Digital Press Offers Quality With Smaller Volumes

Xerox has strengthened its digital colour printing line with the Docucolor 8000 Digital Press, an 80 page-per-minute model that is said to offer a new level of performance and versatility.

Xerox has strengthened its digital colour printing line with the Docucolor 8000 Digital Press, an 80 page-per-minute model that is said to offer a new level of performance and versatility between the 60ppm DocuColor 6060 digital press and the 100ppm Xerox iGen3.

The new press offers a 'next step up' option for print providers who are looking for a high-end production press but don't currently have the applications and volume requirements for a Xerox iGen3, according to Xerox, which is now able to provide customers with production colour products from 45ppm to 100ppm to support their digital colour printing needs.

"With a growing demand for colour, the Docucolor 8000 offers another option for print providers who are looking to expand into the high-growth digital colour printing business.

The press creates an excellent opportunity for printers to increase their revenue and provide more value to their clients," said Fred DeBolt, vice president of colour product systems for the Xerox production systems group.

In initial customer testing, the Docucolor 8000 met the demands of the most discriminating printers said the company.

It features 2400 x 2400 x 1dpi resolution for sharpness and uniformity, which is claimed to improve colour consistency, whilst new registration technology controls front-to-back registration to plus or minus 0.5mm - the width of five human hairs.

Xerox said the new press is second only to the iGen3 press when handling mixed media, enabling it to support a wide range of applications and environments, such as print-on-demand, web-to-print, book publishing and personalised marketing.

In addition, the Docucolor 8000 is said to allow custom paper set-ups so print providers can programme and store unique characteristics to a particular tray, retrieving the attributes later to save time and support an efficient workflow.

For example, if a printer regularly runs a certain job, he can programme the printer to pull the associated paper type and size from the correct tray, ensuring accurate output with limited preparation time.

The machine also prints from 182mm x 182mm to 320mm x 488mm - a stock range wider than competitive machines, claimed Xerox.

Xerox believes that the Docucolor 8000 integrates seamlessly into customers' existing workflows and offers a choice of three colour servers, the workstations that process incoming print files and drive the digital press.

Pricing and Availability Prices for the Docucolor 8000 vary by region and country.

It is sold through the Xerox direct sales force, resellers, agents and concessionaires who can advise of local availability and pricing.

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