EFI to Showcase Recession-Busting Solutions Throughout On Demand Expo
FOSTER CITY, CA—March 18, 2009—EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, will showcase its award-winning Fiery, Print MIS and proofing solutions at On Demand Expo, to be held March 30 to April 2 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. In addition to the EFI booth (1943), the company’s industry-leading solutions will be on display in partner booths throughout the show, including Canon, Konica Minolta, Xerox and others.
EFI’s powerful breakthrough solutions reduce costs while driving greater productivity and profitability for customers, helping them successfully make the transition from analog to digital technologies. At On Demand, the company will launch the most advanced Fiery® interface and job management system ever – EFI Command WorkStation 5.0, providing a more productive, intuitive and flexible way to print. EFI will also debut the Fiery SeeQuence Impose and Compose suite, an innovative make-ready software application.
On display for the first time will be the Colorproof™ XF version 4.0 proofing solution, with advanced color control and fast production tools to increase productivity and reduce costs. The award-winning new version of EFI Digital StoreFront® will be showcased, along with the latest versions of EFI Pace™, EFI PrintSmith™, EFI PrintSmith Site, EFI PrintFlow®, EFI Colorproof™ eXpress, Fiery and Fiery XF (including integration to PrintSmith and Digital StoreFront).
EFI President Fred Rosenzweig will host a special press conference to unveil the breakthrough new EFI Command WorkStation and its SeeQuence make-ready module and provide updates on the rest of the company’s powerful product portfolio. (NOTE: Members of the press are invited to attend the press conference at noon, Tues., March 31, in Bridge East next to the press room. Lunch will be provided at 11:45 a.m. RSVP required: news2@efi.com).
“In today’s difficult economic environment, print service providers attending On Demand will be looking for every way they can to gain efficiencies, become more competitive, and generate new revenue streams. Now in our twentieth year of business, EFI provides proven, reliable solutions that make a difference everyday to the productivity and the bottom line of hundreds of thousands of customers,” said Fred Rosenzweig, EFI president. “We’re excited to launch our most revolutionary Command WorkStation to date, together with the Fiery SeeQuence application, and to display other new offerings at our booth and throughout the show.”
EFI technology will be showcased in partners' booths, enabling attendees to see first-hand the power of EFI solutions and the ease of connectivity with partners' solutions. EFI products will be shown in the following booths:
Canon USA, booth 1701: Fiery servers driving digital output devices; EFI Fiery Central; EFI MicroPress; and EFI Digital StoreFront.
Duplo USA, booth 2043: Fiery-driven Xerox 700 connected to Duplo cut, crease and binding solutions.
FujiFilm Graphic Systems USA, booth 2018: Fiery-driven Xerox DC 5000.
InfoPrint Solutions Company, booth 1824: Fiery-driven Ricoh C900.
Konica Minolta, booth 1425: Fiery servers driving digital output devices; Command WorkStation 5; and MicroPress.
Oce, booth 2300: Fiery Central and Command WorkStation 5.
Xerox Corporation, booth 2000: Fiery-driven iGen4; Command WorkStation 5.
About EFI
EFI (www.efi.com) is the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation. 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® digital color print servers; VUTEk® superwide digital inkjet printers, UV and solvent inks; Rastek™ UV wide-format inkjet printers; Jetrion® industrial inkjet printing systems; print production workflow and management information software; and corporate printing solutions. EFI maintains 23 offices worldwide.
