Océ Arizona 250 GT wins viscom INNOVATION AWARD 2007
Venlo, the Netherlands/ Vancouver, Canada, October 9, 2007 – The Océ Arizona® 250 GT flatbed UV printer was designated “a truly innovative product” when it won the viscom INNOVATION AWARD in the Large Format Digital Printing category. The awards were announced during the viscom 2007 International trade fair for visual communication, held in Düsseldorf, Germany, September 20-22, 2007.
The jury included the editors-in-chief of international trade journals Large Format, SIP, TVP and Werbetechnik, as well as representatives from advertising and signmaking associations. The jury issued the following remarks about the Océ Arizona 250 GT: “In March 2007 Océ presented with their Arizona 250 GT a completely redesigned printer using UV hardening inks: The variable drop size of the grey-shade heads allows for a very high image quality. The optional roll module is so cleverly placed on the edge of the vacuum printing table that the change between flat bed and roller printing is made extremely time saving. In addition, this printer is easy to use and moderate in price and maintenance costs – a truly innovative product.”
“This award reinforces the Océ product values embodied in the Océ Arizona 250 GT including quality, reliability, productivity and user-friendliness,” said Gido van Praag, President and CEO of Océ Display Graphics Systems, Inc. “The market response has been extremely positive. We look forward to keeping up the momentum.”
This is the second honor for the Océ Arizona 250 GT: it won the Digital Printing & Imaging Association (DPI) Vision Award upon its preview at the Specialty Graphics and Imaging Association (SGIA) show in September 2006. The Vision Award is given to an exhibiting manufacturer whose new product has the best chance of positively impacting the digital imaging industry. The decision is based on the product’s relevance to the market, potential industry influence and prospective value to the product’s end users. 
Printer Basics
The Océ Arizona 250 GT is based on a new Océ-developed platform that combines a true flatbed design and a separate, dedicated roll-to-roll capability. It can print onto rigid media up to 49” wide x 98” long x 1.89” thick (1.25 m wide x 2.5 m long x 48 mm thick). The optional roll media system can print onto flexible media up to 87” (2.2 m wide). It uses four-color (CMYK) UV curable inks and Océ VariaDotTM imaging technology with near-photographic image resolution and delivers a true production print speed (sellable prints) of 172 ft2 (16 m2) per hour.
About Océ Display Graphics Systems
Océ Display Graphics Systems is a leading developer of production digital printing and imaging equipment. It manufactures a range of solutions specifically designed for the print-for-pay display graphics market, including the Océ Arizona 250 GT versatile flatbed printer and the Océ LightJet® Series photo laser printers. Océ Display Graphics Systems is based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, and is a business group of the Wide Format Printing Systems strategic business unit of Océ N.V., based in the Netherlands. Its products are sold through Océ direct sales offices and select distribution channels worldwide.
About Océ
Océ N.V. is a leading international provider of digital document management technology and services. The company’s solutions are based on Océ’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 Océ digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Océ 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, Canada, the United States, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Romania. For more information about Océ, visit http://www.oce.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Nick Gale
Manager Media Relations
Tel. +31 77 359 5628
E-mail nick.gale@oce.com