SAi has announced worldwide availability of SAi Flexi 12 for signmakers and wide-format print businesses. The launch has been timed to follow the release of Microsoft Windows 10, with which it is fully compatible (as well as with Microsoft Windows 7 and 8).
With Flexi 12 there are three primary offerings instead of the previous eight: SAi FlexiSign (for vinyl cutting), SAi FlexiPrint (for wide-format printers), and SAi FlexiSign and Print (for companies doing both). The vector design and bitmap editing tools are also available in the stand-alone FlexiDesigner add-on.
Among the new cut features within FlexiSign are:
- View and Change Vinyl Cutting Order. This enables users to see the pattern in which design objects will be cut and allows it to be changed manually, or optimised by Flexi Design (within the program) for the best speed. It will also automatically optimise the starting point for cutting each object.
- Animated Cut Viewer Tool. Users are now able to see how designs will cut before actually cutting with an animated preview that shows all blade and cut movement for one or all vinyl colour layers.
New production features with SAi FlexiPrint include:
- Banner and Canvas Finishing Tools. For preparing all the finishing aspects of banners with grommet marks, folds, stitch marks and bleeds.
- Job Nesting Alignment Tools. With a single click, alignment controls give fast job nesting placement across roll or sheet-fed media. Jobs can be nested left, right or in the centre of the media, or along the edges.
The Flexi Design application contained in every Flexi product now includes an artwork approval tool and QR and data matrix code generator.