Fiery or Revoria Flow? A Digital Press RIP Options Guide

Every digital press needs something that takes a submitted file, checks it's ready to print, sets the colour and runs the job queue. Print people call this a few different things — a "RIP," after the raster image processing step at its core, or a "digital front end" (DFE). What buyers often don't realise is that this isn't a single fixed choice: Fujifilm builds its own version into every Revoria press as standard, and a separate option from a company called EFI — Fiery — is available as an upgrade on most models. ApeosPro presses have a third option again. This guide sets out what each one actually is, so the choice is an informed one rather than a guess.

Revoria Flow: what comes with the press

Revoria Flow is Fujifilm's own digital front end, built into every Revoria press and tightly integrated with it — there's no separate box to run alongside the press. It handles the core job well on its own: built-in colour management, a Speciality Colour Web Viewer (SCWV) that previews specialty toners before a job goes to print.

AI-based image optimisation recommends quality settings for skin tones, RGB colour gamut, fine lines and small text, and automatically corrects photos that are too dark, too bright, backlit or have poor skin tones, and the optional Smart Monitoring Gate D1 detects colour variation and front-to-back misalignment during a run and corrects it in real time.

Fiery: the upgrade option

Fiery is a separate front end from EFI, available as an upgrade on most Revoria presses — EC2100S/EC2100, SC285S/SC285 and EC1100 each offer two Fiery server levels, while the PC2120 flagship has one. The practical case for upgrading comes down to two things. First, Fiery Command WorkStation gives one screen to manage colour and jobs across every Fiery-equipped press on the floor — not just Revoria, any brand running a Fiery DFE — which matters if the business runs a mixed fleet rather than Revoria presses alone. Second, Fiery brings its own colour tools, including Fiery TrueBrand, which matches brand colours straight out of Word, PowerPoint or PDF files without a plate or a special colour profile.

Within Fiery itself, the two server levels on a given press aren't "basic vs premium" in a strict sense — they're sized differently. The entry-level server (EC22, SC22C, EC12) typically runs a lower-spec processor with 8GB of RAM; on the EC-series presses, the higher-volume server (EC21, EC11) steps up to a 12-core Xeon processor with 32GB of RAM and adds Fiery HyperRIP for processing multiple jobs or splitting one job across parallel RIPs. SC21, the higher-volume option for the SC285 line, runs a lighter Core i3 processor with 8GB of RAM -- still the external, higher-volume tier for that press, just sized differently. The full breakdown of what each level includes is on our Fiery product page.

ApeosPro's third option: GP Controller

ApeosPro C810/C750/C650 presses have a third front end alongside Revoria Flow and Fiery: Fujifilm's own GP Controller. Like Revoria Flow, it's Fujifilm's native option rather than a third-party add-on — worth asking about specifically if you're configuring an ApeosPro press, since it isn't available on the Revoria Press range.

Single-vendor simplicity or multi-vendor reach

The clearest way to frame the choice isn't "better" or "worse" — it's what each is built for. Revoria Flow is a single-vendor setup: one integrated system, included with the press, simpler to run day to day, with no separate licence to track. Fiery's strength is breadth — it's a more established third-party platform with a wider software ecosystem, and its real advantage shows up once a business runs more than one press brand and wants one screen across all of them.

Fiery also connects to Revoria XMF PressReady, Fujifilm's workflow and job-routing software, which sits above whichever front end is running the press — so the choice between Revoria Flow and Fiery doesn't affect whether PressReady can automate job delivery to the press.

Talk to us about your setup

Which front end suits a given business depends on fleet mix, job types and how many brands of press are on the floor — not something to guess at from a brochure. Tell us what you're running and what you print, and we'll talk through the real options for your setup rather than defaulting to one answer. Call 01483 596 200.