Bytes Document Solutions, the sole authorised distributor of Xerox products and solutions to 24 sub-Saharan countries, has introduced the 50 page-per-minute (ppm) DocuColor 5000 digital production colour press.
As one of several new Xerox products in the company's colour printing portfolio, the DocuColor 5000 addresses the needs of print operations that have mid-range monthly print volumes and that require more advanced printing features.
"The productivity and price of the device open up new opportunities in the mid-production segment and extend Xerox's leadership in that market space," says Amanda Hetherington, senior Xerox product manager at Bytes Document Solutions.
"The DocuColor 5000 offers the image resolution, broad substrate support and robustness of the higher-end DocuColor products at a price point that will make it attractive to a wide range of production sites."
The DocuColor 5000 is designed for print providers that average between 30 000 and 150 000 impressions per month. It features 2 400 x 2 400 dots per inch (dpi) print resolution and its 32-beam laser allows the press to scan more data faster and at a higher resolution. It also offers tight registration and a wide choice of colour management capabilities. Designed to produce marketing brochures, posters, customised direct-mail pieces and more, the digital press maintains its speed when printing on heavyweight, oversized and coated paper.
"The DocuColor 5000 gives customers what they need to enter the digital colour market or grow their existing digital colour business," Hetherington says. "Xerox's 10 years of experience developing industry-leading digital colour printing systems has resulted in an unparalleled product line. More than 16 000 Xerox DocuColor production systems are installed worldwide. Regardless of a customer's print job requirements or page volume, Xerox offers the technology, workflow software and business support that lets them thrive in the expanding digital colour printing market."
The device has a high-capacity paper feeder that holds 4 000 sheets, with an optional feeder that can expand capacity to 8 000 sheets from four trays. It can feed all media from all trays. There are two optional finishing devices: a high-capacity stacker and a stacker/stapler.
A new PC-based user interface makes the machine easier to use. With the choice of three different colour servers, the DocuColor 5000 can be easily integrated into a print operation's existing print workflow. Print providers can choose the Xerox FreeFlow DocuSP colour server or offerings from Creo or EFI. Also, they can rely on Xerox's FreeFlow Digital Workflow Collection to align digital and offset printing, automate operations and build new revenue-generating applications.
"To help customers maximise their digital investment, Xerox offers the graphic communications business development starter kit, part of Xerox ProfitAccelerator Digital Business Resources," Hetherington says. "The kit is designed specifically for the DocuColor product line and has seven parts focusing on the essentials of digital printing: financial, sales and marketing, creative and design, applications development, paper and media, training, and business development support."
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As the authorised Xerox distributor to 24 sub-Saharan countries, Bytes Document Solutions, previously known as Xerox South Africa, is engaged in the marketing and servicing of the complete range of Xerox document equipment, software, solutions and services, and operating through an extensive network of distributors, dealers, concessionaires and channel partners. With black economic empowerment partner Kagiso Trust owning a 27% stake of the business, it is a wholly owned member of the JSE Securities Exchange-listed Bytes Technology Group.
For more information on Bytes Document Solutions and Xerox, visit www.xerox.com/news.
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