Case Study: Océ Technologies achieves micrometer-precise drum alignment and halves development time with MathWorks

Océ Technologies Develops Perfect Axial Registration for Direct Imaging

Océ Technologies, a leading supplier of professional printing systems, faced the challenge of developing Perfect Axial Registration: a high‑precision control system to align seven Direct Imaging drums (56,000 tracks) within 20 micrometers during printing. To tackle this, Océ used MathWorks products, notably MATLAB, Simulink (with Simulink Coder and Simulink Real-Time) and toolboxes for data acquisition, instrument control and signal processing, plus MathWorks training support.

Using MathWorks tools and training, Océ designed, simulated and implemented measurement and control algorithms, acquired CCD images, auto-generated C code and ran a real‑time prototype on standard PCs to prove feasibility of Perfect Axial Registration. MathWorks-enabled development cut project time in half (a fully functional prototype in six months), increased efficiency through model reuse across printer models, shortened the learning curve, and demonstrated the required high‑precision alignment.

Océ Technologies

René van der Meer

Researcher