New color inkjet product platform offers unmatched quality and productivity
TRUMBULL, Conn. and BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Oce, a
global leader in digital document management and delivery, introduces the
groundbreaking high-speed Oce JetStream(TM) full-color, inkjet product
family. The new series redefines productivity and quality standards for
ultra-high-volume, full-color production printing, giving commercial
printers and others a strong competitive edge. A hefty duty cycle handles
well over 60 million impressions per month with a maximum monthly capacity
of 18 million linear feet. Offering unprecedented versatility, ease of use
and integration into existing workflows, the new Oce JetStream family is
distinguished by total flexibility as well as raw speed.
"The new Oce JetStream systems offer many advantages over other
high-volume color inkjet printers. By focusing on integration, operation
and uptime, the Oce JetStream family delivers significantly higher
productivity than competing systems, ensuring that customers have all the
power they need to capture lucrative new business," said Mal Baboyian,
President, Oce North America, Production Printing Systems. "The new series
is expected to lead its category in flexibility, quality and speed."
Target Markets: Direct Mail and Transaction Segments
The Oce JetStream systems offer lower operating costs, longer uptime
and a wider range of paper choices than comparable products in its class.
Service bureaus, graphic arts operations, letter shops, offset printers and
other commercial and corporate printers can deliver full-color, variable
data output with exceptional quality at high speeds and maximum
productivity.
"Driven by personalized direct mail and TransPromo applications,
increases in digital color output are projected to be in the billions of
pages," said Noel Ward, Executive Editor, On Demand Journal. "To tap into
that, data centers, service bureaus, and others in the direct mail and
transactional segments are eager for full color and greater productivity.
Ultra-high-speed inkjet printing is an excellent fit for these markets, and
with its new JetStream family Oce has joined the color inkjet race at full
throttle, providing versatility and workflow integration in addition to
sheer speed."
Building on Oce Job Appropriate Color Strategy
The Oce JetStream series joins an impressive line-up of Oce digital
color solutions and extends the Oce Job Appropriate Color(R) strategy to
the ultra-high-speed inkjet market. Customers can use just the right amount
of color based on the business objective of the job. Along with the Oce
VarioStream(R) 9240 and Oce ColorStream(TM) 10000 systems, the Oce
JetStream family provides customers with a complete range of price, print
quality, speed and duty cycles for their full-color requirements.
Groundbreaking Product Family Offers Choices
The groundbreaking series includes the Oce JetStream 1100 single-engine
system and the Oce JetStream 2200 twin system. The Oce JetStream 1100
system delivers full-process color at 492 fpm. With a print width of 20.3"
and paper width of 20.5", the Oce JetStream 1100 system can produce up to
1,074 letter impressions per minute in two-up simplex format. Exclusive to
the Oce JetStream 1100 system is duplex printing with a single engine at up
to 1,074 letter impressions per minute. By using a narrow web (9.5" or 242
mm max), the Oce JetStream 1100 system can print on one side, then turn the
form and print on the back side on the same engine without a loss in speed
or performance.
The two-engine Oce JetStream 2200 system prints full-process color at
speeds up to 500 fpm. With a print width of 20.3" and paper width of 20.5",
the Oce JetStream 2200 system can produce up to 2,148 letter impressions
per minute in two-up duplex format. The Oce JetStream 1100 version is fully
field-upgradeable to the Oce JetStream 2200 model.
The Secret of High-Speed, High-Quality Inkjet Output
The Oce JetStream family uses state-of-the-art Oce DigiDot(TM)
piezoelectric drop-on-demand inkjet technology. It produces small, variable
drop sizes resulting in higher quality images, smoother half-tones and
stunning color with less ink and no waste. The variable drop sizes let
users change the density of any application to best suit the job and media,
resulting in page coverage superior to competitive systems. Oce DigiDot
technology also promotes error-free post-processing, because the printing
doesn't cause the paper to curl. The print heads are designed to minimize
operator intervention for cleaning and maintenance. The print heads have
the longest head life in the industry, resulting in even more productive,
uninterrupted uptime.
Oce DigiDot technology also allows multi-level printing by varying drop
sizes within the application for richer gray scales, contour-free gradients
and finer details. This option brings higher quality to graphics
applications. The combination of multi-level printing and the range of
quality, speed and media options are unmatched in today's high-speed inkjet
market.
New Controller for Maximum Processing Power
Powered by the new Oce SRA MP IPDS controller, Oce JetStream printers
are designed for seamless integration with industry-standard workflows, as
well as for the rigorous demands and data rates of high-speed full-color
printing. As a result, companies will find it easier to embed new
applications such as variable personalization and TransPromo documents into
existing IPDS workflows and document processes. With powerful Oce
PRISMA(TM) workflow software and connectivity to other proven front-end
products, the Oce JetStream system performs in any environment without
changing the existing workflow. Drawing on more than 15 years invested in
high speed AFP/IPDS controller development and the Oce charter membership
in the AFP Consortium, the SRA MP supports the latest advances in AFP color
technology.
The Oce JetStream systems offer an integrated roll-to-roll
configuration with a tight web for precise registration and control. A
high-speed paper path produces CMYK full-process color output at
approximately 500 feet per minute with 600x600 dpi resolution. The system
supports a wide range of papers and weights, and no special media is
required. Paper processing options include a cross-perforation device for
folding and a punch unit for creating pin feed holes. Optional roll slitter
and folding units increase finishing options. Integrated finishing allows
seamless workflow automation for uninterrupted production that requires
little manual intervention.
Quality Verification Assured
Oce pursues every opportunity to help customers squeeze more
productivity out of their workflows, including the processes that support
the actual printing. Optional integrated verification cameras available
only on Oce systems let operators view photos of output, so that they can
check print quality without stopping the printers. As a result, document
quality is assured, operators greatly reduce the time they must spend on
manual verification, and the printers don't require frequent stops.
Built-in synchronization technology provides an important capability
for printers in the transaction market, when front and back pages and
document sets must match. Oce solves the problem with its patented proven
data integration and synchronization.
Oce JetStream systems are available for controlled release in the first
quarter of 2008.
About Oce
Oce N.V. 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.
Oce employs around 24,000 people, with 2006 annual revenues of
approximately $4 billion, operates in approximately one hundred countries
and maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the
United States, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and
Romania. Oce North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with
additional business units in Chicago, IL; New York City; Boca Raton, FL;
Salt Lake City, UT; Coventry, RI; and Vancouver, BC. North American
revenues were approximately $1.7 billion for fiscal 2006, and employment is
currently 11,000. For more information about Oce, visit
http://www.oceusa.com. Outside the U.S., consult http://www.oce.com.
"Oce JetStream", "Oce ColorStream," "Oce DigiDot" and "Oce PRISMA" are
trademarks, and "Oce VarioStream," "Oce Job Appropriate Color," "Oce" and
the Oce logo are registered trademarks, of Oce-Technologies B.V. All
product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks and are
the property of their owners and are respectfully acknowledged.
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