Kyocera 2160 Bedienungsanleitung

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Die Vorschriften verpflichten den Verkäufer zur Übertragung der Gebrauchsanleitung Kyocera 2160 an den Erwerber, zusammen mit der Ware. Eine fehlende Anleitung oder falsche Informationen, die dem Verbraucher übertragen werden, bilden eine Grundlage für eine Reklamation aufgrund Unstimmigkeit des Geräts mit dem Vertrag. Rechtsmäßig lässt man das Anfügen einer Gebrauchsanleitung in anderer Form als Papierform zu, was letztens sehr oft genutzt wird, indem man eine grafische oder elektronische Anleitung von Kyocera 2160, sowie Anleitungsvideos für Nutzer beifügt. Die Bedingung ist, dass ihre Form leserlich und verständlich ist.

Was ist eine Gebrauchsanleitung?

Das Wort kommt vom lateinischen „instructio”, d.h. ordnen. Demnach kann man in der Anleitung Kyocera 2160 die Beschreibung der Etappen der Vorgehensweisen finden. Das Ziel der Anleitung ist die Belehrung, Vereinfachung des Starts, der Nutzung des Geräts oder auch der Ausführung bestimmter Tätigkeiten. Die Anleitung ist eine Sammlung von Informationen über ein Gegenstand/eine Dienstleistung, ein Hinweis.

Leider widmen nicht viele Nutzer ihre Zeit der Gebrauchsanleitung Kyocera 2160. Eine gute Gebrauchsanleitung erlaubt nicht nur eine Reihe zusätzlicher Funktionen des gekauften Geräts kennenzulernen, sondern hilft dabei viele Fehler zu vermeiden.

Was sollte also eine ideale Gebrauchsanleitung beinhalten?

Die Gebrauchsanleitung Kyocera 2160 sollte vor allem folgendes enthalten:
- Informationen über technische Daten des Geräts Kyocera 2160
- Den Namen des Produzenten und das Produktionsjahr des Geräts Kyocera 2160
- Grundsätze der Bedienung, Regulierung und Wartung des Geräts Kyocera 2160
- Sicherheitszeichen und Zertifikate, die die Übereinstimmung mit entsprechenden Normen bestätigen

Warum lesen wir keine Gebrauchsanleitungen?

Der Grund dafür ist die fehlende Zeit und die Sicherheit, was die bestimmten Funktionen der gekauften Geräte angeht. Leider ist das Anschließen und Starten von Kyocera 2160 zu wenig. Eine Anleitung beinhaltet eine Reihe von Hinweisen bezüglich bestimmter Funktionen, Sicherheitsgrundsätze, Wartungsarten (sogar das, welche Mittel man benutzen sollte), eventueller Fehler von Kyocera 2160 und Lösungsarten für Probleme, die während der Nutzung auftreten könnten. Immerhin kann man in der Gebrauchsanleitung die Kontaktnummer zum Service Kyocera finden, wenn die vorgeschlagenen Lösungen nicht wirksam sind. Aktuell erfreuen sich Anleitungen in Form von interessanten Animationen oder Videoanleitungen an Popularität, die den Nutzer besser ansprechen als eine Broschüre. Diese Art von Anleitung gibt garantiert, dass der Nutzer sich das ganze Video anschaut, ohne die spezifizierten und komplizierten technischen Beschreibungen von Kyocera 2160 zu überspringen, wie es bei der Papierform passiert.

Warum sollte man Gebrauchsanleitungen lesen?

In der Gebrauchsanleitung finden wir vor allem die Antwort über den Bau sowie die Möglichkeiten des Geräts Kyocera 2160, über die Nutzung bestimmter Accessoires und eine Reihe von Informationen, die erlauben, jegliche Funktionen und Bequemlichkeiten zu nutzen.

Nach dem gelungenen Kauf des Geräts, sollte man einige Zeit für das Kennenlernen jedes Teils der Anleitung von Kyocera 2160 widmen. Aktuell sind sie genau vorbereitet oder übersetzt, damit sie nicht nur verständlich für die Nutzer sind, aber auch ihre grundliegende Hilfs-Informations-Funktion erfüllen.

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    THE COLOR LASER PRINTER & BUSINESS INK JET PRINTER GUIDES www .betterbuys.com • Color laser-class printers for the of fice fr om $499 • Color ink jet printers for the of fice fr om $99 • Updated for 2007 • Editor’ s Choice A war ds Guide Number : 188 Independent Consumer Guides to Document Imaging Equipment Xero x Phaser 7760[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide T ABLE OF CONTENTS v Editor’ s Choice Awar ds — page 2 The best values in each product category — as determined by our exper t editorial staff v V endor & Product Pr ofiles — pages 3–56 A comprehensive list of every model on the market, provided in alphabetical or der by manufacturer Brother — page 3 La[...]

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    B etter Buys for Business Entire Contents © 2006 Progressiv e Business Publications . Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys.com 2 About the A war d What is an Editor’ s Choice Awar d? This a ward signifies the best v alues in each product cate- gor y , as determined inde pendently by our e xpert editori- al s[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 3 B ROTHER Bridgewater , NJ 908 704 1700 www .brother .com V endor Profile Brother Inter national — the US subsidiary of Brother Industries , L[...]

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    4 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com standard. These features are sometimes costl y add-ons to otherwise inexpensi v e color printers — in a fe w cases , t hey are simply not a v ailable . Like many network- enabled printers these da ys , th[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 5 While a few y ears ago the Brother HL-4200CN w ould be considered a competitiv e choice , it is no w at the high- er end (price-wise) of genera[...]

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    6 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com features for the price . Even with many under -$500 color l aser printers to choose from these da ys , the prices are e ye-opening: the Color Laser Printer 3010cn goes for $379, while the Color Laser Printe[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 7 The printer isn ’t lacking in other f eatures . Ether net is standard as is automatic duplexing . The processor is a robust 400MHz, and P ost[...]

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    8 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com H EWLETT - P ACKARD Santa Clara, CA 800 752 0900 www .hp .com V endor Profile Hewlett-P ackard (HP) needs little introduction in any discussion of printers , a market in which it e xercises commanding leade[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 9 w ith 16MB of nonexpandable memor y and, as you’ d expect, uses host-based printing instead of P ostScript. It h as a 250-sheet standard pape[...]

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    10 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com requiring top-notch black-and-white performance . For the money , they’re definitel y ex cellent values , although t heir limited features and high consumables costs ma y lead potential buy ers to consid[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 11 t han most other printers starting at under $700. But you should look at the OKI Printing Solutions 5500 and L exmark C522 machines . They off[...]

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    12 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com Hewlett-P ackard Color LaserJet 3800 Hewlett-P ackard Color LaserJet 3800n H ewlett-P ackard Color LaserJet 3800dn Hewlett-P ackard Color LaserJet 3800dtn 22ppm full color 22ppm black & white Sum-up: C[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 13 ers and among the faster color laser printers on the mar ket. The Color LaserJ et 4700, 4700n, and 4700dn come standard with a 100-sheet m ult[...]

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    14 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com Hewlett-P ackard Color LaserJet 5550n Hewlett-P ackard Color LaserJet 5550dn H ewlett-P ackard Color LaserJet 5550dtn Hewlett-P ackard Color LaserJet 5550hdn 27ppm full color 27ppm black & white Sum-up[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 15 s tarts with 160MB of memory , the 9500hdn comes with 288MB . Both printers can be upgraded to 384MB . These p rinters ha ve good color tools [...]

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    16 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com W e expect that IBM will come out with its own v ersions of the Lexmark C622/C624 families in the near future to r eplace this model. Char t entr y — pag e 83 IBM Infoprint Color 1534n IBM Infoprint Colo[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 17 and that’ s it. USB connectivity is standard, while Ether net is an option. Print resolution is 2,400 x 600dpi inter polated. A 130MHz proce[...]

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    18 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com ter 500-sheet standard suppl y . Y ou can, how ev er , add up to two mor e 500-sheet paper tra ys for both, for a more- than-respectable total of 1,250 or 1,600 sheets , respecti v e- ly . The output tra y[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 19 K onica Minolta magicolor 7450 24.5ppm full color 2 4.5ppm black & white Sum-up: A ledger model with high-resolution imaging . The new K o[...]

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    20 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o 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 to the booklet finisher K onica Minolta[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 21 K YOCERA F airfield, NJ 800 222 6482 www .kyoceramita.com V endor Profile Ky ocera Mita America, which no w brands its printers under the Ky o[...]

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    22 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com are not unusual in the b lack-and-white market. On the output side , There is a 100-sheet and a 500-sheet t ra y . Y ou can also add a 250-sheet face-up tra y . Like many other color printers , there’s a[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 23 K y ocera belie v e that color printers should come with the same kinds of options as you would e xpect from mono- c hrome depar tmental print[...]

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    24 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com 1,000, and 1,500 sheets . The FS-C8026N-B has a 150- sheet bypass tra y and three 500-sheet paper tra ys . Despite the f act tha t these machines ha ve quite different paper handling, they still ha v e the[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 25 L anier LP231cn 31ppm full color 31ppm black & white Same Machine as the Ricoh Aficio SP C411DN Char t entr y — pag e 92 Lanier LP332cdn[...]

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    26 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com But as you w ould expect, the C500n is light on features , and users will ha ve to accept some compromises in terms o f performance . The C500n has relativ ely slo w first-page-out times: 13 seconds for bl[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 27 The C530dn/C532n engine comes with a 375MHz processor , while the C534 models ha ve a 625MHz processor . Along with a few other v endor s , Le[...]

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    28 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com mor e than adequa tel y po wered. Memory star ts at 256MB and can be augmented to 768MB . A 40GB hard disk is an (expensi v e) option. P ostScript 3 also comes standard. Connecti vity is thr ough USB and E[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 29 C770. W e calculate it as around 1.9¢ per black-and-white page , 9.4¢ for color . These prices are much more reason- able than those of the [...]

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    30 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com ImageQuick card. Imag eQuick is on-demand softw are that allo ws y ou to store for ms or critical documents on an Inter net ser v er and lets users drag-and-drop to print the most up-to-date v ersion. Imag[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 31 w ell as o ver the Internet. OKI also sells its printers in spe- cial product bundles directl y to specific niche markets , i ncluding marketi[...]

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    32 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com Duplexing is optional on the C5500n (for $179) and comes standard on the C5800Ldn. Both printers can work with 110lb . index. Another impressiv e feature about these printers is their w arranty: as with al[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 33 T he OKI C7350hdn ($1,669) is the next step up in the line . It star ts with 320MB of memor y , and the hard disk i s standard equipment. Auto[...]

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    34 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com well as with PCL. Ov erall, this product famil y offers good v alue that m atches or ex ceeds that of most other printers in its league . It’ s remarkable that unlike a fe w years ago , w e can choose be[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 35 p rinters with more capacity , but we think that this is more than adequate for most offices . T he dra wers ha ve built-in sensors that ident[...]

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    36 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com sets them apart is good speed in color and black and the extensi v e (for this end of the market) paper input options . These Panasonic models ha v e quite good consumables costs . Once again, Panasonic ha[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 37 T hen you add the r easonable 8ppm color speed and you’ v e got a very affordable mixed-use , network-ready m achine . Other features are pr[...]

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    38 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com workgroups . It compares w ell to similar offerings from Ricoh’ s competitors, including the He wlett-P ackard Color LaserJ et 3800, the P anasonic W ORKiO DP-CL22, and the Ky ocera FS-C5025N . It has go[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 39 Ricoh Aficio CL7200 Ricoh Aficio CL7200D R icoh Aficio CL7200DT1 Ricoh Aficio CL7200DT2 Ricoh Aficio CL7200DL 28ppm color 32ppm black & wh[...]

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    40 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com How did Ricoh do it? GelSprint is an ink jet-based tec h- nology , but with its ad v anced permanent print head ( guaranteed to last for the life of the unit), these machines can be competitiv e with today[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 41 a bov e , though they are (of course) faster . What is out- standing is the strong paper-handling capability , includ- i ng paper weights up t[...]

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    42 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com Pr oduct 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 current C762 family , and is slow er and[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 43 NOIS , ” which means , as the name implies, lo wered oper- a ting noise . They also offer easy toner installation and what they call “4-cl[...]

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    44 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com The CLP-600N also lacks P ostScript support, which comes standard on the CLP-650N . Both do , how ev er , h a ve standard Ethernet and USB interfaces , and wireless functionality is a vailable as an option[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 45 S harp AR-C240P 24ppm color 26ppm black & white Sharp AR-C260P 26ppm color 32ppm black & white Sharp AR-C265P 26ppm color 32ppm black [...]

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    46 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com supply as w ell as a 100-sheet bypass. Y ou can add one 530-sheet tra y for a total of 1,160 sheets . The AR-C260P h as a 500-sheet standard paper suppl y and 250-sheet bypass , with options to add one-to-[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 47 C osts per page are quite good: 8.9¢ for a color pag e and 1.4¢ for black. Those costs are v ery impressiv e for a low- c ost printer and ma[...]

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    48 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com T oshiba e-STUDIO360 CP 32ppm full color 3 6ppm black & white Same Machine as the Lexmark C920 Char t entr y — pag e 117 U NISYS Blue Bell, P A 800 874 8647 www .unisysdirect.com V endor Profile Unis[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 49 530-sheet pa per tr a ys in this unit, added to a 230-sheet bypass , for a total of 2,880 sheets . Y ou can also add a 1,590 high-capacity tra[...]

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    50 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com Pr oduct Profiles Xero x Phaser 6120N 5ppm full color 20ppm black & white Sum-up: An entry-le vel model with basic features and a ver y low price. The Phaser 6120N model, which replaces the Phaser 6100[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 51 m odels are rated at 30ppm. Numbers don ’t tell the com- plete stor y here — 24ppm or 30ppm are achiev ed in the “ fast color” mode , [...]

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    52 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com Phaser 8500/8550 famil y is really in a category by itself. In another plus , these machines ar e small in dimension and weight, unlik e some laser machines . A fear that some users ha ve had in the past w[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 53 l The Phaser 6300DN ($1,499) adds automatic duplex- ing. l The Phaser 6350DP ($1,799) has a faster color speed and a higher monthly duty c y c[...]

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    54 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com l The Phaser 7400DN ($3,349), which adds automatic duplexing l The Phaser 7400DT ($4,599), which has 512MB of standard memor y and a 40GB hard disk, and adds a second 550-sheet paper input dra wer for a to[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: V endor & Product Pr ofiles Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications. Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 55 X ero x Phaser 7760DN Xero x Phaser 7760DX X ero x Phaser 7760GX 35ppm full color 45ppm black & white Sum-up: A leader in quality laser co[...]

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    56 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o 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 w ell suited for use on g raphic arts color printing and able to perfor m as an office printer as w ell. Operatin[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: Industr y Briefing Entire Contents © 2006 Progressiv e Business Publications . Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys.com 57 What We’re Covering This guide co v ers desktop printers that deliv er full-color output using laser or laser-class technology . (W e’ll explain in a min[...]

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    58 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com 4 Not long ago , no desktop color printer could perfor m automatic double-sided work. No w , how ev er , almost all ha ve at least an option to do so . 4 In the recent past, no desktop color printer offere[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: Industr y Briefing Entire Contents © 2006 Progressiv e Business Publications . Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys.com 59 many people o v erlook — namely , the time it takes for computer users to appl y color to documents in the first place . There is also an undeniable elemen[...]

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    62 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com example 600 x 600dpi (which w e call 600dpi for shor t) means a grid with 360,000 individual elements that the p rinter can place toner on. T oda y , all color and black-only printers produce pages at a na[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: Industr y Briefing Entire Contents © 2006 Progressiv e Business Publications . Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys.com 63 cent and that black is m uch more prev alent than the other three colors . It is important to kee p in mind that estimat- ing color operating costs is not an[...]

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    64 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com Some printers don ’t emplo y the original Adobe P ostScript but instead use a P ostScript-compatible print l anguage de v eloped by a third party . This isn ’t a big neg- ativ e these days , though som[...]

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    66 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com All-in-one: 1. A m ultifunctional 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 dr um in a single unit. Bit: A piece o[...]

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    The Color Laser Printer Guide: A–Z Guide to F eatures and T echnology Entire Contents © 2006 Progressiv e Business Publications . Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys.com 67 at this lev el of the market, so you should a v oid making this too m uch of a litm us test in y our purchasing deci- sion. Engine spee[...]

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    68 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com Megahertz (MHz): See Controller . Nativ e resolution: The print resolution lev el at which a n office machine is capable of functioning without the assistance of software inter polation. Sometimes referred[...]

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    Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com 71 The Color Laser Printer Guide: Specification & Price Char ts S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n & & P P r r i i c c e e C C h h a a r r t t s s Model Dell Color Laser Printer 3[...]

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    Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 73 The Color Laser Printer Guide: Specification & Price Char ts S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n & & P P r r i i c c e e C C h h a a r r t t s s ( ( c c o o n n t t i i n n u u [...]

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    Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 75 The Color Laser Printer Guide: Specification & Price Char ts S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n & & P P r r i i c c e e C C h h a a r r t t s s ( ( c c o o n n t t i i n n u u [...]

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    Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 77 The Color Laser Printer Guide: Specification & Price Char ts S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n & & P P r r i i c c e e C C h h a a r r t t s s ( ( c c o o n n t t i i n n u u [...]

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    Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 83 The Color Laser Printer Guide: Specification & Price Char ts S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n & & P P r r i i c c e e C C h h a a r r t t s s ( ( c c o o n n t t i i n n u u [...]

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    Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 85 The Color Laser Printer Guide: Specification & Price Char ts S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n & & P P r r i i c c e e C C h h a a r r t t s s ( ( c c o o n n t t i i n n u u [...]

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    Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 87 The Color Laser Printer Guide: Specification & Price Char ts S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n & & P P r r i i c c e e C C h h a a r r t t s s ( ( c c o o n n t t i i n n u u [...]

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    Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterb uys.com 105 The Color Laser Printer Guide: Specification & Price Char ts S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n & & P P r r i i c c e e C C h h a a r r t t s s ( ( c c o o n n t t i i n n u u[...]

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    128 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com become the v endor of choice . In printing, HP still reigns supreme . H P sells a confusing v ariety of choices in the business- class ink jet market, an area where it is no w the only seri- ous pla y er [...]

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    The Business Ink Jet Printer Guide: V endor & Product Profiles Entire Contents © 2006 Progressiv e Business Publications . Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys.com 129 sells for $299, while the Deskjet 9800d sells for $399. They can print on pages up to 13" x 19". Ho wev er , they print slo wly a[...]

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    130 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com These machines print at 10ppm in what HP calls “laser quality” color , which would appear to be at 1,200dpi. HP h as come up with a technique in volving large arra ys of color printheads built into a [...]

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    The Business Ink Jet Printer Guide: Industry Briefing Entire Contents © 2006 Progressiv e Business Publications . Cop ying of P ages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys.com 131 Introduction T raditionall y , manufacturers of ink jet printers ha ve focused on the small-office/home-office (SOHO) market. These lo w-cost machines f[...]

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    132 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com Ink Jet Technology V endors ha v e done w ell in ov ercoming the two major problems that used to plague ink jet printing: consistency and quality . Older models used to suffer from unev en ink flow , alon[...]

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    134 Entire Contents © 2006 Prog ressiv e Business Pub lications . Cop ying of Pages Prohibited. T o Order : 800 247 2185 or www .betterbuys .com experience , ho we v er , we find that it is hard to get users to select printing modes in a real office situation. Y ou ma y f ind it difficult to train users to work this w ay , and there- fore draft mo[...]

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