A new Fiery digital front end (DFE) for the Xerox iGen 5 press is now available.
The Xerox EX-P 5 Print Server Powered by Fiery supports the White Dry Ink capability recently launched for the Xerox press, and it is the first commercially available DFE on the new Fiery FS300 Pro platform.
‘We believe the new capabilities with the Fiery DFE will be a significant asset to our customers, especially as it relates to optimising our fifth station options,’ said Ragni Mehta, vice president and general manager, Cut Sheet Business, Xerox. ‘This partnership with EFI will allow Xerox to capitalise on the ability of White Dry Ink and other specialty colours to increase the breadth of applications that can be produced on the iGen 5 press.’
The new White Dry Ink capability enables printing on coloured media with applications, including folding cartons and point of purchase (POP) materials. The Fiery DFE makes it easy to manage white dry ink (as well as all other fifth station options) throughout the entire job workflow. As an example, the ImageViewer allows users to view the ink separation in the raster file to see exactly where white will print.
‘The new Fiery DFE for the iGen 5 Press is based on the Fiery NX Premium hardware platform,’ explained John Henze, vice president of marketing, EFI Fiery. ‘It features HyperRIP enhancements that allow shops to double their processing speed on more types of jobs. It also includes the new Fiery Command WorkStation 6, the most popular production print job management interface in the industry, which is helping our customers increase their shop floor productivity.’
Some of the new Fiery FS300 features include enhanced handling of spot colours, including the ability to overprint up to 127 spot colours per page; Color Profiler Suite 4.9 for calibration of the press for G7 compliance; and Object Inspector and Total Area Coverage, two ImageViewer enhancements that help operators identify imaging problems related to particular object types.
