Dubai- 21 May 2007  - Following the successful C8600 launch in November 2006, OKI Printing Solutions - the global colour printing solutions leader - today unveiled the C8800 compact A3 printer. The new products will be showcased among others to the public on the 22nd May at 'Oki Open Day' in Burjuman Rotana Hotel.

The C8600 carved out a new category of affordable business colour printers that are half the overall size and almost half the price of competitor products.  Today OKI Printing Solutions expands the range by introducing the C8800 which includes PCL/Postscript capability as standard. This feature is ideal for corporate environments as it provides improved compatibility and enhanced document security for protecting data sent across a network.

Like the C8600, the C8800 provides superior digital LED printing at a price considerably lower than competitor A3 colour products, inkjet or mono only devices.

Providing an A3 printer that can quietly operate within easy reach of users will significantly benefit a number of professionals who regularly print spreadsheets, booklets, workplans and charts. For those undertaking more creative applications the C8800 can also print from A6 to A3 and up to 1.2m long banners. Additionally, professionals requiring a printer capable of supporting graphical design applications will also benefit owing to the Postscript capability supporting both Mac and PC platforms.

Like all new OKI Printing Solutions colour products, the C8800 is founded on High Definition Color; the company's own unique collection of hardware and software technologies, which deliver unsurpassed colour print quality and ease of use.           

"With the launch of the category defining C8600, OKI Printing Solutions was the first European printer manufacturer to make high performance, compact A3 colour printing affordable for businesses," said John Ross, general manage, Oki Printing Solutions, Middle East. "With the C8800 we are now going one step further.  We have extended this award-winning technology to provide businesses with a choice of compact A3 printers to address their specific printing requirements."

Visitors of 'Oki Open Day' will have the chance to see hands on demonstrations on the new products and meet Oki Printing Solutions executives to answer their enquiries.

C8800 key features summary:

Models available: C8800n (networked), C8800dn (duplex and networked), C8800cdtn (duplex, networked, with second tray and cabinet)

Smallest A3 colour page printer in Europe

Up to 26ppm for colour printing, 32ppm for mono, with a fast time to first print at less than 10 seconds for colour and mono

256MB memory as standard (with optional memory up to 768MB)

Optional 530 sheet second paper tray (standard on C8800cdtn)

Optional 40GB Hard Disk Drive

Optional lockable cabinet

Media flexibility: prints on A6 - A3 and up to 200gsm; paper capacity up to 930 sheets

For information about OKI Printing Solutions products visit www.okiprintingsolutions.com

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Notes to editors:
OKI Printing Solutions is the brand name of Oki Data Corporation.

Annual turnover for Oki Data Corporation is 187.1 billion yen (approx. $1.6bn FY06).

OKI Printing Solutions' sales are divided between 50% EMEA, 24% Americas, 17% Asia and Oceania and 9% Others.

OKI Printing Solutions is represented in 120 countries worldwide.

Oki Electric, established in 1881, is a Japanese electronics manufacturer with an annual turnover of 718.8 billion yen (approx. $6.1bn FY06).  

Oki Electric employs approx. 21,380 people throughout the world with 6,975 employees outside Japan.

More details on Oki Electric can be found at www.oki.com

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