Oc'e debuts new milestone in monochrome inkjet performance, focusing on book market

Oc'e, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, has announced the further expansion of its successful inkjet-based Oc'e JetStream family, with the launch of a new series of 30-inch monochrome inkjet printers optimised to offer the highest productivity.

With a footprint of only 27m2, these new systems are the most compact systems in their class, fitting effortlessly into almost all existing production plants.

Users can choose between three models, each with different speed ratings:

* Oc'e JetStream 2300 mono: 100mpm (2 020 A4/min) or 328fpm (2 148 letter/min);
* Oc'e JetStream 3300 mono: 150mpm (3 030 A4/min) or 492fpm (3 216 letter/min); or
* Oc'e JetStream 4300 mono: 200mpm (4 040 A4/min) or 656fpm (4 296 letter/min).

All three models combine 30-inch paper width and 29.5-inch print width with heavy-duty offset reliability and 1 200 dpi perceived image quality, and are available with Oc'e pigments ink.

The Oc'e JetStream 4300 mono is the fastest 30-inch inkjet printer in the industry running at up to 200mpm (3.33 metres per second), equalling 4 040 A4/min or 24 000 B1 images per hour. From a productivity point of view, the Oc'e JetStream 4300 mono has roughly a 20% higher output per shift than other comparable systems.

These new high-speed monochrome Oc'e JetStream wide series models - as all other members of the Oc'e JetStream family - are based on core technologies such as the Oc'e SRA MP controller architecture and the field-proven Oc'e DigiDot inkjet technology, the latter being renowned for its efficient use of resources.

The JetStream 4300 mono exhibits the lowest energy consumption per million A4 pages printed. Moreover, it generates only a relatively small amount of blank paper at stop/starts, even at high speed and 30-inch paper width.

The monochrome models of the Oc'e JetStream wide series include Oc'e's multilevel mode, presenting highly dynamic and crisp images with a perceived image quality of 1 200 dpi.

Furthermore, the JetStream systems operate with very small user-settable droplet sizes, offering great flexibility in the choice of media. Low ink usage avoids paper curling and wrinkling, allowing immediate and effortless post-processing. Low ink usage also contributes to lower TCOs.

The new Oc'e JetStream mono products offer an excellent proposition, particularly in the fast growing digital book printing market. The standard configuration will be roll-to-roll for further offline finishing. In addition, the new series offers tight Web interfaces for inline book and newspaper post-processing systems.

Jaco Smit, DDS product manager at Oc'e South Africa, notes: “With these monochrome models of the Oc'e JetStream wide series, we're building on the vast installed base of toner printers that has been put in place over the years in the book market. Oc'e pioneered in this field - and with more than 200 Web-fed systems installed since 1996, we're recognised as a highly competent leader in this market.

“The new Oc'e JetStream mono series is set to continue this success. It allows larger production runs of books, such as straightforward trade books, to be produced at a competitive price. These kinds of jobs were until now the province of conventional printing.”