Canon launches Océ ColorStream 6000 Chroma Inkjet Press

Canon’s new continuous-feed inkjet press, the Océ ColorStream 6000 Chroma, expands the family of ColorStream presses. The ColorStream 6000 Chroma features the new Chromera ink set, offering customers “outstanding colour fidelity, wider colour gamut and higher optical densities to unleash new opportunities in commercial print.” The high pigment load of the Chromera inks extends the application range of the press to lighter-weight media with reduced ink show-through, and enables the delivery of higher quality documents on uncoated or inkjet-treated papers.

“The new Océ ColorStream 6000 Chroma establishes a new level of colour vibrancy and underlines Canon’s leading position in continuous-feed inkjet technologies for production print, with a line-up of high performance presses for business communications, publishing and commercial print applications,” said Christian Unterberger, Executive Vice President, Océ Printing Systems GmbH.
The new press builds on the recognized strength of the ColorStream 3000 and ColorStream 3000 Z printing systems, with paper-waste-free print start and pause, and a smart post-processing interface that enables efficient printing of short-run books with variable page lengths without rebooting.
Océ HeadSafe technology enables straightforward switching between mono and full-colour printing, maximizing productivity and reducing waste, while delivering consistently high output quality from the first page. Productivity and quality is further enhanced on the new model, said the OEM, because of the advanced image processing technologies and a new Pre-Fire function that ensures consistent droplet size and positioning. These innovations deliver smooth ink coverage for large areas of dense colour and make the new press suitable “for even the most demanding commercial print applications.”
The new model offers running speeds from 48 metres per minute to 127 metres per minute in full-colour mode. For monochrome work, it offers an optional maximum speed of 150 metres per minute. Higher quality and productivity are further enabled by its Prisma workflow and SRA MP Controller. Highlights include the new Adobe PDF Print Engine 3.8 (also known as Mercury RIP) as well as PDF X4 support. All ColorStream models accept PDF, IPDS, PCL, PostScript, TIFF, ASCII, LCDS and Metacode data streams. Shipments of the new ColorStream 6000 Chroma series are scheduled to begin this Fall.