July 21, 2003 -
Kyocera Mita's FS-C5016N ECOSYS Color Printer Provides Lowest Total Cost of Ownership in the Industry
Kyocera Mita's FS-C5016N offers smallest footprint, superior networking,
high-quality output, and best-in-class drum yield
Fairfield, New Jersey, July 21, 2003 - Kyocera Mita, one of the world's
leading document imaging companies, continues to demonstrate its commitment
to the rapidly growing color market with the introduction of the 17 page
per minute (ppm) FS-C5016N color and monochrome ECOSYS printer.
Challenging the traditional high cost of color, Kyocera Mita now leads the
industry by delivering an ultra-low 4.5 cents per color print. Competing
brands offer a cost per color print of six to ten cents or higher.
The FS-C5016N printer is cost-effective and environmentally friendly. For
example, an enterprise that purchases 25 of the FS-C5016N and runs an
average of 5,000 color prints per machine per month has the potential of
saving hundreds of thousands of dollars over three years versus the most
competitive products currently in the marketplace.
"Kyocera Mita has reached a new milestone by breaking the five cents per
page color cost barrier," said Michael Pietrunti, vice president, marketing
for Kyocera Mita America. "By delivering a color cost per page of less
than a nickel, Kyocera Mita is providing businesses of all sizes the
opportunity to broadly deploy color output devices throughout their
organization, at a very reasonable price."
"After evaluating all the current color printers in this segment, Kyocera
Mita clearly has the lowest cost per page for color in the industry," said
Chris Barnes, director of research for commercial printing, channels and
digital media services at ARS, Inc., a competitive market intelligence
analysis company. "Kyocera Mita's ECOSYS technology has made it possible
for users to enjoy color output at substantially lower incremental costs,
typically associated with color. ARS anticipates that the FS-C5016N will
challenge other vendors and incite new demand in the color market by
offering a cost per print page of under five cents."
ARS calculated a color cost per print for the FS-C5016N of $0.045 at
80,000 pages and $0.048 at 200,000 pages using estimated street prices and
moderate market conditions. ARS calculated a total cost of owning the
FS-C5016N at $3,590 for 80,000 pages and $9,575 for 200,000 pages. When
determining per print cost using MSRP pricing, Kyocera Mita's device still
comes out to 4.98 cents per printed page.
The FS-C5016N combines outstanding multi bit 600 dpi color images with
superior networking using the standard IB-21e 10/100BaseTX network
interface. It also includes a standard 500-sheet paper drawer (optionally
up to three), 100-sheet multi-purpose tray, standard 96MB RAM (608MB Max),
an optional 20GB hard disk drive, and a fast PowerPC750CXe-400MHz CPU -
which processes documents quickly for maximum productivity and minimum wait
time. Additionally, the FS-C5016N has optional equipment, including
automatic duplexing, an envelope feeder, the IB-20 10/100BaseTX, 10Base2
network interface and the IB-22 embedded wireless interface.
The network ready FS-C5016N print system supports all popular operating
systems and print description languages, including KPDL3 (Postscript 3
Emulation), PCL6 (PCL 5c/PCL XL) and PRESCRIBE. PDF direct print is also
supported. Users can print directly from their desktop with fast 600 dpi
output quality on up to 110lb Index. By integrating the IB-22 embedded
wireless interface, users can place the FS-C5016N where they need it and
enhance their floor space design, all without the cost of running
additional network cabling in the office.
The FS-C5016N is backed with an industry-leading 1-year warranty on parts
and labor from the date of install, and the maintenance kit is warranted
for a period of 3 years or 200,000 prints, whichever comes first. The unit
measures 13.6" (W) x 18.5" (D) x 15.2" (H) and weighs approximately 46.3
lbs. The FS-C5016N is Energy Starâ compliant.
About ECOSYS Technology
Kyocera Mita introduced ECOSYS for its printer line to symbolize their
environmentally friendly properties. ECOSYS products allow the addition of
toner to the existing unit without disposal of the drum, eliminating the
unnecessary waste of cartridges. Unnecessary waste is eliminated because
the only consumable is toner. ECOSYS printers also utilize long-life drums
that significantly reduce the cost per page.
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