Case Studies

Raising productivity at The Bigger Printing Company

Overview Description: “We had worked with Océ before and were impressed with their technical expertise and ability to deliver. We benchmarked a technology platform and proved to ourselves that it would be a worthwhile investment. I would not hesitate to recommend the Océ Arizona 250 GT - it’s the only serious print on demand flatbed press in town.”

Sebastian Stanley, Managing Director, The Bigger Printing Company

Product:Arizona 250 GT

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Wragge & Co. Map production in real estate conveyancing - I cannot rate the Océ ColorWave 600 highly enough

Overview/Description: At Wragge & Co conveyancing of individual real estate transactions can incorporate up to 100+ wide format colour prints. That used to present real problems - we struggled to produce 20 prints in a whole day on our previous equipment! Amazingly, using new technology from Océ, we now produce 20 x A0 size prints in half an hour! I cannot rate the Océ ColorWave 600 highly enough.”

Product:ColorWave600

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WSP Group is a fast-growing design, engineering and management consultancy that places its own unique demands on print provision

Overview/Description: WSP actively mitigates its impact through measures such as tracking and reduction of carbon emissions, waste audits and recycling, and purchase of 100 per cent recycled paper. Humi Asif is intimately familiar with such challenges - as UK Procurement Manager for WSP, Humi manages project support in a burgeoning organisation. Both WSP's crucial wide-format print and its document printing are now handled by Océ, which has been working with him to produce an integrated print strategy.

Product:TDS400, TDS450, TCS500, CS240

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In 2006, the BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions document portal implementation team achieved the Chairman’s Super Bronze Award for Innovation

Overview/Description: The Drawing Services operators identified the shortfalls of the old system, by holding workshops to identify customer requirements. Areas they concentrated on included automating the labour intensive administration process, user access across multiple sites and projects, security across the web, marking-up (red lining) drawing changes and automatic notification when a drawing had changed. Following this they produced functional specifications, evaluated different products and best practices and selected the best product and long-term partner.

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Palm Sign Systems are a firmly established family business with long-term experience of delivering graphic display, signage, and exhibition solutions

Overview Description: Following the decision by North Wales-based printer Palm Sign Systems Limited to adopt the UK's first Océ Arizona 250 GT flatbed printer, the company has witnessed a 100% increase in productivity; a reduction in manpower of 50%; and a significant improvement in profitability

Product:Arizona 250 GT

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Pebl GRAPHICS are enjoying unprecedented growth as a result of its investment in a digital department.

Overview Description: Digital print is recognised as the pre-eminent process for production in many sectors of the printing industry today. Traditional processes still dominate elsewhere, however, screen printers are amongst those specialists now adopting digital systems alongside existing traditional processes. The screen printer pebl GRAPHICS chose Océ as its partner to plan the integration of a digital department based upon the award winning Océ Arizona 250 GT flatbed printer. The project raised a number of challenges, including integrating new skill sets, and combining business processes.

Product:Arizona 250 GT, CS9065

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Phillips Digital Graphics has proved to be one of the so-called ‘early adopters’ of hi-end printing devices

Overview Description: As one of central London's most highly regarded visual communications providers, Phillips Digital Graphics has proved to be one of the so-called ‘early adopters' of hi-end printing devices. With the emergence of advanced flatbed printer technology combining drop dead quality and application versatility, Phillips immediately consulted Océ.

Product:Arizona 250 GT, CS6060, CS6100

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Silkscreen Advertising is a traditional screen printer with 40 years experience, and is one of the best known trade printers in and around Mitcham in Surrey

Overview/Description: Silkscreen Advertising is a traditional screen printer with 40 years experience, and is one of the best known trade printers in and around Mitcham in Surrey. It is also one of the first to embrace digital printing, and has found that digital can be complementary to the screen process. Silkscreen Advertising has partnered with Océ and operates the highly acclaimed Océ Arizona 250 GT flatbed digital press.

Product:Arizona 250 GT

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As a pre-eminent manufacturer of full range architectural, design and visual signage projects, Vision Visual Solutions Ltd partners with many of the best known names in the retail, leisure, and commercial sectors

Overview/Description: As a pre-eminent manufacturer of full range architectural, design and visual signage projects, Vision Visual Solutions Ltd partners with many of the best known names in the retail, leisure, and commercial sectors. In order to maintain its reputation for utilising the highest quality production techniques, Vision Visual Solutions came to Océ.

Product:Arizona 250 GT

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Bowman Riley Architects is an innovative and dynamic architectural Practice with offices in Leeds and Skipton in Yorkshire.

Overview/Description: In keeping with the company’s desire to invest in cutting edge resources, Bowman Riley Architects have adopted the award winning Océ ColorWave 600. This new technology development from Océ has enabled Bowman Riley Architects to respond to clients much faster than ever before, and address the growing preference from customers for high quality colour 3-D visuals.

  Product:ColorWave 600, TCS400, TDS600

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Leicester City Council

Overview/Description :Leicester is the biggest city in the East Midlands and its Council is responsible for local government and the provision of services in the City of Leicester. Like any large unitary authority, LCC maintains a wide range of services, many of which need a high quality/low cost colour printing capability. At LCC, architects, engineers, CAD and Mapinfo GIS professionals across various property disciplines have adopted the award winning Océ ColorWave 600. The machine is saving the Council significant sums of money, and its quality is proving good enough for both graphics and CAD applications.

  Product:ColorWave600

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E-ON Central Networks

Overview/Description :The Asset Information Management (AIM) section of E.ON Central Networks is the guardian of the digital and analogue assets. Our vision is to advance the master asset data we hold today, to improve our business for tomorrow. The Océ ColorWave 600 printer and folder is an integral part of the improvement process we are currently working on.

  Product:ColorWave600

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Manchester Metropolitan University

Overview/Description : For the ICTS Team the installation of the Océ ColorWave 600 has been an all round success. The combined advantages of toner and inkjet in one system have helped to yield very good print quality, and greatly improved productivity, across a wide range of Faculty applications. John Haigh again: “It is an impressive new technology from Océ. The production speed has clearly made a huge impact for us. In addition the technology enables us to use standard 100g paper without any curling. The prints are certainly very robust. Yet another example of how the MMU invest to get the best possible services and systems for our students.”

  Product:ColorWave600

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Pinnacle Consulting

Overview/Description :We needed a much faster colour printer, in particular one which I could operate and use to produce A2 booklets for client briefings and presentations. Quality needed to be top notch, since the booklets represent the face of Pinnacle. We invested in the latest technology development in wide format, the Océ ColorWave 600, and it has proved to be a very effective resource.

  Product:ColorWave600

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