Aussie digital dailies hit London streets

Colour copies of the world’s leading newspapers are digitally printed on the same day using Océ JetStream inkjet technology.

The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald will join the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal in the stable of international newspapers available on the same day in London. Digital production house Stroma prints and distributes international newspaper titles from across the globe now using a JetStream 1000 press.

Steve Brown, Stroma, says: “In these testing times for newspapers, digital color is a real expansion opportunity for the industry. This is something the publishers have been wanting for a long time. With the Océ JetStream 1000 production press, it can now be realised with ramifications for the future growth of Stroma.

Océ pioneered the digital newspaper market a decade ago with its Digital Newspaper Network. Around 30 million newspaper copies have been produced globally through this network since 2001, making Océ the world market leader in digital newspaper production.

“Ensuring immediate delivery in international markets of newspapers printed digitally in colour with a print quality comparable to traditional printing provides a steady revenue stream and potential growth opportunity for newspaper publishers,” says Herbert Kieleithner, Océ Australia’s Marketing Manager, Print Production.

“We are fully committed to the digital newspaper market, and with the Océ JetStream at Stroma, we move into a new era of digital newspaper production.”