Traditionally, DocuTech printing systems have been used for publishing and DocuPrint printing systems have been used for transactional printing. Xerox recently introduced a new printing system designed to do both: the Xerox DocuTech EPS.
DocuTech EPS meets the needs of customers who require DocuTech`s built-in finishing capabilities and the ability to natively print LCDS data streams traditionally associated with DocuPrint systems that print bills, statements, accounting reports and other data centre applications.
The DocuTech EPS is available for the 6100, 6115, 6135, 6155 and 6180 models. The option is designed to meet the needs of several groups of customers:
* DocuPrint customers who desire the tape binding and flexible stitching that come standard with a DocuTech.
* Publishing customers who have a limited need to do transactional printing or DocuTech customers who need to supplement their data centre capacity at peak volume times.
* Data centre customers looking to upgrade older equipment to the current generation without loss of existing finishing.
"As print providers look for more ways to bolster productivity, the long-heralded confluence of transaction- and publishing-oriented printing is rapidly becoming reality," said Mark Waxenberg, vice-president and general manager, Xerox Monochrome Business Unit. "Our mission of providing flexible, productive and open systems continues to lead this trend."
In the past, `transforms` - software and hardware that translate one data stream to another - have been available for the DocuTech line; however, DocuTech EPS is the first high-volume publishing system to handle the LCDS data stream natively without a conversion. Transforms introduce the possibility of mis-translating the length, layout or appearance of the original document. Handling the job in a native format eliminates the need for a quality assurance step that exists with transformed jobs. In addition to LCDS, the printer also natively prints PCL, Adobe PostScript 3, PDF, ASCII, and TIFF data.
The DocuTech EPS will be available in North America from December and is expected to be released in other countries in the first quarter of 2003. For more information, contact Paul Haglich, Xerox SA, on (011) 928-9245.
For more information about Xerox production and graphic arts systems and services, visit www.xerox.com.
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