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Introduction

In May 2009, Xerox Corporation introduced the new solid
ink multifunction ColorQube series. The ColorQube 9200
series is among Xerox's newest and fastest products that
print, copy, scan and fax while incorporating the company's
Extensible Interface Platform (EIP). EIP is based on Web
development standards and allows software developers, as
well as customers, to create applications tailored to
address specific business applications, such as automating
routine scan-and-distribute applications that users can
access right from the touch screen.
This versatile color MFP has been designed to provide
workgroups and businesses with an affordable document
resource that speeds workflow and boosts productivity.
With Xerox's new Hybrid pricing plan, users can now print
monochrome and color at nearly the same cost per page.
The distinctive metered price plans are based on the actual
color used on the page. Users will no longer pay expensive
full-color page prices for small amounts of color. Pages
with useful amounts of color are billed at the same rate as
black-and-white pages. The Hybrid pricing are available in
three levels of color:
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Useful Color is billed at the Black + Color Level 1
meter rate and includes up to 286,000 color pixels.
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Everyday Color is billed at the Color Level 2 meter
rate and includes pages with 286,001 – 1,900,000
color pixels.
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Expressive Color is billed at the Color Level 3 meter
and includes prints with over 1,900,000 color pixels.
One of the unique features offered with the Xerox
ColorQube 9203 is the various print/image quality modes
so that users can prioritize image quality versus speed and
vice-versa.
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In Photo Mode, Xerox rates the unit at 38 ppm in
monochrome and color.
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In Enhanced Mode (default), Xerox rates the unit at 50
ppm in monochrome and color.
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In Standard Mode, Xerox rates the unit at 70 ppm in
monochrome and color.
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In Fast Color Mode, Xerox rates the unit at 85 ppm in
monochrome and color.
The ColorQube 9203 controller is built on Xerox's SMart
Controller Print System, which in turn is based on a 1 GHz
CPU, and includes PCL 5, PCL 6 and PostScript 3 print
drivers for Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh and Linux
platforms.
For network and device management, Xerox Centreware
Web enables users to perform detailed status checks on
the system and consumables, administer system settings,
and manage access and accounting controls. Xerox
provides device management support for some of the most
wide-ranging network environments which include Tivoli
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Netview, Microsoft Management Console, HP OpenView,
and SAP R/3. Xerox's SMart Kit technology monitors
CRU's (like ink stick evels, the Cleaning Unit, and Waste
Ink Tray) in order to predict and prevent downtime.
Xerox's advanced MFP security features protect the
document, device, and transmission path, and are
available on all new ColorQube MFPs. Encrypted Disk and
Image Overwrite features protect latent images recorded
on the hard drive, and can be used automatically upon job
completion or on demand. The Secure Print and Secure
Fax safety measures ensure sensitive information stays
private. With systems equipped with network scanning,
users can create encrypted and searchable Adobe PDF
and XPS files.
The ColorQube 9203 is Energy Star compliant and
features cartridge-free solid ink sticks which avoid the
typical extreme packaging of toner cartridges. That means
fewer resources are used and less energy is invested in
manufacturing and transportation. Xerox's innovative
design results in 90 percent less waste for a typical office
and a smaller carbon footprint across the product life cycle.
BERTL recently tested the Xerox ColorQube 9203, which
has monthly duty cycles up to 300,000 impressions, high
ink yields of 10,000 pages per stick with black and 9,250
pages per stick using CMY. The ColorQube 9203 has
flexible media capabilities with a maximum paper capacity
of 7,300 pages, the ability to print on stock as heavy as
80lb. cover (220 gsm) and paper sizes up to 12"x 18".
In the following test report, BERTL takes an in-depth look
at the ColorQube 9203, testing and evaluating its
productivity, image quality and ease-of-use.
B ERTL Galaxy© Star Rating
Xero x Co lo rQube 9203
Build Qualit y
Net work Administ rat ion
Securit y
Wor kf low
Finishing
Ease of Use
Media Handling
Copying
Scanning
Print ing
Image Qualit y
Feat ures
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