Summing Up - Xerox ColorQube 9203 Quick Manual

Summing Up

Xerox has really stepped up to the plate with the introduction of their ColorQube series. These
innovative solid ink color MFPs deliver beautiful vibrant image quality with reasonable print
productivity as well as excellent ease-of-use. What is truly the crown jewel of the Xerox ColorQube
series is its Hybrid Plan allowing customers to choose different pricing plans enabling monochrome
and useful color pages to be at the same cost per page. During BERTL's extensive testing of the
Xerox ColorQube 9203, this office-color, ink-based MFP designed for mid-size to large workgroups
performed exceptionally well. BERTL observed the following when testing the Xerox ColorQube
9203:
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Tested simplex color network-print speed with the PCL driver was as fast as 44.6 ppm, closely
matching Xerox's rated speed of 50 ppm.
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Tested simplex color network-print speed with the PostScript driver was as fast as 47.7 ppm.
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Tested duplex black-and-white network-printer productivity was extremely productive up to 46.0
ppm with the PCL driver and 45.1 with the PostScript driver.
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Tested simplex monochrome network productivity up to 37.8 ppm with the PostScript driver.
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Tested black-and-white copier productivity was up to 39.8 ppm in simplex mode and up to 32.8
ppm in duplex mode, closely matching Xerox's rated copy speed of up to 50 ppm.
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Tested color productivity in simplex mode was as fast as 32.5 ppm, and as fast as 34.6 ppm in
duplex color mode.
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Photo prints displayed good image quality. Density for all four colors in both print and copy
modes was very good, as was resolution, halftone reproduction, and line and dot control.
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Ease of maintenance was exceptional with the animated help videos loading the ink sticks and
clearing any misfeeds was effort-less.
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PCL and PostScript drivers feature bi-directional communication, so that users can view device
status from the print drivers. Both drivers also offer different speed options.
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Xerox's Hybrid Color Plan offer customers with multi-tiered billing and metering options based
on color coverage per page resulting in new standards for color per-page pricing.
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Xerox's CentreWare Internet Services, which provides detailed device and consumables' status,
and provides network configuration, access management and accounting controls for
administrators, is easy to use and very capable.
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Xerox Extensible Interface Platform (EIP) enables enterprises and developers to develop
custom applications, accessible from the touch screen, that can automate and streamline
frequent workflows, such as scan-and-distribute.
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Security features include; Secure Print, Audit log, Image Overwrite, IP filtering, Hide Print Jobs,
Hard Drive Encryption and Secure Access option.
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Versatile media handling and flexibility, with the ability to print on stock as heavy as 80lb. cover
(220 gsm) and paper sizes up to 12"x 18 or SRA3".
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Ability to expand paper capacity to up to 7,300 sheets.
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Duty Cycle up to 300,000 pages per month.
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Advanced finishing options that include; booklet-making, stapling, hole-punching and z-fold.
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The Xerox ColorQube 9203 is Energy Star compliant and uses cartridge-free solid ink sticks
reducing the office waste to 90% for a greener environment.
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Managers will appreciate Xerox's support services, the ColorQube's ease of use and
maintenance, support and training; job tracking/accounting capabilities; and the ease of device
monitoring.
Considering the Xerox ColorQube 9203 MFP's superior overall performance in testing, excellent
ease of use, and high-quality office-color image quality, BERTL awards the Xerox ColorQube 9203
it's Five-Star Exceptional rating and highly recommends the device for mid-size to large offices that
require a fully functional color MFP.
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