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Muratec New Devices

PLANO,Texas (September 17, 2009) — – Muratec America, Inc., manufacturer of multifunction office equipment and business productivity solutions, announces today the availability of three new workgroup multifunction devices, the F-315, MFX-1950 and MFX-3550 Professional Edition.

Read the entire release at Muratec’s website for spec sheets and detailed information of each model.

Supplies are the following:

F-315

TS-300 – Toner Cartridge

DK-2030 – Drum Unit

MFX-1950

TS-2030 – Toner Cartridge

DK-2030 – Drum Unit

MFX-3550

DKT-3550 – Toner/Drum Unit

September 24, 2009 Posted by bcapper | New MFP, New Supplies | | No Comments Yet

Multi-Function Printer Buying Guide

Multi-Function Machines – MFP

Multifunction machines combine printing, scanning, copying and faxing capability in one integrated unit. They take up less space and are much less expensive than the cost of purchasing a copier, scanner, printer, fax machine, etc. to perform all of these tasks.

There are a number of things to consider before buying a multi-function machine.

How busy is your office? How you answer this determine what the type of multi-function printer you’ll be looking for. Here are our recommendations:

1) Large office with high printer volume – Check out Color Laser Technology Multifunction machines. These machines use color laser technology and deliver both high-resolution business color and monochrome output. They are for offices that mainly print and copy in black and white, and occasionally print high-quality color documents for presentations, proposals and color copies.

2) Medium to large office with variable printer volume – Monochrome Laser Multifunction machines use monochrome laser technology to produce high-quality, high-resolution black and white text and graphics and are a good fit for offices with mid- to high-volume printing and copying needs. These machines run faster than inkjet models and are less expensive than color laser machines. You’ll also find these machines have a lower cost-per-page than other machines.

3) Small to medium office with low printer usage – Color Inkjet Technology Multifunction machines provide the highest quality color reproduction – “photo-quality” in many cases. These machines cost less than most others; however, they have higher cost per page issues. These machines are best suited for offices with lower copying and printing volumes that need true photo-quality color output from time to time.

Will you need fax capabilities in your machine? If so, then you need to check out the modem speed. The higher your fax volume the faster you’ll need your modem to be.

Does your office handle letter or legal size documents? Or both? Many multifunction machines offer adjustable paper trays that accommodate both letter and legal and other sizes, and some also provide multipurpose trays or slots to handle envelopes, card stock and letterhead.

How often do you want to fill the machine with paper? Depending on your answer you’ll need to investigate the paper capacity of the machine. The higher the paper capacity, the less often you have to reload paper; this is especially important if you receive a high volume of faxes after hours and want to avoid out-of-paper situations. If your office is larger and has more printer, copier and fax volume then you’ll want a machine with dual paper trays or have the option of adding a second tray, enabling them to handle higher volume applications or to have letter paper loaded in one tray and legal or photo paper in the other.

Does office use duplexing? This can save on paper and mailing costs—and provide more professional-looking documents—by printing on both sides of a page automatically.

Will you need a network ready mulit-purpose machine so you can print, Some multifunction machines come ready to install directly to your wired or wireless network.

Did you do marketing via fax? Broadcasting enables you to scan a fax into memory just once, and then send it to multiple locations.

Document Security for printing and faxing. If you share a printer/copier with other people in your office and occasionally need to print confidential documents have you considered a password-protected feature on a multifunction machine? Some multifunction machines provide a way to password-protect the printing of confidential faxes and documents so that only the person who is supposed to see them actually does.

Will the machine be used in a PC or Mac workplace – or a combination of both?

Just some things to consider before you go out and buy the cheapest machine.

August 15, 2009 Posted by bcapper | Buying Guides, New MFP | | No Comments Yet

OKI Data Americas is introducing a next-generation family of A4 LED-array monochrome MFPs for Small to medium businesses that are supposedly 30-percent faster than previous models. The new Multi-Function Printers start at an estimated street price of $249.

Additionally the toner cartridges will provide a higher yield of up to 5,500 pages.

Okidata 01240001, Low Yield Black Toner Cartridge, 3,000 page yield
Okidata 01239901, High Yield Black Toner Cartridge, 5,500 page yield

Two of the systems feature a full-size retractable QWERTY keyboard. Now you can send an email while you wait for 50 page report to print….

The new MFP Models are the MB260, MB280 and MB290, which provide print, copy, and B/W and color scan, and are rated at up to 22 ppm at 600 dpi.

Full spec sheets are located here – Okidata

August 7, 2009 Posted by bcapper | New MFP, Okidata | | No Comments Yet

New Sharp Multi-Function Device

Sharp USA has introduced the FO-2080, a digital document communication system that packs Sharp’s multifunctional capabilities into a compact footprint for the small to medium business market.

The FO-2080 features

high-speed Super G3 fax functionality
digital copying
network printing
direct-to-PC color scanning

The FO-2080 provides auto switching between dual paper trays as a standard feature, eliminating the need to manually switch between legal and letter sized paper for incoming faxes. With an overall maximum capacity of 550 sheets, the two standard 250-sheet paper trays simultaneously accommodate different paper sizes such as letter or legal, along with a 50-sheet bypass tray that can handle heavy paper, labels, transparencies and envelopes. The FO-2080 also delivers features such as two-sided printing, copying and scanning, as well as E-Sort and Offset Stacking.

The FO-2080 provides 20 pages per minute (ppm) standard copying and printing, as well as network and USB printing. End users who need a scanning solution can use the FO-2080 for direct-to-PC color scanning. Taking the scanning features to the next level, the FO-2080 provides Sharpdesk, Sharp’s innovative document management software, which integrates business documents into one place for easy organizing, editing, sharing and archiving. Also provided is Button Manager, Sharp’s built-in utility which offers a simple one-touch solution that enables the user to send scanned files to multiple destinations, including Scan to E-mail, Scan to File, and even Scan to OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

August 3, 2009 Posted by bcapper | New MFP, Sharp | | No Comments Yet