Xerox expands Phaser line
Xerox may have serious problems on the financial and accounting front, but this has not prevented it from coming out with respectable new products. The company recently extended its line of color laser-class printers with two new aggressively priced product families that offer some of the best values in the industry.
Xerox Phesor 6200 and 8200 are both network-capable and speedy for the cost. The Phawr 8200 is a high-quality solid-ink printer, just like the Phaser 860 which it replaces. At a base pnce of $1,499, the Phaser 8200 offers color printing at up to 16ppm in draft mode, and 10ppm at full 1,000 dpi resolution. The most expensive model in the four-machine series goes for $3,499. Xerox touts the vivid color and low cost of operation produced by the Phaser 8200’s solid ink technology.
The Phaser 8200, which starts at $1,999, uses the more usual laser technology. Replacing the Phaser 750 family in the Xerox lineup, the 6200 offers l6ppm printing at an interpolated 2,400dpi resolution. The Phaser 8200 also features a powerful 500MHz processor, allowing it to handle large flies without losing performance. The Phaser 8200 series consists of four models, with the top machine going for $3,999.
Canon ships Color imageRunner C2058
This recently launched color multilfunctional replaces the Color imageRUNNER 2050 in th product line. Sold as a printer, copier, or copier-printer, the 2050 is targeted for office color users (Canon has finally caught on to the office color market).
The new machine is very similar to the one it replaces, though there are important differences. For example, while the 21ppm color speed is the same, black n white speeds have been increased from 21ppm to 28ppm This is a critical enhancement for a model with ambitions to server both the color and black n white color needs of office users.
Prices also have come down significantly. The copier version starts @ $14.4K, almost 5K less then the 2050’s $19.25K asking price. Likewise the printer version goes for $15,38K a far cry from the #20,62K list of the 2050 printer version. The 2058’s copier-printer configuration goes for $19,18K, a lot less than the 2050.
The other major news is the 2058 has a more powerful controller. The old controller of the 2050 was based on EFI’s X2e, the new 2058 is using the X3. The new controller also adds support for PCL5; the old device did not support PCL and only offered PSIII.
