EFI and Konica Minolta Business Solutions have jointly announced that Fiery IC-3600 server technology is powering the Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C8000 Color Digital Press. The high speed Fiery IC-3600 server comes bundled with EFI’s most advanced job preparation workflow tools to maximise productivity and throughput.
The Fiery IC-3600 offers a robust, open, flexible and scalable variable-data printing solution, supporting all leading VDP formats including PPML 2.2 and VPS 1.5. Fiery technology optimises PDF and PS to guarantee printing at engine rate speeds, and works with all leading variable data print (VDP) composition software for seamless VDP workflows.
The Fiery Command WorkStation 5.3 job management solution and user interface centralises the entire print workflow, connecting to all Fiery servers on the network. Command WorkStation (CWS) reduces operator mistakes and waste, while shortening learning curves with an intuitive and flexible drag and drop operation.The Fiery Image Enhance Visual Editor (IEVE), a feature of CWS 5.3, allows editing and optimising of each image in a job without the need for the operator to go back to the native design file, saving time and reducing costs.
Available standard on the bizhub Press C8000, Fiery Graphic Arts Package, Premium Edition provides expert users with professional tools for managing colour, proofing and controlling workflow. The solution meets the colour requirements of high end customers and ensures accurate and repeatable colour every time by allowing operators have complete control of colour output quality.
Comprehensive imposition and composition tools come standard in Fiery SeeQuence Suite. Fiery SeeQuence Impose and Fiery SeeQuence Compose shorten job preparation timesand last minute corrections by enabling users to do all document imposition, composition, and content editing with one intuitive user interface. A 3D preview capability further reduces waste by allowing operators to see exactly how the job will print on the digital press.
The Fiery server provides “late-stage make ready” capabilities without the need for additional applications so that operators can easily perform late-stage edits - such as colours that may need to be adjusted, documents imposed into booklets, and files preflighted or postflighed to ensure best quality during the print cycle.