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Table of Contents

Introduction

Introduction 5

Océ History 5

The Océ Arizona 350 GT Printer 6

5Printing With White Ink 8

The Océ Family of Wide-Format

Printer Systems 9

The Océ Arizona 350 GT Printer 10

ONYX ProductionHouse Océ Edition

RIP Application 12

10 Océ Arizona 350 GT Printer Console

Application 15

Image Quality

Image Quality 17

Performance

Performance 22

22 File-to-Print Performance 22

Media Handling: Media Input

Media 24

Capacity 24

Size 24

24 Loading and Unloading Media Rolls 25

Media Handling: Output Finish

Output Finish 27

Routine Maintenance

Routine Maintenance 28

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Table of Contents (cont.)

Accessibility

Accessibility 31

User Accessibility to Device Controls 31

User Accessibility for Printed Media 31

31 User Accessibility of Media Refilling 31

User Accessibility of Media Jam

Removal 31

User Accessibility of Routine

Maintenance 31

Summary

Summary 32

About BERTL

About BERTL 34

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ABOUT BERTL’S GALAXY© STAR RATING

BERTL understands how difficult it is to choose one office-imaging device over another and strives to make this an easier choice

for the consumer. That said, how does a consumer decide between two or more devices that carry the same BERTL 3-, 4-, or 5-

star rating?

Category Criteria:

Build Quality: An analysis of the construction quality of the major components that the user must interact with on a regular basis

(e.g., paper tray, access covers, suppliers, etc.).

Network Administration: The quality of administrative and management utilities (both executable and Web based) when compared

to that of a sliding scale benchmark based on the network administrative feature set of other vendors.

Workflow: The quality of the network scanning, job submission, document management, sharpening, and enhancement of the

conversion and job layout tools based on a sliding scale benchmark when compared to the workflow tools employed by other

vendors.

Ease of Use: Ease of maintenance (adding paper, toner, misfeeds, cleaning) and ease of using the documentation, help, control

panel, print drivers, and client utilities analysis when compared to a sliding scale benchmark on the ease of use of other devices.

Media Handling: Throughput specifications and evaluations based on a sliding scale benchmark when compared with the handling

of special media (e.g., oversize, thick, or coated stock) found on other devices.

Printing: Duplex and simplex print productivity based on tests and printing feature set analysis when compared to a sliding scale

benchmark based on the feature set found on other devices.

Image Quality: The quality of business color images (text, dot, line, halftone, and solid quality) based on tests and a subjective

rating on the quality of continuous tones (photos) when compared to a sliding scale benchmark based on the continuous tone

quality of other devices.

Performance: Performance and productivity based on tests and printing feature set analysis when compared to a sliding scale

benchmark based on the feature set found on other devices.

Features: The feature set compared to a sliding scale benchmark based on the feature set found on other devices.

Price: MSRP of a system configured with network printing, copying, scanning, and media trays/rolls (wide format) configuration.

BERTL Galaxy© Star Rating

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Image Quality

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Media Handling

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Workflow

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Build Quality

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Introduction

BERTL Inc. recently tested the new Océ Arizona® 350 GT flatbed printer. It

is based on an Océ-developed platform that combines a true flatbed design

and a separate, dedicated optional roll-to-roll capability. The Océ Arizona 350

GT printer can print on rigid media up to 98 inches wide x 49 inches long x

1.89 inches thick. The large format flatbed printer uses four-color (CMYK) UV

curable inks and Océ VariaDot imaging technology with near-photographic

image resolution to deliver true production print speeds (sellable prints) of 239

ft2/hr.

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer comes in a variety of configurations. The

optional roll-to-roll module can print onto flexible media as wide as 87 inches.

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer also offers a new white ink option that can

help expand your revenue-producing opportunities. The entry price for the

Océ Arizona 350 GT printer is $141,900 in the U.S.

OCÉ HISTORY

Océ history goes back to 1857 in Venlo, The Netherlands, when the company

began in the pharmaceutical industry as a family owned and operated

company. In 1919, the company entered the copier market by starting the

production of blueprint material. In 1931, a new technology called the semi-

dry process was marketed under the name of Océ; the Océ name is an

abbreviation of “Ohne Componente,” which means “without components.” In

the 1960s, the demand for office copier systems grew rapidly, and Océ

focused its attention on plain paper copying, for which there was a large

demand in offices. In 1973, the first plain paper copier equipment was

introduced: the Océ 1700. In 1983, Océ introduced its first equipment for

copying large-format originals on plain paper, the Océ 7500.

In 1995, Océintroduced its first digital high-volume printer/copier for office

environments and for technical documentation in wide format. Since the

1990s, Océ has also marketed a line of wide-format monochrome scanners

followed by wide-format color scanners ranging from 36- to 54-inches wide

scanning capability.

Print Device Features Summary

List Price Starting at $141,900

Test version: $156,900

Printing

Method

Piezoelectric inkjet using UV

curable inks and Océ

VariaDot imaging technology

Ink System CMYK (Cyan, Magenta,

Yellow & Black)

White Ink option (CMYK+W)

Maximum

Print Speed

239 ft2per hour (Flatbed)

188 ft2per hour (Roll Media

Option)

Maximum

Resolution

Due to the Variable Dot

technology the resolution is

comparable to a 1440dpi

printer although the

addressable resolution is

lower

Color

Modes Color printing plus optional

white

Print Heads

2 per color (CMYK), 8 Total

With White Ink Option:

2 per color (CMYK+W),

10 Total

Droplets

size 6 to 42 picoliters

Cutter None

Print Driver

Print Workflow

ONYX

ProductionHouseTM

software Océ Edition, v7.2

or greater

Interface 100/1000 Mbits/s Ethernet

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THE OCÉ ARIZONA 350 GT PRINTER

The Océ Arizona 350 GT is a four color (CMYK) printer with an option for

white ink. The UV flatbed inkjet printer is capable of producing large-format

images on various rigid and flexible media. The printer consists of a large

vacuum table and moving gantry. The material is held flat and stationary on

the vacuum table during printing. The gantry contains a carriage that sweeps

across the table as the gantry moves in steps along the length of the table to

print an image on the media. In addition to the benefits of stationary

positioning, the use of UV ink technology on rigid material eliminates finishing

processes such as mounting and lamination.

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer is a 98.4” x 49.2” flatbed printer.

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer uses UV curable inks and Océ VariaDot™

imaging technology to deliver near-photographic image quality on a wide

range of rigid and flexible media. The promise of Océ VariaDot technology on

a four color ink printer is that it uses less ink than a comparable six color ink-

based system. The maximum production speed is 239 ft2/hr for rigid media

and 188 ft2/hr for roll feed media. Print speed also varies based on print mode

and the use of white ink as indicated in the table below.

Print Mode Print Speed

Production: 239 ft2/hr

Quality: 164 ft2/hr

Quality-Matte: 117 ft2/hr

Quality-Density: 91 ft2/hr

Fine Art: 133 ft2/hr

White Ink - Quality 3 Layer: 55 ft2/hr

White ink - Quality 2 Layer: 82 ft2/hr

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer is a flatbed printer with a roll feed option

allowing a more flexible mix of both rigid and flexible media. The print width is

somehow less for the flexible roll feed option — 86.2” compared to 98.4” for

rigid media.

To ensure that the media is staying flat,

the printer has a heavy vacuum pump

preventing any media slipping during

print. Since not all prints need to reach

the maximum width of 98.4”, the printer’s

flatbed is divided into three different

zones to ensure better suction for smaller

media sizes. The vacuum zones are user-

controllable.

The printer and the Controller station are

connected to the local LAN through an

Ethernet connection in the back, which

supports 100 Mbit and 1 Gbit fast

Ethernet.

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer comes

pre-configured with either a four-color ink

system or a factory-installed five- color ink

system that includes the white ink option.

Printers can be upgraded with the white

ink option in the field. The physical print

resolution depends on the print mode.

The printer comes with the option of

ONYX ProductionHouse RIP v7.2 for

$4,995 to facilitate printing from any

locally connected computer.

The Océ Arizona 350 GT flatbed printer

has a footprint of 8.7 ft x 6.5 ft for the

table. Including the gantry the width grows

to 13.4 ft, requiring a fairly large room for

operation. To make it possible to get this

in your production room, the printer can

be tilted 90º to move it into your facility

with the aid of the Tilt-N-Go rigging

accessory, thereby preventing the need to

break down walls to get it in there.

Lastly the Océ Arizona 350 GT printer

uses a single phase voltage of 208V and

a rated current of 16 amps.

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Océ VariaDot™ Image Technology

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer offers improved print quality and ink

economy through the use of Océ VariaDot imaging technology, which

according to Océis the next evolution in piezoelectric inkjet technology that

enables a print head to produce droplets of varying volume. This differs from

the current piezoelectric print head technology that is restricted to the use of

fixed droplets. The use of variable sized droplets results in dots on the media

of varying size (area) and density, which in turn allows the use of four-color

(CMYK) printing for all image features.

Océ VariaDot imaging technology allows piezoelectric print heads to produce

droplets of varying volume on demand. The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer can

vary the droplet from 6 picoliters to 42 picoliters. This allows the optional

ONYX ProductionHouseTM software to specify the appropriate droplet size for

each specific image feature. When imaging fine detail such as small type or

fine lines, very small droplets can be used. When imaging areas of tonal

transition or quarter-tone values such as skin tones, drops of medium volume

can be used. When printing areas of high density, such as solid colors, then

the printer can use large droplets.

With a typical investment cost of close to $200,000 with options and typical

billable printing hours of 3.25 hours per day, the payback time for an

investment in the Océ Arizona 350 GT printer is only 1.5 months, making it a

highly attractive investment.

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PRINTING WITH WHITE INK

Of course if you are printing using a white media — either rigid or roll — you

wouldn’t need a printer capable of printing white ink. However if you are

planning to print on media not naturally white like wood, metals, fabrics, or

transparent media, you would need to consider the benefit of printing with

white ink.

The white ink option is new to the Océ Arizona 350 GT printer and can either

be ordered as factory installed or installed as a field upgrade later.

Depending on the application, there are a number of different modes for

applying white ink with the Océ Arizona 350 GT printer.

Under-printing

• Creates a base layer on non-white media onto which a color

image can be printed.

• Used for packaging prototyping on cardboard or foil, industrial

applications, specialty printing, and object printing.

Over-printing

• Applies a layer of white ink overtop colored ink.

• Used for light diffusion on backlit images when printed as a

second surface on transparent media.

Between-layer printing

• Applies a layer of white ink between two layers of color.

• Used for day/night backlit prints, window cling (above), etc.

Spot color

• Prints white on white/non-

white media as a spot

color effect.

All these effects can be used on the table

for rigid media or on the roll media option

for flexible media.

One of the key benefits of the Océ

Arizona 350 GT printer is that white can

be applied at the same time as the other

colors are laid out in one operation,

avoiding the slower two-step procedure

found on some competitive products.

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THE OCÉ FAMILY OF WIDE-FORMAT PRINTER SYSTEMS

The Océ Arizona 350 GT is the latest installment in the Océ Arizona series of

printers. The Océ Arizona series is a group of four flatbed printers with

increasingly higher productivity that includes Océ Arizona 200 GT, Océ

Arizona 250 GT, Océ Arizona 350 GT and the recently-introduced Océ

Arizona 350 XT which offers a larger flatbed table. They all have the roll

media option upgrade. However, the Océ Arizona 200 GT printer has only

one print head per color while the others have two print heads per color. In

addition, the Océ Arizona 350 GT and the Océ Arizona 350 XT printers can

be upgraded to include white ink, which sets them apart from the others along

with their faster print speeds. Lastly, this series of printers all have different

price points.

Océ offers a series of wide-format flatbed production printers with increasingly

higher productivity. All can print on an area of 98” x 49” and as thick as 1.89”.

The new Océ Arizona 350 XT can print on an area of 98” x 120"

What BERTL Tested

BERTL tested the Océ Arizona 350 GT (White Ink) printer with the ONYX

ProdutionHouse v7.2 RIP software. The list price for the tested system was

around $161,895.

BERTL uses its own standardized test procedures to test all wide-format

printers, ensuring uniform and independent treatment of wide-format printers

across the industry.

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OCÉ ARIZONA 350 GT PRINTER

The 98.4” x 49.2” flatbed printer is faster than its predecessor the Océ Arizona

250 GT printer and offers an additional white ink option. One of the key

benefits of the printer is its use of variable dot droplet size ranging from 6 to

42 picoliters, which produces sharp details, smooth skin tones, solid fills and

offers more economic printing using less ink than comparable competitors’

six-ink color systems.

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer comes standard with a printer control station

that in turn connects to the printer over a 1 GBit Ethernet link. The ONYX

ProductionHouse RIP is optional. Printing to the Océ Arizona 350 GT is a two-

step procedure. First you submit the print job through the ONYX

ProductionHouse RIP, which RIPs and sends the resulting data to the Océ

Arizona 350 GT Controller for queuing. The print operator can then load the

appropriate rigid media and submit the jobs to the printer.

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printing a BERTL test chart. Notice the vacuum

holes that keep the media in a fixed position throughout the print.

Printing can be initiated through a client computer located on the LAN using

the Windows driver to the ONYX ProductionHouse RIP. We expect that most

professional users will use the ONYX ProductionHouse RIP for its rich

features and control instead of the simplistic Windows print driver.

Even though the flatbed is equipped with

a vacuum system, Océ recommends that

you tape the sides of the media to ensure

that the print heads do not accidentally

damage the media. Even though it

sounds tedious to do this for each print, it

was an easy task, and after a while you

get used to it.

A nice built-in feature is the ability to print

a guide on the flatbed table’s aluminum

surface. After printing it out initially, it

makes it easy to position the media

accurately. If the printed media guide

wears down over time, you simply reprint

the guides on the flatbed table.

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WHAT WE LIKED

•We liked the Controller application that is intuitive and easy to use.

•It’s easy to mount rigid media.

•We liked the ability to print white ink as over, under, in-between, and spot

color printing in one coherent print operation, thereby reducing production

time.

•We liked the capability to print on roll media while staging the next print

job media for flatbed printing.

•The white color option is field upgradable.

•We liked the approximately 40% faster speed compare to its predecessor.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE

•BERTL has no recommendations at this time.

Print Features Summary

CPU Info Not Available

RAM and Hard Drive Info Not Available

Controller Platform External Controller

Printer Drivers Windows XP

Pro/Vista based

ONYX RIP

Data Format Info Not Available

Network Protocols TCP/IP

Interfaces / Standard 100/1000 Mbits/s

Ethernet

Client Software ONYX

ProductionHouse

RIP

Std PCL Fonts

Supported Function of RIP

Std PS Fonts

Supported Function of RIP

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ONYX ProductionHouse Océ Edition RIP Application

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer is available with the option of the ONYX

ProductionHouse workflow software as the heart of the workflow procedures

for the printer.

The ONYX RIP is responsible for creating and buffering jobs to be printed on

the Océ Arizona 350 GT printer and needs to be installed on one robust

computer on your local LAN that that will send jobs to the printer. The ONYX

ProductionHouse RIP prints directly to the Océ Arizona 350 GT Controller

station, where jobs are queued up until released by the printer operator. This

seems odd at first, but the intermediate step is needed because we are not

printing on roll feed media (although it’s an option), but instead are using

sheet-fed media that can vary with size and thickness. Therefore it’s required

prior to each print that the operator mounts the media for printing and starts it

from the Controller station.

The PC or MAC stations submit jobs to the ONYX RIP where it is processed

and then sent to the Print Station Controller, and then finally sent to the Océ

Arizona 350 GT printer for printing.

The ONYX ProductionHouse RIP application running on the print station

computer is logically divided into five logical areas.

Printer Area

Jobs Ready to Print Area

Buffered Job Area

Information Area

Console

The ONYX ProductionHouse RIP is

logically divided into five main areas.

The Print area (1) lists the printers

available for printing. So with the ONYX

ProductionHouse RIP application you can

control all your printers in your network

from a common application.

Next to each printer is a color-coded

button that indicates whether the printer is

online, offline, or waiting for media.

Clicking the button can toggle the printer

between online and offline mode. When

ONYX ProductionHouse is installed, it

automatically creates a virtual printer to

be used as a regular Windows printer plus

creates a shared hotfolder so common file

formats like pdf, eps, tiff, jpg, etc can be

simply dropped in remotely. This allows

virtually all applications to print directly to

the ONYX ProductionHouse RIP,

expanding the versatility of the solution.

For example, you can use your favorite

graphics applications and other office

applications to print directly to the ONYX

ProductionHouse RIP-Queue. However

realistically you most likely would prefer to

use the ONYX ProductionHouse RIP

directly since it gives you full control of

how to print your jobs.

The Print area also gives you the current

status of the progress of the print jobs,

including estimating the remaining time to

complete the jobs.

The Jobs Ready area (2) lists all jobs

queued for printing. Each print job can be

individually controlled and modified prior

to printing. The ONYX ProductionHouse

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RIP has a preflight mode that brings up a dialog box for the print jobs,

allowing for quick modification. The ONYX ProductionHouse RIP has

countless print and job setting parameters that can be set and fine tuned to

the print media. To make life easy, you can create quick sets beforehand for

certain standard types of printing. A quick set is a collection of print

parameters that you apply to a job. A quick set is inferred by its name and

makes it quick to apply all relevant print settings in a single operation. The

quick sets records media and page size, print mode, color management

profiles to be used, sizing rules, control of output options, rotation, number of

copies, tiling, print marks, default crop area, and various PostScript options.

When you submit a print job to the print queue, you can either automatically

or manually launch the Preflight dialog box as needed. The Preflight dialog

box allows you to make any last minutes changes or fine tuning of parameters

from the chosen quick sets.

The Preflight dialog box is an efficient way to make last-minute changes in the

print settings for a print job.

The Preflight dialog box has five different tabs controlling how the image will

be printed. The first tab Printer and Media controls the media configuration

and print mode. The second tab Preview & Size controls what part of your

media is printing with an easy way to crop the image, so you only print the

part that you need, plus image rotation and enlargement or reduction of the

image.

The Preview and Size tab allows you to

crop, reduce or enlarge an image.

The third tab Tiling Setup can enable

tiling. Tiling separates a job into two or

more pieces and lets you print an image

larger than your page size or break an

image into specific sizes for display and

mounting purpose.

The fourth tab Color Correction allows

you to adjust the color in your image

using several tools like Primary Color

levels, Color/Gray level, White/Black

limits, Color replacement, Spot layer, and

lastly for the real professional, you can

apply color filters.

The last tab is the Print tab, and it is used

for submitting the job and controlling the

workflow by adding after-processing

options like deleting the source image and

after-printing options like archiving the job

or deleting the job after printing. If a job is

archived, it is moved to the buffered job

area on the main screen and can easily

be accessed and reprinted.

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The Print tab sends the job to the printer.

The Buffered Print Jobs area (3) on the main screen holds all the history of

printed jobs and gives fast access to repeat a archived print job.

The Information area (4) in the main screen lists current information about

current print jobs. From this area you can also launch the Preflight dialog box

and make changes to the current job.

Lastly the Console area (5) lists the status of various image processing and

RIPping jobs.

WHAT WE LIKED

•We liked the logical way all controls

and dialog boxes are organized.

•We liked the concept of an easy-to-

use application for ordinary users

with ample options and features for

the professional as well.

•We liked the quick set features to

create predefined print settings for

various types of jobs.

•We liked the extensive color

management and ICC profiling

features available in the ONYX

ProductionHouse RIP application.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE

•BERTL does not have any

recommendations at this time.

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OcéArizona 350 GT Console Application

The ONYX ProductionHouse RIP does not print directly to the OcéArizona

350 GT printer. Instead it sends the job to a printer console and the print

operator then manually starts the print job. The reason is quite simply that the

print operator first has to stage the media for printing on the printer’s 98.4” x

49.2” print board unless the Roll Media Option is installed, in which case the

print can start automatically.

However, we expect that most end users will use the printer for its flatbed

sheet-fed capability. The main screen looks similar to the RIP. It has 11

areas:

1) Job and Printer Status

2) Printer Messages

3) Ink System Status

4) Left Command Tool Bar

5) Right Command Tool Bar

6) Active Job List

7) Job Placement Preview

8) Inactive Jobs

9) Job Information & Parameters

10) Interface Tabs

11) Image Upload

The Console application is structured logical in blocks.

The Active Job list awaits the submission by the print operator. He can select

a job for printing and reposition it using the Layout Preview window (7) and

set final print parameter like bi-directional, uni-directional, and job parameters

like number of copies, etc. The list of parameters to set and control is limited

to avoid unnecessary duplication of identical parameters set on the ONYX

ProductionHouse RIP application. The Print Submission area controls the

submission and is done in five sequential steps. Before a print can

commence, the correct ink temperature

must be obtained and the UV lamps and

vacuum must be started and ready to go.

Furthermore you would have the option to

disable white ink printing if you were

printing on a white media. The system

automatically goes to a standby mode

after a period of inactivity and would need

warm-up time to resume printing. When

all prerequisite conditions are reached,

the Start button lights up and the operator

can activate the print. The system is

failsafe in preventing incorrect use with

one exception and that is the manual

setting of the media thickness. It has to be

correct or the print heads will hit the

media and force an abortion of the current

print. To avoid damaging the print heads,

there is a protective box around the print

heads. If the print heads are incorrectly

lowered to less than the media thickness,

the guard rail will hit the media and force

the protective box to move in upward

direction. The movement is detected, and

the print will abort immediately to protect

the print head from damage.

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When printing, the guard rail will detect any obstacles

and prevent the print head from damage.

The Interface Tab (10) has various counters available for keeping track of the

ink used and number of hours the UV lamp has been operating.

What we particularly liked was the feature for utilizing the available media

space using the layout screen. The operator can print several jobs onto the

same media if size permits for better media utilization.

Printer maintenance is also conducted from the Controller monitor, including

nozzle check, standby options, and several other printer maintenance

functions.

WHAT WE LIKED

•We like the straightforward

operations of the Controller console.

•We like the failsafe features for

preventing incorrect operation.

•The layout was logical and easy to

operate.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE

•BERTL does not have any

recommendations at this time.

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Image Quality

BERTL has custom designed a selection of test documents in

order to investigate the ability of wide-format devices to

reproduce fonts, fine lines, and graphics in both a

monochrome and color environment.

BERTL printed the 36” x 48” test pattern (shown on the right) with various

lines, text, image gradations, and borders in all the available print modes.

Text Océ Arizona 350 GT– Fine Art mode

Times New Roman Font Negative Black Blue Red

Readable font size (visual) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Readable font size (magnified) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Arial Font Negative Black Blue Red

Readable font size (visual) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Readable font size (magnified) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Courier Font Negative Black Blue Red

Readable font size (visual) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Readable font size (magnified) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Text Océ Arizona 350 GT – Quality mode

Times New Roman Font Negative Black Blue Red

Readable font size (visual) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Readable font size (magnified) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Arial Font Negative Black Blue Red

Readable font size (visual) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Readable font size (magnified) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Courier Font Negative Black Blue Red

Readable font size (visual) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Readable font size (magnified) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Text Océ Arizona 350 GT – Production mode

Times New Roman Font Negative Black Blue Red

Readable font size (visual) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Readable font size (magnified) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Arial Font Negative Black Blue Red

Readable font size (visual) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Readable font size (magnified) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Courier Font Negative Black Blue Red

Readable font size (visual) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Readable font size (magnified) 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt. 4 pt.

Lines Océ Arizona 350 GT All

modes Black Blue Red

Satisfactory 0.25 pt. lines Yes Yes Yes

A BERTL test original was printed by the

Océ Arizona 350 GT printer in all imaging

quality modes.

This image shows a cropped version of

the BERTL test pattern that examines the

reproduction capabilities of text in multiple

sizes and colors. The example above

shows red Times New Roman type in

2 pt, 4 pt, 6 pt, 8 pt, and 10 pt sizes.

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Grayscale Océ Arizona 350 GT Fine Art

Quality Production

Smooth grayscale strip Yes Yes Yes

Accurate graduated grayscales Yes Yes Yes

The Océ Arizona 350 GT printer prints with a different dpi resolution for the

three different modes: Fine Art, Quality, and Production mode. Given this

variation, we expected to see a difference in the readable font size for the

different quality modes. However we observed no such difference, and the 4

pt font was readable in all three modes.

We looked at the color reproduction of our test poster in the three different

quality modes: Fine Art, Quality, and Production. The result is displayed on

the next page. We found that the grayscale test was smooth and accurate

with very good color matching of the graphic elements.

This cropped image of a BERTL test

pattern examines the reproduction

capability of fine lines in multiple colors.

Océ Arizona 350 GT printer has no

problem in reproducing fine lines.

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BERTL original poster

BERTL poster printed in Production mode.

BERTL poster printed in Quality mode.

BERTL poster printed in Fine Art mode.

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