The new integration connects selected Duplo devices to Fiery Impose software
Electronics For Imaging and Duplo have integrated EFI’s Fiery production workflow for digital print devices and Duplo’s Slitter/Cutter/Creasers.
The new integration connects selected Duplo devices to Fiery Impose software, giving users an automatically generated, accurate preview of slit, cut, and crease locations in their printing jobs. Users can also save new layouts as templates to automate imposition on future jobs.
The partnership allows for efficient, automated imposition layout and production from prepress through to finishing, delivering precise throughput faster and saving up to 70% of setup time.
‘EFI and Duplo customers will definitely save time by eliminating the need for manual data entry and setup of finishing information in Fiery digital printing workflows,’ said Peter Dyson, product launch leader at Duplo International. ‘Our collaborative efforts for this automated solution will also reduce human setup errors, plus users now will have the ability to quickly verify job designs with a visual preview of finishing lines before printing.’
With Fiery Impose’s existing Duplo barcode support, users can load printed jobs directly and let the finisher perform automatic setup for the job based on the barcode.
EFI and Duplo customer Ken Kaypekian, sales manager, Global Print, commented, ‘After implementing the EFI Fiery Impose integration, our projects now move even faster in our finishing production environment while maintaining high quality and accuracy. Planning our job layouts first on our Duplo DC-746 and then moving it to our Fiery Impose environment, instead of the other way around, has been a much more efficient workflow and the accuracy is now phenomenal.’
The new integration feature is currently available through a firmware update delivered online for the Duplo DC-746’s PC Controller software. Support for the Duplo DC-646 will be available later this year.
