Large Format Printer suits color CAD and GIS users.

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TCS500 integrated print/copy/scan system features Dynamic Switching Technology to optimize print speed and quality for printing lines, text, and images within same document. It offers concurrent processing, printing, copying, and scanning, and media and ink cartridges can be changed without interrupting workflow. Power Logic® Controller has 80 GB HDD to processes next file while current one is printing. Printer delivers E-size color CAD line drawing in 60 sec and monochrome in 40 sec.



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New, Highly Productive Oce TCS500 Color CAD Printer Provides Uncompromising Speed and Quality



Large Format Color System Leverages the Power of Fully Concurrent Processing, Printing, Copying and Scanning

CHICAGO, April 6 / -- Oce (NASDAQ:OCENY), a global leader in digital document management and delivery solutions, today unveiled the Oce TCS500 large format integrated print/copy/scan system for color CAD and GIS users in the AEC, government, utilities, manufacturing and reprographic industries. Its revolutionary, new Dynamic Switching Technology automatically optimizes print speed and print quality when printing lines, text, and images in the same document. The Oce TCS500 harnesses the power of concurrent processing, printing, copying and scanning to make it the most productive large format, color CAD print system on the market and a top choice for producing quantities of large format technical documents such as detailed CAD line drawings and complex GIS files.

The Oce TCS500 is the successor to the proven Oce TCS400 -- the first truly integrated color print/copy/scan system for large format technical documents. It is ideally suited for inkjet users who need more print throughput than their current printer provides and for users transitioning from the combination of an older monochrome device, traditional inkjet color plotter and standalone scanner. With the Oce TCS500, organizations now have a cost-effective growth path to meet their changing demands.

"It's the best of all worlds," explained Sal Sheikh, Vice President, Marketing, Oce Wide Format Printing Systems division of Oce North America. "Customers don't have to forego quality for fast turnaround time, which is generally the case with other color CAD printers. With the Oce TCS500, there's no trade-off between crisp, rich color output and the ability to meet uncompromising deadlines. Large format CAD and GIS users get one machine doing the work of many -- faster than they ever thought possible."

The Oce TCS500's ability to handle today's increasing volume of color technical documents, coupled with its fast, convenient handling of monochrome jobs, brings many benefits to total large format workflow in several key areas -- productivity, quality, ease of use and reliability.

Featured Oce TCS500 Capabilities

Most Productive CAD System on the Market

The new Oce TCS500 is unsurpassed in overall productivity. It provides true concurrency -- robust processing, printing, copying and scanning simultaneously -- resulting in bottom-line time savings and measurable productivity benefits. Fast, high throughput is evident in the Oce TCS500's ability to deliver an E-size color CAD line drawing in just 60 seconds and only 40 seconds for monochrome. Operators can even change media and ink cartridges without interrupting workflow while the system is printing -- a feature unique to Oce technology -- to maximize time spent focusing on core business functions instead of tending to equipment. Furthermore, the powerful Oce Power Logic® Controller with its 80 GB hard disk capacity processes files extremely quickly and processes the next file while the current one is printing, minimizing delays and waiting time aggravations. Users gain true workhorse productivity -- up to 900 feet of media can be printed without a roll change, and the unique copy receiving rack professionally stacks up to 200 E-size prints in order for unattended or overnight printing.

Uncompromising Quality with Oce Dynamic Switching Technology

No longer does a user have to sacrifice print speed for print quality thanks to Oce's new Dynamic Switching technology. This revolutionary, new technology guarantees the optimum trade-off automatically without additional adjustments by the operator. Whether the original contains lines and text, images, or both, Oce Dynamic Switching Technology eliminates any guesswork in choosing the correct print setting or the need to choose multiple, complex print settings. By automatically "sensing" each part of a mixed image (from fine lines to photographs and everything in-between) and determining the best print quality and print speed for these individual areas, Oce Dynamic Switching Technology delivers optimum print quality without sacrificing productivity. Also, thanks to the proven Oce Image Logic® technology, copy quality can even be better than that of the original. A range of convenient color management modes gives the user complete control of their color output.

Easy Handling of Complex Jobs with the Push of a Button

Users benefit from a fully integrated solution that is as easy to use as monochrome systems. The advanced job submission software allows even the most complex jobs to be easily created, stored and loaded without having to open the native application. Scanning or copying large format, hard copy originals and color mark-ups are easy with the Oce Green Button "one touch" approach. Plus, an intuitive control panel allows users to create job templates, which saves time in handling recurring copy and scan jobs. Complex operations can be performed with just the push of a single button. Finally, with the Advanced Queue Manager, operators have full view and control of all pending and active jobs.

Unrivaled Reliability

Finally, the Oce TCS500 ensures a safe and reliable investment with consistently high output quality. For example, the Oce TCS500 scanner uses a single mirror, single camera concept to minimize the number of moving parts and calibrations and eliminate the need for image stitching. In addition, the modular architecture of the Oce TCS500 offers a cost-effective, flexible growth path to meet the changing needs of users' business and work processes. Durable construction combined with award-winning Oce service provide users a complete solution with the highest level of productive uptime.

Availability

The new Oce TCS500 is available now. It is the first in a series of new color wide format printers to be introduced to the market by Oce this year. For more information, call Oce at 800-714-4427 or visit www.oceusa.com/TCS500 .

About Oce

Oce 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.

Netherlands-based Oce N.V. (NASDAQ:OCENY), with a workforce of around 24,000 people and pro forma annualized revenues of nearly $3.7 billion, active in approximately eighty countries, maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Romania. Oce's North American headquarters is located in Chicago with major business units in Trumbull, CT; Chicago; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; Salt Lake City; Coventry, RI; and Vancouver, BC. North American revenues were $1.7 billion for fiscal 2005, and employment is currently 11,000. For more information about Oce, visit www.oceusa.com/ . Outside the U.S., consult www.oce.com/ .

"Oce", "Oce Power Logic" and "Oce Image Logic" are registered trademarks of Oce-Technologies B.V. The Oce logo is a registered trademark of Oce- Nederland B.V. Corporation.

Source: Oce

CONTACT: Karen Fitt of Oce North America, Inc, +1-773-714-4664, corpcomm@oceusa.com

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