Canon updates on Oce

Canon used its Ipex press briefing to update the industry on its progress in integrating the Océ portfolio of products.

To date, Canon has now acquired 90 per cent of the Océ shares and has set up a number of steering committees that will oversee the integration.

David Preskett, director of Professional Print for Canon Europe, said that feedback from customers showed that they are keen to find out how Canon and Océ will complement each other.

In the second half of 2010, both companies will launch each other’s product through their respective sales channels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, although Preskett refused to be drawn on when the rest of the world, including Australia might follow.

Preskett also highlighted how Canon and Océ products are already being used together such as Canon’s C7000VP digital printer running with Océ’s PRISMAprepare software on the Océ stand.

Pictured: The new Canon imagePRESS C7010VP is claimed to deliver a 9 per cent increase in speed over the previous model.

In the digital colour production market, Canon is launching new versions of its flagship C7000VP range called the imagePRESS C7010VP, C6010VP and C6010. These new presses are designed to deliver greater productivity, higher quality and more media flexibility. New features include faster simplex and duplex output on a wider range of stocks from 60 to 325gsm.

The new presses also include the X-Rite i1 Process Control V3 software for improved colour management including spot colour optimisation.

With its own software, Canon also announced version 2.0 of its Helix Production workflow designed to automate the web-to-print process and improve workflow management with enhanced features for tasks such as analogue-to-digital conversion, imposition and support for VDP output. It will also support large format printing.

In the wide format sector, the company is launching three imagePROGRAF printers – the 44 inch 8300 and the 24 inch 6350 and 6300 for the professional photographic and proofing market. These printers use Canon’s newly-developed 12-colour LUCIA EX pigment ink system designed to deliver a 20 per cent wider gamut than the previous iPFX100 series.