EFI VUTEk h5+

320 cm

Print width

393 m² (109 boards)/hr

Max. productivity

1200 dpi

Resolution

CMYKcmyk + 2 white

Colours

CMYKcmyk + W + Clear, CMYK x 2 + 2W, CMYK x 2 + Clear

Optional configurations

Future-proof your business with a powerful competitive edge


The EFI™ VUTEk® h5+ hybrid flatbed/roll-fed LED printer is the way to future-proof your business right now. Move business forward with higher 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 hybrid printer from EFI.

Highlights

Versatile hybrid platform

Board, sheet, or roll-to-roll printing on media up to 5.08 cm thick in one innovative footprint. Includes media hold-down rollers for uneven or curled media.

Production-level printing

Five rows of printheads for eight-colour production up to 139 m² (40 boards) per hour. Switch to fast-four-colour printing (optional) quickly and easily in the operator software to accommodate burst capacity. Includes skip white functionality in x and y directions.

Brilliant imaging

Four (optional) or eight colours plus white, optional clear ink, and UltraDrop™ Technology 7pL greyscale printheads for up to 1200 dpi resolution.

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 colour or using multilayer printing with up to nine layers in a single pass.

Precision printing

Automated table and carriage alignment, magnetic linear drive control and step mechanics and electronics, and a camera-based vision system for subpixel alignment, printhead density balance, and step and bi-directional setup.

Efficient production

Mechanical crash detection stops and media height measurement help prevent job stoppages and wasted ink and media.

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, colour, and location indicators.

Industry-leading 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.

Genuine EFI Inks

Expanded gamut CMYK pigments for world-class Pantone® matching. EFI pigment dispersions ensure optimised size and concentration for best-in-class ink stability.

Fiery Driven

Fiery® proServer Premium digital front end with colour management workflow and RIP optimised for EFI VUTEk printers.
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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, minimise cost, maximise profit, and boost your revenue.
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Leading print providers choose EFI

Customer Story

As Cincinnati, Ohio-based GCI Digital Imaging continued to grow, they needed more capacity and faster speeds. That’s when the company decided to add an EFI VUTEk h5 hybrid flatbed/roll-fed LED printer.

With the h5, it gave us the ability to print approximately 100 beds an hour. And that is allowing us to take on some really quick marketing campaigns…

TJ Bedacht

Owner

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RMC Digital Print invests in an EFI VUTEk h5 hybrid LED printer to improve efficiencies. The ability to produce outstanding block out colors was a fundamental requirement for RMC

The VUTEk h5 prints up to nine layers, so we can print block out on vinyl and textiles and get amazing results.

Nicole Spencer

Managing Director

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Print and media handling options

EFI UltraClear Coat 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

Couch with a yellow throw blanket in front of a wa with gray textured wallpaper.

EFI VUTEk Endura Clear Ink – Enhance an entire image (full flood) or selected areas (spot) to add extra pop to colours or special effects to graphics. Endura clear ink is printed in line with the other colours and provides a hard surface cure with a gloss finish.

Pink handbag sign in a retail shop.

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.

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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, speciality jobs.

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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 1.6 mm, 2.4 mm, and 0.30 mm thicknesses.

Tables

  • Standard flat table: 3.2 m x 1.5 m
  • Narrow depth flat table: 3.2 m x 0.5 m
  • Table with rollers for heavy substrates: 3.2 x 1.5 m
  • U-shaped walk-in table designed for small rigid media: 3.2 x 1.5 m
  • U-shaped walk-in table with rollers designed for small, heavier rigid media: 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 320 cm air core: 181.4 kg
    • Max. roll weight 137 cm air core: 77.1 kg
    • Max. roll diameter: 304.8 mm
  • Elevated dual-drive unwinders/rewinders
    • Max. roll weight 320 cm air core: 181.4 kg
    • Max. roll weight 137 cm air core: 77.1 kg
    • Max. roll diameter: 304.8 mm
  • Super-duty unwinders/rewinders
    • Max. roll weight 3 in air core: 320 kg
    • Max. roll weight 6 in air core: 800 kg
    • Max. roll diameter: 700 mm
  • Super-duty dual-drive unwinders/rewinders
    • 320 cm-wide max. roll weight 3-inch full-width air core: 320 kg
    • 152.4 cm-wide max. roll weight 3-inch full-width air core: 272 kg
    • 320 cm-wide max. roll weight 6-inch full-width air core: 1000 kg
    • 152.4 cm-wide max. roll weight 6-inch full-width air core: 500 kg
    • 152.4 cm-wide max. roll weight per side 3-inch dual drive air core: 400 kg
    • 152.4 cm-wide max. roll weight per side 6-inch dual drive air core: 500 kg
    • Max. roll diameter: 500 mm
    • Min. roll width: 610 mm
    • Max. roll width on full-width air core: 3200 mm

Resources

EFI VUTEk h5 Mapubli Case Study

EFI VUTEk h5 Mapubli Case Study

Mapubli increases production capacity with new EFI VUTEk h5 hybrid flatbed/roll-to-roll printer.

The EFI VUTEk h5 provides Mapubli with unlimited possibilities, and much more!

Since Mapubli acquired the VUTEk h5 from EFI, the company benefits from a wider material range, more applications, shorter turnaround times and increased productivity. But that's not all! Watch the video to see what else Mapubli's Managing director Jose Miguel Monteagudo has to say about his sixth VUTEk printer and EFI as a partner.

Schmitz invests in an EFI VUTEk h5 to further future-proof its business

Bruno Schmitz, CEO of Schmitz Digital Printing, tells us how his VUTEk h5 printer has helped the company to improve print quality, speed, reduce the ink layers, and ensure their operations remain environmentally friendly.

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