Roll Over Gutenberg Writing the book on digital printing
Set
the Time Machine to the mid-15th century. An innovative German named
Johannes Gutenberg has combined his deep knowledge of metallurgy and
growing impatience with the high costs and slow processes used to print
books to invent movable type. His innovation would allow bookmakers to
create infinite combinations of words and phrases an infinite number of
times, and thereby produce quantities of books at a reasonable cost.
Gutenberg couldn't have imagined his creation would change how people
learn, share ideas and communicate, much less make him one of the most
important figures of the second millennium. But it did, and in
celebration of "The Book," Océ took the opportunity of drupa to launch , a digitally printed book about the history --and on-demand future-- of books.
Roll Over Gutenberg is a two-hundred-page volume in color and black and white that was produced on Océ systems each day at drupa. With this book, Océ shows how high quality color and monochrome pages can be merged inline in an automated production workflow. The book combines prints from the Océ VarioPrint 6250 (black & white) and the Océ CS650 Pro (color). Océ PRISMAprepare managed the workflow, separating the black-and-white and color portions of the document and ensuring the page data was routed to the appropriate press. It then took charge of the post-print merging to reassemble and finish the product using inline finishing equipment.
Roll Over Gutenberg has to be seen to be appreciated, so and imagine how Gutenberg would react to the speed, flexibility and power of the VarioPrint 6250 and the CS650 Pro used to print this title, or the VarioStream 9210 presses that are changing how a growing number of titles are being printed every day at some of the leading book manufacturers.
Océ helps the people who make our world. Companies everywhere use Océ
technical documentation systems in manufacturing, architecture,
engineering and construction. Each week, high-speed Océ printing
systems produce millions of transaction documents such as bank
statements and utility bills. And in offices around the world, people
use Océ professional document systems to keep the wheels of business
and government turning. Océ is also at work in publishing on demand,
newspaper production and wide format color for spectacular display
graphics. It all helps our professional customers go 'Beyond the
Ordinary' in printing and document management.
