Océ Helps Make Personalized Washington Times Edition a Success

Such micro-zoned and personalized newspapers have gained attention as ways to reinvigorate the struggling newspaper publishing industry. Digital color printing plays an essential role in providing this totally variable, consumer-selected media.

“This innovative experiment is part of Océ’s continued support of the evolving newspaper publishing model,” said Duncan Newton, Manager of Client Development, Océ North America, Production Printing Systems division. “We are committed to bringing new opportunities to the industry, and the results of this proof of concept are encouraging.” Océ is the market leader in short-run digital newspaper printing, with 98 percent of the world’s contracted newspapers running on Océ presses. Océ technology has already produced more than 20 million newspapers worldwide, a number that is growing with market adoption of very high speed Océ JetStream inkjet color systems.