Guy Gecht, CEO of EFI with Xerox CEO Jeff Jacobson at the recent EFI Connect conference
A new agreement has been made which sees EFI partnering with Xerox to bring to market a next generation digital front end to drive Xerox digital production presses.
The agreement includes the sale of Xerox’s FreeFlow Print Server (FFPS) DFE business to EFI, enabling the FFPS to be integrated with EFI’s Fiery product. Under the terms of the deal, EFI will continue to produce and support FFPS so current customers do not experience interruptions in sales or service.
‘Customers will gain a powerful solution with more efficiencies, performance and quality to meet the most demanding production requirements,’ said Andrew Copley, president, graphic communications solutions, Xerox.
‘EFI integration among the DFE, workflow software, and management information systems products deliver the higher levels of automation and productivity that are key to print businesses taking full advantage of the opportunities with digital printing,’ commented Guy Gecht, CEO of EFI.
The new DFE will be integrated with EFI’s Productivity Suites, which include management information systems such as Pace, PrintSmith Vision, Monarch and Radius ERP. Additionally, the DFE will integrate with Xerox FreeFlow Core and XMPie workflows as well as industry-leading third-party pre-press solutions, such as Agfa Apogee, Heidelberg Prinect and Kodak Prinergy. The Fiery DFE will also offer a modern API to allow customers to easily develop integration to any customised applications.
The agreement is for FFPS only and does not impact the Xerox workflow solutions that carry a FreeFlow sub-brand name (FreeFlow Core, FreeFlow VI Suite, FreeFlow Makeready and FreeFlow Digital Publisher).
