Affordable colour on the network

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19 February 2003 11:10 AM
Tags: network, printer, technology, business, laser, colour, page


Specifications

Product Name Canon N2000 Epson AL-C1900 Fuji-Xerox DocuPrint C1618
Distributor Canon Espon Fuji-Xerox
Telephone 02 9805 2000 1300 361 054 03 9246 3000
Web www.canon.com.au www.epson.com.au www.fujixerox.com.au
RRP(test configuration) $2577 $2629 $5495
Warranty 1-year RTB, onsite optional 1-year onsite 1-year onsite, optional 3-years onsite
Printer Features
Manufacturers rated monochrome/colour speed (ppm) 20/ 18 (colour)
4 (photo)
16/4 16/ 16
Maximum color graphics resolution (dpi) 2400x1200 600x600 (2400 extrapolated) 600x600 (1200 additional memory)
Memory (MB) 32 96 (max 1024) 64 (max 320)
Input capacity (A4 sheets) 500 + 10 sheet multipurpose 200 + 100 sheet multipurpose 500 + 100 sheet multipurpose
Interfaces Parallel, USB, Ethernet Parallel, USB, Ethernet, EIO x 1 Parallel, USB, Ethernet, EIO x 1
Printer description language GARO (Graphic Arts Language with Raster Operations by Canon) PCL 5e, PS3 (option) PCL 6, PS3 (option)
Power Consumption (Watts) 44 1100 850
Duty Cycle (Pages Per Month) 10,000 35,000 60,000
Consumables
Cost of high-capacity black ink cartridge $89.00 $115.50 $88.00
Cost of single colour cartridge $114.00 $269.50 $282.00
Manufacturers estimated cost per page: 5% black coverage $0.040 $0.034 $0.014
Manufacturers estimated cost per page: 15% colour coverage $0.100 $0.216 $0.141
Manufacturers estimated black toner life: 5% coverage 2800 4500 (1500 starter toner) 8500
Manufacturers estimated colour toner life: 15% coverage (5% C, 5% M, 5% Y) 1133 x 3 (CMY) 4500 x 3 (CMY) (1500 starter toner) 6000 x 3 (CMY)


Product Name HP Color LaserJet 4600 dn Lexmark C720n
Distributor Hewlett Packard Lexmark
Telephone 13 23 47 1300 362 192
Web www.hp.com.au www.lexmark.com.au
RRP(test configuration) $7175 $3993 ($6281 C720dn)
Warranty 2-year, next-day onsite 2-year, onsite
Printer Features
Manufacturers rated monochrome/colour speed (ppm) 16/ 16 24/ 6
Maximum color graphics resolution (dpi) 600x600 (2400 ImageREt) 600x600 (2400 PET)
Memory (MB) 96 (max 512) 32 (max 384)
Input capacity (A4 sheets) 500 + 100 sheet multipurpose 250
Interfaces Parallel, Ethernet, FIR, EIO x 3 (1 is taken up by Ethernet) Parallel, Ethernet, EIO x 1
Printer description language PCL 5e, PCL 6, PS3 PCL 5e, PCL 6, PS3
Power Consumption (Watts) 430 532
Duty Cycle (Pages Per Month) 85,000 35,000
Consumables
Cost of high-capacity black ink cartridge $235.00 $228.46
Cost of single colour cartridge $326.00 $412.87
Manufacturers estimated cost per page: 5% black coverage $0.020 $0.044
Manufacturers estimated cost per page: 15% colour coverage $0.160 $0.232
Manufacturers estimated black toner life: 5% coverage 9000 12,000
Manufacturers estimated colour toner life: 15% coverage (5% C, 5% M, 5% Y) 8000 x 3 (CMY) 7200 x 3 (CMY)
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