OKI Europe Targets Medium to Large Workgroup Market With New Range of Enterprise-Class, A4 Colour Multifunction Products

EGHAM, England, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

New LED MFPs provide advanced technology, functionality and flexibility enabling organisations to take control of their document workflow        

OKI Europe Ltd has launched its new range of A4 colour MFPs, the MC700 Series, building on the company's strong legacy of successful innovation in the B2B market.  

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These new enterprise-class products provide additional levels of business productivity through an open platform, offering enhanced workflow integration and document management across the business.   For added flexibility organisations can tailor their device to achieve the precise configuration they need for optimum print effectiveness.

Over the past 12 months, OKI has added to its SMB offering with a series of products which have been well-received by micro, small and medium sized business users. As a result, OKI has increased market share, reinforcing the company's reputation for its customer-centric approach in providing businesses with reliable, high-quality and cost-effective print solutions. "Our new portfolio of A4, colour MFPs combine enterprise-class functionality, security and flexibility with comprehensive document workflow support," confirms Harry Takahashi, managing director, OKI Europe Ltd. "This will deliver significant workflow efficiencies and cost savings, as organisations improve the way documents are handled, managed and processed."

The MC700 Series from OKI, at the heart of business productivity

The MC700 Series comes with an open platform that enables customisation of the user interface in order to integrate all document-related tasks seamlessly into the organisation's enterprise document workflow. Benefits include lower costs, together with improved productivity and efficiencies, as the business is able to move from a manual paper-based workflow to automated digital flow.

In addition, these devices include software for effective device management tasks such as remote diagnostics, document output controls including print tracking and authentication and document retrieval and collaboration.

"Different organisations have diverse priorities," says Takahashi. "Some will focus on productivity and efficiency gains, whilst others will look to identify and control print usage or look for an environmentally-friendly solution with low running and maintenance costs. In each case, OKI's highly flexible range of colour MFPs can be tailored to meet all these differing demands."          

High performance, unrivalled flexibility

The MC700 Series includes the following models:

• MC760, MC770 and MC780 which are available in 2 variants - the standard dn model and the dfn model which comes with an internal finisher for automated collating and stapling of documents.  An optional convenience stapler is also available to facilitate post production finishing. All models come with a 23cm, colour, backlit, LCD touch screen with an intuitive, easy to use control panel.

The MC700 Series delivers print speeds of up to 40ppm and both the scanner and the print engine are based on OKI's LED technology. Other enterprise-class functionality includes duplex printing and scanning, flexible scan destinations and formats and large capacity 160GB hard drive as standard. These eco-friendly MFPs have advanced security features including secure PIN printing, data encryption and disk wiping and a secure print with card release option. Each product is backed by OKI Europe's three-year warranty on registration of the product within 30 days.    

The advanced ergonomic design enables easy access to consumables and offers a wide variety of configurations, including internal finisher, optional paper trays for flexible paper capacity and paper feed options.

"In every aspect of the MC700 Series design, our 'no compromise' approach has been to offer customers ultra-high productivity with the greatest possible flexibility, allowing our customers to easily configure their print solutions in a way which precisely meets their business needs," confirms Takahashi.

"These enterprise-class MFPs are not only an important addition to our product portfolio they will also significantly strengthen our managed print services offering, building on a strategy to provide products that meet the specific needs of our customers."

Notes to Editors:

About the MC700 series (A4 colour MFP)

Product specification/features

Print speed: 28ppm (MC760), 34/36ppm (MC770), 40ppm (MC780)

User interface: 23cm colour backlit LCD touch screen

First time to print: 9 seconds colour, 8 seconds mono (MC760/MC770), 8 seconds colour, 8 seconds mono (MC780)

First time to copy: 13 seconds colour, 13 seconds mono

Resolution: ProQ2400 (1200 x 600dpi)

Paper input: 630 sheets (standard)

Duplex copy and print (standard)

Memory: 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD

Toner life (colour/black): 6,000 or 11,500 pages / 8,000 or 15,000 pages

Security: SNMPv3 and IPSec (optional) secure networking

Card types: Supports MIFARE/HID

 Power consumption: 2W or less (Deep Sleep mode)

Advanced paper handling: includes internal finisher - stapler/offset stack

OKI LED print engine

10/100/1000 baseT - Gigabit Ethernet

About OKI Europe

OKI Europe is a division of OKI Data Corporation, a global business-to-business organisation dedicated to creating professional in-house printed communications products, applications and services which are designed to increase the efficiency of today's and tomorrow's businesses.

The company is well-established as one of Europe's leading printer brands, in terms of value and units shipped. OKI Europe's award-winning product portfolio comprises six distinct segments: colour and mono printers, multifunctional devices which combine printing, copying, scanning and faxing functionalities, as well as Serial Dot Matrix printers, faxes and specialty printers for point-of-sale and manufacturing. Established in 1990, today OKI Europe employs approximately 1,100 people in 21 production sites and sales offices and is represented in 60 countries throughout the EMEA region.  

OKI Data Corporation is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd., established in 1881 and Japan's first telecommunications manufacturer.

SOURCE OKI Europe