“Our customers are looking for efficient, high-performance digital systems to complement an offset press,” says Karen Lawrence, Professional Print Solutions Marketing Manager, Ricoh UK and Ireland. “The Pro™C900 C-80, with CREO server technology, meets those demands exactly. The C-80 RIP is very fast, deriving its high performance from its fusion technology. One subsystem takes care of the RIPing process and another manages the printing. As such, print and RIP actions never interfere with one another and the processes do not slow each other down. The CREO Color Servers Fusion Imaging Technology allows simultaneous RIPing and printing.”
The new Ricoh Pro C900 C-80 leverages the industry-recognised heritage of the CREO Color Servers to allow Ricoh to offer a robust system to the commercial print market. Along with increasing productivity and professional colour capabilities, the Pro C900 C-80 provides Ricoh customers powerful workflow tools, ease of use, support for all Pro C900 in-line finishing peripherals, and built-in variable data printing (VDP) capabilities. Its simplicity and user-friendly graphic user interface (GUI) allow the operators to start turning out flawless print deliveries immediately.
Built-in JDF capabilities and workflow connectivity enable the Pro C900 C-80 to seamlessly connect into industry-leading production print workflows, allowing automation of all print process stages, from submission, through prepress and digital workflow management, finishing, shipping and MIS. First-class connectivity to leading prepress workflows, such as Kodak Prinergy and Agfa Apogee, results in full integration of offset and digital printing operations, faster turnaround times and reduced labour costs. Urgent jobs, short runs, and proofs, for example, can be easily re-routed from offset, to a digital workflow.
“The Color Controller C-80 is a powerful colour server to streamline and control workflows. This is becoming ever more important in production printing,” says Hezy Rotman, General Manager, Kodak’s Print On-Demand Solutions Group. “We’re very happy to collaborate with Ricoh on developing a CREO Color Server solution for Ricoh Pro™C900 users who would like to meet their customer’s needs and to offer them end-to-end services”.
The Pro C900 C-80 gives Ricoh customers the ability to process even the most complex colour jobs at high speeds. The intuitive C-80 colour controller provides advanced colour management tools. It helps ensure that Ricoh users consistently produce high-quality colour output through default colour settings, easy colour calibration, and the ability to make last-minute colour corrections easily, edit spot colours and correct gradation without re-RIPing thanks to its unique Ready-To-Print (RTP) format.
The Ricoh Pro C900 C-80 is the latest addition to Ricoh's advanced range of colour production printing equipment. The Pro C900 series is one of the market’s most productive cut sheet digital print engines, capable of performing at top speed, 90 full colour sheets per minute, with media ranging from 60-300gsm. It offers heavy production performance at a light production price and features advanced imaging technology developed with the benefit of Ricoh’s 30 plus years of experience in imaging technology. Ricoh currently manufactures one of the world’s most extensive line-ups of printers, copiers, faxes and multifunctional devices, as well as advanced software solutions.
About Ricoh Ireland:
Ricoh designs, develops and manufactures a complete range of print and document management, hardware, software and services which are tailored to meet individual customer needs. Its devices print, copy, scan and fax documents as an integrated part of the IT network and enterprise content management system. Software is used to audit usage, manage document flows, simplify business processes, control print expenditure and secure access. The company takes an innovative approach to research and development, having invented the first digital black & white copier and introducing the colour-capable device.
Ricoh environmental credentials are second to none. It operates a zero-waste policy at all of its manufacturing plants and maintains carbon-neutral status at its headquarters in Feltham, Middlesex. It operates a dedicated ‘Green Centre’, where old machines are re-commissioned and recycled in line with WEEE Directive guidelines.
Further information can be found at www.ricoh.ie.
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