Xerox Color Qube solid ink to lower color page cost
Labels: color, printers 2 commentsAn article in yesterday's New York Times previewed a new solid ink printing system from Xerox called Color Qube. Reportedly, this system "can pull the average cost of color documents down to about 3 cents a page." I suppose this is good news for organizations who spend 6-8 cents per page for color now, but color at 'about 3 cents per page' is nothing new to RISO high-speed inkjet customers. This new product announcement will probably create a lot of buzz in the market and we will probably soon be hearing about other new 'low-cost' color offerings from Ricoh, Canon, Konica-Minolta and others. But don't forget that RISO has been leading the high-speed low-cost color battle for the past four years with its 120-ppm HC Series piezo inkjet printers. Depending on ink coverage, many of our customers are currently averaging 1.5 to 2 cents per full color page. But you probably won't read that in the Times.
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May 8, 2009 11:31 PM
You're absolutely right. However, if you pay attention...if you print with color, depending on the area coverage it could be charged the same as a black and white impression (less than a penny in cost). That still saves money. Get the facts straight before you sling mud. Dont forget about the environmental benefits of using this product as well.
Read the facts. The future of printing is here: http://www.office.xerox.com/color-printing-cost/enus.html
May 14, 2009 3:45 PM
Vincent,
Thanks for your comment. I don't see any mud being slung here. In fact, I think we are saying the same thing: Light coverage color docs can be printed for lower cost, whether on the Qube or on the RISO inkjet printer. I didn't say that the Qube does not print low-cost color. I just said that RISO has been doing this for years.