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Fujifilm Revoria PC1120

Fujifilm’s new flagship dry-toner press offers customers access to new applications, says Simon Eccles
can take stock weights of between
52-400gsm. The colour choice is the
standard CMYK and up to two extras
from a choice of silver, gold, white, pink
and clear. It uses super EA eco toner
(except for white), with nano-scale parti-
cles which are both 20% smaller and have
a 20% lower melting temperature than
previous products. This lets it print a
broader range of media including plastics
and synthetics, says Green: “This
advancement provides access to interest-
ing markets like packaging and label-
ling.”

What is the USP of the product?
Leaving aside the underlying similarity
to the Xerox Iridesse, Fujifilm claims that
the Revoria is “a game-changing printing
solution that sets new benchmarks in
performance and capability,” thanks to
its new applications and substrate capa-
What does it do? event in London in mid-May. Fujifilm bilities; the expanded colour gamut; and
This is an SRA3-plus duplex dry-toner Specifications has also released a lower-cost four-colour its throughput performance.
press with up to six print stations offering toner press range called ApeosPro. Green says: “The Revoria PC1120 ena-
a choice of 10 colours, CMYK plus Process Dry-toner Spencer Green, head of POD sales, bles service providers to differentiate
options including white, metallic, pink electrophotography Fujifilm UK, says “The Revoria PC1120 themselves in the market. Its advanced
and clear. It runs at up to 120 A4 pages IColours CMYK plus offers a comprehensive solution for all feeding, imaging, and finishing capabili-
per minute, and is currently the fastest optional fifth and print service providers’ printing require- ties work in perfect synergy, allowing for
dry-toner press available from Fujifilm. sixth units to run sil- ments. It is a versatile option with a four- seamless and streamlined production
It’s intended for average monthly vol- ver, gold, white, colour configuration that can be workflows.”
umes of 225,000 to 445,000 pages and a pink, clear upgraded to five or six colours as per
maximum duty cycle of up to 2,250,000 future needs. On the other hand, What training and service support is
pages. The product number PC1120 Paper size range ApeosPro is a light production printer offered?
stands for ‘Professional Colour, 1st gen- Standard: max SRA3- designed specifically for customers with Fujifilm provides operator training and
eration, 120 pages per minute’, says plus (320x488mm), lower print volumes who prioritise pro- full-service support, including remote
Fujifilm. There’s a lot of automation and min A6; Custom sizes: fessional performance without compro- diagnosis. Training covers press opera-
98x148mm to
software including new ‘AI’ automatic 330x488mm; mise.” At the same time Fujifilm released tions plus server control, colour manage-
image enhancement and connection to optional long sheet monochrome presses based on Revoria ment, media profiling and basic
the Fujifilm XMF workflow environ- 330x1,200mm; auto- technology: the E1 series in 136, 125 and production techniques.
ment. matic duplex up to 110ppm versions.
330x729 mm What does it cost?
When was it launched and what How does it work? Pricing starts at around £150,000, with
markets is it aimed at? Output tray capacity The Revoria uses an all-new print click charges dependent on factors
500 sheets, or 5,000
The Revoria was originally intended to engine and replaces the older Colour including coverage, media type and vol-
be announced at the cancelled Drupa sheets with optional 80i/100i toner presses in the Fujifilm ume.
high-capacity stacker
shows in 2020 and then 2021. In the range. These had a fifth colour option
event it was launched into Europe in that included metallics, but the new ton- When will installations start?
phases starting in September 2021 and ers are different. Sheet sizes range from Given the phased launch, there are a
then April 2022, but the announcements A6 up to long SRA3 (330x488mm), and lot out there in mainland Europe already.
for France and the UK had to wait until there is a 1,200mm duplexing banner In its first 18 months there have been
April 2023, reinforced by a big customer option with one of the feeder options. It more than 100 installations.

“The product number PC1120 stands for ‘Professional Colour, 1st generation, 120 pages per minute”

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