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EFI Customers Discover the New Age of Digital Print at 19th Annual EFI Connect ConferenceLAS VEGAS, Jan. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As printing companies seek the best ways to reduce costs, increase productivity and capture new market opportunities, many of them are getting educated on the advanced, integrated capabilities from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) presented at the 19th annual EFI Connect conference. The January 23-26 event – one of the printing industry’s largest, longest-running and most influential users’ group conferences – provides attendees with the latest training and technology details to help them profit from the analog to digital transition. Connect also features the debut of several new EFI products, including:
Many of the new opportunities for customers discussed at Connect reflect a market redefinition happening for the print industry in the wake of continued digital industrial transformation. During his opening keynote speech at Connect, EFI CEO Guy Gecht said, “The new Print is all about putting spectacular images on essentially any material. With digital inkjet technology and automation, the new Print brings immense opportunity in the era of the fourth industrial revolution.” Production opportunities with advanced inkjet innovations EFI partner Ricoh Americas Corp. is featuring EFI inkjet technology as well, with the versatile, 65-inch wide EFI Pro 16h hybrid LED printer running in its booth at Connect. Streamlined digital production printing with EFI Fiery technology EFI partners’ new Fiery-based DFEs include the new version 6 of Fiery Command WorkStation® – a highly advanced user interface with new preview, search and reprint functions that can serve as the single point of control for multiple Fiery Driven™ production devices. EFI is also demonstrating upcoming Fiery products: Fiery Command WorkStation for wide- and superwide-format inkjet and Fiery Navigator™ dashboard analytics for wide- and superwide-format inkjet. Additional partners participating in Connect’s solutions center include: 3M™ Commercial Solutions; Aberdeen Fabrics; Duplo; Enfocus; Esko; Kodak™; Motioncutter®; OneVision; The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation; Print ReLeaf; Progress® Software Corp.; SpencerMetrics; X-Rite® Pantone®; Xeikon; and Zünd®. EFI Connect’s extensive conference program features more than 200 sessions covering technical, business management, marketing and more for an audience of commercial print, signage and graphics, packaging and in-plant production executives from 23 countries. Special keynotes at this year’s conference include a pair of fireside chat discussions with the first two users of EFI’s breakthrough Nozomi press: Eric Bacourt, CEO of Hinojosa Packaging Solutions and Mal McGowan, CEO of McGowans Print. Now going into its 19th year, EFI Connect attracts print professionals worldwide for a collection of in-depth, informative training and education on key management and tech challenges for printing and packaging companies. The conference is an ideal venue for open dialogue and idea exchange, giving customers a valuable opportunity to participate in educational sessions, receive hands-on experience, discuss industry trends, network with peers, voice their opinions and learn from others. For more information about the conference, visit www.efi.com/connect. About EFI? Follow EFI Online: Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EFIPrint NOTE TO EDITORS: The EFI logo, VUTEk and Fiery are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. and/or certain other countries. EFI, Fiery Driven, Fast-4 and Navigator are trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. and/or certain other countries. 3M is a trademark of 3M. Adobe and Illustrator are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Kodak is a trademark of Kodak. Konica Minolta is a registered trademark of Konica Minolta. PANTONE is a registered trademark and the property of Pantone LLC. Motioncutter is a registered trademark of Jörg Scheffler. Progress is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation and/or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. X-Rite is a registered trademark of X-Rite Inc. Xerox is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation. Zünd is a registered trademark of Zünd Systemtechnik AG. Nothing herein should be construed as a warranty in addition to the express warranty statements provided with EFI products and services. This news release contains forward-looking statements, that are statements other than statements of historical fact including words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “consider”, “plan” and similar, any statements related to strategies or objectives of management for future operations, products, development, performance, any statements of assumptions or underlying any of the foregoing and any statements in the future tense. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual or future results to differ materially. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with EFI’s businesses, please refer to the risk factors section in the Company’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. EFI undertakes no obligation to update information contained herein, including forward-looking statements. Contact: David Lindsay |