If you own a production press from Xerox’s beloved Proficio line, whether that’s the PX300 or the PX500, you already know that these modern machines are a joy to use for so many reasons, from efficiency to quality.
Now, thanks to Xerox’s collaboration with Fiery, the FS700X Pro platform makes these production presses an even smarter, easier choice for any print service professional.
What Is the Fiery FS700X Pro Platform and What Problems Does It Solve?
Reprints are expensive. Whether they’re caused by a color shift at the halfway point or imperfect media settings, reprinting a job is always frustrating. Many of the problems that cause a reprint can be traced back to the print server sitting between your job files and your press.
Your digital front end, or DFE, has a very important job: to interpret a digital file and “decide” how color should be reproduced on paper. It’s like the brain of your entire operation. If it makes bad decisions, you have to compensate with reprints and babysitting. If you’re like most shops, you spend a lot of time printing proofs, tweaking, and printing again. It works, but what if you could cut down the amount of time spent on those tasks dramatically?
That’s what Xerox and Fiery’s FS700X Pro platform was designed to do (and more). Made for the Xerox Proficio PX300 and PX500 presses, this platform helps printers achieve better accuracy and prevent misprints.
What the FS700X Platform Looks Like in Practice
In practice, there are several features of the FS700X platform that yield big benefits. The first is the Smart Estimator feature, which, with surprising accuracy, predicts what a job will cost to produce before you commit to it. No more “educated guesses” on print costs. This alone is such a wonderful feature to have, but there’s more.
The system also has built-in health monitoring. This, along with a job progress light, can help you discover trouble while the correction is still small, preventing a reprint for experienced operators. If you have newer team members without that experience though, the JobExpert system comes with presets, allowing you to extend protection settings to even inexperienced printer operators.
The FS700X DFE also has higher bit depth imaging and tighter calibration tolerances. In other words, you have more control and accuracy for critical, extended-gamut jobs (the kind that tend to pay the best for print service professionals).
Since the FS700X Pro platform works on both the PX300 and the PX500, you have flexibility if you’re sold on this particular DFE but still deciding on which equipment upgrade to choose. The PX300 has a more compact size and is perfect for smaller shops or in-house print departments, whereas the PX500 is larger, faster, and built for sustained volume for bigger teams with more jobs.
Print Service Provider? In-House Print Manager? We’re Here To Help You Make the Best Decisions for Your Operation
If you’re a print service professional or the lead at an in-house print department, you already know that Xerox production presses are the best-in-class. But now, your PX300 and PX500 bring even more value to the table. To learn more about either of these devices and how to FS700X Pro platform can enhance them further, please feel free to contact us and start a conversation. If this news was the push you needed for an upgrade, you may also request a free quote online.
