Oc'e, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, has announced the new Oc'e ColorStream 3700 digital full-colour inkjet printing system, enlarging its highly successful inkjet product portfolio.
Oc'e expands market-leading inkjet portfolio
The new Oc'e ColorStream 3700 joins the company's inkjet portfolio, spearheaded by the Oc'e ColorStream 3500, as part of the fastest growing inkjet portfolio in the industry.
Merely one year after the global launch of this visionary yet low-risk innovation, the Oc'e ColorStream 3500 obtained a market-leading position, especially in the data centre and print service provider environments. The combination of highest inkjet productivity built on the Oc'e DigiDot heads and proven Oc'e flexibility and efficiency offer a total package unmatched in the industry.
The new Oc'e ColorStream 3700 further extends the reach of the Oc'e inkjet systems as a solution for monochrome and full-colour high volume print service provider environments, print centres with data centre background and offset print providers seeking a flexible and efficient high-volume digital printing solution. The availability of a higher speed version permits customers to complete more jobs within tighter production windows, providing additional capacities to grow their print volume.
High-speed full-colour model in Oc'e ColorStream Twin series
The Oc'e ColorStream 3700 is the high-speed model in the Oc'e ColorStream Twin series and offers a process speed of 100 metres per minute, with a print and paper width of 21.25 inches (approximately 540mm). That translates to 675 A4 impressions per minute for a single unit or in a twin configuration, and 1350 A4 impressions per minute for monthly volumes of up to 43 million A4 pages.
While increasing the productivity, the Oc'e ColorStream 3700 offers the same features as the Oc'e ColorStream 3500. Through the HeadSafe concept, the 3700 is the first high-volume inkjet system offering users of high-speed high-quality monochrome toner-based solutions an extremely efficient 1:1 comparable inkjet solution. The new model allows a direct transition to full-colour inkjet as well as a smooth and slow migration starting with high monochrome print volumes without tedious manual cleaning when switching to full colour after longer periods of monochrome printing.
Easy transition into high-speed digital inkjet printing
"The Oc'e ColorStream 3700 represents an evolution of the Oc'e ColorStream 3500, which skyrocketed to the market-leading product in Europe in less than one year," notes Jaco Smit, DDS product manager at Oc'e SouthAfrica.
"Offering a combination of the unique capabilities of the Oc'e ColorStream 3500 - including paper waste free pauses and the extraordinary HeadSafe concept with enhanced productivity - the Oc'e ColorStream 3700 will help our customers meet tight deadlines with quality print products. The proposition of higher speed at consistent quality will support an even wider range of print providers to make the transition from offset- or toner-based printing into high-speed inkjet printing."
Additional exclusive features such as printing in speed ramps, which allows page one quality printing or the paper waste-free print pause, significantly increase the productivity and sustainability of the Oc'e ColorStream 3700. Apart from the saved, not wasted resources, a significant boost of the total production workflow and value chain is achieved, as no wasted white pages have to be handled in the later post-processing steps.
Based on field-proven Oc'e technologies
All members of the Oc'e inkjet family, including the new high-speed Oc'e ColorStream 3700, are based on core technologies such as the field-proven Oc'e DigiDot inkjet and the Oc'e SRA MP controller architecture. The new machine uses a next-generation piezo-electric drop-on-demand inkjet printhead that allows increased speeds with a consistent perceived print quality of 1 200 dpi using the multilevel technology as known from the Oc'e JetStream family. Users benefit from the experience, reliability, print quality and media range associated with the Oc'e inkjet portfolio.
Suited for transaction, TransPromo, direct mail, book and manual production
The Oc'e ColorStream Twin series inkjet printing systems were first unveiled at the Canon Expo inTokyoin November 2010, starting with the Oc'e ColorStream 3500. The high-speed, high-quality full-colour inkjet printers in the Oc'e ColorStream Twin series run at 1010 and 1350 A4 impressions per minute and simplify the transition from monochrome to full colour or even five or six colours. They offer productivity and flexibility for high-speed colour and monochrome production of transaction, TransPromo, direct mail, book and manual applications. Industry-leading reliability, print quality and media range are testaments to Oc'e DigiDot multilevel dot modulation technology.
Featuring HeadSafe, RFID, InkSafe
Enhanced usability and productivity are made possible by a combination of unique features:
HeadSafe technology helps prevent nozzle clogging and minimises lengthy purging processes. The ability to transition between monochrome-only and full-colour printing promotes higher uptime and productivity levels.
Using passive RFID technology, the Oc'e InkSafe feature monitors both the proper placement of the ink containers in the press and the ink's shelf-life.
The Oc'e ColorStream 3500 and Oc'e ColorStream 3700 inkjet printing systems provide consistent high-quality printing during the ramp-up acceleration, full-production speed, and the ramp-down deceleration phases. Utilising the entire production time decreases turn-around time and minimises waste.
The Oc'e ColorStream Twin series inkjet printing systems provide a modular offering in various single and twin configurations. A full-colour Oc'e ColorStream 3500 or ColorStream 3700 system can be set up as a monochrome-only system when needed. The production and media flexibility contributes to a future-proof solution that simplifies the transition of applications and business models to more sophisticated documents with variable personalisation and smarter communication in colour.
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