Xerox 7760DN Evaluator Guide - Page 9

Section 2: Evaluating Color Laser Printers Evaluating Productivity A color printer's overall productivity represents the sum of many of its specific capabilities. Print speed is an obvious specification to compare, but many other factors play an important role in determining whether a printer can support a busy workgroup, deliver the performance you expect and meet the demands of your users. This criteria set will help you evaluate all aspects of a printer's productivity, and show how the Phaser 7760 printer can help you increase the productivity of your employees. Consider print speed Since color printing, rather than black-and-white printing, is the primary use for this class of color printer, it makes sense to pay close attention to the color print speed. For larger print jobs and longer print runs, the rated engine speed of the printer will play a large role in how quickly the job is finished. Calculate print job throughput Print job throughput is the time it takes from clicking the print button on your computer screen to the final delivery of the document to the output tray - sometimes called "click-toclunk." Rated print speed is only a part of the time it takes to print a job - image-processing speed can be even more important to maximizing throughput. Test against jobs typical of your work environment - do you regularly print large, image and color intensive images that place an emphasis on RIP speed? Or, does your business regularly print runs of 25, 50, or hundreds of color documents or presentations? Measure overall performance To accurately measure overall printer performance in a real workgroup environment, send a mix of black-and-white and color documents of different length and complexity to the printer over a standard Ethernet network. This combines the network transmission time, first-pageout time, and multi-copy engine speed to paint a clear picture of the actual overall performance of the printer. Consider multiple users A color printer must be able to handle a wide variety of documents quickly and reliably. A color printer must keep up with the performance demands of a shared network environment, and be able to process jobs quickly and efficiently to keep from becoming a productivity bottleneck. Consider media flexibility Think about the various document types your business could generate in-house, and ensure the printer you are considering can support the type of paper or other media you would like to use to produce that document. Things to keep in mind as you evaluate this area are media size, media weight, whether you'd prefer to use custom-sized media, and how the printer is able to communicate the media it has loaded to users via the print driver. How the Phaser 7760 exceeds the productivity requirement: The Phaser 7760 printer is the latest in a line of highly-performing graphic-arts oriented printers from Xerox. Graphic artists and general office users will be pleased with its print speed and ability to process jobs quickly and efficiently and support a busy, networked environment. Print Speed The Phaser 7760 printer, at up to 35 ppm in color and 45 ppm in black-and-white, is one of the fastest color printers designed for use by color professionals and graphics-intensive offices - up to 46% faster than the HP® LaserJet® 9500 printer in color and 88% faster in blackand-white. Print job throughput With many years of experience, Xerox has developed one of the most efficient RIPs (Raster Image Processor) in the industry. Combine that with an 800 MHz image processor and the result is an impressive first-page-out time of as few as 9 seconds for color. The resulting productivity means your prints can be finished while competitors are still processing the image. Xerox Phaser 7760 Evaluator Guide 9