The ultra-high-speed, single-pass EFI
Reggiani BOLT digital textile printer from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. has
received the InterTech Technology Award from PRINTING United Alliance.
The InterTech Technology Awards honor
technologies predicted to have a major transformational impact on the printing
industry. The EFI Reggiani BOLT is one of the first textile printer to receive an
InterTech Award.
Thanks to its cutting-edge printhead
concept and high-performance ink delivery system for direct-to-textile printing,
the 71 inch- (1.8 meter-) wide EFI Reggiani BOLT is the fastest digital textile
printer available, delivering a top throughput speed of 295 feet (90 meters)
per minute at a 600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) resolution. It features high-end
imaging in drop sizes from 5 to 30 picoliters, and also provides
premium-quality 600 x 4,800 maximum-dpi resolution printing.
In addition, a robust and industrial platform
solution designed for 24/7 operation, offers an innovative, low-maintenance,
fast-startup recirculation printhead that delivers high-quality printing with
superior uptime.
Users can reduce the cost per meter of
digitally printed textiles with the EFI Reggiani BOLT while creating a broader
range of designs quickly and efficiently. Plus, the printer can include one or
more analog printing stations as an option, integrated into the digital printer
for special effects.
“EFI Reggiani is strongly committed to
developing cutting-edge technologies and sustainable solutions for the textile
industry, as we believe that innovation is the key to our customers’ success,”
said EFI Reggiani Senior Vice President and General Manager Adele Genoni.
To date, three BOLT printers have been
installed including one in Italy, two in Pakistan and one more installation is
being finalized in Pakistan. In the first year BOLT printers were in operation,
they produced more than 10 million linear meters of printed fabric, and to date
they have printed more than 25 million linear meters worldwide.
The EFI Reggiani BOLT is with high speed,
minimal set-up time, including no time lost for maintenance at startup and
during production, and with massive ink laydown for the highest-quality,
vibrant images in the same time frame compared to existing technology.
In
addition, the EFI Fiery BT-1000 digital front end (DFE) color management and
RIP solution drives the printer, enabling efficient job management while streaming
jobs directly to the printer in real time. It is purpose-built to deliver fine
detail, smooth gradations, clean solid colors, deep blacks and high saturation.
Superior screening and fine dithering algorithms with the Fiery DFE provide
high-quality print results.