Océ's history of technological achievements -- dating back more than 135 years -- illustrates the company's philosophy of combining leading-edge research and development of practical business solutions that enhance its customers' efficiency and the cost-effectiveness of the operations. Our research and development programs have earned Océ more than 1000 patents in technologies related to reprographics in office and engineering environments.

Among Océ's technological milestones are:

2008	Océ Crystal PointTM technology combines the speed and productivity of solid toner with the accuracy and flexibility of inkjet. Océ Toner PearlsTM, solid colored toner, are heated to a gel then jetted and crystallized onto any type of paper, producing crisp, water fast high quality images with extremely accurate dot placement.
2007	Océ VariaDotTM imaging technology delivers finer details and smoother gradients in highlight areas, as well as crisp colors in the mid tones and incredible density in shadows and areas of solid color. Images look far superior to those printed on a conventional, fixed-droplet, six-color inkjet printer.
2003	Océ introduces ground-breaking Océ TriboPrintTM multi-stage imaging technology, enabling any Océ VarioStream 9000 continuous forms system to be customized with as few as two to as many as ten color toner stations to support monochrome, highlight color, and in the future, color and beyond. Océ TriboPrint combines multiple color stations, enabling black and white and up to five over five color, simultaneous duplex printing and contactless infra-red fusing to deliver offset-class quality whatever the media type.
2001	Océ implements the industry's first and only Triplex printing system, a duplicate engine configuration that combines three Océ VarioStreamTM printers to print monochrome on both sides of a page plus highlight color or MICR check printing on one side.
2001	Océ announces convergent exchange (CX) technology, the first convergent platform capable of supporting multiple data streams, resolutions, speeds, applications, and environments. With Océ DemandStream cx variants, print operations can take full advantage of convergence, bridging two traditionally separate environments – variable data transaction printing and short-run publishing – with one convergent solution.
1998	Océ introduces exclusive Quick Change Developer Station (QCDS), an exchangeable developer station that enables documents to be printed with standard black toner or either MICR or highlight color by swapping out the developer station to change printer functionality.
1997	Océ introduces high-speed MICR printing systems.
1996	Océ enters print-on-demand publishing market with it´s 600 dpi DemandStream printers.
1996	Océ announces the development of its first color copier -- which offers the marketplace the advantages of Copy Press for 4-color reproduction.
1995	R&D efforts result in a record number of new products -- including Océ's first digital copier
1988	Océ introduces LED imaging technology- a revolutionary high-speed production printing technology that provides advantages over laser printing.
1983	The Océ 7500 is introduced, the company's first large-size plain paper copier.
1978	Océ introduces its first laser printer in the USA .
1973	Océ's Copy Press technology is introduced -- a revolutionary reprographics system that provides many advantages over traditional xerography
1970	Océ announces its first plain paper copier -- the Océ 1700.
1935	Making use of the technological principles of screen reflex copying, Océ introduces diazo applications that allow large-format documents to be copied from non-translucent originals
1930	The first of many developments began in Océ's semi-dry copying process -- screen reflex copying -- for office applications
1927	Océ's new ammonia-free blueprint process is introduced.
1919	Océ enters the reprographics business with the development of an improved blue print paper.
1871	L. van der Grinten develops a revolutionary new coloring agent for margarine. Large-scale production and distribution will begin in 1877.