In December, Océ Business Services (OBS) introduced Océ PrintExpress, an online print and distribution service, to augment its Managed Print Services offerings. I spoke with Chris Bucher, Operations Manager, Tri-State Region, for Océ Business Services, to gain more insight into the offering and discovered that Océ PrintExpress is the result of a partnership between Océ Business Services and online print service provider Mimeo.

The best way to explain this offering is to use a real customer example Bucher described for me. A pharmaceutical client was putting together materials for a conference and needed to get a facilitator’s guide out next day to 18 presenters distributed around the country so they could have materials to prep with while traveling. The job was submitted at 9:30 PM and in the hands of intended recipients the next morning.

Bucher believes customers will use this solution with a combination of ad hoc printing and printing from a catalog of items available in a customized portal. In some cases, the print work may be work that otherwise might have been outsourced to a local print provider. In other cases, it may allow an organization to shift work off-site, reducing the overall footprint of their on-site printing capacity. It also allows customers to leverage corporate volume for favorable pricing, and to ensure consistent quality, preserving brand integrity.