EFI’s Nozomi C18000 has become the first singe-pass digital corrugated press to achieve Fogra certification.
Specifically, the direct-to-board press passed the Fogra Process Standard Digital (PSD) Print Check this summer.
Fogra is a print research institute, serving the print and media industry since 1951. The organisation is an active member of the ISO technical committee 130.
Developed by Fogra, PSD is an industrially orientated and standardised procedure for the creation of digital print products. With a PSD certificate, packaging converters and corrugated display manufacturers using the Nozomi C18000 printer have additional, proven verification of the quality and reliability of their digital production offering. Successful implementation of the PSD can also help Nozomi C18000 users with reduced manufacturing costs and waste, higher quality and time performance, and better overall sustainability in corrugated production.
The PSD Print Check is part of the ISO/TS 15311-2 based Fogra PSD. This specification allows companies in the print and media industry to prove their ability to create print jobs conforming to PSD.
Dr Andreas Kraushaar, head of the Fogra Research Institute for Media Technologies pre-press department, certified the EFI Nozomi C18000 he and his research team tested the LED inkjet corrugated printer at EFI’s Industrial Printing facilities in Almassora, Spain, verifying the Nozomi C18000 printer’s output process control, colour fidelity and workflow. Fogra reviewed a typical print job for colour consistency, uniformity, detail sharpness and print run stability, in compliance with the requirements defined by PSD. The Fogra team also tested against the FOGRA39 standard, as well as the GRACoL/SWOP standard from US industry association Idealliance, and determined that the printer successfully passed all the tests and requirements.
‘EFI has been an active member of Fogra for many years and contributed to the development of the Fogra Process Standard Digital,’ commented Mr Kraushaar. ‘That is why I am not surprised to see the Nozomi C18000 passing the Print Check criteria for both Fogra and GRACoL standards so seamlessly.’
José Luis Ramón Moreno, vice president and general manager, EFI Industrial Printing, said, ‘The certification of the Nozomi C18000 printer’s output quality by Fogra proves once again EFI’s approach to delivering superior quality – which gives customers confidence for day-to-day operation. This certificate ensures that Nozomi C18000 printer output meets customer expectations in the corrugated packaging and display industry regarding gamut, fidelity, precision and repeatability.’
