Océ ColorWave 600 Wide format printer for colour and monochrome: up to 31 seconds per A0

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World’s first colour TonerPearl wide format printer

The Océ ColorWave 600 is the world’s first colour toner wide format printer using Océ CrystalPoint technology. This unique technology uses TonerPearls for high quality prints on plain and recycled paper at a high print speed of up to 31 seconds per A0. The ColorWave 600 prints colour and black & white with excellent results from CAD up to full colour posters.

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Océ magic hit prime-time television on Channel Five’s Gadget Show in the UK on the 1st March 2010 with the help of it's pioneering Océ CrystalPoint™ technology. A stunt, which was filmed in London’s Covent Garden, showed how a card randomly chosen mysteriously turned up giant-sized and with the person’s name on it less than a minute later… being pulled along the road by a cyclist!

Five things you need to know about this large format printer

World-class speed: up to 31 seconds per A0
Unmatched media capacity: up to six 42 inch wide rolls
Direct-dry plain paper prints for immediate use
Handles applications from CAD & GIS to full colour posters
"Green machine": no ozone, no odour, no system contamination

Wide format printer with CrystalPoint quality

Crystalpoint logo This large format plotter not only gives you sharp lines, fine details and smooth, even area fills. The wide format printer also enhances the quality of standard plain paper with a ‘silk-shine’ finish and water-fast durability. The ColorWave 600 wide format printer gives you unique CrystalPoint quality - every print, every time.

The ColorWave 600 delivers high quality at world-class productivity. A print speed of up to 31 seconds per A0 is only one aspect. With up to 6 media rolls and 42 inch width, this large format colour plotter will make sure you meet your deadlines. All this and more makes the ColorWave 600 the world’s most productive wide format colour printer.

For an optimised printing workflow and to track what your are printing.

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Choose your ColorWave configuration

The Océ ColorWave 600 is built to fit your needs. Choose from:

1 to 6 media rolls
Océ PowerM or PowerM Plus controller
Online folder or flat output stacker
Receiving rack
3 inch and 2 inch media cores

All this adds up to a flexible wide format printer.

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

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.

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Leicester City Council

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.

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Brewers & Sons Ltd

Brewers are the UK's largest independent supplier of decorating materials, providing the widest range of paints, wallpapers and sundries in the marketplace. Brewers supply virtually every known brand, and recommend the right product or solution for any type of surface. Brewers enlisted the help of Océ to address the problem, and have subsequently installed the multi-award winning Océ ColorWave 600 - resulting in a 50% increase in productivity, reduced wastage, and real sustainability.

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E.ON Central Networks

The Océ ColorWave 600 has allowed CN to provide a print solution within the AIM section using an innovative and totally unique Océ technology. But there were one or two things that that technology could do they didn’t expect. Andy Davis goes on to say: "Within E.ON, reducing our environmental impact is one of the six Corporate Responsibilities that are driving our actions. The unique Océ CrystalPoint printing technology is specifically geared up to print onto uncoated bond and unbleached recycled paper. If all colour printers were capable of this there would be a significant reduction in the environmental impact from the coating and bleaching process, so Océ ColorWave became very interesting to us on environmental grounds.

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Manchester Metropolitan University

Managing ever more powerful IT systems has become a fact of life for technical support departments, whatever their sector or speciality. At the Faculty of Art and Design at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), the ICTS Team look after not only some of the most powerful computer systems within the University, but also support the Central Campus Printing Facility, including six wide format colour printers. One of the challenges facing the Team has been how to meet the peaks in demand for wide format colour prints from the 3,000+ art and design students and staff.

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Pinnacle Consulting Engineers

Pinnacle benefits from a streamlined document workflow that supports its five offices. The company made a significant decision five years ago to invest in an Océ technical document workshop – in order to help better understand the future document needs of the company. Chris Bailey explains: "Following an analysis by Océ, the company elected to change its entire approach to distributing and managing technical documents. The automated process that we subsequently adopted has saved the company in the region of £40K per annum. We no longer have a dedicated resource to manage our system; instead we use intelligent software (Océ Design2Distribution) and enjoy a solid partnership with our key supplier, Océ."

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Online Reprographics

Online Reprographics offers a personal service with a difference. Using the bestquality machinery and products at every point in the process, it understands business deadlines. Two of Océ’s ColorWave 600s are helping it provide customers with the highest-quality finish.

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John Lewis

The retailer appreciated Océ’s flexibility, with no capital expenditure requirement and a leasing cost that was no more than the running costs for the old equipment, the decision to upgrade was easy. Maintaining the Océ ColorWave 600 has also proved to be very straightforward – with the bonus of no expensive printheads to change.

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Wragge & Co

“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.”

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Océ at Reprographic Warehouse

“Our customers love it. It is only a matter of time before we get a second machine”, says John Snell, Managing Director of The Reprographic Warehouse

The Reprographic Warehouse is part of ARC (American Reprographics Company), the largest company of its kind in the world, having built a global network of over 300 document reproduction centres. The Reprographic Warehouse is justifiably proud to be the first ARC centre in the UK. It provides secure, confidential, and environmentally sensitive 24/7 print services to key clients in the City of London. Located within five minutes drive of the City, The Reprographic Warehouse occupies 8,000 square feet of modern warehouse, packed with state of the art digital technology.

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Océ at Sparkasse Essen

“The huge variety of media that can be printed is one of the main characteristics of the Océ ColorWave 600 printer, and it is also extremely fast”, says Uwe Brackhage, Production Manager of Sparkasse Essen.

A bank operating to high standards is what Focus Money magazine called Sparkasse Essen in a bank comparison test. It also said that the bank was the best financial institution in the Ruhr metropolis. Uwe Brackhage, Production Manager for Sparkasse Essen, is convinced that one reason why his bank has been successful is fast and continuous customer communication. Be it bank statements, flyers or full-colour brochures, everything runs through the printing and dispatch centre, for which Brackhage is responsible. The next step was to more quickly produce in-house posters and signs.

Product:ColorWave 600

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Océ at C1000

“Thanks to the collaboration between Schuitema, Océ and IDP, we can respond to current local events much quicker than before”, says Gerrit Douma of C1000 Supermarkets.

Store owners who are part of a larger organisation will recognise the problem: headquarters sends out promotional material to the branches to promote certain products and special offers. That’s fine. But sometimes local store owners need something extra. To respond to a promotional offer of a local competitor, for instance. Or to take advantage of an event that is only relevant for the local target group. All the store owner can do is hope that the local printshop can help out. Otherwise it’s back to the old marker pen. At least, that’s how it was until now...

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Océ at Neografia

With the Océ ColorWave 600 printer, “two of the five operators could be assigned to other duties, media loading was reduced from 100 times to five times per month and the time needed for processing a proof print was reduced from 14 to four minutes”, says Norbert Janíček, IT Director at Neografia.

Neografia is one of the top three offset printers in Slovakia producing colour books, magazines and catalogues. Neografia exports 40% of its total offset production and 85% of its book production, mostly to the European Union. The company offers a complete in-house production workflow that combines pre-press, and state-of-the-art web and sheet print production, plus finishing capabilities with sophisticated binding techniques. Neografia produces a large number of orders each year which puts high demands on its production workflow system. The company recently added an Océ ColorWave 600 printer that has quickly improved its proofing operations.

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Océ at Digitalpress

“On further investigation with Océ, not only was I captured by the ColorWave 600’s flexibility and truly unique print quality, but also by the low cost of the prints and its speed – which from what I’d seen was unmatched”, says Theo Pettaras, founder of Digitalpress.

Client uncovers new avenues to business success through Océ ColorWave 600
The ability to standout from the competition is the driving force behind many successful businesses, so when you combine innovation with passion and visionary thinking you’ve got a recipe for success.

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Océ at Brewers

"Having invested in the latest wide format technology from Océ, our biggest saving has been in labour, plus we now have much greater production flexibility", says David Relf, I.T. Manager at Brewers.

In recent years Brewers have operated a wide format machine from one of Océ’s major competitors. David Relf explains: “Our previous machine was a high quality product, but like others in the marketplace, the technology was slow. We needed a faster technology, preferably one in which the prints would be sufficiently water-fast for outdoor use. The Océ ColorWave 600 has proved to be significantly faster, and the prints are definitely robust enough for outdoor use. The machine also possesses significant environmental credentials, something to which Brewers is very committed.”

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Océ ColorWave 600

Sustainability secured with the Océ ColorWave 600

The ColorWave 600 ensures a healthy working environment:

TonerPearls for a totally clean system: no fine dust, no odour and minimal waste disposal
Durable Imaging Devices save a considerable amount of waste
High quality prints on recycled paper with media-independent CrystalPoint technology
Multi-roll system: no need for trimming, minimal media waste
Easily handle 200 metre plain paper rolls with ergonomic roll loaders

The bottom line? The Océ ColorWave 600 is a "green machine" for you and your working environment. Read more about the sustainable advantages of this Green Flagship.

iF Product Design Award in Germany

Even before the official launch on 7 May 2008, the Océ ColorWave 600 had received an iF Product Design Award 2008. The International Forum Design institute is a renowned independent organisation with its roots in the Hannover exhibition centre. The iF Product Design Awards recognise products which represent innovation and high-quality design standards. The recognition of the Océ ColorWave 600 product design with this award is an acknowledgement of Océ’s continued ambition to excel in the areas of functional and innovative design.

Good Design Award in Japan

On 8 October 2008 the Océ ColorWave 600 received a Good Design Award in Japan. The Good Design Award is Japan's only comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system. This system itself has its origins in the "Good Design Selection System" (generally known as the "G-Mark System").This design award is renowned in Asia and supports companies dedicated to design and state-of-the-art production. Comments from the judges on the Océ ColorWave 600 included praise for the “...innovative shapes...” which are “…different from conventional large format printers...” as well as stating that the Océ ColorWave 600 “…excels also in maintenance, and the interface in the operation parts and guidance are refined.”

Editor’s Choice Award in the UK

Business Info is a UK-based business equipment magazine and website for small and medium-sized businesses to help directors and managers make informed purchasing decisions. The Océ ColorWave 600 received the Business Info Editor’s Choice Award acknowledging the printer to be a “…great addition to the wide format printer market…” and it “…meets the demand for devices that can print in colour and mono without compromise.”

MUST SEE ‘EM Award at GRAPH EXPO in the US

At the recent GRAPH EXPO conference in Chicago the Océ ColorWave 600 received a MUST SEE ‘EM Award. The MUST SEE 'EM recognition programme, part of the EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK Conference, highlights the most unique, innovative and compelling products and services at GRAPH EXPO. The MUST SEE ‘EM Awards, sponsored by PrintCom Consulting Group, are presented to products and technologies that exemplify compelling innovation in the graphic communications industry.