Digital Press delivers 172 letter-size full-color pages/min.

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Oce VarioStream 9240 with singe-pass duplexing delivers Oce Job Appropriate Color(TM), and allows b&w, 1 or 2 spot colors, or CMYK-color process printing. When fully configured as 4-color press, toner-based system prints monochrome documents at 852 pages/min, and 2 or 3 color documents at 253 or 231 prints/min. Oce PRISMA(TM) workflow software enables pre-press and document design, high volume production management, interoperability, and online proofing.



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Oce Introduces Full-Color CMYK Oce VarioStream® 9240 to US Market



BOSTON, April 17 // -- Oce (NASDAQ:OCENY), a global leader in digital document management and delivery solutions, introduces the US market to the full-color Oce VarioStream 9240, the latest in the black and color-capable Oce VarioStream 9000 series. The Oce VarioStream 9240 is a four- color press with single-pass duplexing that delivers 172 letter-size full- color pages per minute -- one of the fastest full-color toner-based digital presses on the market.

Designed to deliver Oce Job Appropriate Color(TM), the Oce VarioStream 9240 operates with maximum cost efficiency for black and white, one or two spot colors, or CMYK four-color process printing. Users pay for only what they print while gaining the added flexibility of using only one machine running at appropriate speeds. Even when fully configured as a four-color press, the system can still print monochrome documents at 852 prints per minute, and two- and three-color documents at 353 and 231 prints per minute, respectively. This uniquely flexible approach enables customers to run a wider range of jobs on fewer machines with greater utilization of the machine.

"Oce is delivering on the commitment we made when we first introduced the VarioStream 9000 series three years ago to add additional color capability to it each year. The full-color Oce VarioStream 9240 completes our Job Appropriate Color strategy for this line. This multi-function printer makes black, spot color and full color available when you need it. No other printer has the ability to change speeds and costs automatically, on demand, per application as well as within an application," said Joyce Virnich, Vice President, Marketing, Oce North American Commercial Printing Division. "Delivering on our commitment to investment protection, the Oce VarioStream 9000 is field upgradeable. Customers who already have a one-, two- or three- color models can easily upgrade to the full-color version, while retaining complete flexibility."

"The flexibility to print in black, highlight or full color makes the VarioStream 9240 the color-capable machine a lot of transactional and direct mail operations have been waiting for," said Noel Ward, Managing Director, On Demand Publishing. "Any transactional or direct mailer looking to get into color printing should take a close look at the VarioStream 9240." The Oce VarioStream 9240 is well suited for applications needing full color design such as direct mail, newspapers, books, transpromo documents and other print- for-pay jobs. Its groundbreaking printing of complex color content reproduces illustrations, tables and graphics without compromising fine detail.

Exemplifying the concept of Job Appropriate Color, the new Oce VarioStream 9240 operates with maximum cost efficiency no matter what the application. Oce Job Appropriate Color offers an innovative balance between color use and cost. The document producer decides what level of color is right for the job, and the flexible system ensures that the right amount of color is deployed to achieve the intended outcome. This delivers significant savings over dedicated color printing systems, without compromising on quality. Oce PRISMA(TM) workflow software complements the Oce VarioStream 9240 with more productivity for pre-press and document design, high volume production management, interoperability, online proofing and more.

About the Oce VarioStream 9000 Series

The Oce VarioStream 9000 series lets customers grow into color applications by investing in a basic solution and gradually expand it as their requirements evolve. The printing systems can be combined with a variety of pre- and post-processing modules, and their UP3I(TM) capability integrates them perfectly into highly automated production lines. With their ability to handle such a wide range of applications, the Oce VarioStream 9000 systems are equally at home in commercial and in corporate printing environments -- at graphic arts companies and print service providers as well as in banks, insurance companies and public administration.

The Oce VarioStream 9000 series can be equipped with Oce CustomTone(R) technology, providing a wide range of ready-made and mixed-to-order custom colors. This efficient custom color solution is ideal for applications that have to match corporate identity guidelines or include a particular spot color. Another added-value feature of the Oce VarioStream 9000 series is Graphic Arts Plus dot modulation, a special imaging technique that delivers brilliantly sharp reproduction for black and white images by varying the luminescence of each LED -- over 11,000 in all -- in the image generator. The outcome: images can be printed with much more photorealism.

About Oce

Oce N.V. (NASDAQ:OCENY) is a leading provider of digital document management technology and services. The company's solutions are based on Oce's advanced software applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and the Internet to printing devices and archives -- locally and around the world. Supporting the workflow solutions are Oce digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Oce also offers a wide range of display graphics, consulting and outsourcing solutions.

Oce employs around 24,000 people, with 2006 annual revenues of approximately $4 billion, operates in approximately one hundred countries and maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Romania. Oce North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in Chicago, IL; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; Salt Lake City, UT; Coventry, RI; and Vancouver, BC. North American revenues were approximately $1.7 billion for fiscal 2006, and employment is currently 11,000. For more information about Oce, visit www.oceusa.com/. Outside the U.S., consult http://www.oce.com/.

"Oce PRISMA" and "Oce Job Appropriate Color" are trademarks of Oce- Technologies B.V. "Oce VarioStream", "Oce CustomTone", "Oce" and the Oce logo are registered trademarks of Oce-Technologies B.V. All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks and are the property of their owners and are respectfully acknowledged.

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