Art,
Thank you so much for your help here! You have gone above and beyond!
Ted, Mike & Merlin, Thank You as well!
Here is what I have come up with.
Kyocera Mita shortcomings: newer, with less overall experience with our rat race. I certainly recognize their connected experience, while on the other hand, why PS emulation and not the real deal?
As it relates to the 4035 specifically:
>Less efficient duplexing (thanks Merlin)
>No 100 DPI scan
>Only Tiff and PDF scan, NO M-TIFF, JPEG
>Warm Up is twice as long on KM 4035
>No User Stamp, Preset Stamp and Date Numbering
>No Bluetooth capability
>Control Panel doesn't seem as user friendly (need help on this one, but when I was reading through the user guide, it looked less intuitive than the Ricoh)
>No page insertion/chapterization via multiple paper sources
Job Build seems to address this (sort of?), but how complicated was that over a half dozen pages in the user guide.
>If it can copy mixed size originals, it is limited to 30 sheets
>AND THE BIG ONE!!! only duplexes up to 21 lb. stock
I must say, they have done a rather nice job overall, but I guess there are a couple of points with teeth above, if one probes for applications. Any Mita people out there, please grade my findings, and feel free to add any that I have missed!
And, what's the deal with the long life drum? Is that a problem if it gets scratched early? Will the client have to share in the cost to replace if needs to be replaced early? What are some drawbacks to this, if any?