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OKI Printing Solutions Introduces an Innovative Large-Format Color Printer, Delivering Unmatched Media Flexibility and Value fro

Oki Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand, today announced the innovative C8800 Series digital color printer, a high performance large-format color printer that produces a wide range of media up to 11×17 from a compact desktop design.
“The C8800 Series is a business ‘game changer’,” said Carl Taylor, Senior Marketing Manager, Color and Mono Printers for Oki Data Americas. “The C8800 creates a new category of affordable, large-format color printers that will change habits by giving customers powerful performance and media versatility on demand, straight from their desktop. And with a footprint up to 47% smaller than comparable tabloid printers, the C8800 will dramatically reduce the cost, complexity and space requirements for large format printing.”
The C8800 Series will establish a new benchmark in value for large-format printing, enabling customers to print up to 11″x17″ on demand in HD Color output. The key standard features of the C8800 Series include:
Media Versatility

  • Greater media control and flexibility, including color tabloid (11″ x 17″) and unique banner (11″ x 47.25″) capability, allowing users to produce a variety of media in house, including marketing collateral and specialized output such as signage, and architectural renderings and engineering design documents.

Size/Value

  • Smallest, most compact footprint of large format printers on the market, delivering bigger and more impactful printed documents on-demand from users’ desktops.
  • A groundbreaking price point for large-format printers with a low cost-per-page, empowering businesses to enhance their printing capabilities

Performance

  • Fast print speeds of 26 ppm in color and 32 ppm[i] in black-and-white that improve office productivity and optimize output performance.
  • HD Color technology, combining microfine toner and multilevel LED heads and 1200 x 600 dpi resolution, ensuring photo-like quality on everyday office paper, and delivering consistent quality and reliability in printed documents.
  • Ability to print direct from PDF files, without the need for source applications, delivering increased office efficiency.

The C8800 Series starts at an estimated street price of $2399 and will be available in June in North and South America exclusively through OKI Printing Solutions authorized solution providers.
The product builds on parent company Oki Data Corporation’s history of leadership and innovation in color printing. It is based on the 7th generation of printing technologies advanced by Oki Data Corporation, such as digital LED technology and Single Pass Color™. This technology allows Oki Data Americas to manufacture products that require fewer moving parts.
The product comes with a one-year on-site warranty and an industry-leading five-year warranty on the digital LED print heads. Like all OKI Printing Solutions products, the C8800 Series is backed by comprehensive support from authorized OKI Printing Solutions solution providers. In addition, the company provides live, toll-free[ii] technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, with agents based in North America.
OKI, Reg. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. ENERGY STAR Reg. T.M. U.S. EPA, Single Pass Color T.M. and design Reg. T.M. Oki Data Corp.
[i] Published performance results based on laboratory testing. Individual results may vary.
[ii] Available in the U.S. and Canada only
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