EFI announced the commercial availability of new Fiery digital front ends (DFEs) to drive the RICOH Pro C9100/C9110 production printer series. The top-performing RICOH high-speed print engine and the new Fiery DFEs, E-43 and E-83, have received Digital Press System Certification from Idealliance, offering users a rigorously tested and verified superior color and image quality, and advanced production capabilities.
“We are excited to bring to our customers the winning combination of our newest digital printers and robust Fiery technology,” said John Fulena, vice president, Ricoh Production Print Business Group, Ricoh Americas Corporation. “Fiery is the premier DFE platform for commercial digital print, and with Fiery E-43 and E-83 DFEs, we are offering RICOH Pro C9100 and C9110 owners the expanded functionality and processing power they need, along with the added flexibility to configure and scale digital print workflows based on their specific requirements.”“EFI and Ricoh collaborated in the development of these DFEs to ensure seamless support for the new RICOH Pro C9100 and C9110.
And, on the Fiery E-83 DFE, we have also added the significantly faster processing capabilities of EFI Fiery HyperRIP, one of many capabilities that have continued to define Fiery DFEs as the market leader,” said John Henze, vice president of marketing, EFI Fiery. “We are pleased that Ricoh has chosen to launch these new digital production color systems exclusively with the exceptional speed and performance of Fiery technology.”