Josh Byers, national marketing manager at Konica Minolta, which supplies the machines says, “These Océ 6250 machines are bullet proof. The 70 per cent reduction in downtime is staggering when you consider that the platform installation went from four devices down to two. The Océ machines deliver productivity, uptime and quality.”
Print Stop installed its first Océ 6250 in January 2008 and the second later that year. Cherie Leigh, manager of Print Stop, says, “We were using four different machines to do the same jobs and it used to take longer. We print high volume black and white course books, which used to be a 24/7 operation. The other machines we had would break down causing us no end of problems. We would have to call a technician out at two in the morning, and also have to re-roster staff. That can blow your planning out of the water. But now, because the Océ printers are so reliable, we can plan our jobs and our staffing levels.”
Shaun Taylor, production systems specialist at Konica Minolta, says the key to the Océ 6250 success lies in the technology it contains. He says, “The technology is what delivers the outstanding performance. Océ evolved a new technology known as copy press which requires a lot less energy, less electrical charging within the engine for toner transfer and a lot less heat for fusing of the toner. The toner is liquefied on to a transfer belt and is impregnated in to the stock (like ink) from the belt rather than just sitting baked to the surface that is inherent with the typical Xerographic process.”
Taylor adds that that Océ has patented its Gemini perfecting engine. He says, “This feature drastically reduces the amount of maintenance required. Two belts within the engine deliver simultaneous printing of both sides of the sheet in one pass, allows Océ 6250 to deliver 100 per cent accurate registration down to a pixel level from 50 through to 350gsm.”
