Xerox DocuColor 242 Evaluator Manual page 6

EvALuATE PERFORMANCE AND PRINT SPEED
Forgraphicartsandlightproductionenvironments,overall system speed and performancearecritical
considerations.Print speedsarecriticalinlightproductionenvironments,wherelongerprintjobsare
regularlyproduced.Ingraphicartsandcolor-intensiveenvironments,processing speed and overall
performancewillhelpavoidbottlenecksandquicklyprocesslargejobs.Lastly,considertheconsumables
fortheprinter-copiersyouareevaluating,andwhethertheywillhelpyouavoiddowntime.
hOw ThE DOCuCOLOR 242 / 252 / 260 EXCEEDS ThE PERFORMANCE
AND PRINT SPEED REQuIREMENT:
PRINT SPEED
Everthinkyourprintercouldprintasfastincolorasitdoesinblack-and-white?TheDocuColor
242/252/260printer-copiercomesclose,whiledeliveringprintspeedsyouprobablyhaven'texpe-
riencedbefore.TheDocuColor242featuresprintspeedsofupto40ppmforcolorand55ppmfor
black-and-white.TheDocuColor252deliversprintspeedsofupto50ppmforcolorand65ppm
forblack-and-white.TheDocuColor260bringstheperformanceoftheXeroxcolorproductline
tonewheights,withcolorprintspeedsofupto60ppmandblack-and-whiteprintspeedsupto75
ppm.Withfirst-page-outtimes(FPOT)asfastas10.7secondsforcolorand4.3secondsforblack-
and-white,yourjobsnotonlyprintfast,butalsogetstartedquickly.
PROCESSING POwER
TheintegratednetworkcontrollerintheDocuColor242/252/260utilizesa2.8GHzIntel
processorand512MBofstandardmemory(1GBmaximum).ThisEFIFierybustledcontrollercan
alsobeconfiguredwiththeEFISplashRPX-iisoftwaresolution.
Forenvironmentswithpreexistingworkflowsorspecificprocessingneeds,Xeroxoffersthreeaddi-
tionalexternalcolorserveroptions.Allofyourprocessingandworkflowrequirementscanbe
metbyaDocuColor242/252/260.
OvERALL PERFORMANCE
Nomatterhowbigorcomplexthemixofprintjobs,theDocuColor242/252/260canhandle
it.Withfastprintspeeds,quickFPOT,afastnetworkconnection,andpowerfulimageprocessing,
theseprinter-copiershavethehorsepowertohandleyourworkload.Withfivestandardpaper
trays,optionalhigh-capacityfeeders,anda250-sheetDADF,  y ourlargeprintandscanjobs
arealsohandledwithminimalinterventions.
CONSuMAbLES
TheDocuColor242/252/260printer-copierutilizesXeroxSMartKit™customerreplaceable
unitssothatregularlyreplacedsuppliescanbereplacedwithoutrequiringaservicecall.Further,
theseMFPsaredesignedsothatyoucanreplacetonercartridgeswhilethemachineisstillcopying
orprinting —  a voidinginterruptionsthatoccurwhentonercartridgesruncompletelyempty.The
DocuColor242/252/260alsoutilizestwoblacktonercartridges,doublingthecapacityofthemost
oftenusedtonercolor.
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