Fujifilm Acuity Material Validation Program

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This page outlines the one-time marketing opportunity for you to include your materials in the Material Validation Program for the Fujifilm Acuity Series (Ultra R and Acuity Prime Hybrid), initiated by Fujifilm for a limited period of 3 months, starting from August 2024. This program will test your material on this printer, will create up to 6 profiles, distributed via colorbase.com, and will give you SmartSamples®.

Fujifilm and ColorBase will jointly run a marketing campaign highlighting the brands selected to participate in this exclusive Material Validation Program for the limited duration of the installation of the Acuity Ultra R Series printer at the ColorBase Europe independent testing lab.

Fujifilm deliverables

  • Personally reach out to all Fujifilm Acuity Ultra R series owners and/or Fujifilm Acuity Prime (Hybrid) owners with the complete list of all validated materials, including your company name, product(s) name, and description to inform them about the materials that have passed the Material Validation Program.
  • Host and maintain a public list of the materials participating in the Material Validation program on the website and socials.
  • Run a PR marketing campaign showcasing your company and highlighting the materials that passed through the Material Validation Program.

 

ColorBase deliverables

  • Execute the Material Validation Program by extensively testing all materials, creating at least six dedicated profiles per validated material, and, lastly, creating printed samples showcasing the results of the validated materials.
  • Host a news article featured on the homepage of colorbase.com and colorbase.com/toolbox:
    • Announcing the Fujifilm Acuity Series and the involvement of our independent test lab in performing the profiling and testing work for the Material Validation Program for all ColorBase recipients.
    • Showcasing all participating material manufacturer partners and their materials in this program. 
  • An email blast to 65,000+ print organizations across the world featuring the above news article
  • Social media posts highlighting and linking to the above news article.

 

Printer details: Acuity Ultra R Series

“Acuity Ultra achieves new levels of quality and speed in superwide roll-to-roll printing. Featuring impressive cost-in-use and print speeds up to 2,540 square feet per hour (236 square meters per hour), Acuity Ultra gives you the power to profit from interior and exterior applications – where you need high-impact, near-photographic quality.

With Acuity Ultra, you get the excellent high quality, productivity, and reliability that Fujifilm’s Acuity range is known for on a massive industrial scale – up to 5 meters wide. Industrial printheads with a 3.5 picoliter drop size and specially developed UV inks ensure a consistent, high-quality print.”
  - Acuity Ultra Series website

 

Printer details: Acuity Prime (Hybrid)

“The Acuity Prime can be configured with up to 7 channels, with CMYK as standard, and optional White, Clear and Primer, and produces stunning quality print, able to produce droplet sizes down to 7pL.  It handles flexible and rigid media (Hybrid) up to 51 mm thick, and roll media up to 2m wide, and benefits from an ultra-reliable and long lasting air cooled LED UV curing system. It features a 4 zone vacuum system, and can produce print at speeds up to 141 m 2 /hr. The printer is suitable for an incredibly wide range of applications, but can also be configured with an optional primer. The Acuity Prime also has a range of built-in safety features designed to maximize print uptime, which include anti-collision protection, with crash sensors deployed at both ends of the carriage, and an ioniser bar that reduces static on the media surface. The printer also benefits from remote operation.”
- Acuity Prime Hybrid website

 

Profiles and RIP Software

In this Material Validation Program, we will eventually create not 1 but 6 profiles for each material. We will create a “High-Quality Mode” profile and a “Production Mode” profile on each of the following RIPS: 

  • ColorGATE
  • Caldera
  • PrintFactory

Optional add-ons: Onyx and Fiery

These profiles will be added to the dedicated Fujifilm printing hub and profile library on ColorBase. The project will start on August 15, 2024.

 

Testing

Not only will your material be profiled in 2 modes, but we will also extensively test it based on its applications during a comprehensive testing procedure developed by Fujifilm and ColorBase. You will receive all details of the test results, printer settings used, thresholds, limits, and competitive comparison, generating valuable insights for you.

 

Test Results

Test results will be available to you via your own secure ColorBase Insights account. Your materials’ performance will be visualized on an interactive dashboard, allowing you to compare them to the average of similarly tested materials. 

 

Pricing

Several pricing options are available for the testing and profiling part, as well as the newly introduced active lead-generating ColorBase SmartSamples®.

Selection Description Total
Option 1: Ultra R Series1 material, 6 profiles on the Acuity Ultra R Series. SmartSamples® will be delivered to all installed Ultra R Series€2.990
Option 2: Acuity Prime Hybrid1 material, 6 profiles on the Acuity Prime Hybrid. SmartSamples® will be delivered to all installed Acuity Prime Hybrids€3.390
Option 3: Ultra R + Prime Hybrid1 material, 6 profiles on the Acuity Ultra R Series. SmartSamples® will be delivered to all installed Ultra R Series and Acuity Prime Hybrid customers€5.990

ColorBase SmartSamples®

After the material has been validated, you, of course, want to showcase it to potential customers. Introducing: ColorBase SmartSamples®. NFC and QR-equipped samples track the journey of your samples, providing end-user insight and generating active qualified leads. Improved ROI on samples will give you a competitive advantage and contribute to a proactive sales strategy.  All leads can be automatically added to your CRM, making it easy to follow up. The leads will also be captured in your dashboard to track the performance of your samples.

Your SmartSamples® will be shipped to ALL Fujifilm Ultra R users, and/or Acuity Prime Hybrid users. In addition, we can create a specific target list out of the 130.000 subscribers in our database, or we can create a target group together based on your contacts and/or preference.

Samples Pricing
Additional samples (MOQ 100 pcs)€3,50 per sample

Sample Rolls Required

Rolls need to be shipped to ColorBase Europe HQ; the address is listed at the bottom left of each page of this document. 

Sample Rolls Required Length and width
Testing and profiling per printer, per material1 roll of 50LM, in max 5M width for Ultra R and max 2M width for Acuity Prime Hybrid*
SmartSamples®1 roll of 50LM in max 3.2M width per 500 samples

*+/- 1.6m rolls are acceptable/compatible and preferred given the exact same output/deliverables. 

Marketing Information and Assets Required

To showcase your brand for the Fujifilm marketing campaign as well as ours, please provide the following:

  • Your company logo in vector format (.svg, .pdf, .eps, .ai)
  • Your featured product’s name
  • Your featured product’s short marketing description 

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