The EFI VUTEk FabriVU 340i+ prints and fixes fabric graphics in one step. It skips the separate heat press.
For Indian print shops adding soft signage or textile work, that one change saves on equipment, floor space, and turnaround time.
Traditional textile finishing means steaming, washing, and drying — all before a single roll ships or hangs.
For a print shop weighing whether to bring soft signage or fabric work in-house, that’s the real barrier. It’s not the printer. It’s everything a normal dye-sublimation workflow needs around it: a separate heat press, water systems for the wash stage, space to dry fabric, and the floor space to fit it all. Many Indian PSPs send fabric jobs to outside specialists simply because finishing is harder to justify than printing.
EFI soft signage printers are built to close that gap. The FabriVU 340i+ is the model made for one-step, inline production.
The EFI VUTEk FabriVU 340i+ is a 3.4-metre dye-sublimation printer, built on EFI Reggiani’s textile engineering.
It prints straight onto polyester-based fabric and fixes the dye in the same pass, using a heated plate instead of a separate heat-press step. That inline step is what the “+” stands for — this is the version built for jobs that go straight from printing to finishing and shipping.
Spec | Detail |
|---|---|
Max print width | 3.4 m (133 in.) |
Resolution | Up to 2,400 dpi, 3-level greyscale, 7pL / 12pL / 18pL drop sizes |
Colours | CMYK, EFI water-based dispersed dye inks |
Printheads | 8 high-performance printheads, CMYK×2 array |
Fixation | Inline, via heated platen |
Fabric weight range | 45–450 gsm |
Inline fixation fixes dye onto fabric as it prints. That replaces separate steaming, washing, and drying.
Worth being clear on what’s actually saved here: the FabriVU 340i+’s ink is EFI’s own water-based dispersed dye — not a waterless formula. The real saving is in the steps that come after printing. Normal dye sublimation needs steaming to fix the dye, washing to remove the excess, and drying before the fabric is ready. The FabriVU 340i+ builds fixation into the print pass itself, so a roll comes off the machine ready to finish.
Sam Patel, MD & CEO of Arrow Digital, puts it simply: “Dye sublimation is the easiest and simplest process in textiles. With just two steps, you get the most vibrant colours, which cannot be achieved easily by any other textile technology.” He adds that skipping pre- and post-treatment saves cost as much as it helps sustainability: “There’s no need to pre-treat or post-treat the fabric. It eliminates procedures like steaming, followed by open-width washing and drying.”
As volumes grow, you can turn off inline sublimation and add offline sublimation instead. That extends the same printer to paper transfer work — no second machine needed.
The FabriVU 340i+ runs at three speeds depending on the job — from outdoor work to fine backlit detail.
Print Mode | Max Speed |
|---|---|
Outdoor | Up to 480 m²/hr |
Production | Up to 248 m²/hr |
Backlit (fine detail) | Up to 166 m²/hr |
Resolution goes up to 2,400 dpi, with three-level greyscale printing across 7pL, 12pL, and 18pL drop sizes. That’s what gives the FabriVU 340i+ its four-colour range, rich blacks, and smooth colour transitions — the detail that matters most on backlit fabric displays, where uneven ink shows up as soon as the panel is lit from behind.
On running costs, EFI says the FabriVU 340i+ uses up to 30% less ink than competing machines. Its ink-recovery system also reclaims more than 95% of the ink normally lost during purging. Less ink down the drain means, in Sam Patel’s words, “big profit gains” over the life of the machine.
The FabriVU 340i+ covers most soft signage and fabric interior décor jobs an Indian print shop takes on.
That includes exhibition and silicone-edge graphics, day/night backlit displays, retail fixture wraps, front-lit graphics, and block-out banners. It also handles flags, using a built-in flag printing kit made for the high ink volumes flag printing needs. On the interior décor side, the same machine prints fabric for headboards, drapes, shower curtains, and tablecloths. It handles a fabric weight range of 45 to 450 gsm — enough to cover most polyester-based materials a shop would stock.
Want the full specs? See how the EFI VUTEk FabriVU 340i+ compares on our EFI FabriVU textile printers range page.
Arrow Digital installed the FabriVU 340i+ at its Ahmedabad Demo Centre, where it’s open for live demonstrations.
Seeing inline fixation run in person is the fastest way to judge if it fits your plans — how fast a roll comes off ready to ship, and how consistent backlit output looks next to a two-machine workflow. Sam Patel frames the installation as part of a bigger push into India’s growing textile and soft signage market: “With this new installation in our Demo Centre, soft signage and polyester textiles are both areas we’re investing in for Indian print shops.” Arrow Digital supports the FabriVU 340i+ through its branches across Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Indore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, and Surat.
The FabriVU 340i+ suits print shops adding fabric and soft signage work — without buying a separate heat press.
It’s a good fit if you currently send out exhibition graphics, backlit displays, or flag printing and want to bring that work in-house. It also fits if you already run rigid or roll-to-roll large format equipment and want a fabric line that doesn’t need a second finishing machine or extra floor space.
Dye sublimation is a textile printing process where dye is printed onto fabric or transfer paper and then converted to a gas under heat, bonding it permanently into the fibres. It gives vibrant, fade-resistant colour on polyester-based materials.
No. Inline fixation fixes the dye during the print pass itself, using a heated platen. Fabric comes off the machine ready to finish, without a separate heat press.
It prints up to 3.4 metres (133 in.) wide, at resolutions up to 2,400 dpi, with three-level greyscale printing for smooth colour transitions.
It prints direct to polyester-based fabrics from 45 to 450 gsm, and can switch to paper transfer sublimation once an offline sublimation stage is added.
It’s installed and running live demonstrations at Arrow Digital’s Demo Centre in Ahmedabad, with support available through Arrow Digital’s branches across India.
See inline dye sublimation running live at our Ahmedabad Demo Centre. Request a demo from Arrow Digital, India’s authorised EFI VUTEk distributor.
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