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The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles
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yocera believe that color printers should come with the
same kinds of options as you would expect from mono-
c
hrome departmental printers or, for that matter, color
copiers. The FS-C8008 printers have some of the most
extensive paper-handling capacities in the color laser
printer market.
Cost of consumables: This is an area where the
Kyocera models really shine. Black-and-white pages cost
around 0.8¢ per page, a remarkably low figure, even for a
dedicated black-and-white machine. For many other
color printers, the per-page cost for black-and-white out-
put is around 2¢. This truly makes the FS-C8008-series
printers candidates for everyday departmental printing.
But the FS-C8008’s color per-page cost is even more
exciting. At around 4.5¢ a page, it’s far lower than most
competitors’. Color printing doesn’t get more affordable
than this, and it makes the FS-C8008 series very attrac-
tive. The payback over the life of a heavily used printer
can be considerable.
Kyocera explains that one of the main reasons behind
its low consumables costs is the company’s long-life
amorphous silicon drum technology, which makes the
intervals between drum replacements exceptionally long.
In addition,
Kyocer
a’s toner costs are very reasonable.
We think this is a strong printer series. It does have a
higher sticker price than some of the competition (calcu-
lating from its list price).
It also has a relatively slow color
printing speed.
On the other hand, it offers excellent out-
put options. But the main feature is that it’s economical
to run.
I
t should be said, however, that price levels in the
ledger-size category of the color printer market continue
to erode, and the speed of color printing is increasing.
Therefore, Kyocera is facing ever-stiffer price competi-
tion. The cost-per-page advantage that makes it less
expensive in the long run might be obscured by its high-
er sticker price. In other words, this printer series can still
hold its own against such rivals as the Ricoh Aficio
CL7200 and the Lexmark C920, but you have to look at
total cost of ownership.
If you believe that price per page is the most critical
issue, more than color printing speed, and anticipate run-
ning high volumes, the Kyocera FS-C8008 family is an
excellent choice.
Chart entries — page 90
Kyocera FS-C8026N-A
Kyocera FS-C8026N-B
26ppm full color
26ppm black & white
Sum-up: Lots of
paper capacity and e
xcellent finishing mark
these deluxe models
.
This Kyocera model, the FS-C8026N, comes in two dif-
ferent configurations, denoted by the suffixes A and B.
The difference between the tw
o is in terms of paper han-
dling only. Even the prices are the same, at $9,498 list.
That’s a major league price, but these machines come
with a fuller configur
ation out of the bo
x than other
printers in this sector.
These ledger-size printers handle letter-size pages at a
r
ate of 26ppm, both in black-and-white and color. The
estimated monthly duty cycle is 100,000 pages. A
600MHz processor is supported by 512MB of memory
(also the maximum memory). There’s also a 20GB hard
disk standard.
PostScript and PCL are standard. Connectivity is
thr
ough a standar
d Ethernet interface. Unusually, there is
no USB por
t, but that’s probably no big deal as this
mac
hine is really intended for a workgroup. Wireless
Ethernet is also an option.
As noted above, paper capacity is where these machines
v
ar
y
.
The FS-C8026N-A comes with a 150-sheet bypass
and pa
per input units of 500, 1,000, and 1,500 sheets
each. That makes for a total input capacity out of the box
of 3,150 sheets. The FS-C8026N-B comes with the same
150-sheet bypass and three 500-sheet paper trays only, for
a total of 1,650 sheets of input. Both models support
automa
tic duple
xing as a standard feature.
On the output side, the differences are similar. Standard
output f
or the FS-C8026N-A comes in units of
150,
500,
Kyocera FS-C8008
Consumables costs at-a-glance
Price
Yield
Full-color cost per page
Black-and-white cost per page
Blac
k toner
$99.00 25,000 $ 0.004 $ 0.004
Cyan toner $90.00 10,000 $ 0.009 N/A
Ma
g
enta toner
$90.00 10,000 $ 0.009 N/A
Yellow toner $90.00 10,000 $ 0.009 N/A
Drum/black $1,093.00 600,000 N/A $ 0.002
Drum/4-color $1,093.00 150,000 $ 0.007 N/A
De
veloper/b
lack
$674.00 300,000 $ 0.002 $ 0.002
Developer/3-color $476.00 300,000 $ 0.005 N/A
TOTAL PER-PAGE COSTS
$ 0.0453 $ 0.0080
4.53 0.80