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highlights review produce "a deep rich black at 600 dpi on glossy substrates." Nipson Nipson demonstrated its new VaryPress 500 press (500 feet/minute) in-line with the VaryPress SCS (Spot Color System) highlight colour printing solution, producing direct mail and transactional/transpromo documents. SCS uses a high-speed drop-on-demand inkjet head array mounted on a specially designed web transport mechanism to deliver spot colour printing of fixed or variable data anywhere on an 18.5-inch wide print area on a web up to 20.5 inches wide. A second array can be mounted on the unit to add an additional colour. Up to two SCS units can be installed in-line with the VaryPress 200, 400, and 500, enabling the addition of up to four spot colours to a job. Nipson also displayed its VaryPress 200 system in both Single-Engine-Duplex (SED) and TwinEngine-Duplex (TED) configurations. The TED line printed book blocks and newspapers while the SED version produced checks, labels, and integrated cards. In addition Nipson announced a new generation of print heads that improve the print quality produced by the VaryPress presses. These new heads reduce single dot size by up to 50 percent, increasing print definition greatly and enabling the printers to print excellent quality halftones at an equivalent screen ruling value of 106 lpi. Océ Océ exhibited the VarioStream 8000 Series of monochrome systems announced in December 2007. The 8000 Series consists of the 8550, 8650, 8750, and CX, which are faster, support wider webs and print widths, and feature better greyscale image quality than the VarioStream 7000 models. The systems utilize a new 600-dpi LED imaging array and are offered in simplex, twin, and triplex configurations. Triplex systems can print two colours on one side, and one on the other side. The new ColorStream 10000 press announced in September 2007 was also on display. The CS 10000 is a full process colour printer that uses the same underlying technology as the 9000 family. It prints 852 black-and-white impressions and 172 full-colour impressions per minute. The ColorStream 10000 targets customers producing an average of 45 million monochrome and 5 million colour images per month. The ColorStream 10000 will be Océ’s first printer driven by an Océ SRA controller incorporating the new Adobe PDF Print Engine 2, which improves processing of PDF resources in the print workflow. At drupa 2008 Océ also announced that in the future the ColorStream 10000 will be supported by the new Océ PRISMAcolorworks output management and workflow system enabled by Creo colour server technology. A key highlight of the Océ booth was the JetStream full-colour inkjet press announced in December 2007. The press prints at a resolution of 600x600 dpi with small variable dot sizes which improve the print quality. The JetStream uses water-based dye inks and features a print head life of 3,000 hours. It can run 16 to 40 lb. bond paper from 6 inches to 20.5 inches (up to 21.4 inches with modification). The JetStream 1100 is a single-engine system that produces 1,090 duplex impressions and has a monthly duty cycle of 33 million impressions. The JetStream 2200 is a twin-engine system that produces 2,180 duplex images and has a monthly duty cycle of 66 million impressions. The JetStream is driven by an Océ SRA MP Controller which supports AFP/IPDS, PostScript, and PDF. In Düsseldorf Océ announced lower speed and higher speed models in the JetStream family: the JetStream 750 (675 A4 ipm at 600x600 dpi), JetStream 1500 (1,300 A4 ipm at 600x600 dpi), and the JetStream 3000 (2,700 ipm at 480x600 dpi). On the software front Océ showcased the versatility of its PRISMA software for the graphic arts market. From a ‘software island’ of 12 workstations, Océ demonstrated every process step in modern production workflow: document creation, scan, and make-ready using Océ Document Designer and Océ DocSetter software; and web-to-print and soft-proofing solutions using Océ PRISMAweb and Océ TrueProof, central. Océ also highlighted PRISMAaccess and PRISMAprepare targeted at midsize printshops, as well as PRISMAspool and PRISMAproduction for higher volume production users. Océ JetStream 2200 press Source: Océ 6 The VIEW Journal Xplor European Edition Issue 5 July 2008

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