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Océ CS family wins Energy Conservation Grand Prize
Tuesday 08. April 2008 - The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan has awarded the Océ CS240 and Océ CS250 with the "Energy Conservation Grand Prize for Excellent Energy Conservation Equipment".
These multifunctional products (MFP’s) earned this commendation for their environmental friendly design and usage: they are low in energy consumption and CO2 emissions thanks to the new Induction Heating Technology and the polymerized HD toner. With this annual award, now into its 18th year, the ECCJ promotes the development and spread of energy efficient and resource saving devices.
“The Energy Conservation Grand Prize for the Océ CS240 and Océ CS250 recognizes Océs engagement in research and development”, says Rächel Achouak, Product Manager at Venlo based Océ Technologies B.V. “These state of the art MFPs are fitted with constantly improving printing and copying technologies and use high grade toners that provide our customers with energy-saving and high-quality devices.”
Efficient heating reduces power consumption
The Induction Heating (IH) Fusing technology, used in the Océ CS240 and Océ CS250 as well as in the Océ CS231, significantly reduces power consumption through efficient heating. In conventional MFPs with halogen heaters the fusing process accounts for more than 60 percent of the total power consumed, mainly due to the longer warm-up time. Applying the IH fusing technology – well known from induction stove-tops – to MFPs results in a considerably shorter warm-up time, and a successful reduction of power consumption in ready mode.
Manufacturing process saves energy
The Energy Conservation Grand Prize additionally acknowledges the environmental performance of the polymerized HD (High Definition) toner, that is not only used in the Océ CS231, Océ CS240 and Océ CS250, but also in the Océ CS163, Océ CS173 and Océ CS193. This toner is made of particularly small and uniform particles that are soft on the inside and hard on the outside which allows the toner to melt at lower temperatures. Thus, the MFP needs less power for the fusing process. Additionally, the manufacturing process of the polymerized toner saves energy, too.
Excellent environmental performance
Polymerized toner has reduced the energy consumption during the production process by approximately 40 percent as compared with conventional toners produced in the kneading and pulverizing method. This has led to a reduction in CO2, which contributes to global warming. In 2006, polymerized HD toner was first applied in printing systems. This has enabled users to reduce their energy consumption by about 15 percent and has excellent environmental performance in terms of the manufacturing process. In other words, polymerized HD toner is designed to ensure energy conservation from manufacturing to use.
Océ strives to minimize the environmental impact of its products and evaluates its MFP’s according to the strict criteria of the internationally recognized Blue Angel and Energy Star labels. Both CS families – the Océ CS163/173/193 and the Océ CS231/240/250 – are certified with these environmental labels.