The Océ ColorWave 810 and 910 succeed the ColorWave 900, launched at Fespa in 2013, and run at up to 1,000sqm per hour regardless of image complexity, ink coverage or media type, the company said.
These latest ColorWave printers had been refined and upgraded with the needs of in-house printers and PSPs in mind, said marketing director Pierre-Olivier Esteban.
The new single-pass inkjet printers aimed to deliver “best-in-class functionality and unbeatable performance” to the high-volume print market, he said.
“Both serve retail environments and are ideal for short-term sales campaigns,” Esteban explained. “Instant-dry prints are ready to use immediately.”
The ColorWave 910 is available in the UK now and the ColorWave 810 is due to be released towards the end of October. The company declined to disclose prices.
A spokesman said: “There is no typical job: the new ColorWave range is designed to print multiple applications at speeds of up to 18m per minute with up to six different rolls of media at any given time.”
Benefits included sharper lines, increased render resolution, grayscale printing and a larger range of media-handling capabilities to improve quality and precision of output.
Hardware updates to the ColorWave 810 and 910 included a new controller PC with more memory and a faster CPU for speed and agility in busy environments, said Esteban.
ColorWave 910 has two print speeds of 9m and 18m a minute while the ColorWave 810 runs at 9m per minute. An Adobe PDF print engine smoothed out faster ripping of complex PDFs with shading or transparencies.
The spokesman added that the new ColorWave machines consumed less ink than rival devices, delivering 3.4 billion 1.2-picolitre drops of aqueous ink per second.
A new touchscreen interface with brighter colours enhanced usability and simplified routine tasks to save time and reduce mistakes, he added.
“As a result the ColorWave 810 and 910 are two of the most hassle-free and user-friendly wide-format printers on the market today.”
Esteban added: “The new printers include a range of finishing tools and software for different applications in order to cater with ease to various customer segments.”
