Office - Awards overview
Océ's products received several awards from Buyer's Lab, Energy Star, iF Design, Bertl, Better buys.
Océ VarioLink 3622/4222/5022
Highly recommended rating - 4 stars
BERTL on the VarioLink 3622/4222/5022: “This rating is strictly reserved for those devices that deliver a range of business-critical features/functions that are above average and provide potential buyers with a good return on investment (ROI).”
Océ VarioLink 5522c/6522c
Exceptional rating - 5 stars
BERTL on the VarioLink 5522c/6522c: “This rating is reserved exclusively for devices that deliver an outstanding range of business-critical features and functions, are innovative, easy-to use, well designed and represent exceptional value for the money for their target user base.”
Océ VarioLink 6022/7522
Exceptional rating - 5 stars
BERTL on the VarioLink 6022/6522: “This rating is reserved exclusively for devices that deliver an outstanding range of business-critical features and functions, are innovative, easy-to use, well designed and represent exceptional value for the money for their target user base.”
Océ VarioLink 9522 (US only)
Exceptional rating - 5 stars
BERTL on the VarioLink 9522:
“This rating is reserved exclusively for devices that deliver an outstanding range of business-critical features and functions, are innovative, easy-to use, well designed and represent exceptional value for the money for their target user base.”
Océ CS173 / Océ CS193
Pick of the Year (Fall, 2008) , Buyers Laboratory, Inc. (BLI)
Color productivity and superior image quality in both color and black helped earn the Océ CS193 a Fall 2008 BLI “Pick” award as “Outstanding Segment 3 Business Colour MFP”.
Océ CS231 / Océ CS240 / Océ CS250
Energy Conservation Grand Prize for Excellent Energy Conservation Equipment (2008), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
These multifunctional products (MFP's) earned this commendation for their environmental friendly design and usage: they are low in energy consumption and CO2 emissions thanks to the new Induction Heating Technology and the polymerized HD toner.
Pick of the Year (spring, 2008), Buyers Laboratory, Inc. (BLI)
Océ spans segment 4 business color and rans away with the prestigious awards in each category evaluated. Reliability was admirable for all three models, and each displayed very good overall image quality and ease of use. The feature sets are also strong, offering finishing and standard paper capacities that are among the highest of their segment.
Océ VarioPrint 1055 / Océ VarioPrint 1065 / Océ VarioPrint 1075
Highly Recommended (2006), BERTL
BERTL praises the 'durable, reliable and easy-to-maintain design' of the Océ VarioPrint devices compared to traditional multifunctional printers (MFPs): user-friendly paper path and jam removal design, sophisticated mailbox technology, Océ Image Logic allows truly one-touch green button copying.
Bertl’s Best (2007), BERTL
Best departmental monchrome MFP range with an outstanding scan feature set. Océ Scan Logic demonstrates ability to capture text and offers an impressive lowest user intervention rate.
Océ 3165 Evo
A rich tradition in award-winning performance
Océ has a long and rich tradition in award-winning performance. On these pages you will find a selection of the many accolades that Océ products have earned. In many cases, awards were presented to successive generations of products - a testimony to the high quality of the fundamental technology and system design.
Machine of the Year (1997), BERTL
Based on worldwide, independent testing of connected and digital products, the Océ 3165E was awarded "Machine of the Year" by BERTL
Exceptional Machine (1997), BERTL
When tested by BERTL in accordance with bench-marked and approved standards, the Océ 3165E also achieved a level of technical efficiency which BERTL classifies in its highest category, "Exceptional Machine"
Best Buy (1997), What to Buy for Business [UK]
"This digital copier-printer performed excellently in our tests, has speedy single-pass duplexing and a wide range of features," reports What to Buy for Business. "This digital copier performed excellently in our tests. It is a Best Buy for its digital copying features and fast network printing".
Editor's Choice (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001), Better Buys for Business (USA)
The Better Buys for Business report has summarised the Océ 3165E as an impressive networkable digital copier recommended as a "fine copier with upgrade potential". They have added, "Like most Océ copiers, the Océ 3165E boasts excellent productivity". In 2001, the award issuers wrote, "The Océ 3165E performed splendidly on our copier tests, operating at more than 90 percent of rated speed on all four 20-set tests" in the high-volume copier and multi-functional category.
Test Winner Award (2000), FACTS magazine
The Océ 3165E was the best overall performer for both copying and printing in its class. Their tests indicated that the Océ 3165E is especially strong in simplex-to-duplex copying, high performance RIP timing and impressive PostScript printing speed.
Recommended (1999), Buyers Laboratory, Inc. (BLI)
After comparatively assessing specifications, performance, maintenance costs, malfunction, and waste minimisation among multi-functionals in its class, Buyers Laboratory recommends the Océ 3165E.
Design Award (1998), Industrie Forum, Germany
The Océ 3165E was issued a design award by Germany's Industrie Forum, internationally renowned as one of the leading design institutions in the field of contemporary industrial design.