Currie Group accredited for EFI Fiery Display Graphics

Currie Group has been accredited as the first EFI Fiery for Display Graphics Premier Partner in Australia & New Zealand. As part of the programme, Currie Group was required to complete sales and technical training for the entire line-up of Fiery display graphics products.

The portfolio has grown beyond the EFI Fiery XF and Fiery proServer, there is a complete suite of software solutions that the company says will make printers more efficient, including Fiery JobFlow for prepress automation, Fiery Prep-It for shape nesting, and Fiery IQ for display graphics, that the company says will help print businesses better manage their fleet, even across multiple locations, by providing real-time operational data via the cloud.

Chris Schowalter, global sales director – Fiery for Display Graphics said, “We are proud to have Currie Group joining the Premier Partner programme. It quickly met all our criteria, achieving the highest-level accreditation for Fiery Display Graphics Products. It is a trusted partner and doing a great job supporting all our customers in the region. Now our partnership is even stronger, and we can together keep our customers happy and loyal.”

Paul Whitehead, Currie Group business unit manager – Sign & Display said, “Currie Group is committed to becoming the leading supplier in both the Australian and New Zealand Sign & Display markets. EFI hardware was only the first step, and now we are excited to add the Fiery for Display Graphics software to our portfolio. Becoming an accredited Fiery Display Graphics Premier Partner ensures we can support both our EFI customers to a greater level, whilst also providing a full suite of workflow support to customers that use printers from other manufacturers.”

Strengthening the partnership between EFI and Currie Group, this programme ultimately benefits the wide format customer base by way of additional support and expertise. As a Fiery for Display Graphics Premier Partner, Currie Group is now listed on EFI’s website so customers can easily locate it.

There are various components of the Fiery for Display Graphics software suite including Fiery XF 7, Fiery Prep-It, Fiery JobFlow and EFI IQ.

According to EFI, Fiery XF7 is the “easiest way to achieve superior colour results, gain maximum productivity and profit from business insights” with EFI Fiery Command WorkStation digital print job management.

It is a workflow solution that caters to different job types and makes it easy to automate repeat jobs and repetitive tasks.
Fiery Prep-It is a print-for-cut preparation software, which the company says is an easy-to-use solution for the preparation, layout and automated production of print-for-cut jobs. It can save hours of prepress time, and “dramatically” decrease media usage with efficient shape nestin. Alternative means of true shape nesting either involve longer preparation times or excessive use of media or both, when compared to Fiery Prep-It.

Fiery JobFlow automates job preparation steps in prepress workflows to produce ready-to-print files. This easy-to-use print workflow automation software increases productivity and reduces costs. With its easy-to-build workflows, users can use it for automated image enhancement and automation, file submission and archiving, integration with other workflows for intelligent job routing, The JobFlow mantra is “Don’t touch what you can automate”.

EFI IQ is a cloud-based application that provides the data analytics that help owners and managers “make smart decisions”. It can provide answers to questions such as: How well is my shop running today? How much ink did we consume in the last quarter? Is there a disruption in my shop I need to know about? How well are my printers being used?

EFI says that by gaining real time access to the answers to these questions and more, owners and managers can quickly adapt to get things back on track, whether it needs additional operator training, better inventory management, scaling up production capacity, or any other action to ensure a smooth and profitable operation.