“Digital printing is leading the way in the colour production market because of its efficiency and short turnaround time,” says Ikuro Yamaga, Product Manager at Ricoh Europe. “More and more production printers opt for digital over offset printing for commercial documents. In choosing an engine they often have to decide between a low-priced light production machine of which the performance does not live up to their requirements, or a heavy production machine with a high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) that significantly affects their profits. Nashuatec’s Pro™C900 uniquely combines professional quality and heavy duty performance at a cost-effective price. It is also easy to use, and we trust it will make our clients’ jobs much easier.”

Its 90 ppm print speed makes the Pro™C900 the fastest engine in its class. It accepts a variety of paper sizes up to SRA3, and with a maximum weight of 300 g/m². The Pro™C900 does not slow down when printing heavy stock. Excellent productivity is ensured by several measures: the machine’s 11,000-sheet input capacity guarantees long runs, and toner can easily be refilled on the fly. In the interest of minimising downtime, Nashuatec has developed a number of Operator Replaceable Units, allowing users to gain time by servicing the machine themselves.

In order to offer the excellent quality required for production printing, the Pro™C900 is equipped with a built-in EFI Fiery controller that has been developed especially for it. The powerful processor rips very fast, and the image resolution is a sharp 1,200 real dpi. Print accuracy is guaranteed thanks to the Mechanical Paper Registration technology. With ColorWise Pro Tools like calibration, custom profile creation and spot colour matching, printer colours can be managed with great precision. The standard Graphic Arts package consists of a number of professional features, among which soft and hard proofing and paper simulations. For flexible Variable Data Printing, there is the standard EFI FreeForm utility.

The Pro™C900 can be fitted out with several in-line finishing options that fully automate the production workflow: a 3,000-sheet finisher with 100-sheet stapler, punch unit, saddle stitch unit, Z-folder, Plockmatic booklet maker* and GBC StreamPunch™ III* are available. For complete, professional booklets, customers can opt for the Ring Binder* or Perfect Binder units*. The Ring Binder automatically punches and binds documents of up to 50 or 100 pages with black or white rings. With the Perfect Binder, users create books of up to 200 sheets with strong, glued backs. The books are trimmed at three edges. For a maximal output capacity of up to 13,000 sheets, the Pro™C900 can be connected with tandem stackers*.
* These options will be available at a later stage.

The Pro™C900 is the latest addition to Nashuatec's new Pro™ range of professional digital production equipment. The Pro™ line caters to the quality, speed, reliability and finishing needs of printing professionals. Nashuatec currently manufactures one of the world’s most extensive line-ups of printers, copiers, scanners, faxes and multifunctional devices, as well as advanced software solutions.