Xerox FreeFlow Print Server

2017

sold to Xerox business of Xerox FreeFlow print servers

On February 8, 2017 there were companies Xerox and Electronics For Imaging (EFI) announced expansion of strategic partnership for start of new generation of digital controllers for industrial the CFM of Xerox.

Under the terms of the agreement the EFI company purchases business of Xerox on production of Xerox FreeFlow print servers and will continue production, sale and support of the operating line of servers.

Consumers will receive the powerful solution which will increase efficiency, performance and quality of work according to the most strict industrial requirements. EFI company — industry leader with the excellent record of service as for performance, simplicity of operation and integration with management systems for workflows. Andrew Copley, president of division of Graphic Communications Operations of Xerox company

It is supposed that examination of Xerox and functionality of Xerox FreeFlow controllers will integrate with EFI Fiery line that will create the offer in the market. For convenience of users specialists in sales and maintenance of EFI will work together with sales representatives of Xerox.

Thanks to our strategic partnership with Xerox users will receive print servers with the highest utilization properties and image handling facilities which do not have analogs and color managements. Providing integration of controllers of printing, software for management of workflows and information systems, we will reach higher level of automation and performance. And it has key value for the polygraphic companies which want to gain maximum benefit from opportunities of digital printing. Guy Gekht, CEO of EFI company

The print server of new generation which will appear within partnership will be integrated with the EFI software packages. They include such management information systems as PACE, PrintSmith Vision, Monarch and Radius ERP. The new print server will be able to interact with workflows based on Xerox FreeFlow Core, XMPie and other leading solutions for prepress, such as Agfa Apogee, Heidelberg Prinect and Kodak Prinergy.

The agreement belongs only to business on production of Xerox FreeFlow print servers and does not mention other solutions Xerox FreeFlow for management of workflows (FreeFlow Core, FreeFlow VI Suite, FreeFlow Makeready and FreeFlow Digital Publisher). These products will remain independent and will continue to play a key role in the organization of workflow of clients of Xerox.

Terms of transaction do not reveal.

Xerox FreeFlow Print Server

For February 8, 2017 Xerox FreeFlow Print Server is the program controller of printing intended for the enterprises using industrial color digital machines.

The complex of the automated building block solutions of FreeFlow Print Server is intended for optimization of customer interaction, increase in technology capacity of the enterprise, expansion of a range of the provided services and cost reduction.

Representation of FreeFlow Print Server on the screen of a desktop, (2015)

The FreeFlow Print Server print server is a command center printing house where tasks from network or other sources arrive. The applications developed for DocuSP for transaction printing, planning, commercial printing on demand and also other modules FreeFlow it is possible to transfer from one DocuSP processor to another.

Property of the FreeFlow Print Server system - a possibility of fast mastering. Simplicity of job control from numerous queues on printing is reached by the principle of drag-and-drop. The FreeFlow Print Server interface is compatible to all digital machines of Xerox: DocuTech, DocuPrint and DocuColor. The procedure of job control is usual for any machine, and innovations are intuitive and simple.

The desktop of FreeFlow Print Server is most convenient for the customer: except usual pop-up windows for work with removable mediums, well simplified network connection with the device, easy drawing up difficult tasks.

The Page Parallel RIP configuration is intended for accomplishment of enduring works, for example for printing of a set of not repeating scanned images and digital photos. Page Parallel RIP allows to use in a system several controllers for simultaneous processing of separate parts of large work at once that considerably saves runtime of tasks in general.

Flexible control functions by processing of color at the level of raster and vector objects and function of automatic image enhancement Automatic Image Enhancement considerably increase photo printing performance by digital machines and will be suitable for the customers who are engaged in printing of large volumes of digital photos. It is also possible to program pages exceptions of a task of printing. FreeFlow Print Server allows to create up to 250 queues, and within each queue it is possible to set programmable parameters of automation of workflow.

Function of check before printing allows the customer to make sure that all used files are available, thus minimizing errors.

FreeFlow Print Server provides reliable confidential information protection. The tasks for printing containing information, important for the client, for example annual reports or brochures with information which is confidential about day of start of products or prior to a certain event are protected from a non-authorized access.