OKI and EFI partner to launch a new Fiery DFE for OKI’s C900 Series Printers

EFI (Electronics For Imaging) has partnered with OKI Data Americas to bring to market an EFI Fiery Digital Front End (DFE) driving OKI’s C900 Series of digital production colour printers for the graphic arts and specialty printing markets. The new Fiery C9 Server drives six models from the C900 Series Multimedia Production Platform. These OKI printers provide a low cost of entry and deliver high value output for graphic designers and print shops seeking to expand print applications across a wide variety of media sizes, types and thicknesses. “Customers can now take advantage of an industry-leading Fiery-powered workflow that delivers advanced job and colour management capabilities and outstanding performance,” said the companies.

“This new Fiery offering brings a high-value, performance-enhancing set of features like specialty-colour support, advanced job and colour management, and workflow integration capabilities that help OKI customers expand their unique print offerings using a 5th colour on select models and various types of media,” said John Henze, Vice President of Marketing for EFI Fiery.
The Fiery C9 DFE also includes support for OKI’s clear and white toners found in the C941, and white toner found in the C942, leveraging these printers’ capabilities to:

• Apply clear toner to selected design elements to make them stand out, or coat the entire page for a high-gloss finish.
• Produce print jobs that incorporate white toner, as a spot colour, or intelligently apply white under CMYK to create high-contrast colour graphics on dark media.
• Leverage robust variable-data support, combined with Fiery specialty colour features, to apply white or clear toner to envelopes to affordably create sophisticated, attention-demanding mailings.
• Produce high-impact prints using an unprecedented range of specialized media types such as coloured media, transparent films, magnetic media, synthetic substrates, extra-heavy card stock and more.
• Offer a wide range of higher-value printed products from 3” x 5” cards up to 13” x 52” banners.

“OKI Data Americas is excited to offer advanced EFI Fiery technology to support our expanding line of C900 Series professional series digital colour printers,” said Fabrizio Soto, Vice President of Marketing – Production Printing and Wide Format Products for OKI Data Americas. “The C931 from OKI with the EFI Fiery C9 Server delivers one of the most price-competitive, Fiery Driven production systems on the market. Together with OKI’s patented printing technology within our revolutionary C900 Series devices, the complementary Fiery C9 server provides even greater advantages and enhancements to create professional-quality output – whether in-house or within the print-for-pay arena,” he added.