Océ VarioPrint 1105
Network printing is supported as standard
via the powerful 933MHz Intel Pentium
Tualatin III processor, with access memory
speed of 133MHz. The device comes
with 256MB of standard RAM which can be
upgraded to a maximum 512MB. A 40GB
hard drive is also included as standard.
Connectivity includes a parallel port and
10/100Base T Ethernet as standard. Ethernet
connectivity also enables connection to the
device via SMB, LPR/LPD, RAW (Port
9100), Direct Printing, IPP, AppleTalk and
Novell Netware.
PCL Printing and direct printing of PDF and
TIFF files is supported as standard. At the
time of testing, Direct Printing was restricted
to PDF 1.6 and 600dpi scanned TIFFs.
An optional Adobe PostScript 3 kit can be
purchased, providing operators with greater
image quality options as well as providing
Macintosh users with printing capability.
Unlike so many other Adobe PostScript
drivers, which have a generic look and feel,
Océ has gone the next step and
worked with Adobe to produce a visual driver
that has the same look and feel as its PCL
driver. This reduces cross training and
learning curves, and overall confusion when
users switch between PCL and PostScript
print workflows.
We were impressed by the layout of the
driver, with all the major day to day
document production features all found on
the first tab, rather than having to navigate
through multiple tabs just to set up standard
workflow.
As the screenshot below illustrates, from the
main screen, we could specify the original
and output size, the paper source to be
used, simplex or duplex format, add stapling
and hole punch finishing, specify the number
of copies needed and the output area for the
job.
Setup/main menu tab on the PCL driver
