Inkjet & Digital Printing
Océ ColorWave 300 features worlds first on-top stacker for inkjet media
Tuesday 01. June 2010 - Innovative technology extends single footprint concept to stacking
Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, today announced the world-wide delivery of the Océ ColorWave 300 Top Delivery Tray. This is the worlds first stacker that stacks all kind of inkjet media on top of the printer, cutting space requirement to a minimum.
Océ ColorWave 300 Top Delivery Tray ensures reliable stacking
Traditional collection and/or stacking of large format inkjet prints is cumbersome. Prints are delivered in a tray or bag in front of or behind the printer. As a consequence, the print order is lost and it can be troublesome finding the right print. Moreover, there is also a high risk of damaging the print. This situation can be improved with a flat stacking table behind or in front of the printer. These tables not only occupy considerable floor space, but also consume significant energy by applying a heated roll to flatten out the curl of the inkjet media. Océ is starting to ship the new Top Delivery Tray for the Océ ColorWave 300, the worlds first truly single footprint multifunctional system for large format color and B&W documents. This Top Delivery Tray, mounted on top of the Océ ColorWave 300 printing system, can stack up to 50 sheets of inkjet media.
Unique Océ technologies
The Top Delivery Tray contains unique Océ technologies to ensure neat and reliable stacking. This saves a lot of time in collating the output:
Dynamic Anti-Curl feature
Inkjet media is delivered on 2″ cores, which results in strong curl of the paper, especially at the end of the roll. Curled paper is most difficult to handle and often creates paper jams in a stacker. The Océ ColorWave 300 Top Delivery Tray has a dynamic anti-curl (DAC) feature that deals with the curl dynamically. The DAC feature straightens the paper curl, without applying heat (energy).
Smart media path design
There is a huge variety of inkjet media including plain, coated, photo paper and films. The Top Delivery Tray can stack all the different media types and thickness because of the straight media path. The Océ ColorWave 300 with the Top Delivery Tray is designed in such a way that sharp curves are avoided.
Drying time management
Depending on the ink coverage and the media type, drying time after printing must be taken into account to avoid damage to the prints. The Océ ColorWave 300 determines the drying time of each media type automatically. The prints and copies will be transported to the Top Delivery Tray only when they are dry.
Air separation
When sliding (large format) prints on top of each other, resistance between two sheets can cause skewed stacking or output pushed from a stacker and falling on the ground. This problem is solved on the Océ ColorWave 300 Top Delivery Tray by applying air separation between the sheets, reducing the resistance.
The Océ ColorWave 300 Top Delivery Tray:
Saves valuable floor space, no large stacking table required.
Saves time, no manual collation required.
Saves costs, no reprint of damaged prints required.
Saves environment, no heated roll needed to flatten the media curl.