EFI reported that Laurel Print & Graphics installed an EFI VUTEk H2000 Pro printer with a double-white ink option. The 80-inch (2-meter) wide, UV hybrid roll/flatbed device meets increased demand for signage and graphics products, and is the latest upgrade in wide-format inkjet technology for the repeat EFI customer.
Revenues at the White Oak, PA-based printing company have increased more than 69% over the past two-and-a-half years. Its staff has grown from three employees to seven and plans are in place to hire an eighth employee soon. Continued productivity in wide-format printing on EFI equipment has been an important factor in that growth.
Working with authorized EFI inkjet technology reseller Nazdar SourceOne, Laurel Print & Graphics first purchased a 65-inch wide hybrid EFI Wide Format printer a few years ago, and then replaced it with a newer 65-inch wide model before making a third call to Nazdar SourceOne to upgrade once again with the wider EFI VUTEk printer installed this month.
The biggest benefits for Laurel Print & Graphics come from the speed increase on an EFI VUTEk printer that runs up to 20 4x8-foot boards, or 1,050 square feet, per hour, while still providing the consistent, accurate color imaging customers expect.
Laurel Print & Graphics produces a wide range of inkjet signage products, including point-of-purchase displays, window graphics, thermostatic clings and banners. And the company runs numerous jobs on clear substrates and acrylic, making the double-white option even more critical for increasing capacity.
“We were running our previous hybrid printer eight hours every day and we were maxing it out,” said Laurel Print & Graphics president Keith Jones. The new printer has resulted in a “huge increase” in productivity, he added, with an 85% boost in throughput on flatbed-printed work.