Océ ColorStream 9000 family extends portfolio of high-volume color solutions

Venlo, The Netherlands, 18 March 2009 – Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, today announced the latest addition to the Océ ColorStream™ series – the new Océ ColorStream 9000 family for full-color, toner-based printing. The continuous feed Océ ColorStream 9000 systems offer maximum flexibility and productivity for transaction, transpromo and direct mail applications that are critical communications for a variety of industries. Customers can launch their full-color capabilities with a cost-effective investment in an Océ ColorStream 9000 system and upgrade to even higher print quality with the Océ ColorStream 10000 model when their business requires it. With the Océ ColorStream 9000 family Océ expands its offering within the transpromo market.

Color quality, high productivity
The Océ ColorStream 9000 family provides good color quality and high productivity for transaction and direct mail applications. The Océ ColorStream 10000 system targets customers in graphic arts and certain direct mail segments with the highest quality requirements. This higher quality is achieved by using dot modulation.

This latest announcement consolidates Océ full-color toner-based offerings under the Océ ColorStream umbrella, while refocusing the Océ VarioStream® 9000 continuous feed engines on high-speed black and white and Océ CustomTone® spot color productivity. "Up to now, our portfolio consisted of two product lines offering full color, but targeting different market segments. The Océ VarioStream 9000 series was designed mainly for transactional applications, with the Océ ColorStream 10000 full color system focused on graphic arts. The introduction of the Océ ColorStream 9000 series and the focus of the Océ VarioStream family on high-speed black and white output will help customers identify the Océ solution that best meets their current needs and position for future requirements," said Crit Driessen, Vice President Marketing and Strategy, Oce Production Printing.

Five million full-color A4-size images a month
Demonstrating Océ digital color leadership, the 168 A4 images per minute (ipm) Océ ColorStream systems can power through over five million full-color, A4-size images a month. The duty cycle goes even higher with monochrome jobs at 800 A4 ipm and jobs that mix color and monochrome pages, providing the flexibility customers require. With the introduction of the 5th color station to the Océ ColorStream 9000 family customers can also use one additional spot color next to full-color. With dynamic pricing, Océ ColorStream systems print color at its appropriate cost and monochrome output at black and white speeds and costs. The black-to-full-color digital printer can change speeds and costs automatically, on demand, per application, and within an application. As a result, customers can take advantage of the Océ Job Appropriate Color® approach and choose the configuration and output quality best suited to their business need.

The Océ ColorStream 9000 family includes these models: