Muratec F-560 Reports Manual page 2

GENERAL APPRAISAL
Also setting the F-560 apart from its competitors is the device's ability to reserve a copy job while
another copy job or a print job is in progress. In addition, as mentioned above, the device offers
Muratec's Network Gateway Platform, which enables scanning to network folders, with up to 20
custom folder shortcuts available; scan to e-mail, with the ability to attach any document stored
on the network to an outgoing transmission and a choice of file formats including TIFF, PDF and
JPEG; and scan to FTP, with up to 20 custom FTP shortcuts. Moreover, the unit offers standard
color scanning.
While a GDI driver is standard, the Muratec F-560 was tested with the optional PCL 6 driver. Featuring
600-x-600-dpi resolution, the unit offers good overall print output quality. The unit comes with 16
MB of dedicated print memory, which can be upgraded to 512 MB, the second highest maximum
memory capacity for current models. It also demonstrated very good productivity, with a first-copy
time that is among the fastest and a first-print time that is faster than the average for tested models.
The F-560's fax scan-to-memory speed is competitive with that of other high-volume units and
among the fastest for units in all volume classes tested. Fax features include a 33.6-Kbps modem
with JBIG compression, 8 MB of standard memory, a maximum capacity of 40 MB, and 300 autodial
destinations (2,000 entries at maximum memory capacity). Other fax features include fax/e-mail
broadcasts, fax forwarding from the machine or the embedded Web page and the ability to block
junk faxes from up to 50 locations. An optional second fax line (33.6 Kbps) is available, enabling
simultaneous fax transmissions and/or receptions and effectively doubling capacity.
• The F-560's first-copy and first-print times are faster than the average for tested models.
• Scan speed is competitive when compared to other high-volume units tested and faster
than the average when compared to models in all volume classes tested.
• Unlike most fax-centric units tested to date, the F-560 enables users to reserve a copy
job while another copy job or a print job is in progress.
• Duplex faxing, copying and printing is standard.
• Scanning to network folders, e-mail and FTP sites is standard.
• Color scanning is standard.
• Toner yield is substantially higher than the average for units tested. In fact, only a handful
of other units have higher yields.
• The automatic document feeder's capacity (80 sheets) is higher than the average for
competitive models.
• The unit's maximum paper capacity (1,050 sheets) is below the average for competitive
models.
• Text and line art in copy mode received "Fair" ratings.
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