Chicago - Kodak's Print On-Demand Solutions Group is pleased to announce the new CX Print Server, Powered by CREO Color Server Technology, for the newly released XEROX Color 550/560 Printer.

This new CX Print Server provides the famous CREO Color Server Technology at an affordable price for light-production, office, and in-plant printers who can now produce professional full-color applications with the XEROX Color 550/560 Printer. Based on more than 30 years of leadership in the graphic arts and more than 15 years of partnership with Xerox, CREO Color Server Technology makes full use of the printer's gamut to deliver color and image quality to satisfy even the most demanding customers.

Powerful and easy-to-use, this stand-alone CREO Color Server features cost-effective color printing capabilities with outstanding image quality and support for out-of-the-box color, and ADOBE PDF Print Engine 2 for accurate and native rendering of PDF files.

The CX Print Server provides a highly customized workflow for faster turnaround with full tracking of job and printer resources. Open connectivity allows integration with industry-leading workflows and Variable Data Printing (VDP) enables personalized marketing mailers.

"You may have felt that owning a CREO Color Server in your print house was out of reach: that's no longer the case," says Chris O'Connor, VP Global Business Group, Kodak's Print On-Demand Solutions Group. "This affordable Color Server provides the printing and finishing features to serve your customers now and enables you to expand its abilities when your business is ready."

The flexible, modular design of the CX Print Server offers optional Power Kits to boost capabilities with extended features most requested by graphic arts professionals, production environments, and corporate reproduction departments.

The CX Print Server also excels with more efficient and secure business document production. Document printing is easy with last-minute imposition and advanced capabilities such as the tabs creation and custom settings on an individual-page basis. It supports all of the XEROX Color 550/560 printer's inline finishers, including the booklet maker finisher that handles coated media.

Security features are also included with password protection, disk wipe, deletion policy, as well as allowing different login levels with password protection.

The new CX Print Server, Powered by CREO Color Server Technology, is printing in full color with the XEROX Color 550/560 Printer at the Xerox booth # 400/600 at GRAPH EXPO 2010.

CREO Color Servers are a leading solution for print on-demand professionals. They provide superior connectivity to graphic arts workflows, automation, exceptional color and image quality, advanced VDP capabilities, and extensive document printing functionality to boost productivity. CREO Color Servers incorporate a robust technology platform to optimize the performance of digital production printers and presses, and increase efficiency and cost effectiveness over the entire print production cycle.