The DocuColor 5252 is a 52ppm colour and monochrome machine that sits between the 2045 and 2060.

As we see migration from monochrome to colour people want to make one investment to get both capabilities, said Xerox UK DocuColor product marketing manager Kevin ODonnell.

Based on the latest version of the 2045, it uses the same toners and has the same finishing and front-end options but is 18% faster. The print engine costs 89,000, with front-ends from EFI, Creo and Xerox ranging from 26,000 to 45,000.

Xerox has gained Pantone accreditation for the DocuColor 6060 with its own DocuSP front-end, one of the first production colour machines to do so (the NexPress has also just won accreditation).

It will follow on other engines using DocuSP and were working with our other front-end partners on this too, said ODonnell.

Creo and EFI have both launched new servers to drive the DocuColor 3535. ODonnell said one application would be to use the smaller device to proof variable information jobs without tying up a firms main printer, something that has not been possible until now.

A new EFI Fiery, the EXP6000, has been launched to drive the 6060.

Xerox also announced that its partners would launch an inline punch and inline bookletmaker for the iGen3 by the end of the year.

ODonnell said that the firms main focus in digital colour in the run-up to Drupa would, however, be workflow.

Xerox also announced at the show that, in addition to monochrome equipment, it was now selling secondhand colour machines.

ODonnell said the UK had been pioneering this, offering secondhand DocuColors for the past 18 months. Prices are typically 25%-30% less for the print engines, which are remanufactured, and they are normally supplied with a brand new front-end.

He said about 5% of its sales in the UK were secondhand machines.

Its supply of secondhand machines and the new workflow options for the 3535 are part of Xeroxs policy of offering printers a lower-cost way of entering the digital colour market.