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The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles
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harp AR-C240P
24ppm color
26ppm black & white
Sharp AR-C260P
26ppm color
32ppm black & white
Sharp AR-C265P
26ppm color
32ppm black & white
Sharp AR-C360P
36ppm color
40ppm black & white
Sum-up: Deluxe models for professional color work.
These models bring Sharp back into the color printing
market in a big way. These are ledger-size models, ones
that support banner paper up to 47 inches in length. They
are impressive models, loaded with solid features geared
to the most demanding professional use.
The models in this family include:
● The AR-C240P ($2,999), which has 192MB of mem-
ory (expandable to 1GB), a 20GB hard drive, and
prints at 24ppm in color and 26ppm in b
lack-and-
white
.
● The AR-C260P ($5,795), which has 128MB of mem-
or
y (expandable to 640MB), a 40GB hard drive, and
prints at 26ppm in color and 32ppm in b
lac
k-and-
white.
● The new AR-C265P (price to be determined), which
has 1GB of memory, a 20GB hard drive, and also
prints at 26ppm in color and 32ppm in black-and-
white.
● The top-of-the-line AR-C360P ($13,995), which has
256MB of memory expandable to 768MB, a 40GB
hard drive, and prints at 36ppm in color and 40ppm in
black-and-white.
The AR-C240P, AR-C260P and AR-C265P come with
a 500MHz processor, while the AR-C360P has a power-
ful 1GHz processor. Their generous hard drives indicate
these machines are ready to handle the most challenging
hea
vy-duty pr
oduction jobs
.
T
he disks also ena
b
le a
secur
e print function.
Most notable is their processor, an EFI Fiery RIP.
While EFI processors are common enough for copiers,
they are rare for dedicated printers.
EFI processors are noted for their excellent ColorWise
calibration and color-matching tools. Properly used,
these tools ensure that the color output you produce can
be adjusted to suit the kind of
pa
per you use (whether
high-gloss, recycled, or newsprint) and that you can cre-
ate accurate proofs based on industry standards for print-
ing on commer
cial presses.
The other advantage of these tools is to hold high-color
quality and to maintain it hour to hour and da
y to day.
That makes this an excellent printer for those who are
printing personalized marketing materials in color, espe-
cially brochures with photo images.
These are single-pass printers. Standard output is at
1,200dpi on all mac
hines in this family except the AR-
C260P
,
which prints at 600dpi. These printers can handle
card stock up to 110lb. They can handle paper even big-
ger than standard ledger or tabloid size, at up to 12" x
18". That means you can print pages with “full bleed,”
that is, with color running to the edges. The extra inch is
also useful f
or inser
ting crop and fold marks outside the
main printed ar
ea. That’s in addition to handling banner-
size paper.
As you might expect, these machines come with both
PCL and PostScript printing included. PDF printing is
also allo
w
ed,
b
ut only from a Windows PC. The printers
do
, however, also have a Macintosh driver.
The printers come with USB, and Ethernet connectivi-
ty built-in. The network card comes with a built-in server
for remote administration.
T
his f
amil
y of
fers a variety of options in terms of paper
suppl
y
. The AR-C240P has a 530-sheet standard paper
Sharp AR-C240P/AR-C260P/AR-C265P
Consumables costs at-a-glance
Price
Yield
Full-color cost per page
Black-and-white cost per page
Black toner $130.00 15,000 $ 0.009 $ 0.009
Cyan toner $395.00 15,000 $ 0.026 N/A
Magenta toner $395.00 15,000 $ 0.026 N/A
Yellow toner $395.00 15,000 $ 0.026 N/A
Drum/black $155.00 42,000 $ 0.004 $ 0.004
Drum/cyan $215.00 42,000 $ 0.005 N/A
Drum/magenta $215.00 42,000 $ 0.005 N/A
Drum/yellow $215.00 42,000 $ 0.005 N/A
Fuser $190.00 100,000 $ 0.002 $ 0.002
Transfer belt $250.00 100,000 $ 0.003 $ 0.003
Waste toner bottle $15.00 30,000 $ 0.001 $ 0.001
TOTAL PER-PAGE COSTS
$ 0.1116 $ 0.0173
11.16 1.73