Fujifilm BI launches flagship Revoria PC1120

Fujifilm Business Innovation has launched its six-station Revoria PC1120 digital colour press as its flagship printer, which it says will open up new opportunities for print businesses, thanks to its gold, silver, white, pink and clear printing options. 

The new press is the first under the new Fujifilm BI brand, and comes with enhancements in both hardware and software, which the company says will heighten productivity and quality.

It prints 120ppm in 2400x2400dpi, on a range of stocks from 52-400gsm that include synthetics and metallics, as well as coated and uncoated stocks, in sizes up to 1.2m long, with duplexing, and comes with a full suite of inline finishing options.

Speaking at the launch event Chris Lynch, general manager of Graphic Communications at Fujifilm said print businesses would benefit from the multiple one pass applications, the opportunity to add value to CMYK print with the extra stations, and the consistency of quality that the press delivers.

New for the feeder is air suction, with extra air holes along the inside of the feeder to support heavier stocks. At the other end of the press is a new static eliminator.

Switching between the extra two colours, in stations 1 and 6, takes five minutes, with five screws to undo, and then another three minutes for the press to reboot. There is no waste or spillage, and following a changeover the first sheet is sellable.

Those extra units include gold and silver for metallic and foiling effects, pink for enhanced flesh tones and spot colour enhancement, white for printing on coloured media and for packaging including Kraft, PET, and board, and clear for spot varnish effect.

Darren Yeates, senior marketing manager, Graphic Communication Services, at Fujifilm BI said new software includes image edge enhancement, and AI controlled image enhancement, which sees the press automatically upgrade images prior to printing. Yeates said, "2400x2400dpi means the Revoria PC1220 prints the best digital quality available."

Extensive inline finishing options include a five crease creasing system, and the ability to produce stitched square back booklets in the booklet making system.

Lynch said the new Revoria PC1120 was well positioned to meet the changing demand for print, which he said saw printed communications scoring over emails, and buyers prepared to pay more for more than CMYK. He said, “Printers want their print to stand out, printers’ customers want their communication to command attention. The Revoria PC1220 delivers.”

The company is pitching the quality of print from Revoria PC1120 up with offset, and says the additional stations mean spot colours can be printed.

Revoria is the brand name for the Fujifilm BI digital presses, along with the workflow – Revoria One - and the rip – Revoria Flow. The company also launched its Revoria E1 digital monochrome printer.

George Maniatos, senior analyst at Fujifilm BI, put the press though its paces during a demonstration, highlighting the many types of jobs the new press can produce.