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New Océ PRISMAsatellite for Office Enables Enterprise Printing Strategy
Office environments gain cost savings and productivity improvements
May 3, 2005 – Boca Raton, FL – Océ (NASDAQ: OCENY), a global leader in digital document management and delivery solutions, today announced the general availability of Océ PRISMAsatelliteTM for Office software, an integrated component of the Océ PRISMATM workflow software architecture that replaces Océ Office ExecTM software. The new product delivers cost savings for office managers, reduces IT help desk calls, and simplifies printing, scanning and copying for users in corporate office environments.
"Fax machines, copiers, scanners, monochrome and color printers routinely churn out reams of documents, while generating substantial costs, yet most enterprises are unable to track or manage their true costs to print in networked office environments," said Joyce Virnich, Vice President of Marketing for Océ Digital Document Systems. "With intelligent document routing and personal scan directories, Océ PRISMAsatellite can simplify the production process for office workers, reduce IT workload, and help office managers accurately track and monitor document production costs."
Enterprises can use Océ PRISMAsatellite for Office to create a unified corporate printing strategy capable of supporting both Océ and non-Océ desktop, corridor and high-production devices with a single point of control. Users can access exactly the devices they need, while the organization saves money as print volumes are routed to printers best suited for the work, resulting in more efficient, lower cost printing for large jobs.
Océ PRISMAsatellite improves print behavior by automatically routing jobs and generating statistics on printing, faxing, converting and scanning. These reports help managers more accurately monitor document production costs and charge them appropriately to users, projects or cost centers. As a result, CFOs and other financial executives can gain a better understanding and control of their enterprise printing expenses than was possible before. The reports can also be valuable for determining the right equipment mix and locations, and planning for future printing needs.
Océ PRISMAsatellite can send faxes and convert documents to Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format as well. It can also be linked to Océ Document ManagerTM archiving systems and Océ Doc Works ProTM for electronic submission to the in-house printshop workflow, further extending enterprise document efficiency.
Unified Print Driver Simplifies Enterprise Printing
A multitude of output devices in enterprises have created more complexity for end users, who are burdened with acquiring print drivers, setting up the correct print paths through a myriad of corporate print servers, selecting the right output device, and hoping the device has paper and is not being serviced. Low-volume desktop printers are too often the default option, although they are costly, slow and service-intensive. In addition, most IT departments spend an inordinate amount of time resolving print-related problems.
Océ PRISMAsatellite for Office features a single innovative unified print driver that eliminates these problems for end users, IT managers and business controllers by automatically routing jobs to the best output device based on highly customizable rules. Océ’s unified driver automatically routes jobs to the most appropriate and closest Océ or non-Océ printer. Printer selections are based on document attributes instead of device function, but users still have full access to all printing devices for their work.
With Océ PRISMAsatellite for Office, IT does not need to manually distribute native drivers to end users, and new printers are added just once to the print server, where users can access them instantly without needing to install new drivers. As a result, printer use is greatly simplified for end users, and help desk calls and IT support costs are reduced.
Another key feature is the new Personal Document Space, which provides private, convenient, centralized monitoring and storing of an individual’s printed jobs and scanned images. People can work more productively because they can quickly scan, retrieve and print any of their stored personal documents with minimal effort and without the inconvenience of locating printed hardcopies.
About Océ
Océ is a leading provider of digital document management technology and services. The company’s solutions are based on Océ’s advanced software applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and the Internet to printing devices and archives – locally and around the world. Supporting the workflow solutions are Océ digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Océ also offers a wide range of display graphics, consulting and outsourcing solutions.
Netherlands-based Océ N.V. (NASDAQ: OCENY), with a workforce of around 21,500 people and 2004 revenues of $3.3 billion, maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Japan. Océ’s North American headquarters is located in Chicago with major business units in Chicago; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; Salt Lake City; Coventry, RI; and Vancouver, BC. North American revenues were $1.2 billion for fiscal 2004, and employment is currently 8,100. For more information about Océ, visit www.oceusa.com. Outside the U.S., consult www.oce.com.
About Océ PRISMA Software
Océ PRISMA Software, an integrated family of adaptive software products, provides the most comprehensive set of document workflow capabilities, with modules that deliver bottom-line business improvements to every step of the printing and reprographics process, from creation to submission, pre-press, job management, production, finishing, archiving and storage. The broad Océ PRISMA architecture is aligned to the requirements of four printing environments – on-demand, transactional, office network and CRD – to make it easier for customers to identify the solutions for their specific business workflow issues. In addition, Océ PRISMA builds an IT infrastructure that unifies multiple business environments – reducing redundancies in dedicated systems and multiplying business efficiencies in staffing, and workflow processes to deliver increased equipment utilization of Océ and non-Océ printing products.
Océ PRISMA, Océ Office Exec, Océ Document Manager and Océ PRISMAsatelllite are trademarks of trademarks of Océ-Technologies B.V. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks and are the property of their owners and are respectfully acknowledged.
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