Samsung MultiXpress C9250ND User Manual page 14

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identified by easy-to-understand text labels. It reduced the number of keystrokes
required to program a booklet job from 10 using the Basic menu to just six, including
the two keystrokes required to get from the Basic screen to the Quick Copy screen;
if the Quick Copy screen could be set as the default screen, which BLI recommends,
it would require only four keystrokes, which would tie for the fewest BLI has seen
to date. BLI could not determine how many keystrokes BLI's basic copy job would
require using the Quick Copy menu because there is no selection for the 78% reduc-
tion used for that job, nor is there the ability to select a specific magnification ratio.
— Although there is a Help hard key on the control panel, it is not as useful as those of
competitive devices. It essentially provides access to a PDF of the user manual; after
users link to the desired topic, they must zoom in and out and scroll back and forth
and up and down to access needed information.
 BLI observed, however, that when certain functions, such as ID card copy, are
selected from the advanced tab, step-by-step instructions and illustrations guide the
user through the process.
 Although there is no job review selection on the control panel, selected settings for
jobs are displayed on the screen.
 A proof copy touch key is located on the main screen of the device, which is prefer-
able to users having to navigate sub-menus for this information.
 In addition to easy-to-make adjustments to colour balance, saturation and contrast,
simple one-touch adjustments allow users to select "warm," "cool" or sepia output.
Furthermore, users can replace colours with other colours or delete colours.
— When a misfeed occurs at the device, LEDs indicate general misfeed areas, which
are accessed from the front and sides of the unit. Although text and animated graph-
ics provide instructions for misfeed removal, the guidance is not dynamic (i.e., it
doesn't change in response to actions the user takes) and it doesn't adequately indi-
cate where the misfeeds are or provide step-by-step instructions on how to remove
them.
 Access to misfeed areas, however, is good and neither consumables nor the finisher
needs to be moved away to access them. In addition, the drums are not susceptible
to damage when removing misfeeds.
— The job list that is accessible from the control panel (and the Web utility) holds infor-
mation on only the last 15 jobs (current and complete). In addition, the job list cannot
be printed or exported to another application such as Excel, which is unlike other
devices. However, an accounting plug-in available as a free download for SyncThru
Admin provides for complete tracking of jobs.
— The job list includes the number of originals in copy and print jobs, which is a good
feature not offered by some competitive units. It also indicates the number of pages
(but not sets) output for the jobs, but the display does not count up or down as pages
or sets are produced, nor is there a job time display, so users won't have a way to
determine when a job will be done.
 Additional job lists available at the control panel include separate lists for current
jobs (copy, print and scan) and completed jobs (copy, print and scan).
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