
EFI VUTEk Q5r Roll-fed UV-LED Printer
Highest image quality and speed in industrial roll-to-roll printing

We designed the EFI™ VUTEk® Q5r to extend beyond simple printing, offering a comprehensive workflow from RIP to finished graphic all on one platform. Think of it as a major competitive advantage, featuring automatic in-line quality inspection, inline slitting and cutting, tape application, and more.
Beyond speed and quality
- Up to 672 m2 per hour
- Up to nine colours – standard CMYK, optional LC, LM, LK, white and clear
- UltraDrop™ Technology with native 7 pL printheads with true multi-drop addressability for high-definition image quality, outstanding smoothness in shadows, gradients, and transitions, and superb text quality with three-point text in both standard and high quality with fewer satellites and more clarity in all print modes
- True resolution up to 1200 dpi
- Precise and sharp three-point text
Applications that go above and beyond
- Wide range of applications designed for challenging, premium POP, as well as high-volume billboards
- EFI - 3M™ SuperRange XF White ink covered under the 3M™ MCS™ Warranty when printing with co-branded EFI and 3M™ UV inks on 3M™ flexible media1
- EFI - 3M™ SuperFlex XF inks available for wrapping and fleet graphics
1 The 3M™ MCS™ Warranty backs graphics printed with the 3M co-branded ink on select 3M flexible media and printed and applied according to 3M Product and Instruction Bulletins. Nothing herein should be construed as a warranty in addition to the express warranty statements provided with EFI products and services.
Cool features that are beyond compare
EFI’s industry-leading LED curing technology and all its cost savings and environmental benefits:
- Extends your range of supported substrates, including lower cost and added-value speciality media
- Increases uptime and productivity with instant on/off and less maintenance
- Drives down operating costs with significantly less energy consumption (2.9 kW instead of 10 kW) and fewer consumable parts
- Improves control over gloss/matte levels
- Reduces waste with consistent colour output and simple operation
- Satisfies customer requests for a greener print solution with low VOCs, lower power consumption, and less waste and consumables
Way beyond easy to use
- Versatile media handling capabilities to support a variety of flexible media, including freefall, multi-, 3.5-metre and 5.2-metre Super Duty Winder* and Motorised Winder*
- Carriage height adjustment and Wrinkle Analyser to avoid head strikes
- Newly designed operator station with touch screen for maximum convenience
- EFI IQ and EFI Go application* for remote tracking
* Optional
Versatility and beyond – with optional Power Tools
- White Printing with a variety of multi-layer white printing modes
- Clear ink – glossy and matte coating modes; selective and full flood; provides up to three years protective coating and for print enhancement
- Both white and clear ink – together – for premium applications
- Inline Finishing system for all-in-one printing, cutting, slitting, and collecting
- Y-slitters – single- or double-bladed – for separating multiple jobs on a single, full-width , minimising media waste, and with waste collectors to eliminate the mess
- InSpec – automatic inline print quality monitoring that can identify various print imperfections and alert the operator.
- & Tape – an automated device that takes printed cut sheets directly from the , rolls them into scrolls, and tapes their edges with labels with printed job information.
- Automatic Backlit supports multi- cutting and slitting, and enables printing each side with a different print mode
- Automatic Blockout is available for multi- and supports cutting and slitting
- ID Backprint for printing customer information on the back side of the media; also available with white ink for colour-backed media
- Media Edge Guards to protect the print carriage and printheads from crashing into media with uneven or wavy edges
- Media Spreaders for extra challenging, stretchable media types that tend to wrinkle
- Super Duty Winder for loading heavy media rolls
- Motorised Airshaft for precise and excellent media collection
Printing technology
- Piezo drop-on-demand inkjet technology
- 24 print heads with 7pL UltraDrop Technology
- Up to 1200 dpi true resolution
- Colours: CMYK, optional LC, LM, LK, white and clear
Media/Handling
- Handles a wide variety of flexible substrates
- Max printing width up to 5.2 m
- -to-, free-fall and multi- (3 * 1.6 m rolls )
- 300% better media utilisation – only 40 cm wasted on each loading
- Optional winder motorised airshaft for precise and excellent media collection
- Optional three-metre or five-metre Super Duty Rewinder enables working with large media rolls up to 793 kg and 2,000 kg respectively, for continuous printing with minimal supervision
- Integrated Mesh Kit for easy and quick changeover to mesh, textile and other porous media
Productivity
- Production speed up to 672 m2 per hour
- Quick and easy media loading
Genuine EFI Inks
- EFI™ - 3M™ SuperRange XF Inks
- LED-curable UV inks
- Small dot gain
- Wide colour gamut
- Environmentally friendly
- Superb durability - EFI - 3M™ SuperFlex XF inks for wrapping and fleet graphics
Environmental considerations
- Compressed air: 6.5 bar airflow of 110 L/min, dry and clean air only (not included)
- Operating temperature: 20 °C to 30 °C
- Humidity:
- Standard range: 30% - 80% (non-condensing)
- Optimal range: 50% - 80% (non-condensing) - Machine weight:
- 6,500 kg; crated: 8,000 kg - Height: 210 cm; with emergency light: 250 cm
- Width: 840 cm
- Depth: 180 cm
- Electrical: 3-phase, 380 VAC between phases (±5%), 3 x 32 Amp N* GND** (WYE)
- Printing consumption: 2.9 kW, Peak consumption: 5.7 kW
- Chiller: Cooling capacity 3.6 kW – required for LED UV curing (included)
Fiery Digital Front End
- Ships with the EFI Fiery® proServer Premium digital front end, features include:
- FAST RIP (Fiery Accelerated System Technology)
- Spot Colour, Colour Profiler, Colour Verifier, Cut Marks and File Export Options
- 1x Option EFI, 1x Option, M/XL/XXL
- EFI measurement device - Other RIP solutions supported
- File formats include: EPS, PS, TIFF, PDF, JPEG


Billboards

Exhibition Graphics

Floor Graphics
