Canon Provides EFI Fiery-Based Production Workflow Solution to Maximize Customers' Productivity and Equipment Investment.New EFI See UEFI. EFI - Extensible Firmware Interface Fiery Central Equips On Demand Print Service Providers with Powerful, Modular, PDF-Based Production Workflow Solution, Saves Customers' Valuable Time and Money CHICAGO -- Canon U.S.A., the market share leader in digital color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay. Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). systems(i), and EFI (Nasdaq:EFII EFII Electronics for Imaging Inc (Foster City, CA) ), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced the newest element in the companies' previously announced strengthened strategic alliance specifically focused on the needs of commercial print customers. The new EFI Fiery[R] Central powerful modular, PDF-based production workflow solution will be available in the fourth quarter of this year to Canon customers and will be demonstrated at Graph Expo (Chicago, Sept. 9-12) in Canon Booth 2400 and EFI Booth 3000. Fiery Central represents EFI's next generation of digital print production workflow technology Workflow technology is a new field of software products designed to improve the design of information systems. It involves use of workflow engine to execute models of processes. The models can be edited by persons not experienced in programming (e.g. , leveraging the company's legacy of customer success with the popular EFI[R] MicroPress, Balance[TM], and OneFlow[R] solutions as well as industry-leading Fiery digital print server technology widely used by Canon customers. Encompassing EFI's unmatched expertise, Fiery Central enables print service providers in medium to high-volume print-on-demand environments, such as corporate reprographic departments (CRD CRD See Central Registration Depository (CRD). ), print for pay, and commercial printers, to increase job volume, decrease turnaround times and maximize equipment investment. "Workflow integration, one of the Critical Six components of our imagePRESS Workflow Solutions program, is necessary in order for commercial printers to fully enjoy a profitable digital printing operation. By integrating the Fiery Central production workflow solution and EFI's high-end production solutions with Canon's imagePRESS C7000VP, users can better manage their end-to-end digital workflow In print publishing, using the computer to lay out text and illustrations prior to creating film negatives for every page or going directly to plate. Prior to digital workflow, the typesetting and pre-press stages were far more time consuming and labor-intensive. and streamline monochrome and color production printing to further develop and enhance their digital business," said Janet Cain, director and assistant general manager, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "With Fiery Central, we've extended the Fiery power familiar to many Canon customers and now deliver an unprecedented production workflow solution that optimizes their resources and increases their production," said Frank Mallozzi, senior vice president, worldwide marketing and sales, EFI. "Canon customers will find tremendous value in the newest addition to EFI's robust portfolio of integrated products specifically designed to drive their increased competitiveness, efficiency and profitability." Readily enabling connection to multiple digital output devices of the print service providers' choosing, Fiery Central is a powerful yet flexible solution that leverages Canon customers' existing investment in Fiery technology and their familiarity with the Fiery workflow. Further, JDF JDF Job Definition Format (XML-based format for workflow and control information) JDF Jamaica Defence Force JDF Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International JDF Job Description Form JDF Japan Defense Force JDF Jackson Drop Forge Company connectivity enables a broadened range of integrated workflows. To address customers' specific needs and expand as their workflow requirements change, Fiery Central comes in three modular components, Fiery Central Focus, Fiery Central Flow and Fiery Central Balance. Fiery Central Focus, the base module, includes award-winning Fiery applications such as the EFI Command WorkStation[R] (CWS CWS Chicago White Sox CWS College World Series CWS Church World Service CWS Child Welfare Services CWS Canadian Wildlife Service CWS Community Water System (EPA) CWS Canada-Wide Standard CWS Compressed Work Schedule ) interface, EFI Hot Folders to automate the job set-up process and reduce errors, and EFI Driver, which simplifies the process of setting up, submitting and monitoring print jobs. Customers are able to add on optional modules as their business grows. Fiery Central Flow offers advanced digital prepress capabilities in a simple, cost-effective solution. Leveraging Fiery technology that delivers powerful capability via an intuitive interface, this module is icon-based and features a unique Visual Workflow to optimize productivity by providing job progress at-a-glance. Fiery Central Flow incorporates file conversion, preflight pre·flight adj. Preparing for or occurring before flight. tr.v. pre·flight·ed, pre·flight·ing, pre·flights To check (an aircraft) for airworthiness before flight. , spot color A color that is printed from one printing plate which contains one matched color of ink. Spot colors are used when only one or two solid colors are needed on a page or when a color has to match perfectly and be consistent such as with a company logo or when colors are the trademark of the management, approval, routing and proofing processes into customizable workflows that can be edited and managed by users of any skill level to optimize resources and increase production. Fiery Central Flow automates manual tasks and provides print service providers with greater consistency and reliability. Fiery Central Balance increases productivity by combining multiple devices into a "printer group" for optimized asset utilization. For complex documents, Fiery Central Balance routes jobs to one or more devices within the printer group for load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them and maximum speed. With this module's intelligent routing function, jobs can be split by volume, color/black and white and deployed to the best engine or combination of engines. EFI offers several additional options across the three modules. The Compose feature eases job composition and make-ready by allowing users to visually assign and communicate page-level attributes and tabs to any printer. Impose reduces production time and errors by allowing WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. (What You See Is What You Get (jargon) What You See Is What You Get - (WYSIWYG) /wiz'ee-wig/ Describes a user interface for a document preparation system under which changes are represented by displaying a more-or-less accurate image of the way the document will finally appear, e.g. when printed. ) display for nearly any imposition scheme and by creating templates for simple, scalable workflows. EFI Scan improves the job process by scanning black and white and color documents to the workflow. Additional engines can be added individually to accommodate changing production requirements. Collectively and singly, these features, combined with the Fiery Central modules, help print service providers produce complex documents easier, faster and more efficiently. Availability EFI solutions designed for Canon U.S.A. are available through authorized Canon U.S.A. dealers, select distributors, and Canon imaging resellers at 1-800-OK-CANON and http://www.usa.canon.com. About Canon U.S.A., Inc. Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging solutions. The Company is listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies in America and is on the 2006 BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." Its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CAJ CAJ Canadian Association of Journalists CAJ Christliche Arbeiterjugend (German Young Christian Workers) CAJ China Academic Journals CAJ Christian Academy in Japan CAJ Canaima, Venezuela (Airport Code) ) is a top patent holder of technology, ranking third overall in the U.S. in 2006+, with global revenues of $34.9 billion. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS (Really Simple Syndication) A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the news sites. RSS has also stood for "Rich Site Summary" and "RDF Site Summary. news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com. (i) Source - Gartner Dataquest, February 2007 + IFI IFI International Financial Institutions (IMF, World Bank, etc.) IFI Institutt For Informatikk (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo) IFI Industrial Fasteners Institute Patent Intelligence Press Release, January 2007 About EFI EFI (www.efi.com) is the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation. EFI's award-winning solutions, integrated from creation to print, deliver increased performance, cost savings and productivity. The company's robust product portfolio includes Fiery[R] digital color print servers; VUTEk[R] superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks; Jetrion[R] industrial inkjet printing systems; print production workflow and management information software; and corporate printing solutions. EFI maintains 23 offices worldwide. NOTE TO EDITORS: EFI, Fiery, Balance, OneFlow and Command WorkStation are registered trademarks of Electronics for Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and/or certain other foreign jurisdictions. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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