As exclusively reported by PJ last October, the deal has finally been done that will equip west London digital newspaper printer Stroma with a full colour inkjet press.Océ announces today that Stroma, the long-term partner in its Digital Newspaper Network, will produce colour copies of international newspaper editions for the first time. No official timescale has been given, but PJ believes that the colour press is being installed this month and will be running live in March.
Stroma, which has been at the forefront of digital printing since its launch a decade ago, will be upgraded from a toner-based web-fed press to the Jetstream 1000. Océ says the press will provide a quality level comparable to offset, and enable Stroma to expand to longer runs of digitally produced newspapers as well as expand further into book publication.
Océ says that advances based on its Jetstream technology inkjet presses in terms of speed and quality, plus huge flexibility. means that digital newspapers will become an even more acceptable product for the newspaper industry.
The Jetstream 1000 system is capable of printing up to 1,000 36-page tabloid newspapers per hour or 9,000 copies per eight-hour shift. Each copy is potentially an individual product., printed digitally with no loss of speed or quality compared to more traditional printing methods.
See January printed PJ, out today, for more information on the deal.
Supplying digital printing services across London and the Home Counties, in terms of newspapers, Stroma prints and distributes international newspaper titles from across the globe to readers in London. These titles include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Moscow Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Steve Brown, managing director of Stroma, said: “In these testing times for newspapers, digital colour is a real expansion opportunity for the industry. This is something the publishers have been wanting for a long time, and will now be realised. With the Océ JetStream 1000 production press, we have the solution for the future growth of Stroma. I know Océ extremely well and trust totally. This is a true partnership on a long but mutually beneficial journey.”
Océ pioneered the digital newspaper market a decade ago with its Digital Newspaper Network. More than 25 million newspaper copies have been produced globally through this network since 2001, making Océ the world market leader in digital newspaper production. The introduction of the JetStream series of digital full colour inkjet presses extended Océ production capabilities into higher run lengths, unprecedented productivity and full colour quality on par with traditional newspapers produced on offset presses. Now digital production speeds are within the scope of those required for smaller metropolitan, suburban and country newspapers.
A new era in digital newspaper production
Sebastian Landesberger, Océ executive vice president for production printing, said: “Ensuring immediate delivery in international markets of newspapers printed digitally in colour with a print quality comparable to litho provides a steady revenue stream and potential growth opportunity for newspaper publishers. We are fully committed to the digital newspaper market, and with the Océ JetStream at Stroma, we move into a new era of digital newspaper production with the Océ Digital Newspaper Network.”
In the UK, Océ has established a solid Océ JetStream customer base. “Stroma is one more reference point for our customers who are recognising the positive benefits to their business of using our inkjet technology,” said Craig Nethercott, Océ UK’s Director of Production Printing.
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