Océ Will Showcase Applications Across a Range of Printing Environments

Digital Books Showcase Profitable New Business Model
In search of a better business model, the book printing market is transitioning to digital printing to reduce waste, warehousing and transportation costs. With the right technology and systems, books now represent a profitable niche for commercial printers. Océ has achieved significant penetration of the fast-growing digital book manufacturing market, with a presence in leading publishing operations. PRINT 09 visitors can observe the range of Océ solutions, from black and white and color cutsheet output to very high-speed inkjet. In-booth demonstrations will show Océ printers’ exceptional speed and print quality in live end-to-end book and photo book publishing. Case-bound products and photo books will be printed at blazing speeds on the latest Océ JetStream® system. Demonstrations will show interior black and white and full-color printing of text and professional photographs, as well as dust jacket printing. Hardcover books will be bound in an offline bookbinding area using On Demand Machinery case binding equipment.