Oki data expands color printer line

Office World News, Apr 2001

INTRODUCTIONS

C9000 series features high productivity and speed for tabloid-extra printing.

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ-On March 20, 2001 Oki Data Americas, Inc., announced the OKI C9000 Series of color digital LED printers, taking business color printing to a new level with tabloid-extra capabilities. Following on the success of the recently introduced C7000 Series of fast, high-quality color output, the C9000 Series makes inhouse printing a cost-efficient option for offices of any size.

Powered by the OKI Single Pass Color engine, the OKI C9000 Series prints full-color at a speed of 21 pages per minute (ppm), compared to competitive laser products that average only 6 ppm for color. Monochrome output is printed as fast as 26 ppm and print speeds for tabloid-extra paper are 11 ppm for color and 14 ppm for monochrome. Deadline-driven industries, such as engineering, architecture, and graphic design, now have color printing technology that both addresses their speed requirements and accommodates all of their paper handling needs.

The OKI C9000 Series handles all sizes of business output: paper up to tabloid extra (12" x 18") in size, and index card stock media up to 110 lbs. With OKI toner cartridges, long-life image drums, and low total cost of ownership (TCO), the OKI C9000 Series is an economical and versatile color printing solution for the business buyer.

"No other color workgroup printer can match the OKI C9000 Series' combination of productivity, professionalquality graphic output and sophisticated paper handling," said Keith Shaw, senior marketing manager, color products, for Oki Data. "With this series of color printers, our customers increase productivity, save money, and have a superior color printer that can grow along with their business needs."

"Within the color laser workgroup market, the demand for tabloid color printing is growing," said Chris Barnes, senior analyst for ARS Research. "The OKI C9000 Series offerings address this business need."

SPECIFICATIONS

The OKI C9000 Series consists of four models designed to meet a variety of color printing needs, ranging from 600 x 1200 dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution to true 1200 x 1200 dpi for sharp graphics. Built-in automatic color registration ensures that colors are aligned with precision for the highest-quality output.

The combination of Single Pass Color technology and a 64-bit PowerPC processor (480 MHz on the C9400DXn, 400 MHz on the C9200 Series models) shortens first page print page times and overall printing time dramatically. The C9200n, C9200DXn, and C9400DXn are also equipped with a 5 GB hard drive capable of handling larger digital files and storing frequently used documents.

The four C9000 Series printers are: OKI C9200-21 ppm color, 26 ppm black and white; 600 x 1200 dpi, 128 MB memory and 400 MHz PowerPC processor. Optional two-sided printing, hard drive, 10/10OBaseT Ethernet network interface card, 550 sheet 2nd and 3rd paper trays, and high-capacity feeder.

OKI C9200n-21 ppm color, 26 ppm black and white; 600 x 1200 dpi, 128 MB memory, 400 MHz PowerPC processor. Standard 10/100BaseT Ethernet card and hard drive. Optional twosided printing, 550 sheet 2nd and 3rd paper trays, and high-capacity feeder.

OKI C9200DXn-21 ppm color, 26 ppm black and white; 600 x 1200 dpi, 192 MB memory. Standard 10/10OBaseT Ethernet card, duplex printing and hard drive. Optional 550 sheet 2nd and 3rd paper trays and highcapacity feeder.

OKI C9400DXn-21 ppm color, 26 ppm black and white; 1200 x 1200 dpi; and 320 MB memory. Standard 10/100BaseT Ethernet card, duplex printing, and hard drive. Optional 550 sheet 2nd and 3rd paper trays and highcapacity feeder.