

ML801PS, OKI Printing Solutions' first Postscript printer became the de-facto standard and bestseller in the DTP market in Japan.
Oki Europe Limited was established in this year.

The ten millionth Microline printer was sold and the new Microline series (ML520/521/590/591) with innovative smart print heads an auto-gap adjustment system was introduced.
OL400e, the world's smallest LED printer with innovative chemical toner was launched.

OKIFAX1000, the compact LED engine based fax product sold over 100,000 units worldwide.

LED technology enabled OKI Printing Solutions to transform the market again this year with OP/ML4W. This breakthrough printer had the world's smallest footprint size - less than A4 - without compromising on performance.

The ML320/321/390/391Turbo was introduced in this year and OKI Printing Solutions entered the Chinese market with the Microline brand.

OKI Printing Solutions launched its first digital color printer incorporating LED and single pass technology - the OKIPAGE 8c. With color print speeds twice as fast as its competitors, the OKIPAGE 8c enabled OKI Printing Solutions to enter the color page printer market for the first time.
OKIFAX5400, a best seller mid-range fax machine with an outstandingly reliable document feeding mechanism was launched.

The PM 4410/ML 4410 high speed versatile media-handling, high-end impact printers were also introduced in this year.
OKIFAX4500 and OKIOFFICE84, an affordable plain paper fax machine sold over 270, 000 units world-wide.

OKIFAX5750/5950, with the world's first real time internet fax (T.38) and email fax was introduced.