Roll-to-roll Optional Power Tools
Power Tools to boost your
capabilities and profits
EFI™ superwide- and wide-format roll-to-roll LED printers feature a rich collection of value-added options and software that transform them into all-in-one, multi-purpose platforms – expanding your capabilities, application offerings, and profit opportunities.
OPTION AVAILABILITY BY PRINTER MODEL
DOWNLOAD BROCHURE
Inline Finishing Workflow
EFI’s unique inline finishing workflow automates the complete printing and finishing process on the fly and in a single system. The system can include all or any combination of the following components: printing, automatic inspection of printed output, printing customer information on the back of the media, vertical slitting and trimming, horizontal cutting, and rolling of the final graphics into scrolls and taping the edges with labels with printed job information.
WATCH VIDEO
Inline finishing workflow benefits
Inspect
Label
Y-slit and X-cut
Roll & Tape
- Saves valuable time and eliminates bottlenecks at finishing stations
- Replaces additional expensive finishing equipment and saves valuable floor space
- Ensures perfect print quality with minimal operator intervention
- Prevents finishing, shipping, and installation errors
- Increases yield
Y-slitter – for the vertical trimming of margins or slitting media into multiple jobs, minimizing media waste and increasing the printing area.
- Simultaneous printing and media cutting on the Y-axis
- Modifiable configurations include:
- Single-bladed for trimming margins
- Double-bladed for slitting of single media into two jobs (blades are fixed 0.3 in/8 mm apart)
- Simple and easy installation with no tools required
- Easy manual adjustment of the slitter position along the printer table
- Retractable blades for maximum safety
- And waste collectors to roll up trimmed remnants, increasing overall productivity and eliminating the mess
WATCH VIDEO
X-cutter – unique roll-to-sheet horizontal cutter incorporated in the printer.
- Controlled via the front-end software
- Does not affect productivity
- Automatically cuts media on the X-axis between jobs on the fly
- Saves valuable time at the finishing station
- Replaces expensive cutting equipment and saves space
- Prevents finishing errors and increases yield
InSpec – vision system installed on the print carriage that performs automatic inline print quality monitoring for single and multi-roll printing. Includes a camera and light source as well as dedicated electronics and software. Designed to identify print imperfections in real-time during the print process, fix them when possible, and alert the user.
ID backprint – a device that prints file information on the back of the media, facilitating the identification of finished jobs for packing, shipping, and installation.
- Printed data includes:
- File ID
- Printing date and time
- Print mode
- Copy number and more
- Eliminates the need for manual labeling
- Helps prevent shipping errors
- Saves time during installation of the printed job
WATCH VIDEO
Roll & Tape – an automated device that takes printed cut sheets directly from the printer, rolls them into scrolls and tapes the edge with labels that have job information printed on them.
- Synchronized with the inline finishing workflow
- Delivers labeled rolls immediately following printing
- Includes a removable container that collects multiple rolled and marked jobs ready for delivery to the customer