Lexmark C 720 - Manual (Page 7)

March 2001 Page 7
Color Business Report
C9000 series printers will be available in April 2001.
Four different configurations will be offered, ranging in
list price from $5,999 for the C9200 base model to $9,599
for the top-of-the-line C9400dxn.F
On March 20, 2001, Xerox Corporation’s Office
Printing Business Unit (Wilsonville, OR) introduced the
Phaser 2135, a color LED printer capable of printing
on 12" by 18" paper. Designed for office and graphic arts
users, the Phaser 2135 is Xerox’s version of the Oki Data
C9000 single-pass color printer. Like the Oki, the Phaser
2135 prints 21 ppm in color and 26 ppm in monochrome,
and print resolution is 600- by 1200-dpi. Designed to
support high-volume printing, the printer has a rated
duty cycle of 83,000 pages per month. Xerox has given
the Phaser 2135 a fair amount of processing muscle—
its 500-MHz Pentium processor and 128 MB of RAM
give it a first-page-out time of 17 seconds in color and
13 seconds in monochrome. Network connectivity via
10/100Base-T Ethernet is standard, even on the Phaser
2135N base model.
Standard paper inputs on the Phaser 2135 include
a 550-sheet paper tray and a 100-sheet manual feed.
The Phaser 2135N is available for a retail price of
$5,999. The Phaser 2135DT, which includes a second
550-sheet paper tray, 192 MB of RAM, a 5 GB internal
hard disk, and an automatic duplexing unit, is available
for $7,299. The Phaser 2135DX includes all the features
of the DT model, but also includes a 1,650-sheet paper
tray and 256 MB of RAM. It is available for $8,399.
Standard-capacity color toner cartridges for the Phaser
2135, with an estimated yield of 7,500 pages, are
available for $189. Standard capacity black cartridges,
which also yield 7,500 pages, are available for $69.F
On February 28, 2001, Xerox Corporation
(Stamford, CT) introduced the DocuColor 12 Laser
Printer, a printer-only version of its DocuColor 12 copier/
printer, first introduced in August 1999 (see Color
Business Report, September 1999). Like the DocuColor
12, the DocuColor 12 Laser Printer can print 12.5 ppm
in color and 50 ppm in monochrome, and can
accommodate paper sizes up to 12.6" by 18". However,
the printer-only version of the DocuColor 12 carries a
significantly lower list price of $18,995, compared to
the copier/printer’s $31,495 price tag. This lower cost
may give it a broader appeal, especially in graphics
shops that don’t need copy functionality. “We found that
with the DocuColor 12, a lot of our graphic arts
customers didn’t really need the copy function,” said
Jon Renault, Product Manager at Xerox. “Their
workflows were digital, for the most part, so we
developed the DocuColor 12 LP.”
Given that the DocuColor 12 Laser Printer is not a
copier, one would expect it to be sold through distribution
by Xerox’s Office Printing Business Unit; however, the
unit will be sold through Xerox’s direct sales force
instead. “We want to leverage the training we have
invested in our salespeople,” said John Renault. “Also,
the distribution channel for the OPB is attracted to a
certain price point, in the $10,000 range. Although they
do carry some graphics products, their focus is
networked office printers. In our sales force, we have
color specialists with specialized knowledge that will
give them an edge when selling to the higher-end
graphics market.”
Initially, the DocuColor 12 Laser Printer will driven
by EFI external controllers: the Fiery X12, available
for a list price of $8,995, or the Fiery XP12, available
for $19,500. Future controller options will include the
Imation Matchprint Professional Server, and Splash G-
series controllers. The DocuColor 12 Laser Printer will
be available in April 2001.F
On March 20, 2001, Xerox Corporation’s Office
Printing Business Unit (Wilsonville, OR) introduced the
DocuColor 2006, a version of the Phaser 790 with
copying functionality. Like the Phaser 790, the
DocuColor 2006 can print 6 ppm in color and 26 ppm in
monochrome, and can accommodate paper as large as
13" by 18". The DocuColor 2006, which gets its copy
functionality from a Fuji Xerox 600-dpi flatbed scanner,
is driven by an embedded EFI x2e controller with a 266-
MHz processor and ships with 64 MB of RAM
(expandable to 512 MB). The DocuColor 2006 also
Oki Data C9000: Supplies and Accessories
Supplies List Price
Black Toner (15,000 pages) $119
Color Toner (cyan, magenta, or yellow)
(15,000 pages)
$275 each
Imaging Drum, Black (39,000 pages) $150
Imaging Drum (cyan, magenta, or yellow)
(39,000 pages)
$199 each
Fuser (60,000 pages) $150
Transfer Belt (50,000 pages) $225
Accessories List Price
Auto-Duplex Unit $425
Internal Hard Disk (5 GB) $595
Second and Third 550-sheet
Paper Tray Mechanism
$495
High-capacity Feeder (1,650 sheets) $1,299
Internal Ethernet Print Server Card $699
64 MB Memory Expansion DIMM $545
128 MB Memory Expansion DIMM $990
256 MB Memory Expansion DIMM $1,664
Source: Oki Data Americas, Inc.
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