Samsung Deals another Blow to MFP Giants (Ricoh, Canon, KonicaMinolta)

Samsung showcases world's fastest laser printers
Leonard Goh | May 12, 2008
As part of the Samsung Printing InspriAsia Tour 2008 held in Bali, Indonesia, last week, Samsung unveiled what it claimed to be the world's fastest mono laser multifunction printer (MFP), as well as the speediest color laser MFP, too.

These printers are not targeted at the usual home users but geared more toward corporations and enterprise.



Samsung's MultiXpress 6555N
(Click for larger image)The MultiXpress 6555N is a digital mono laser MFP capable of churning out 53 pages per minute (ppm). It comes with an 80GB built-in harddisk for storing files that are sent over the network. The A4-MFP also sports a 7-inch color touchscreen for accessing the menus. The 6555N succeeds the 6345N which prints at 43ppm.



Samsung's MultiXpress C8380ND
(Click for larger image)We understand that for most color laser printers, the print speed for color prints are far slower than black-and-white prints. But the Korean firm dashed this perception by introducing the MultiXpress C8380ND, an A4 digital MFP. This beast of a printer spits out both color and mono prints alike at 38ppm. Like the 6555N, it is also network-ready, comes with an 80GB disk and a 7-inch color touchscreen.

Both printers will ship with four of Samsung's latest printing solutions, one of which is JScribe. This was co-developed with IBM and CCP, and is embedded within the printer. The software allows businesses to program Java applications to customize to their needs. For example, a company can request for a program that allows certain users to print a designated amount of pages per month. This will allow it to save resources as well as monitor the usage of the machines.

The MultiXpress 6555N's pricing wasn't revealed at press time, but we do know that will be available in Southeast Asia from May. Its color counterpart, the C8380N, will retail for S$6,888 in Southeast Asia from May as well.