Océ VarioPrint 6250 “highly recommended” by leading independent authority
“…impressive performance over the extended test period…,” says BLI
Venlo, 26 June 2008 — Océ, an international leader in digital document management and printing for professionals, today announced that it has received the “Highly Recommended” rating from Buyers Laboratory Incorporated. BLI is one of the leading independent providers of competitive intelligence, testing and reviews for the office equipment industry, and evaluates hundreds of products every year.
Only the select few receive BLI’s “Highly Recommended” rating, which is reserved exclusively for devices that deliver outstanding features and offer users the very best. Recently the popular and innovative Océ VarioPrint 6250 emerged from a comprehensive BLI laboratory evaluation with this coveted “Highly Recommended” rating, plus a certificate of reliability.
The BLI Certificate of Reliability certifies that when the Océ VarioPrint 6250 was subjected to a durability test consisting of no less than ten million impressions in a networked environment, the system demonstrated a special level of reliability. According to BLI’s report during the “extensive 10 million-page test… the unit proved to be highly reliable, experiencing a misfeed rate of just one per 333,333 impressions and not a single job from the wide array of complex production-class jobs was produced incorrectly.”
In its report, BLI also highlighted a number of other aspects of the Océ VarioPrint 6250, referring to it as “a groundbreaking production device” with “the simplest paper path of models in the marketplace.” Furthermore “the touch-screen panel is easy to navigate… and also provides excellent instructions…on the various maintenance tasks…intuitive and straightforward.” All in all: “During the course of its evaluation, the Océ VarioPrint 6250 proved to be highly productive, with throughput speed remaining constant, regardless of media and job type. “Output quality was very good overall” and “front to back registration was perfect,” the BLI report concluded.
To sum up: “Based on its impressive performance over the extended test period…BLI highly recommends the Océ VarioPrint 6250 for production environments” and has a “high level of confidence in the suitability of the unit for Océ’s recommended monthly duty cycle of 8 million impressions.”
David Sweetnam, European Lab and Research Manager of BLI International comments: “During our exhaustive testing of the Océ VarioPrint 6250, the device delivered a very high level of productivity across a wide range of job types and media options. The attention to ease of use during device development was apparent from both a device and desktop operation standpoint, with BLI trained key operators able to get additional members of staff up to speed on use of the device with high levels of success.”
Ap Stout, International Marketing Director of Océ Technologies B.V. adds: “We are very proud about the special achievement award for the Océ Gemini Instant Duplex technology. Rather than simply putting two engines in-line, Océ developed a real single-engine perfecting press. Customer feedback and the BLI tests show that this was the right decision, as all praise the image registration accuracy, media flexibility, intrinsic printer reliability and low energy use.”
About BLI
For over 45 years, Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) has been an important source for unbiased and reliable intelligence for the imaging industry. Today, BLI is a leading authority and provides high quality products and services to original equipment manufacturers, dealers and business consumers. BLI products include comprehensive reports, insightful industry newsletters and custom testing services for OEMs and advisory services for business consumers. BLI is completely independent in all testing processes and subsequent reporting. For further information please consult www.buyerslab.com.
About Océ
Océ is one of the world's leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The broad Océ offering includes office printing and copying systems, high speed digital production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. Océ is also a foremost supplier of document management outsourcing. Many of the world’s Fortune 500 companies and leading commercial printers are Océ customers. The company was founded in 1877. With headquarters in Venlo, The Netherlands, Océ is active in over 90 countries and employs some 24,000 people worldwide. Océ is listed in Euronext in Amsterdam. Total revenues in 2007 amounted to € 3.1 billion. For more information on Océ, visit www.oce.com.
For more information, please contact:
Nick Gale
Manager Media Relations
Telephone +31 77 359 5628
Email nick.gale@oce.com