University. “We have been incredibly pleased with EFI over the years because they truly partner with us and continually support us with technology innovation that makes us more productive. We rely on EFI to continue to offer the best of breed in job process functions as our business grows.” – Ted Bailey, manager, Boise State University Printing and Graphics Services.

Graphic Printers, Inc. Connects with Customers with EFI PrintSmith™. “Once I was able to incorporate our hourly rates and all the information associated with the various aspects of running a printing business into EFI PrintSmith, I suddenly had all the information at my fingertips to stay competitive and profitable.” – Ed Pierce, owner, Graphic Printers, Inc.

EFI Fiery Q4500 and the Xerox iGen3™ Deliver Brilliant Color at Top Speed for Social & Health Services. “It’s increased our efficiency and profit margins but, what’s more important, the Fiery allows us to deliver better customer service. We don’t have to keep going back and forth to get approvals on quality. Along with saving us time, it’s saving our customers’ valuable professional time. That makes us easier to deal with.” – Lewis Eigen, president, Social & Health Services, Ltd., a division of ORC Macro.

Conventional Printer Opens New Markets with EFI Fiery EXP6000 and Xerox DocuColor 6060. “The RIP-once formula helps a lot. And, as a result, we have more press capacity during the day, which allows us to bill more work and make more profit.” – Beth Coleman, general manager of Hilltop Express, Hilltop Press, a division of National Graphics Inc.

ImageKing Thrives in a Competitive Market with EFI Fiery EXP6000 and Xerox DocuColor 6060. “The Fiery EXP6000 and DocuColor 6060 have given us the chance to enter the market for short-run, on-demand, quality output. They’ve allowed us to move ahead in leaps and bounds - in speed, turnaround time, in quality, productivity and production time.” – Tim Evans, digital services manager, ImageKing Visual Solutions.

Medicine Hat School Brings More Color to the Classroom with Xerox Printers and EFI Balance Workflow Software. “What previously required two hours of manual labor and a special time commitment is now accomplished in 10-15 minutes!” – Greg Brown, instructional material center manager, Medicine Hat School District No. 76.

Print Houses Rely on EFI to Bridge the Digital Divide Between Potential and Profits. “We’re eager to help our customers get the benefits of new technologies like variable data printing. It’s a great profit center for us, and the market is only going to grow.” – Peter Murray, senior graphic designer, Sir Speedy Minneapolis, MN.

On the Open Road to Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) with JDF. Read this EFI Whitepaper to understand why EFI believes Computer Integrated Manufacturing offers a clear path to streamline workflows, reduce costs, and enhance profitability.

Carswell Boosts Profits by Bringing Color Production and VDP in-house with EFI Fiery EXP6000. “We’ve seen more than a 30 percent increase in productivity simply because we have total control, which we did not have before.” – Jim MacLachlan, general manager, manufacturing, Carswell.

American Trucking Associations Transforms Digital Color Workflow and Enters VDP market with EFI Fiery EX2000d and Xerox DocuColor 2060. “With variable data printing, we’re doing a lot of new work we could never do before… We’ve greatly expanded our color services and keep work in-house, and we’ve cut our print budget almost in half.” – Glenn Morris, director, business support services department, American Trucking Associations, Inc.

IMAGESmith Makes an Easy Entry into VDP market with EFI Fiery FreeForm. “The Fiery FreeForm is invaluable. It fits right into our workflow, and I’m getting the speed that I want.” – Mary E. Smith, general manager, IMAGESmith.

NAEIR Builds Successful Direct Mail Campaigns with EFI Fiery Servers and Open Variable Data Solutions. “The variable data printing capabilities of Fiery have exceeded our expectations in terms of quality, speed, results, cost savings, and response - everything!” – Bob Gilstrap, vice president and chief financial officer, the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (NAEIR).

Web-to-Print Solutions

American River College Relies on EFI Digital StoreFront and MicroPress to Meet Deadlines and Guarantee Quality “EFI Digital StoreFront was the best solution to meet our demanding needs, and the addition of EFI MicroPress gave us a seamless workflow which has made a huge difference to our productivity.” – Don Reid, Supervisor of Printing Services, American River College

Thieme Media Group Credits Digital StoreFront With Enabling Them to Bring Their Web Store Online Within Two Weeks. “Digital StoreFront enables you to be on the market in a very short time and at a very low cost.” – Marc Cohen, Sales Manager at Thieme MediaCenter, Rotterdam.

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Commercial printer in Norway Increases Online Business by 200% Online Business with Canon Equipment and Digital StoreFront. “Thanks to Digital StoreFront, we have been able to achieve a 50% reduction in the administration time associated with job production.” – Knut Magerholm, project manager, Grafisk Trykk, Norway.

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EFI Fiery Digital Print Servers Allow Maryville Press to Bring Outsourced Work Back Inside.“The IKON CPP 500 with the Fiery server and Command WorkStation® drove us into a whole new world in high speed color. And with Digital StoreFront®, we can turn jobs out more quickly and continue to improve our reputation for exceptional service.” – Paul Zittnan, manager, Maryville Press.

EFI Digital StoreFront Helps School District Balance their Budget. “I managed this department for 10 years prior to this year, and at the end of every budget year our print/copy account was approximately $25,000 to $30,000 in the red. This year with Digital StoreFront, for the first time, we ended up balanced! It is quite an achievement.” – Scott Carpenter, document solutions manager, Olathe Unified School District.

EFI Digital StoreFront Optimizes Workflow Efficiency for a Canadian Full-Service Printer. “Digital StoreFront was the first product where I saw real potential, a real possibility to move our business forward.” – Jane Mugford, General Manager, West Canadian.

Print Management Solutions

Rex Three Relies on EFI Pace to Manage an Evolving Business “EFI Pace has enabled us to run our business effectively while accommodating significant changes in workflow, including our transition from conventional to digital printing.” – Vincent Sita, vice president of manufacturing, Rex Three

MPI Transforms Service Portfolio with Help of EFI PrintSmith “What used to take us 20 minutes before, now takes 5-10 minutes with PrintSmith, which is a huge savings. Not only can we process orders more quickly, they are more accurate. ” – Todd Warren, owner, MPI

Repro India: Expanding Horizons Globally with EFI Solutions “EFI Monarch is a proven, integrated solution that offers an industry best-practices framework and a wide array of add-on modules that can expand the scope of our automation over time and scale with the business.” – Baiju Gujarathi, senior vice president, Repro India

Tathwell Printing: Keeping Up the Pace “EFI Pace allows us to do more work with less people, from initial customer inquiry through estimating, order entry, production and invoicing. EFI Pace runs the show; we would almost be out of business without it.” – John Rawlins, President, Tathwell Printing

EFI Pace Helps Business Thrive for AdColor “…putting the Pace system in place has forced us not only to learn our true costs, but to learn where those costs occur. For the first time, we were forced to do zero-based costing, and we now have a much better appreciation of what makes money and what does not.“ – Patrick Nugent, AdColor

Shweiki Media Delivers Best in Class Service with EFI Pace “The Pace estimating system is very powerful, and so accurate that we buy paper based on individual job estimates.” – Eli Levinson, Chief Operating Officer, Shweiki Media

Freeport Press: Launching Into the Stratosphere. “By implementing the full EFI suite, including management, production planning, PrintFlow dynamic scheduling and Auto-Count, we now have an infrastructure in place to support two to three times our current sales volume, and we plan to hit that mark.” – David Pilcher, president of Freeport Press.

Hagen and JDF: A Winning Combination for Business Efficiency. “When we installed two new MAN Roland presses in 2004 and 2005, we knew we wanted to establish an end-to-end JDF workflow, right out of the gate.” – Todd Kalagher, President, Finlay Printing.

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Midwest Web Integrates Print/Mail Services with EFI’s Hagen™ OA. “As we looked for a commercial solution to replace our homegrown management systems, the biggest challenge was finding a solution that could address both our print and mailing businesses.” – Rhonda Weyenberg, chief financial officer, Midwest Web.

The JohnsByrne Company Increases Business by 100%, Thanks EFI. “Due in large part to implementation of the EFI suite of products, we have been able to double our revenues in the last three years.” – Tim Uchwat, chief financial officer, JohnsByrne.

Proteus® Enables World Publications to Produce Storyboards Twice as Fast. “The most obvious immediate benefit was that Proteus cut our time to produce a storyboard in half. That made a big difference in terms of the workload and cycle time to lay out a publication.” – David Cassell, production director, World Publications.

Prograph® Addresses Every Need for United Litho.“Prograph was the only solution we found that was designed from the ground up to address all of the issues we were facing.” – Steve Fanning, Director of Information Services, United Litho.

EFI PrintSmith gives Graphic Technologies a Seamless View into their Business Operation. “I really don’t know how anyone can run a printing business without PrintSmith. All the information I need to grow my business to levels I never thought possible is right there. PrintSmith is critical for me and my business. ” – Robert Mayer, owner, Graphic Technologies.

EFI PrintSmith and Fiery Deliver Savings to Herron Printing & Graphics. “PrintSmith and Fiery help us make a little more money and when you get down to it that’s what we’re here for.” – Randy Herron, Owner, Herron Printing & Graphics.

EFI PrintSmith, Fiery and Balance Streamline Production Printing atColorado Springs School District. “I have to earn my customers’ business through exceptional customer service, competitive pricing, and top quality. EFI makes it possible to do that.” – Joe Morin, manager, production printing department, Colorado Springs School District 11.

Jetrion Industrial Inkjet Systems

EFI’s Jetrion 3025 Helps Modern Postcard Increase Productivity, Quality and Consistency. “The Jetrion 3025 has made a huge difference in our production operation. We gained 20% to 30% in productivity while increasing our quality from 220 dpi to 316 dpi. Now, we’re getting a dark, crisp inkjetting image that is consistent from card to card and job to job.” – Arnie Cohen, senior manager, product logistics, Modern Postcard.

Jetrion Inkjet System Increases Productivity at National Ticket. “The Jetrion 3025 has allowed us to increase our press speed. On some products, we have seen running speed increases in the 10% to 15% range, and that’s a significant productivity gain.” – Ed Ludes, vice president of production, National Ticket Co.

Corporate Solutions

EFI SendMe Streamlines Document Management Process for a Preeminent Real Estate Company. “EFI SendMe has allowed us to enter more than 15,000 documents into our system. And this is done in a walk up environment. Anyone can use it.” – Sadia Ben Hamed, document manager, Finaxiome.