Xerox has launched a full-colour, continuous feed printer, which it claims will set an industry benchmark as the fastest machine of its kind.
The Xerox 490/980 Colour Continuous Feed Printing System prints at a 600dpi resolution and maintains its top speed when printing both full colour or black and white.
The machine can print at speeds of 69m or 450 images per minute two-up, simplex on A4 paper, and 900 images per minute when set in the duplex configuration.
The device uses dry toner, xerographic imaging and flash-fusing technology, which doesn't use heat or pressure or make contact with the paper. This, it is claimed, allows the Xerox to print on a wider array of substrates than competitive systems.
The “non-contact flash fusing” technology fuses the image using high-intensity xenon lamps instead of the conventional method that uses heat and pressure rollers to fix an image to the paper.
This method only heats the toner, with no direct heat or pressure contact with the substrate, which maintains more moisture in the paper and minimises or eliminates paper shrinkage, paper curl and static electricity.
The high-speed printer is designed to allow service bureaux and data centres to produce full-colour transactional statements and invoices with promotional, personalised marketing messages.
Xerox UK Production Business director Anoush Dowlatshahi-Gordon said: "When high business-quality printing, volume, cost and speed are the key driving factors, print providers will appreciate the innovation and value of the Xerox 490/980 Colour Continuous Feed Printing System."
The 490/980 is immediately available in Japan, China and the Pacific Rim. The machine is available for order, which will take place in a phased approach beginning in Europe during the first half of 2008.
What are your thoughts on the new Xerox? Will you be getting one? Let us know with your comments below.
The Xerox 490/980 Colour Continuous Feed Printing System prints at a 600dpi resolution and maintains its top speed when printing both full colour or black and white.
The machine can print at speeds of 69m or 450 images per minute two-up, simplex on A4 paper, and 900 images per minute when set in the duplex configuration.
The device uses dry toner, xerographic imaging and flash-fusing technology, which doesn't use heat or pressure or make contact with the paper. This, it is claimed, allows the Xerox to print on a wider array of substrates than competitive systems.
The “non-contact flash fusing” technology fuses the image using high-intensity xenon lamps instead of the conventional method that uses heat and pressure rollers to fix an image to the paper.
This method only heats the toner, with no direct heat or pressure contact with the substrate, which maintains more moisture in the paper and minimises or eliminates paper shrinkage, paper curl and static electricity.
The high-speed printer is designed to allow service bureaux and data centres to produce full-colour transactional statements and invoices with promotional, personalised marketing messages.
Xerox UK Production Business director Anoush Dowlatshahi-Gordon said: "When high business-quality printing, volume, cost and speed are the key driving factors, print providers will appreciate the innovation and value of the Xerox 490/980 Colour Continuous Feed Printing System."
The 490/980 is immediately available in Japan, China and the Pacific Rim. The machine is available for order, which will take place in a phased approach beginning in Europe during the first half of 2008.
What are your thoughts on the new Xerox? Will you be getting one? Let us know with your comments below.
Source: printweek
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