EFI Premieres Colorproof XF 3.0 for Proofing and Production at Fespa Digital 2006; EFI Raises Proofing Bar, Adds New Wide Format Production Capabilities, and Fully Integrates Industry-Leading Fiery Controller with Colorproof XF.AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- EFI See UEFI. EFI - Extensible Firmware Interface (Nasdaq:EFII EFII Electronics for Imaging Inc (Foster City, CA) ), the world leader in digital controllers, superwide format printers and inks, and print management solutions for commercial and enterprise printing, today announced EFI Colorproof(TM) XF Version 3.0. Significant new features and enhancements include a new output option for gravure printers, a new production option for wide format production environments and the Fiery Option, which seamlessly integrates Fiery-driven devices into the Colorproof XF workflow. Including Best Technology and designed for print and prepress professionals, publishers, creatives and photographers, the newest version of EFI's industry-acclaimed, scalable and versatile client/server-based proofing solution will premiere at Fespa Digital Europe, Stand B450, Hall 9. EFI Colorproof XF turns inkjet and laser printers into powerful proofing and production devices, and Version 3.0 improves upon the solution's unrivalled combination of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color quality, power, flexibility and ease of use. A key component of Colorproof XF is the Fiery Option, fully integrating Fiery controller technology, which is used by more than 14 million customers worldwide. The Fiery Option enables these customers to deploy Colorproof XF to proof on an inkjet printer A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, almost all inkjet printers produce color. Low-end inkjets use three ink colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), but produce a composite black that is often muddy. and then seamlessly utilize their Fiery for color management and workflow on a production laser-based printing system. Among the more than 50,000 installations of Colorproof XF is the Leipzig, Germany-based advertising agency L-ARTS. L-ARTS and its subsidiaries depend on Colorproof XF to meet the high demands made by their clients, including BURGER KING(R), and deploying EFI technology supports L-ARTS' company philosophy of growth, innovation and reliability. "The unique color quality of the products produced with Best Technology is indisputable and we've been consistently pleased over our many years of use. The client/server architecture An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. and the unlimited number of printers enable us to adapt EFI Colorproof XF perfectly to our needs and it grows with our business," said Lorenz Ismer, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , L-ARTS. Stefan Spiegel, general manager, EFI Graphic Arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. Solutions, adds, "EFI is committed to continuous R&D across our entire range of solutions in order to address our customers' evolving needs. Colorproof XF 3.0 offers more output options and key feature enhancements, allowing print and prepress professionals, publishers, creatives and photographers to produce even greater results." Powerful new features include: The new Production Option enables EFI Colorproof XF users to transform their large-format printers into fast, flexible and productive sources of new revenues from posters, banners and similar added-value products. Advanced step-and-repeat features not only print multiple copies of images -- by defining whether images are repeated horizontally, vertically or mirror-fashion, they create striking patterns quickly and easily. The Production Option also features a tiling function that prints images larger than the printer's width. Overlaps, crop marks Printed lines on paper used to cut the form into its intended size. and tile numbering are freely definable to simplify reassembling of total image, which can be previewed before final output. A new Gravure Output Option provides a cost-efficient solution to produce data needed for gravure cylinder production: users simply create anti-aliased and separated grayscale In computing, a grayscale or greyscale digital image is an image in which the value of each pixel is a single sample. Displayed images of this sort are typically composed of shades of gray, varying from black at the weakest intensity to white at the strongest, though in TIFFs to drive digital engraving engraving, in its broadest sense, the art of cutting lines in metal, wood, or other material either for decoration or for reproduction through printing. In its narrowest sense, it is an intaglio printing process in which the lines are cut in a metal plate with a machines. An enhanced EFI Colorproof XF user interface delivers new levels of productivity. In the basic package, a new simplified interface is built around just two views -- Job Explorer and System Manager. Job Explorer offers new tools and selection criteria, while new functions such as copy-and-paste make setting up workflows in System Manager easier than ever. Other new features include the ability to create a virtual printer that prints directly into a hot folder -- facilitating hot folder technology and simplified sharing of networked printers -- and support of seven-color input and simulation profiles. All Colorproof XF packages now incorporate 3D Optimizer, a new easy-to-use tool embedded in the software to optimize printer output to a specific reference, whether a printing press or another printer. Optimizer supports the Gretag Macbeth Eye-One iO automated measurement device, providing fast, accurate reading of test charts in addition to supporting the linearization In mathematics and its applications, linearization refers to finding the linear approximation to a function at a given point. In the study of dynamical systems, linearization is a method for assessing the local stability of an equilibrium point of a system of nonlinear differential tool of the basic Colorproof XF package, along with the Color Manager and Color Verifier Option. The functionality of the Color Manager Option -- now also available for Mac OS X -- has been greatly extended, enhancing RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). workflows for photographic applications and allowing the creation of device link profiles based on up to three different ICC profiles. Also new in the Color Manager Option is support for multi-color profiles for inkjet printers -- for example CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK) The color space used for commercial printing and most color computer printers. In theory, cyan, magenta and yellow (CMY) can print all colors, but inks are not pure and black comes out muddy. + orange + green. Version 3 closes the loop for six-color proofing, since Colorproof XF can also process six-color input and simulation profiles. A number of new features in Version 3 further improve Colorproof XF's already outstanding color quality. EFI Colorproof XF Version 3.0 also incorporates new functions for creating proofs that provide the closest match to "real-world" press output. Users can define the first printable print·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being printed or of producing a print: printable negatives. 2. Fit for publication: printable language. dot, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the characteristics of specific presses, and also simulate the "noise" intensity arising from particular ink/paper/press combinations. Availability Supporting the latest printers from HP (the Photosmart Pro B9180 and DesignJet 4500), Canon (imagePROGRAF W6400D and W8400D) and Epson (Stylus stylus: see pen. (1) A pen-shaped instrument that is used to "draw" images or select from menus. Styli (the plural of stylus, pronounced "sty-lye") come with handheld devices that have touch screens, such as PDAs and video games. Photo R2400), Colorproof XF 3.0 will be sold through certified EFI dealers and distributors. Version 3.0 will be available starting in June 2006, and shown at Fespa Digital Europe, Stand B450, Hall 9. ABOUT EFI EFI (www.efi.com) is the world leader in digital controllers, superwide format printers and inks and print management solutions. EFI's award-winning technologies offer integrated document management tools from creation to print, including high fidelity high fidelity n. The electronic reproduction of sound, especially from broadcast or recorded sources, with minimal distortion. high color Fiery(R) print servers that can output up to 2000 ppm; VUTEk superwide digital inkjet printers and UV and solvent inks capable of printing on flexible and rigid substrates; powerful print production workflow and management information software solutions for increased performance and cost efficiency; and an array of corporate printing solutions. EFI's integrated solutions connect seamlessly, delivering unbeatable performance, cost savings and increased productivity. EFI maintains 23 offices worldwide. NOTE TO EDITORS: EFI, Fiery, Prograph and PrinterSite are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and/or certain other foreign jurisdictions. EFI Hagen OA is a trademark of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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