Only Digital Photo Printer Able to Print the World's Largest, Non-Scientific
Digital Image
CHICAGO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oce, a global leader in digital
document management and delivery solutions, today announced that the Oce
LightJet 500XL large format photo laser printer was used to print one of the
highest resolution, most detailed, stitched digital images ever created. No
other photo laser printer has been able to print the file, which was offered
to select large format digital photo printer manufacturers by photographer Max
Lyons of Washington, D.C. The print was on display in the Oce booth at the
recent Photo Marketing Association (PMA) annual convention in Las Vegas, NV.
According to Lyons, the image of Bryce Point in Bryce Canyon National Park
consists of 196 separate photographs taken with a 6 megapixel digital camera
and then stitched together into one seamless composite. The final image is
40,784 by 26,800 pixels in size and contains 1.09 billion pixels, which is
slightly more than a gigapixel. Excluding the military and scientific
sectors, it is believed to be the first ever gigapixel-sized photographic
digital image. For more information on the image, visit
http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm .
The final print size is just under 12 feet by 8 feet. It was imaged at a
1:1 ratio (pixel-for-pixel) with no interpolation from a 3GB RGB TIFF file
using Onyx Graphics' PosterShop(R) 6.0 Color Production Software to drive the
Oce LightJet 500XL printer. Processing and transfer time using a Dell(R)
XEON(R) 1.8GHz computer running Windows(R) XP Pro took 45 minutes and print
time at 300 dpi took 26 minutes for the entire image, which was printed in two
sections onto Kodak(R) Ultra Endura(R) F Surface paper.
About the Oce LightJet 500XL Large Format Photo Laser Printer
The Oce LightJet 500XL printer is the first photo laser printer to go
superwide -- up to 76 inches -- making it the ideal output device where high
quality, high throughput, and low consumables costs are required. The Oce
LightJet 500XL is a continuous-tone device, producing displays with an
apparent resolution of 4,000 dpi. It is also fast -- a typical full-sized
print is imaged in under 8 minutes (at 200 addressable dpi). Oce LightJet
500XL prints are ideal for oversized applications where seaming is not
desired, such as backlit graphics, tradeshow displays, point-of-purchase
posters and fine art photography.
About Oce
Oce is a leading provider of digital document management technology and
services. The company's solutions are based on Oce's advanced software
applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and the
Internet to printing devices and archives -- locally and around the world.
Supporting the workflow solutions are Oce digital printers and scanners,
considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Oce also offers a
wide range of display graphics, consulting and outsourcing solutions.
Netherlands-based Oce N.V. (Nasdaq: OCENY), with a workforce of more than
22,000 people and 2003 revenues of $3.0 billion, maintains research and
manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Germany, France,
Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Japan. Oce's North American headquarters is
located in Chicago with major business units in Chicago; New York City; Boca
Raton, FL; San Jose, CA; Salt Lake City; and Coventry, RI. North American
revenues were $1.2 billion for fiscal 2003, and employment is currently 9,100.
For more information about Oce, visit http://www.oceusa.com . Outside the U.S.,
consult http://www.oce.com .
"Oce LightJet" is a registered trademark of Oce Display Graphics Systems,
Inc. "Onyx PosterShop" is a registered trademark of Onyx Graphics, a division
of Oce Display Graphics Systems, Inc. All other product and company names are
trademarks or registered trademarks and are the property of their owners and
are respectfully acknowledged.
SOURCE Oce
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Related links:
http://www.oceusa.com
http://pma2004.pmai.org
http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm
CONTACT:
Kelli Ramirez, Director of Communications of
Oce Display Graphics Systems, direct, +1-530-346-2146, or mobile,
+1-530-305-5347, kelli.ramirez@dgs.oceusa.com
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