Fujifilm launches brace of new toner presses

Revoria Press EC1100 features 10-bit processing resulting in up to 1,024 halftones
Revoria Press EC1100 features 10-bit processing resulting in up to 1,024 halftones

Fujifilm has expanded its portfolio with two new toner engines that will receive their UK debuts at The Print Show later this month.

The new 100ppm Revoria Press EC1100 and 80ppm SC170/180 sit between the 120ppm six-colour flagship Revoria Press PC1200 and the entry-level 65-81ppm ApeosPro C series in the Fujifilm toner range.

The two new devices are available for order immediately.

While the Revoria Press EC1100 boasts some of the features of the top-of-the-range PC1200, it runs a conventional four-colour CMYK imaging configuration.

It can handle oversized SRA3 sheets (330x488mm) as standard, which can be increased to 330x660mm via the bypass tray. However, with an optional banner unit it can handle sheets up to 1,200mm long.

Standard processable paper weights are 52-300gsm, but that increases to 400gsm with one of the optional air-suction feeders.

The 2,400dpi press features gate-type registration, compact belt feeder, built-in twin decurler, a compact cooling device, inline sensor for on-the-fly image-to-media alignment, image transfer, density uniformity and tonal reproduction curves.

Meanwhile the 80ppm Revoria Press SC170/180, while similarly featured, is a more compact CMYK engine with a base-model footprint of 1,159x831mm, less than half that of its 100ppm sibling.

Revoria Press SC170/180: more compact, still highly productive

Both machines come with a host of feeder and inline finishing options and can be configured with Fiery SC11 and Fiery SC12C digital front-ends.

Taro Aoki, head of Digital Press Solutions, Fujifilm Europe, said the manufacturer's toner heritage and corresponding technical expertise enabled it to rapidly expand its offering following the expiration of contractual agreements with former joint venture partner Xerox, which heralded the launch of the Revoria range.

“Fujifilm has a 60-year heritage in developing toner technologies, so though we may appear to be a new player in the market from a European perspective, we have a huge amount of technological expertise to draw upon.

"This has allowed us to develop our market offering rapidly; and with these two new presses, we are now able to offer a full range of toner press solutions to suit all production and investment level requirements.

"Combined with our Jet Press 750S B2 inkjet solution, and our range of retrofittable inkjet imprinting bars, we can now offer everything from entry-level production equipment to the highest levels of quality and productivity available on the market.”

As well as being debuted at a number of European shows in the coming weeks, including The Print Show, which runs from 19 to 21 September at the NEC in Birmingham, the new machines will be installed at Fujifilm’s new UK demo centre in Luton as well as showrooms in Germany and Spain.