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1,000, and 1,500 sheets. The FS-C8026N-B has a 150-
sheet bypass tray and three 500-sheet paper trays. Despite
the f
act tha
t these machines ha
ve quite different paper
handling, they still have the same list price.
In addition, both machines have a variety of optional
output devices. There’s a five-bin mailbox unit with room
for 150 sheets in each bin. There’s a 3,000-sheet finisher
with m
ultiposition stapling of up to 50 sheets
. This print-
er family also features a saddle- stitched unit for making
booklets. You can supplement that with a punch unit,
which can support 2/3-hole punching. There’s also a
folder available for the booklet maker.
Costs per page are extremely low, especially for color.
Our reckoning gives us a price of 5.2¢ for color, around
1.0¢ f
or black. These are outstanding, making these print-
ers very competitive in the market.
On the other hand, these are among the most expensive
color laser printers in this guide. That’s partly because
Kyocera bundles so much in terms of paper handling
with them.
If
y
ou subtract the value of these options, you
get prices closer to those of other high-end color lasers.
The FS-C8026N models are somewhat slower than
some of their top competitors, including the Ricoh
CL7200 and CL7300 models and the OKI Printing
Solutions C9600/C9800 printers.
If
you’re certain you’ll run lots of pages and wince at
the thought of paying 8¢ or more per page, these models
ar
e an e
x
cellent b
uy
.
On the other hand,
if
you are spend-
ing this much money, you might want to look at some of
the fine multifunctional copiers documented in our
Color
Copier Guide
, machines that have similar features and add
copying and scanning to the printing capability.
Chart entries — page 91
LANIER
Atlanta, GA
800 708 7088
www.lanier.com
Vendor Profile
Lanier, a major office equipment distributor, was
acquired by Ricoh in early 2001. Ricoh had already
acquired Savin and Gestetner, and Lanier was an obvious
tar
get since it rela
beled a n
umber of different Ricoh
machines under the Lanier name. So far, the company
operates independently from the other Ricoh divisions,
but that ma
y change.
Lanier mostly sells direct and concentrates on larger
buyers through its direct-sales force; however, it also has
some dealer
s. Lanier is a service-intensi
ve supplier. Its
prices include delivery, installation, training, and initial
supplies.
Note tha
t Lanier announced the names of its three
printers based on the Ricoh GelSprinter series. These
ar
e the GX3000,
the GX3050N
, and the GX5050N
.
These correspond to the similarly named Ricoh products
on page 39.
Product Profiles
Lanier LP031c
8ppm full color
31ppm black & white
Same Machine as the Ricoh Aficio CL1000N
Chart entry — page 91
Lanier LP222cn
22ppm full color
22ppm black & white
Same Machine as the Ricoh Aficio CL3500N
Chart entry — page 92
Lanier LP226cn
26ppm full color
26ppm black & white
Same Machine as the Ricoh Aficio SP C410DN
Chart entry — page 92
Better Buys for Business
Kyocera FS-C8026N
Consumables costs at-a-glance
Price
Yield
Full-color cost per page
Black-and-white cost per page
Black toner $99.00 25,000 $ 0.004 $ 0.004
Cyan toner $90.00 10,000 $ 0.009 N/A
Magenta 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
Developer/black $288.00 300,000 $ 0.001 $ 0.001
Developer/3-color $1,020.00 300,000 $ 0.010 N/A
Charger unit $20.00 100,000 $ 0.000 $ 0.000
Oil kit $49.00 25,000 $ 0.002 $ 0.002
TOTAL PER-PAGE COSTS
$ 0.0516 $ 0.0089
5.16 0.89