New EFI Fiery System Software Delivers New Revenue Stream Opportunities, Increases Automation, Efficiency and Cost Savings for Professional Print Environment Customers.Fiery System 8 Advances Precision Color, Consistent High Quality Output, VDP VDP Variable Data Printing VDP Verband Deutscher Pfandbriefbanken VDP Variable Data Publishing VDP Video Display Processor VDP Van der Pol (equation) VDP Visual Descent Point VDP video datagram protocol Capabilities, Provides Seamless Integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with EFI's Web-to-Print, Proofing, Workflow and Print MIS Solutions and Connectivity to All Popular Pre-Press Applications CHICAGO -- EFI See UEFI. EFI - Extensible Firmware Interface (Nasdaq:EFII EFII Electronics for Imaging Inc (Foster City, CA) ), the world leader in digital color servers, superwide format printers and inks, and print management solutions, today announced Fiery System 8, advanced print server software designed for professional print environment customers. Fiery System 8 delivers precision color, consistent high quality output, workflow innovation, powerful variable data printing (VDP) capabilities, seamless integration with EFI's web-to-print, proofing, workflow and Print MIS solutions, and connectivity to all popular pre-press applications. This new evolution of EFI's industry-leading digital print server technology addresses the most demanding professional print requirements of customers with commercial print, print for pay, corporate reprographic and creative 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. environments, delivering new revenue stream opportunities and increasing automation, efficiency and cost savings. Fiery System 8 features workflow innovation and professional tools for the most "extreme" users, including: the fastest, most open variable data printing solution; 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. ) imposition; the Production Printing Package, a set of advanced production management tools that helps customers achieve the fastest output from production print engines in mission-critical environments; the Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition, which immediately integrates into high-end workflow systems and enables Graphic Arts professionals to produce premium quality color; the recently launched EFI Desktop SE (standard) and EFI Desktop Pro (optional) that allow users to instantly organize, manage, find and share all of their paper and digital documents at their desktop; and the optional new EFI Color Profiler Suite (also launched at Graph Expo, see separate press release), which enables Graphic Arts professionals to create, visualize, test and edit color profiles with a single profiling solution. With the Fiery open platform and compliance with industry standards such 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 , PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. , and PPML (Personalized Printer Markup Language) An XML-based printer language developed by the PODi association that is designed for printing customized documents with digital printers. , Fiery System 8 readily integrates into customers' overall print shop operations, including offset/digital hybrid and Computer-to-Plate (CTP CTP (cytidine triphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Computer-To-Plate) The production of printing plates directly from the computer without requiring film as an intermediate step. ) environments and third-party graphic arts workflows, with full functionality operating in both Windows and Macintosh environments. Fiery System 8 passes the industry standard Altona Test Suite, ensuring integrity of design intent from creation to print, providing predictable, accurate output. And with EFI's collaborations with Agfa, Artwork Systems, Presstek, Rampage and Screen, Fiery-driven systems serve as a gateway to leading third-party pre-press technologies. Fiery servers also feature connectivity to EFI products such as: Digital StoreFront[TM] for job submission over the web; EFI Balance[TM], EFI's production color and B&W production management and sophisticated make-ready solution; Colorproof[TM] XF, the scalable, versatile client/server-based proofing solution driven by EFI Bestcolor[R] Technology; and EFI Print MIS solutions for optimal print shop management. With more than 14 million users worldwide, Fiery is the market-leading color digital print server. Fiery servers offer JDF connectivity with EFI's powerful Print MIS solutions, which currently have an installation base of approximately 10,000, providing a two-way exchange between a customer's printing and management systems. The EFI Fiery JDF Connector facilitates the movement of job details, including job numbers, descriptions, parts information, colors, production counts, and start and stop time, between the digital output device and MIS solution in real time. Ensuring accurate job information and tracking through all parts of the workflow and providing better overall visibility of the entire workflow, the EFI Fiery JDF Connector optimizes customers' technology investment. "Fiery System 8 provides customers with a unique and powerful combination of industry-leading color management, consistent high quality output, unparalleled performance and workflow innovation," said Mehran Farimani, senior vice president and general manager, Fiery Products, EFI. "Our advances in Fiery innovation, the server's seamless integration with EFI Print MIS solutions and on demand workflow, and connectivity to prepress applications are all designed to greatly increase customers' productivity and help them profitability grow their print business." Additional highlights of the Fiery System 8 include: Performance and Productivity Among the Fiery System 8 features that enhance performance and productivity are: * Fiery Smart RIP: EFI's new RIP architecture that combines intelligent processing with the efficient utilization of the print engine. Fiery Smart RIP significantly accelerates RIPping (1) Converting an audio CD from its native CD-DA format to MP3, AAC or some other compressed audio format. When the term was coined, it had a perverse meaning. Many loved the idea they were "ripping off" the music industry by making copyrighted works available in a compact format performance, handling the most complex jobs with ease. * Continuous Print: Enables processed pages to be stored in memory before printing, eliminating the need for the copier or printer to cycle down between unique pages. * RIP-While-Print: Allows one page to be printed, while subsequent pages are simultaneously processed. * Rip 1 While Print 2 enables simultaneous two-job execution. Fiery System 8 starts RIPping a new file while the previous file is printing. * ECT ECT electroconvulsive therapy. ECT abbr. electroconvulsive therapy ECT Electroconvulsive therapy sometimes is used to treat depression or mania when pharmaceutical treatment fails. Compression: The next generation of highly optimized software and video hardware that delivers both outstanding image quality and high performance. Fiery System 8 turns a print engine into a high-performance VDP solution, enabling customers to readily take advantage of lucrative personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. printing business opportunities. EFI's VDP solution is open, flexible, scalable, and includes the most comprehensive range of VDP languages, and EFI collaborates with the leading VDP software vendors. The Fiery server smoothly integrates into existing workflows and delivers consistency of workflow regardless of whether the job is VDP or non-VDP. Customers have the freedom to choose the web-to-print applications, authoring tools, databases, Fiery-driven output devices, and Print MIS systems that best suite their VDP needs. Those who integrate the Fiery server with EFI Digital StoreFront web-to-print platform have a complete, streamlined workflow from document submission and job creation, through the print production environment, to finishing and delivery. High Quality Color Output Built-in color management tools provide consistent and superior output, proprietary compression schemes, true Adobe PostScript The de facto standard page description language (PDL) in the graphics arts industry as well as in commercial printing. Developed by Adobe, many printers and most imagesetters support PostScript by having a built-in PostScript interpreter. 3, and professional toolsets. Fiery System 8 color features include: * Fiery ColorWise[R], the EFI in-RIP color management system Software that translates the colors of an original image into the truest representation obtainable on the output device. Color management works from a profile of the output device, typically a digital printer or offset press, and works backward to the source of the material such as a , which delivers consistent color across applications, computer platforms, color spaces A system for describing color numerically. Also known as a "color model," the most widely used color spaces are RGB for scanners and displays, CMYK for color printing and YUV for video and TV. , and color file formats, enabling customers to readily achieve undeviating, professional-level color. ColorWise includes automated functionality and expert controls for managing color, productivity and automating color document workflow. * Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition - Enabling superior color quality, this suite of premium applications includes: Image Viewer See viewer. , which offers a fast, accurate soft-proofing interface that zooms to the dot cell level - customers can choose to view the job or export a PDF for easy collaboration; file converters for Hot Folders streamline job submission from other graphic arts workflows; advanced trapping trapping, most broadly, the use of mechanical or deceptive devices to capture, kill, or injure animals. It may be applied to the practice of using birdlime to capture birds, lobster pots to trap lobsters, and seines to catch fish. settings; and control bars and post-flight reports for more sophisticated trouble-shooting and controlling output. Connectivity EFI networking technologies allow users to print and manage the Fiery server from the most popular network environments, such as Windows[R], Novell, the Macintosh[R], UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , and standard support for gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. networks. This connectivity is in addition to integration with the previously mentioned EFI products and ready connectivity to industry-leading pre-press solutions enabled by EFI's adherence to industry standards. Security From controlling access to the server to managing open network ports and securing the data resident on the system's hard drive, Fiery System 8 features a flexible configuration and rigorous implementation of security protocols. Immediate Control Fiery System 8 features are designed to remove unnecessary complexity and ensure efficiency. Document building tools, intuitive icon-based print drivers for a variety of platforms, utilities for remote job management, and a local WYSIWYG interface help customers achieve immediate control of the Fiery server. Advanced Proofing Capabilities Fiery System 8 is able to simulate a variety of print output on the customer's print engine and integrate into many related workflows. The Colorproof XF Fiery Option enables 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 the Fiery server for color management and workflow. The optional EFI Color Profiler Suite also provides proofing capabilities, streamlining color management processes to ensure accuracy and predictability. Availability EFI solutions will be demonstrated at EFI booths 4212 and 4273 and at partners' booths throughout Graph Expo, Oct. 15 - 18, Chicago's McCormick Place McCormick Place is an enormous exposition complex located in Chicago, Illinois. . Fiery solutions are sold through EFI's OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners. About EFI EFI (www.efi.com) is the world leader in digital color servers, superwide format printers and inks, and commercial and enterprise print management solutions. 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] color print servers; superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks; print production workflow and management information software; and corporate printing solutions. EFI maintains 23 offices worldwide. NOTE TO EDITORS: EFI and Fiery are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and/or certain other foreign jurisdictions. Digital StoreFront 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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