Increased demand for digital colour print led the firm, which is headquartered in Nottingham but has five branches across the Midlands, to install the machine in its Oxford branch.
Customers are opting for more advanced colour options, said managing director Tony Barnett.
The firm saw the first 5252 to arrive in the UK at an event organised by ROI Distribution, who supplied the machine.
When John E Wright explained the problem to us we showed them the first DocuColor 5252 in the UK, said ROI Distribution managing director Tim Cox.
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