By Kevin Juhász
Editor
NEW ORLEANS — World travelers looking to get
local news when traveling abroad more frequently than not have to contend with
one problem — days-old news.
Tucked away in the MAN Roland booth this year was
Océ, offering newspapers a way to get news while its still fresh to readers
abroad — at retail sites and via delivery — in areas where it is not
possible or not financially feasible for the newspaper to set up its own site.
Océ’s system allows newspapers to digitally
transmit and print pages to print sites across the globe. Océ will set up the
newspaper with a transmission system, find a print site in the area it wishes to
send its newspaper, install a short-run digital press at the print site, and
work with a local distribution company to get newspapers to subscribers and
single-copy sites.
The first site to run with the Océ system was
Borsen, a Danish financial daily, which distributed 500 copies of its newspaper
in London on May 22. The newspaper was able to provide readers with the latest
business news at the beginning of the day. Prior to the installation of the
on-demand system, Danes in London had to wait until the afternoon to receive the
paper.
The press consists of several modules that handle
the entire printing process, including the web, printing, buffering, cross
cutting, collecting and folding. According to Paul Krisson, business development
manager of Océ, the system can run a 48-page product at about 400 copies per
hour. It can handle a newspaper up to 96 pages with a width of up to 20.5 inches
and a cut length of 23 inches to 29 inches.
Newspapers transmit their newspaper data to the
designated printer, which can be anywhere around the globe that has access to
the Internet. Editorial content, flyers and advertising and can also be adjusted
to the city where the newspaper is delivered, rather than where it is based.
Newspapers also have the option to personalize newspapers to subscribers.
The main focus of the system right now is
business publications that need to get information to readers that is as fresh
as possible. Krisson said that Océ will also begin working with publications
that wish to get sports and other local news to travelers around the world.
Océ began working with MAN Roland after the
companies reached an agreement to have Océ deliver MAN Roland’s DICO system.
Océ
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