Océ Announces Updated Publishing Tools for Océ Plan Center Online Services

New Digital Plan Room publishing utilities improve print distribution workflow for architects, engineers, and contractors

Chicago, IL, January 16, 2003 – Océ, a leading supplier of digital document management and delivery technology, announces the availability of newly updated Océ Publishing Tools that are available free to users of Océ Plan Center online services. The latest version of these utilities improves the ability of architect, engineer and construction (AEC) users to publish documents directly into an Océ Plan Center digital plan room. Océ Plan Center online plan rooms are hosted by reprographers throughout the United States and the United Kingdom, allowing them to host files for their customers in a secure “vault.” Thousands of AEC customers of reprographers access these digital plan rooms daily to publish, view and order print-ready drawings online.

New Océ Publishing Tools include two different utilities: Océ Publisher for AutoCAD® and Océ Publisher for Windows. Océ Publisher for AutoCAD enables a user to assemble a list of AutoCAD formatted (DWG) files to be printed, pre-determine output options, preview the images in a what-you-see-is-what-you-print (WYSIWYP) viewer, and then publish the set to an Océ Plan Center digital plan room without ever leaving AutoCAD. Océ Publisher for Windows offers the same print preparation, preview and publishing benefits for individual files from within any Windows-compatible application.

Océ Publisher for AutoCAD provides significant time-savings and printing accuracy improvements because it eliminates the need to produce PLT files in order to get CAD files print-ready. Since the work is done within AutoCAD, all reference files, fonts and plug-ins are taken into account for the highest fidelity output.

Océ Publishing Tools leverage the same technology found in Océ Repro Desk, the market-leading reprographic printing software. Reprographers who are Océ Plan Center Authorized Hosts, as well as their AEC customers, benefit from an improved, seamless workflow. They are able to remotely submit and print CAD drawings directly from their design desktops to the digital print room. This advanced technology reduces errors by maintaining print fidelity throughout the life of the document, speeds up the distribution of revision information, and improves communication among project team members.

According to Joyce Virnich, vice president of marketing for Océ-USA’s Wide Format Printing Systems business unit, “We’re pleased to further empower commercial reprographers and their customers with sophisticated new Océ Publishing Tools that take advantage of the latest technology to automate, simplify and improve the quality of digital design output. When used in the Océ Plan Center digital plan room environment, clients have the added security of knowing that their documents are going to image correctly on the Web and print accurately – without having to exit their design application to publish files for printing.”

Océ Publishing Tools are especially useful during the critical project bidding cycle, when construction documents are routinely revised and need to be quickly and accurately distributed to general and specialty contractors. Digital publishing to an Océ Plan Center plan room can save valuable days waiting for hard copies to be circulated, and provides a central access point to the most current document sets.

Available today, Océ Publishing Tools are freeware and can be downloaded from www.oceusa.com

About Océ Plan Center Software

The Océ Plan Center digital plan room system (previously known as Autodesk Plans & Specs®) was released in March 2001. Today nearly 10,000 architects, engineers, contractors and project developers use it to view plans and specifications online and to submit online print orders to their Authorized Host. For these AEC users, their desktop applications integrate with the Océ Plan Center system through Océ Publishing Tools. For reprographers, their printing system integrates with the Océ Plan Center system through Océ Repro Desk software. The result is an end-to-end print distribution system that is unmatched in the market. 

About Océ 

Océ is a leading supplier of digital document management and delivery technology. The company’s solutions are based on Océ’s advanced software applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and the Internet to printing devices and archives -- locally and around the world. Supporting the workflow solutions are Océ digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Océ also offers a wide range of consulting and outsourcing solutions. Netherlands-based Océ N.V. (NASDAQ: OCENY), with a workforce of more than 22,000 people and 2002 revenues of $3.2 billion, maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Japan. Océ’s North American headquarters is located in Chicago with major business units in Chicago; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; San Jose, CA; Salt Lake City; and Fiskeville, RI. North American revenues were $1.3 billion for fiscal 2002, and employment is currently 9,600. F

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