Competitive Face-off Xerox® Colorqube® 8900 Vs. Ricoh® Mp C300

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Competitive Face-off Xerox ColorQube 8900 vs. Ricoh MP C300 ® ® For internal use only. ® The ColorQube 8900 advantages: • • • • • • Superior productivity Intuitive print drivers Legendary Solid Ink ease-of-use Outstanding print quality Colour By Words for brilliant colour control Low environmental impact True desktop multifunction productivity Achieving productivity in the office is more than simply quoting page per minute and first-copy-out specifications from a brochure. Giving users intuitive and powerful tools to manage their document needs allows their focus to remain on accomplishing their tasks, not worrying about the MFP. The ColorQube 8900 does just that. The ColorQube 8900 is the first Solid Ink device completely engineered for true Smaller scan files mean greater office productivity desktop multifunction performance. Although The ColorQube 8900 incorporates advanced compression technology the Ricoh MP C300 offers many of the that reduces scan file sizes without affecting image quality. This filesize advantage allows users to create and distribute high-resolution same features, the ColorQube 8900 delivers scanned images that contain both text and graphical elements without excellent productivity, incredible Solid Ink consuming excessive network bandwidth. By contrast, the Ricoh device ease-of-use, exceptional colour printing and doesn’t adequately compress a scanned image, resulting in greater strain on network bandwidth. a wealth of other advantages. Scan files* 1 page colour 1 page colour 1 page colour 2 pages mono 2 pages colour 11 pages mono 11 pages duplex Xerox® ColorQube 8900 194 KB 161 KB 112 KB 159 KB 283 KB 271 KB 276 KB Ricoh MP C300 652 KB 511 KB 563 KB 732 KB 929 KB 1.56 MB 1.59 MB * All files scanned @ 300dpi, non-searchable PDF (image), auto selection for colour/monochrome, normal quality, no suppression, default settings for contrast, and compression. Xerox ColorQube 8900 vs. Ricoh MP C300 ® ® ® Robust job queue and Print Around Job queue The ColorQube 8900 was designed to be shared by work groups and as such, provides a robust job queue with full visibility of active and completed jobs, including job owner, job name and job status. It also allows users to cancel, hold, promote and delete jobs at will; eliminating frequent trips back and forth to the device by users who are waiting for their jobs to print. The Ricoh MP C300 has a job queue, but users don’t have visibility of all jobs on the same screen. In order to view submitted print jobs, users must select “Job List” and then “Printer” to view pending print jobs – the first screen displayed only shows copy & document server jobs. When the Ricoh MP C300 encounters a job in need of resources, all printing stops until either the necessary resource is loaded or the job is deleted. Print Around The Xerox® Print Around feature is a huge productivity booster that allows queued jobs to print, even if one is held up in need of resources. For example, if a user sends a print job requesting A5-size media and there is none in the paper tray, the ColorQube 8900 will hold that job and continue printing other jobs in the queue. When A5-size media is later inserted, the held job will be printed. ColorQube 8900 job queue Note: With the ColorQube 8900, jobs can be promoted, held or deleted. MP C300 job queue screens Note: Ricoh job queue screen only shows up to 4 jobs per function and does not have Print Around. Xerox ColorQube 8900 vs. Ricoh MP C300 ® ® ® More intuitive colour touchscreen More efficient copying The ColorQube 8900 features a bright colour touch screen that is easier to use and requires less navigation to accomplish copy, scan and fax tasks than with the Ricoh device. These ease-of-use advantages are carried throughout all ColorQube 8900 functions, which can lead to huge productivity gains for the office. From the first interaction with the colour touch screen, Xerox users will recognise how many more tasks can be accomplished without diving into multiple submenus. With the ColorQube 8900, 90% of all routine copy adjustments can be made directly from the Copy screen. The MP C300 also allows many typical copy adjustments to be made from the copy screen, but the layout leaves much to be desired. The screen appears very cluttered with small text and features crammed close to each other. ColorQube 8900 Copy screen ColorQube 8900 Home screen Xerox displays clear, intuitive icons for accessing the most commonly used features from the home screen. MP C300 Copy screen Ricoh MP C300 Home screen Ricoh presents users with a colour touch screen interface combined with hard buttons; forcing users to select the function and then navigate through a complex set of options without helpful icons. Xerox ColorQube 8900 vs. Ricoh MP C300 ® ® ® More efficient scanning In addition to having an intuitive touchscreen that automates scanning, the ColorQube 8900 supports scan templates that enable users to scan images to predefined locations. Setup requires little time and effort using CentreWare® Internet Services. The Ricoh device does not support scan templates. ColorQube 8900 scan templates for predefined workflows. The Ricoh MP C300 scanning experience is similar to other functions in that users are required to enter submenus to perform routine adjustments to their job. For example, when Ricoh users need to make adjustments to their Scan to Email such as 2-sided, colour mode or original type, they must go a level deeper – this is all accomplished on the same screen with the ColorQube 8900. ColorQube 8900 Scan to Email screen Accessing features on the Ricoh MP C300 is challenging because features are not available on the main screen. Xerox ColorQube 8900 vs. Ricoh MP C300 ® ® ® More efficient printing and faxing Superior watermark capability Integrated print and fax driver The ColorQube 8900 print driver includes powerful watermark editing capability, including the use of images. This is a benefit for companies interested in putting their logo on printed output, as well as adding a professional edge to any collateral. The Ricoh MP C300 only allows text watermarks, limiting the use and functionality of this feature. The ColorQube 8900 employs a single driver for printing and faxing, with the most commonly used features located on the home window. This allows users to easily control their document output and view printer status. And, because LAN faxing is available with the same familiar driver, users don’t need to learn another interface. In addition, the print driver gives users instant status of supplies as well as links to more information and support. Users know before submitting their job if there’s an empty paper tray or if they need to add ink. ColorQube 8900 driver with embedded LAN fax. Xerox® Watermark Editor By contrast, the Ricoh device requires two separate drivers – one for printing and another for LAN faxing. This means users will have to go through two separate driver installations and become familiar with two drivers. And although Ricoh’s driver offers “One Click Presets”, scrolling through all the options under “Detailed Settings” is time consuming and can lead to user frustration. In addition, Ricoh does not give users visibility of device status in the print driver, so a user doesn’t know if any supplies are needed before submitting their job. Ricoh Watermark Details Ricoh driver Ricoh LAN fax driver Xerox ColorQube 8900 vs. Ricoh MP C300 ® ® ® Legendary Solid Ink ease-of-use – colour printing has never been so easy Printing colour with Solid Ink is incredibly easy; four ink sticks to load in the machine and you’re done. No messy toner to worry about, no imaging drums, developers, or fusers. This also means there is less to store in your supply cabinet, and you can add ink on the fly. Incredible ease-of-use contributes to your office staying productive; and because there’s no need to store big toner cartridges, imagine drums, or fusers, the footprint needed for storage is substantially smaller. Easy ink loading for the ColorQube 8900 Outstanding print quality The ColorQube 8900 produces brilliant, reliable colour prints day in and day out; perfect for both in-house marketing communications and customer proposals. The following enlargements clearly show that the ColorQube 8900 produces superior image detail, accurate tones and edge definition. Original 1 2 Ricoh toner loading 1 Toner cartridges are removed by pulling the respective colour out of the device and are relatively easy to remove and reinstall. However, if an imaging drum needs to be replaced, it requires a service technician and service call. 2 A service technician must be called to replace the imaging drums located behind this unit and door. ColorQube 8900 • Excellent detail • Accurate colours MP C300 Notice how the ColorQube 8900 reproduces a photograph with lifelike quality and accurate tones. Output from the C300 is over saturated and causes the skin tones to appear splotchy; especially in the area around the gentleman’s neck. 0-40 Xerox ColorQube 8900 10-90 0-80 20-80 40-100 vs. Ricoh MP C300 ® ® 20-100 0-100 30-70 ® 60-100 Colour By Words MP C300 20-80 40-100 ColorQube 8900 • Better edge definition • No image drop out 0-60 Our Xerox-exclusive “Colour By Words,” a powerful-yet-intuitive colour technology, takes the guesswork out of optimizing your colour print jobs. With Colour By Words there is no need to manipulate source files. Users simply select the desired colour modifications from a drop-down list – such as “pale green colours a lot more green” or “red colours a lot more saturated” – and the image is automatically adjusted. Notice how crisp the text appear in output from the ColorQube 8900, whereas edge definition from the C300 is mottled and the text is not as well defined. 0-80 10-90 20-100 0-100 Original ColorQube 8900 • Excellent graphic reproduction • Accurate colours MP C300 Output from the ColorQube 8900 does a much better job giving the user what they see on the monitor. Output from the C300 doesn’t match the original, with the purple shades being much bluer than what they should be. Original image Image enhanced with Colour By Words Xerox ColorQube 8900 vs. Ricoh MP C300 ® ® ® Ricoh users are given a very limited set of tools to control colour, with separate settings for text, graphic, and photo objects. The Ricoh driver does not offer anything like Colour By Words, so end users would have to know how to either create a custom profile, or manipulate the options for each object and understand the impact of each of the settings. Ricoh users must understand the differences in graphical objects (ie: Graphic vs. Photo) as well as what selecting Presentation, Photographic, CLP Simulation1, CLP Simulation2 does to the printed output – not as intuitive as Colour By Words. ©2012 Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved. XEROX® and XEROX and Design® and ColorQube® are trademarks of Xerox Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. 4/12 890CC-03EA Low impact – colour printing without the waste Colour printing with a Solid Ink machine has a decided advantage when it comes to the waste produced, as well as the supplies needed to be stored. There are no toner cartridges, no fusers or imaging units and less packaging, up to 90% less waste generated compared to comparable colour laser printers.