Xerox 2006 Annual Report Download - page 20

Production
We provide high-end digital monochrome and
color systems designed for customers in the graphic
communications industry and for large enterprises.
These high-end devices enable digital on-demand
printing, digital full-color printing, and enterprise
printing. We are the only manufacturer in the market
that offers a complete family of monochrome
production systems from 65 to 180 pages per minute
and color production systems from 40 to 110 pages per
minute (“ppm”). In addition, we offer a variety of
pre-press and post-press options and the industry’s
broadest set of workflow software.
With our Freeflow™digital workflow collection
our customers can improve everything from content
creation and management to production and
fulfillment. Our digital technology, combined with
total document solutions and services that enable
personalization and printing on demand, delivers value
that improves our customers’ business results.
Our 2006 Production Goals
Our 2006 goals for our Production segment were to continue strengthening our leadership position in
monochrome and color and to build on the power of digital printing in the Eligible Offset market. Our “New Business
of Printing®” strategy complements the traditional offset market with digital printing and workflow capabilities, which
include the introduction of innovative production systems and development of applications and solutions to expand our
leadership position and focus on the higher growth applications and digital color opportunities. Here are the
accomplishments that enabled us to reach our 2006 goals.
Our 2006 Production Accomplishments
We continued to build on our unmatched product breadth, world class market and business development tools and
integrated end-to-end applications.
– Xerox iGen3 90: We expanded our offerings within the color print on-demand market with the April launch of
our iGen3 90 Digital Press, a 90 ppm full-color production system with improved productivity, image quality,
personalization and running cost.
– Xerox DocuColor®5000: In June, we launched the DocuColor 5000 Digital Press, a 50 ppm full-color
production system, which provides excellent print resolution, color reproduction, and reliability for a wide range
of applications.
– Xerox 4590 EPS and 4110®EPS: In April, we expanded our presence in light production with the launch of our
4590 and 4110 Enterprise Printing Systems, two robust digital production monochrome systems at 90 ppm and
110 ppm, respectively.
– Xerox DocuTech®Highlight Color 180 Publishing System: In October, we launched our DocuTech Highlight
Color 180 Publishing System for print on-demand applications. This system prints both black-and-white, as well
as highlight color, at the rated speed of 180 ppm.
– Highlight Custom Blended Color Program: In October, we announced additional standard colors for a total of
eight. We also expanded the range of colors with Custom Colors, enabling customers to match their company
logos for brand identity applications.
– Applications: We continued to increase installations of our flagship Digital Color Production Presses. In addition
to the launch of the iGen3 90, in June we launched Auto Image Enhancement Software, which intelligently
adjusts images to improve photo submission problems. We followed this with an October announcement of
another release that improves photo rendering, color profiling and color checking. In October, we also introduced
a series of solutions that included workflow and marketing support to enable such applications as teacher edition
books, photo memory books and greeting cards. In July, we launched FreeFlow Web Services 5.0, which makes
it simpler for our customers to procure, print, access or order documents. We continued to build our marketplace
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