Canon has won a five-year contract worth an estimated £3 million to supply transactional print and mail provider CFH Docmail with an Océ ColorStream 6000 Chroma continuous-feed inkjet press.
Adam Harwood, managing director of CFH Radstock, said, ‘Modern inkjet printing systems offer high quality colour printing at the same or faster speeds than the black-only toner systems, and at a lower price point than mono or colour toner systems. With colour lasers typically only able to produce 80 – 150 A4 images per minute, having a system that can produce 1700 colour images per minute at lower running costs is almost a mandatory capability for a commercial print and mail house.
‘As a major player in the transactional print and mail industry, we needed to find a solution that would allow the company to evolve alongside industry demands, while demonstrating a clear return on investment. We were impressed with the versatility, efficiency and sustainability of the Océ ColorStream 6000 Chroma and, having enjoyed a long partnership with Canon Océ, which supplies our VarioStream continuous toner and VarioPrint cut-sheet printers, we are confident we have made a strong decision.’
CFH runs the Docmail hybrid mail service in which mailing requirements can be entered by customers via a website. The orders are printed and fulfilled at the company’s site using a variety of printing, enclosing and mail sorting equipment. The company says it aims to produce and deliver documents in the most cost-effective, efficient and environmentally friendly way.
Features that swayed the decision in favour of the Océ inkjet included the Chromera inks that yield high quality across a wide range of media, flexibility to switch between mono and colour print on the same stock and MICR and other security-related abilities and accreditations.
