EFI VUTEk Q3r Go beyond at lightning speed

Take your business beyond—with the EFI VUTEk Q3r
We designed the EFI™ VUTEk® Q3r to go beyond printing to provide a complete print to finished graphic workflow—from RIP to finished product—on the same platform. Think of it as one big competitive edge that encompasses automatic in-line quality inspection, inline slitting and cutting, Roll & Tape, and more.


- Overview
- Features
- Specifications
- Applications
- Resources
- Support
Beyond speed and quality
- Up to 6,006 ft2 (558 m2) per hour
- Up to nine colors – standard CMYK, optional LC, LM, LK, white and clear coat
- UltraDrop™ Technology with native 7 pL printheads with true multi-drop addressability for high-definition image quality, outstanding smoothness in shadows, gradients, and transitions, and superb text quality with four-point text in both standard and high quality with fewer satellites and more clarity in all print modes
- True resolution up to 1200 dpi
- Precise and sharp three-point text
Applications that go above and beyond
- Wide range of applications designed for challenging, premium POP, as well as high volume billboards
- EFI - 3M™ SuperRange XF White ink covered under the 3M™ MCS™ Warranty when printing with co-branded EFI and 3M™ UV inks on 3M™ flexible media1
- EFI - 3M™ SuperFlex XF inks available for car wrapping and fleet graphics
1 The 3M™ MCS™ Warranty backs graphics printed with the 3M co-branded ink on select 3M flexible media and printed and applied according to 3M Product and Instruction Bulletins. Nothing herein should be construed as a warranty in addition to the express warranty statements provided with EFI products and services.
Cool features that are beyond compare
EFI’s industry-leading LED curing technology and all its cost savings and environmental benefits:
- Extends your range of supported substrates, including lower cost and added-value specialty media
- Increases uptime and productivity with instant on/off and less maintenance
- Drives down operating costs with significantly less energy consumption (2.9 kW instead of 10 kW) and fewer consumable parts
- Improves control over gloss/matte levels
- Reduces waste with consistent color output and simple operation
- Satisfies customer requests for a greener print solution with low VOCs, lower power consumption, and less waste and consumables
Way beyond easy to use
- Versatile media handling capabilities to support a variety of flexible media, including freefall, multi-roll, 3.5-meter and 5.2-meter Super Duty Winder* and Motorized Winder*
- Carriage height adjustment and Wrinkle Analyzer to avoid head strikes
- Newly designed mobile operator station with touch screen for maximum convenience
- EFI IQ and EFI Go mobile application* for remote printer tracking
* Optional
Versatility and beyond – with optional Power Tools
- White Printing with a variety of multi-layer white printing modes
- Clear coat ink – glossy and matte coating modes; selective and full flood; provides up to three years protective coating and for print enhancement
- Both white and clear ink – together – for premium applications
- Inline Finishing system for all-in-one printing, cutting, slitting, and collecting
- Y-slitters – single- or double-bladed – for separating multiple jobs on a single, full-width roll, minimizing media waste, and with waste collectors to eliminate the mess
- InSpec – automatic inline print quality monitoring that can identify various print imperfections and alert the operator
- Roll & Tape - an automated device that takes printed cut sheets directly from the printer, rolls them into scrolls, and tapes their edges with labels with printed job information.
- Automatic Backlit supports multi-roll cutting and slitting, and enables printing each side with a different print mode
- Automatic Blockout is available for multi-roll and supports cutting and slitting
- ID Backprint for printing customer information on the back side of the media; also available with white ink for color-backed media
- Media Edge Guards to protect the print carriage and printheads from crashing into media with uneven or wavy edges
- Media Spreaders for extra challenging, stretchable media types that tend to wrinkle
- Super Duty Winder for loading heavy media rolls
- Motorized Airshaft for precise and excellent media collection