Page 2 - The Color Laser Printer Guide; The Business Ink Jet Printer Guide
The Color Laser Printer Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS v Editor’s Choice Awards — page 2 The best values in each product category — as determined by our expert editorial staff v Vendor & Product Profiles — pages 3–56 A comprehensive list of every model on the market, provided in alphabetical order by m...
Page 3 - About the Award; EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARDS; Editor’s Choice
Better Buys for Business Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 2 About the Award What is an Editor’s Choice Award? This award signifies the best values in each product cate- gory, as determined independentl...
Page 4 - ROTHER; Vendor & Product Profiles; Buying Tips; Color Laser Printers
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 3 B ROTHER Bridgewater, NJ 908 704 1700 www.brother.com Vendor Profile Brother International — the US subsi...
Page 6 - ELL
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 5 While a few years ago the Brother HL-4200CN would be considered a competitive choice, it is now at the hi...
Page 8 - ESTETNER
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 7 The printer isn’t lacking in other features. Ethernet is standard as is automatic duplexing. The processo...
Page 16 - IBM; w w w
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 15 starts with 160MB of memory, the 9500hdn comes with 288MB. Both printers can be upgraded to 384MB. These...
Page 21 - Log on to
20 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com l A booklet finisher ($3,000) with sorting, stapling, and saddlestitching of booklets up to 60 sheets. l A punch kit ($525) with 2-/3-hole punching that can be added...
Page 22 - YOCERA
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 21 K YOCERA Fairfield, NJ 800 222 6482 www.kyoceramita.com Vendor Profile Kyocera Mita America, which now b...
Page 25 - ANIER
24 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 1,000, and 1,500 sheets. The FS-C8026N-B has a 150- sheet bypass tray and three 500-sheet paper trays. Despite the fact that these machines have quite different pape...
Page 26 - EXMARK
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 25 Lanier LP231cn 31ppm full color 31ppm black & white Same Machine as the Ricoh Aficio SP C411DN Chart...
Page 30 - Update information and more
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 29 C770. We calculate it as around 1.9¢ per black-and-white page, 9.4¢ for color. These prices are much mor...
Page 31 - OKI
30 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com ImageQuick card. ImageQuick is on-demand software that allows you to store forms or critical documents on an Internet server and lets users drag-and-drop to print th...
Page 36 - ANASONIC
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 35 printers with more capacity, but we think that this is more than adequate for most offices. The drawers ...
Page 37 - ICOH
36 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com sets them apart is good speed in color and black and the extensive (for this end of the market) paper input options. These Panasonic models have quite good consumabl...
Page 42 - RISO
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 41 above, though they are (of course) faster. What is out- standing is the strong paper-handling capability...
Page 43 - AMSUNG
42 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com Product Profiles RISO G752 20ppm full color 20ppm black & white Same Machine as the now-discontinued Lexmark C752dtn Note: That model is the predecessor to the c...
Page 45 - AVIN; HARP
44 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com The CLP-600N also lacks PostScript support, which comes standard on the CLP-650N. Both do, however, have standard Ethernet and USB interfaces, and wireless functiona...
Page 47 - ALLY
46 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com supply as well as a 100-sheet bypass. You can add one 530-sheet tray for a total of 1,160 sheets. The AR-C260P has a 500-sheet standard paper supply and 250-sheet by...
Page 48 - OSHIBA
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 47 Costs per page are quite good: 8.9¢ for a color page and 1.4¢ for black. Those costs are very impressive...
Page 50 - EROX
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 49 530-sheet paper trays in this unit, added to a 230-sheet bypass, for a total of 2,880 sheets. You can al...
Page 57 - U p d a t e I n f o r
56 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com fice a little on text quality in this mode). These features suggest that the Phaser 7760 is well suited for use on graphic arts color printing and able to perform as...
Page 58 - Industry Briefing
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Industry Briefing Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 57 What We’reCovering This guide covers desktop printers that deliver full-color output using laser or laser-class tech...
Page 62 - Color Fundamentals
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Industry Briefing Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 61 Color Fundamentals Let’s focus next on some of the main technical and per- formance issues that crop up in any discu...
Page 63 - Operating Costs
62 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com example 600 x 600dpi (which we call 600dpi for short) means a grid with 360,000 individual elements that the printer can place toner on. Today, all color and black-o...
Page 64 - More About Features
The Color Laser Printer Guide: Industry Briefing Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 63 cent and that black is much more prevalent than the other three colors. It is important to keep in mind that estimat...
Page 67 - Technology
66 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com All-in-one: 1. A multifunctional printer (usually an ink jet) that can scan, copy, and/or fax. 2. A consumables cartridge on a laser printer that has both toner and ...
Page 128 - PSON; Packard
The Business Ink Jet Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 127 E PSON Long Beach, CA 569 981 3840 www.epson.com Vendor Profile Epson America is a division of Jap...
Page 132 - Introduction
The Business Ink Jet Printer Guide: Industry Briefing Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com 131 Introduction Traditionally, manufacturers of ink jet printers have focused on the small-office/home-office (SO...
Page 133 - Ink Jet Technology
132 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com Ink Jet Technology Vendors have done well in overcoming the two major problems that used to plague ink jet printing: consistency and quality. Older models used to s...
Page 135 - Connectivity
134 Entire Contents © 2006 Progressive Business Publications. Copying of Pages Prohibited. To Order: 800 247 2185 or www.betterbuys.com experience, however, we find that it is hard to get users to select printing modes in a real office situation. You may find it difficult to train users to work this...
Page 137 - Using This Electronic Document
Using This Electronic Document This document was designed to be read on screen or printed out. Moving Around in the Document: ● All links appear in blue text. In order to follow a link, click on the hand icon in the toolbar at the top of your screen, and then click on blue text. You will automatical...
Page 139 - Independent Consumer Guides to Document Imaging Equipment
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