EFI VUTEk Q3r Roll-fed UV-LED Printer

Elevate Your Capabilities With:

• A comprehensive range of applications, including white and clear inks, double-sided printing, textiles, and more.
• Exceptional performance in white ink printing, available in both single- and multi-layer modes.
• The ability to combine white and clear inks for enhanced design flexibility and application potential.
• Continuous printing with minimal oversight, facilitated by advanced media handling solutions for large and heavy rolls.
• A distinctive selection of optional Power Tools that streamline processes, reduce waste, improve usability, broaden application options, and boost profitability.
• Automated inline print quality monitoring that detects print imperfections and alerts the operator.
• Automatic calibration to ensure periodic alignment of quality parameters to the reference standard.

Beyond speed and quality                                                                                 

• Up to 558 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, LC, LM, LK, optional white and optional clear

Media/Handling

• Handles a wide variety of flexible substrates
• Max printing width up to 3.5 m
• -to-, free-fall and multi- (2 * 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 Super Duty Rewinder enables working with large media rolls up to 793 kg 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 558 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: 5,400 kg; crated: 7,000 kg
• Height: 210 cm; with emergency light: 250 cm
• Width: 690 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, Color 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