EFI VUTEk h3+
126 in
Max. print width
2,828 ft² (74 boards)/hr
Max. Productivity
1200 dpi
Resolution
CMYKcmyk + 2 white
Colors
CMYKcmyk + W + Clear, CMYK x 2 + 2W, CMYK x 2 + Clear
Optional configurations
Take your business higher with a powerful competitive edge
The EFI™ VUTEk® h3+ hybrid flatbed/roll-fed inkjet printer will take your business higher in terms of productivity, print quality, reliability, capability, and profits. All with the ease of use and LED environmentally friendly benefits you expect from an industrial-built VUTEk LED hybrid printer from EFI.
Offer customers more high-value applications
1. Day/Night backlit graphics
Print high quality backlit graphics onto a wide range of backlit media to create displays that will set you apart from your competitors.
2. Indoor Signage
Produce indoor signage for retail stores and resturants by printing directly to foam board, aluminum, acrylic, styrene, and other rigid substrates.
3. Window, wall, and floor graphics
Use films with an adhesive backing to create full-color grapjhics applied to the inside or outside of windows, and vinyl graphics on walls and walkways.
7. 3D signage/ Thermoforming
Graphics printed with EFI transform-TK inks are ideal for high-elongation thermoforming applications, such as outdoor signage, POP signs and displays, day/night backilit signs, promotional products, beverage lights and signs, vending and gaming panels, and much more.
4. Retail graphics
Print on a wide range of rigid and flexible materials to create retail signs, POP displays, and more.
5. Posters
High-value application with a low production cost, posters can be printed on inexpensive media or more durable media spending on the duration and location of the installation.
6. Bus Shelters
Print eight-color graphics with the use of white ink directly to acrylic panels for installation at bus and other transit shelters.
Key Features
Versatile hybrid platform
Board, sheet, or roll-to-roll printing on media up to 2 inches thick in one innovative footprint. Includes media hold-down rollers for uneven or curled media.
White ink and multilayer printing
High-resolution EFI white ink leads the industry in brightness and opacity due to variable drop printing capability and can be imaged like any color or using multilayer printing with up to nine layers in a single pass.
LED technology
Extend your range of supported substrates, increase uptime, reduce operating costs, and move towards more sustainable production with low VOCs, lower energy consumption, and less waste and consumables.
Production-level printing
Five rows of printheads for eight-color production up to 1,500 ft² (40 boards) per hour. Switch to fast-four-color printing (optional) quickly and easily in the operator software to accommodate burst capacity. Includes skip white functionality in x and y directions.
Precision printing
Five rows of printheads for eight-color production up to 1,500 ft² (40 boards) per hour. Switch to fast-four-color printing (optional) quickly and easily in the operator software to accommodate burst capacity. Includes skip white functionality in x and y directions.
Fiery IQ
Use the Fiery IQ™ suite of cloud applications to connect your people, processes, and print devices to make better data-driven decisions that improve your ROI, minimize cost, maximize profit, and boost your revenue.
Brilliant imaging
Four (optional) or eight colors plus white, optional clear ink, and UltraDrop™ Technology 7pL grayscale printheads for up to 1200 dpi resolution.
Innovative ink delivery
Ink loading with a drop-in design eliminates wasted ink and the need to manage leftover ink. The system features fill-while-printing functionality and an ink security system with low ink, color, and location indicators.
Genuine EFI Inks
Specially formulated to print on rigid and flexible media, GREENGUARD Gold certified EFI VUTEk Q3h Series LED inks offer a wide color gamut and high color vibrancy, accurate spot color, and neutral gray printing, as well as excellent solid colors, fine detail reproduction, and outstanding skin tone rendering.
Print and media handling options
provides a more flexible cure and can be used for decorative applications as well as for a final protective coating. It prints inline, simultaneously with the image, saving time versus using a separate offline coating system, and in gloss* or matte finishes.
* Use Gloss print mode for full protection
EFI VUTEk Endura Clear Ink – Enhance an entire image (full flood) or selected areas (spot) to add extra pop to colors or special effects to graphics. Endura clear ink is printed in line with the other colors and provides a hard surface cure with a gloss finish.
EFI Transform-TF Inks – next-generation, LED-curable digital inks formulated for first- and second-surface interior and exterior and non-backlit and backlit applications where common thermoforming is specified. Transform-TF inks exhibit outstanding elongation characteristics while maintaining excellent adhesion and opacity and provide ideal characteristics for heat bending and routing of acrylic sheets with no chipping or loss of adhesion. And since Transform-TF inks adhere to a broad range of materials, applications go well beyond thermoforming.
Gloss+ print mode – use this innovative print mode to add a flood or selective gloss effect to graphic prints without the use of clear ink. It’s the perfect way to add value to short-run, specialty jobs.
Double vacuum kit – get better control of thicker media and thin, light-edged materials by doubling the vacuum strength on the print table.
Media handling accessories
All new media hold-down rollers mount to existing MEG rails and the spring rollers force media into the vacuum, often eliminating the need for MEG skis.
Media Edge Guide (MEG) skis are available in 0.063 in, 0.094 in, and 0.012 in thicknesses.
Tables
- Standard flat table: 126 in x 60 in (3.2 m x 1.5 m)
- Narrow depth flat table: 126 in x 20 in (3.2 m x 0.5 m)
- Table with rollers for heavy substrates: 126 in x 60 in (3.2 x 1.5 m)
- U-shaped walk-in table designed for small rigid media: 126 in x 60 in (3.2 x 1.5 m)
- U-shaped walk-in table with rollers designed for small, heavier rigid media: 126 in x 60 in (3.2 x 1.5 m)
Automation options
- 3/4 automated media loading
- 3.4 transition table
- 3/4 automated stacking
Roll-to-roll Media Handling Options
- Standard unwinders/rewinders
- Max. roll weight 126 in (320 cm) air core: 400 lb (181.4 kg)
- Max. roll weight 54 in (137 cm) air core: 170 lb (77.1 kg)
- Max. roll diameter: 12 in (304.8 mm)
- Elevated dual-drive unwinders/rewinders
- Max. roll weight 126 in (320 cm) air core: 400 lb (181.4 kg)
- Max. roll weight 54 in (137 cm) air core: 170 lb (77.1 kg)
- Max. roll diameter: 12 in (304.8 mm)
- Super-duty unwinders/rewinders
- Max. roll weight 3 in air core: 705 lb (320 kg)
- Max. roll weight 6 in air core: 1,763 lb (800 kg)
- Max. roll diameter: 27.5 in (700 mm)
- Super-duty dual-drive unwinders/rewinders
- 126 inch- (320 cm-) wide max. roll weight 3-inch full-width air core: 705 lb (320 kg)
- 60 inch- (152.4 cm-) wide max. roll weight 3-inch full-width air core: 600 lb (272 kg)
- 126 inch- (320 cm-) wide max. roll weight 6-inch full-width air core: 2,200 lb (1000 kg)
- 60 inch- (152.4 cm-) wide max. roll weight 6-inch full-width air core: 1.100 lb (500 kg)
- 60 inch- (152.4 cm-) wide max. roll weight per side 3-inch dual drive air core: 880 lb (400 kg)
- 60 inch- (152.4 cm-) wide max. roll weight per side 6-inch dual drive air core: 1,100 lb (500 kg)
- Max. roll diameter: 59 in (1500 mm)
- Min. roll width: 24 in (610 mm)
- Max. roll width on full-width air core: 126 in (3200 mm)