Axis Communications Imagistics 2500 MFP - Manual (Page 2)

BUYERS LABORATORY TEST REPORT Imagistics 2500 MFP Multifunctional
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General Appraisal continued
can also be programmed remotely from a PC
when configured with the standard parallel or
USB interface and using the bundled remote
utility (this utility was not tested by BLI since
the tested unit was configured with a network
connection). Ease of use as a printer was also
good. Further contributing to the unit’s good
ease of use are its procedures for loading
paper, removing misfeeds and replacing the
toner cartridge and drum unit. Moreover, un-
like most units tested, the Imagistics Model
2500 MFP received BLI’s highest rating in both
copy and print mode for all types of output evalu-
ated (text, line art, solids and halftones). Test-
ing also revealed that the unit’s multitasking
capabilities are typical of other units in this
range tested to date by BLI, with the user able
to program a copy job while a print job is in
progress, but not while another copy job is
in progress.
As a fax machine, the Imagistics Model 2500
MFP offers a 33.6-Kbps modem, JBIG com-
pression, an 8-MB standard memory that can
be upgraded to 40 MB, the highest maximum
memory capacity for current mid-volume units,
a 30-sheet automatic document feeder, a 250-
sheet paper capacity that can be increased to
500 sheets, as well as a single-sheet bypass
tray, and multi-access. Other fax features of
this unit, which has a 3.56-second-per-page BLI-
tested scan speed, include batch transmission,
50 timers for delayed operations, 132 autodial
destinations, 168-hour battery backup (the
longest battery backup time available for cur-
rent units), broadcasting to 182 destinations,
distinctive-ring detection, error-correction
mode, an automatic cover sheet feature and
remote diagnostics. Furthermore, the
Imagistics Model 2500 MFP dials the destina-
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tion and begins transmitting while pages are
scanned to memory.
As a convenience copier, the unit can output
up to 99 copies in a single run at 600-dpi reso-
lution and provides an auto reduction mode and
pre-set (50%, 78%, 94%, 100%, 104%, 150%
and 200%) and zoom (50% to 200% in 1% in-
crements) reduction/enlargement modes. Other
copying features include the ability to sort mul-
tiple copies and to copy two or four pages onto
one page as well as a fax and copy feature that
allows users to make a copy of their fax docu-
ment at the same time they send the fax. Fur-
thermore, the unit’s first-copy time, at 12.78
seconds, is faster than the large majority of fax-
centric multifunctional units tested to date.
Connectivity
The Imagistics Model 2500 MFP was tested
as a network printer using the optional exter-
nal AXIS print server network interface, which
was easy to install. The bundled PCL 5e (emu-
lation) print driver for Windows 95, 98, 2000,
NT 4.0 and Me was also easy to use and in-
cludes such noteworthy features as toner-save
mode, brightness/contrast, manual duplexing
with margins (Windows 98 only), the ability to
print the date and time, and N-up printing with
or without borders. Also noteworthy is that the
driver allows users to click on a graphical
image to select the paper source. The
Imagistics 2500 MFP, which output at its rated
speed of 15 ppm, prints at 600-dpi resolution.
The Imagistics 2500 MFP also offers LAN
faxing as well as PC scanning to a PC directly
connected via the unit’s standard parallel or
USB interface (PC scanning was not tested by
BLI as the unit was tested in a network envi-
ronment).