EFI Announces First Digital Inkjet Printer with Full UV LED Curing System for the Labeling/Flexible Packaging Market

Combination of Jetrion digital press and innovative, flexible UV inks opens up new flexible packaging and shrink wrap opportunities

FOSTER CITY, California -- September 1, 2010 -- EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today was the first to introduce a digital inkjet label printing system with full LED UV curing technology for printing on flexible packaging materials. EFI’s Jetrion® 4830LED UV Inkjet System and a newly-developed, flexible ink set allows printing on unsupported and heat sensitive materials, including shrink sleeve, opening up new opportunities for label converters in the flexible packaging market. Current and future Jetrion 4830 users can fully upgrade their presses to utilize the flexible ink set by retrofitting their systems with the new LED lamp technology.

The low heat and targeted wavelength benefits of LEDs allow full UV ink curing on heat sensitive and other flexible packaging materials that were previously unsupported with traditional UV-curing methods. Unlike other digital printing systems, there is also no need to pre-coat or pattern-coat flexible substrates when using the new 4830LED system. Dr. Kenneth Stack, Jetrion’s senior vice president and general manager said, “The system was designed to expand short-run printing opportunities beyond traditional label stock to a broader range of flexible packaging materials supported only by UV LED curing technology. And in keeping with our commitment to providing our customers with a clear technology migration path, the new flexible ink set and LED lamp technology can be retrofitted on any existing Jetrion 4830, eliminating customer concerns about digital obsolescence.”

The Jetrion 4830LED uses a new flexible ink set that produces durable, shrinkable and flexible, and peel-resistant images. “The development of our flexible UV LED-curing inks demonstrates EFI Jetrion’s ongoing core competency in ink design, formulation and manufacture. We’re committed to bringing innovative ink solutions to market as a result of customer requirements and changes in market dynamics,” continued Dr. Stack.

The Jetrion 4830LED is a full color digital label press that handles web widths of up to 9” (229mm) and prints up to 8.3” (210 mm) wide. With its grayscale printing capability and speeds of up to 120 fpm (37 mpm), the Jetrion 4830LED is ideal for meeting the most demanding labeling and flexible packaging production and image quality requirements.

For more detailed information on EFI products, please see us at the Labelexpo Americas Tradeshow, Booth # 6423, September 14-16 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Chicago, IL, and come see us at our EFI press conference on September 14, 2 p.m .in Room #12.

About EFI

EFI (http://www.efi.com/) is a 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 print controllers and solutions; 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.

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