Efi Reggiani Bolt Breaks 5 Million Meters Production Milestone
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EFI have announced this week, that in the first five months since their BOLT machine was launched at ITMA, the total metreage printed on the machines sold has exceeded five million
With four machines installed world-wide, three in Pakistan and one in Italy, the Reggiani Bolt is now showing traditional Textile Printers the way forward to widespread adoption of digital textile technologies.
As the traditional Textile re-equipment cycle gains momentum, established Textile manufacturers are increasingly looking to adopt digital print systems.
They are driven forward by the solid environmental credentials of digital textile printing, which achieves its production using 20% of the energy, 30% of water, and none of the water pollution of traditional screen systems.
They have also found that the EFI BOLT not only delivers the speed to market of digital printing, in the way that it dispenses with screens and colour separations, but also the sheer speed of a BOLT line now matches its screen print competitors.
Launched during ITMA, the Reggiani BOLT – is the first commercially available, single-pass inkjet printer capable of direct-to-textile production at speeds up 295 linear feet (90 linear meters) per minute.
As the fastest inkjet textile printer product at ITMA, the Reggiani BOLT was the star digital solution, featuring a cutting-edge, high-performance printhead system with highly efficient recirculation features, giving users reliable, superior-quality printing for a full range of design needs.
Printing in resolutions from 600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) up to 600 x 4,800 dpi, users benefit from direct-to-textile imaging with variable drop sizes from 5 to 30 picoliters for accurate, high-end image quality.
It is a robust, industrial platform designed for 24/7 operation, with superior printhead life and minimal maintenance needs.
Plus, the printer can include one or more analog printing stations as an option, integrated into the digital printer for special effects.
The Reggiani BOLT printer includes the new EFI Fiery® BT-1000 digital front end (DFE) – a professional color management and RIP solution featuring superior screening and fine dithering algorithms for high-quality print results, with excellent detail reproduction, smooth gradations, clean solid colors, deep blacks, and high saturation.
With the speed of the printer and its robust Fiery DFE, users can stream jobs to production in real time, reducing the cost per meter of digitally printed textiles while creating a broader range of designs quickly and efficiently.
