Océ’s newly announced high speed Arizona 550 GT display graphics flatbed printer will make its Australian debut at the Visual Impact Image Expo, on the Gold Coast, April 30 to May 1.
The Océ Arizona 550 GT extends the Arizona range adding to the Océ Arizona 250 and the Océ Arizona 350 GT and 350 XT and doubles the speed of the existing models. It can produce more than 40 square meters of high quality printing per hour, or more than 100 full-size boards per eight-hour shift.
With more than 2,000 units sold world wide, the Océ Arizona is the world’s best-selling display graphics flatbed system.
Océ-Australia’s Business Group Manager for Display Graphics and Imaging Supplies, Dale Hawkins, says the announcement of the new printer has drawn unprecedented enquiries from Océ’s Australian customer base resulting in a number of advance sales.
“The Océ Arizona range has been very popular in the Australian marketplace and the news that there is an even faster model about to be launched is big news in the display graphics sector,“ Hawkins says.
“In a market where sales of printing equipment and supplies by competitors dropped more than 30 percent in 2009, Océ's business actually grew internationally, largely attributable to the popularity of the Océ Arizona series.
The Océ Arizona 550 GT display graphics printer reaches out to high capacity print providers - typically companies printing larger (or many smaller) jobs of graphics for sign and display applications, for whom total or peak capacity is crucial.
Unlike most high capacity flatbed printers, the Océ Arizona 550 GT display graphics printer features image quality suitable for closely-viewed point-of-purchase signage.
The image quality is also suitable for printing on transparent media for use as illuminated backlit signs such as those in the cosmetics section of large department stores.
The Océ Arizona 550 GT UV flatbed printer uses a vacuum system to hold media stationary on a flat surface, ensuring accurate registration even on multiple imaging passes.
It employs the same Océ VariaDot™ imaging technology used in other members of the award-winning family such as the Océ Arizona 350 GT and the Océ Arizona 350 XT display graphics printers.
Priced significantly lower than many competitive systems with similar productivity, the Océ Arizona 550 GT display graphics printer offers the lowest ink consumption rate in the market, generating savings of up to 50%.
Océ anticipates its customers producing an estimated 10-12 million square meters - about the size of 2,000 football pitches - of printed output on Océ Arizona Series printers this year.
Océ Australia
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