Xerox has announced a continuous-feed printer that further reinforces the company`s No. 1 position in the on-demand transactional printing market.
The DocuPrint 500 CF marks the first in a family of continuous-feed printers that Xerox plans to introduce this year, including a high-resolution member of the family that will be designed for publishing.
"The DocuPrint 500 CF strengthens the industry`s only true family of digital printers for the print-on-demand transactional printing market," said Thomas J. Wetjen, vice president and general manager, Xerox Production Solutions Group. "The DocuPrint 500 CF represents a new commitment from Xerox to address the market for the highest speed digital printing. None of our competitors come close to offering such breadth of choice and strong investment protection in support of today`s hottest digital printing applications."
Xerox`s family of DocuTech and DocuPrint printers address a market for printed impressions that research firm CAP Ventures estimates will grow by 22 percent from 1999 to 2004 to reach 192 billion impressions. Over the same period, the retail value of that output will grow by 20 percent annually to reach $6.2 billion, representing a significant opportunity for print providers.
The DocuPrint 500 CF prints simplex at speeds as fast as 230 feet per minute (501 ipm, or impressions per minute), and is optimized for printing transactional applications, such as invoices and financial statements.
Print management is provided with a SET Electronique GUI-based controller, which manages native IBM IPDS (intelligent print data streams) and IBM line mode printing, providing streamlined, highly productive workflow processes. Operators can choose between print resolutions of 240 and 300 dpi; recommended average monthly volume is 8 million impressions.
The required feeding and finishing equipment will be supplied by Xerox partner, including Stralfors, Hunkeler and Roll Systems, Inc.
Paul Haglich, Printing Systems Group manager for Xerox South Africa says that the current outlook for the introduction of the product into the local market is 3rd quarter 2001.
`The DP500 is a strategic product for us, as it will enable us to tap into the lucrative continuous forms printing market and extend our digital leadership in the production printing market`, says Haglich.
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