Oxbow C450

Oxbow Colour Multifunction Printer

Features at a glance

Best suited for

Office Environments & Home Office

Oxbow C450 with high-speed colour for busy departments

The Oxbow C450 is a mid-to-high range A3 colour multifunction printer built for busy departments and centralised print rooms that need balanced colour throughput. Running at up to 45 ppm in both colour and mono with a recommended duty cycle of 40,000 pages per month, the unit handles sustained colour workloads with the responsiveness required in high-traffic environments.
A 10.1-inch tablet-like multi-touch panel and Dualscan ADF taking 300 originals at up to 280 ipm duplex give teams the throughput needed for batch document workflows. Paper handling starts at 1150 sheets and scales up to 6650 sheets across optional cassettes and large-capacity trays. SRA3 stocks from 52 to 300 gsm and banner support up to 1200 x 297 mm cover the full range of professional colour output. Comprehensive 100-sheet finishing range including post insertion, Z-fold, and saddle stitch booklet for production-style colour work.

Engineers Experience

The C450 is where the Oxbow colour line crosses into territory a production shop should care about. Speed is meaningful, the Dualscan ADF supports real batch workflows, and the finishing range (100-sheet stapling, saddle stitch, Z-fold, post insertion, banner printing) covers genuine jobwork. SRA3 to 300 gsm with banner up to 1200 mm gives flexibility for marketing collateral and short-run booklet work. This is the device I'd deploy as the colour daily-driver in a print room. This machine handles everything that doesn't justify the production press, keeping the it free for the long, paying runs.

Features

  • Print speed: up to 45 ppm A4 / 22 ppm A3 in colour and mono
  • Print resolution: 1800 x 600 dpi (1200 x 1200 dpi equivalent)
  • Scan speed: up to 280 ipm duplex via Dualscan ADF
  • Paper size range: A6 to SRA3 (banner up to 1200 x 297 mm)
  • Paper weight: 52 to 300 gsm
  • Paper capacity: 1150 sheets standard up to 6650 sheets maximum
  • 10.1-inch tablet-like multi-touch panel
  • Dualscan ADF: up to 300-sheet capacity standard
  • Gigabit Ethernet standard; optional Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac
  • Mobile printing: AirPrint (iOS) Mopria (Android) Google Cloud Print (optional) Wi-Fi Direct (optional)
  • Finishing options: 100-sheet stapling, 2/4-hole punch, saddle stitch booklet, letter fold, Z-fold, post insertion, banner printing
  • Optional large-capacity trays: 3000-sheet (A4) or 2500-sheet (A4-SRA3)
  • First page out time: 3.8 seconds mono / 5.0 seconds colour
  • Recommended duty cycle: 40,000 pages per month; max 200,000
  • Security: user authentication, hard drive encryption (AES 256), hard drive overwrite, IPsec, IEEE 802.1x, ISO 15408 Common Criteria
  • Authentication options: IC card reader, biometric finger vein scanner
  • Integrated and ready for Oxbow managed service contracts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is dpi and ppm?

Dots Per Inch (DPI) measures Print Resolution, where higher values produce sharper, more detailed output. This matters more for graphics and marketing material than it does for everyday documents. Pages per minute (PPM) measures output speed under normal working conditions, and selecting outputs that are too slow causes bottlenecks. Oxbow’s team will assess your actual print volumes and output requirements to make sure the device we recommend hits the right benchmarks for your environment, not just on paper, but in practice.

A Printer outputs documents. An MFP Prints, Scans, Copies, and in many cases, Faxes all from one device. For most businesses, the MFP is the practical default: it consolidates hardware, reduces desk footprint, and integrates with cloud storage and document management platforms. Oxbow’s certified specialists can assess your environment and workflows and recommend the right device for your output demands, team size, and budget so you get the capability you need without paying for what you don’t.

A Managed Print Service is a contract arrangement where Oxbow takes full responsibility for your Printing Environment: Hardware, Consumables, Maintenance, and Support, all under one agreement. Instead of reactive repairs and toner orders, everything is monitored and managed proactively. The result is predictable monthly costs and a Printing Environment that runs without requiring internal resources to maintain it.

Yes. In most cases printing from a smartphone or tablet is straightforward, provided your network is configured correctly. When Oxbow installs your device, our technicians will ensure mobile printing is set up and working from day one. And if you run into any issues down the line, our support team is on hand to troubleshoot and get you back up and running quickly.

Your device will display a low toner warning on the control panel, typically showing a percentage remaining. Clients on an MPS contract will have toner automatically reordered. Toner can be easily reordered from our in-house consumables department.

Our dedicated support team will respond to any service queries within a maximum of 4 hours (during office hours), with a technician dispatched instantly should the query require on-site assistance. Just over 10% of queries can be solved remotely, while on-site support averages at 30 to 45 minutes for a complete fix.

Oxbow SA is conveniently located at Century Gate Business Park, Block 01, Century City, Cape Town, 7441, serving businesses across Century City, Milnerton, Montague Gardens, and the greater Cape Town area.

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