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supply as well as a 100-sheet bypass. You can add one
530-sheet tray for a total of 1,160 sheets. The AR-C260P
h
as a 500-sheet standard paper supply and 250-sheet
bypass, with options to add one-to-three 500-sheet trays,
or one 3,000-sheet tray for a total paper capacity of 6,750
sheets. The AR-C265P has a 300-sheet standard supply
and 100-sheet bypass with an option to add a 530-sheet
tray.
Paper capacity is a strong point of the AR-C360P,
which starts with a 230-sheet bypass tray. There’s a 300-
sheet tray as well. Automatic duplexing is also a standard
feature on the AR-C360P, and optional on the AR-
C240P, AR-C260P, and AR-C265P.
Basic output for the AR-C360P is a 500-sheet exit tray.
This unit also comes with an optional finisher with sad-
dle stitching ($3,095) and a 2/3-hole punch ($695 list).
The finisher can staple up to 50 sheets at a time and holds
up to 1,000 sheets in total. A saddle-stitching finisher
with three-position stapling, as well as a hole-punch unit,
is available for the AR-C260P. The more basic AR-
C240P and AR-C265P don
’t offer finishing options.
You can certainly buy a color printer for less. But you
will find few printers that can offer such professional
quality and flexibility.
Char
t entries — pa
ges 115–116
TALLYGENICOM
Chantilly, VA
800 436 4266
www
.tallygenicom.com
Vendor Profile
A few years ago, printer manufacturer Genicom merged
with Tally Corporation, another printer maker. The new
compan
y is called
T
all
yGenicom, and the printer sales
operations have been combined.
The company also offers electronic forms software,
which merges data with pre-designed forms to make
report generation faster and easier.
T
all
yGenicom sells a v
ariety of
mostl
y heavy-duty and
specializ
ed printer
s using se
veral different technologies,
including dot matrix, ink jet, and laser.
TallyGenicom sells direct and through dealers. It tends
to target vertical markets such as government, banking,
and engineering. It also sells internationally.
Product Profiles
TallyGenicom 8008
8ppm full color
31ppm black & white
Sum-up: Good black printing speed but otherwise basic fea-
tures.
This model is TallyGenicom’s attempt to get into the low-
cost color laser market. And it’s a pretty good machine.
Its list price is $775, so we assume that you may be able
to buy it for somewhere around $600 or $650.
The printing speed is pretty good: 8ppm in color and
31ppm in black. Until just recently that would have been
an excellent color speed for the low-cost color laser mar-
ket. Unfortunately for TallyGenicom, companies like
Lexmark, HP, and OKI Printing Solutions have come
into the market with higher color speeds. Nevertheless,
the black printing speed is quite impressive and the color
speed is not tha
t slo
w, especially for companies that need
only occasional use of color prints.
The processor r
uns at 170MHz, slower than most other
color printers on the market. Memory is limited to
64MB, not as big a deal since PostScript is not offered.
Ether
net is standard.
In terms of paper supply, the 8008 starts with 250
sheets. That can be upgraded with a 500-sheet drawer.
Duplexing is an option. The output is limited to 250
sheets.
Better Buys for Business
TallyGenicom T80O8
Consumables costs at-a-glance
Price
Yield
Full-color cost per pa
g
e
Blac
k-and-white cost per pa
g
e
Black toner $95.00 10,000 $ 0.010 $ 0.010
Cy
an toner
$165.00 6,600 $ 0.025 N/A
Ma
genta toner
$165.00 6,600 $ 0.025 N/A
Yellow toner $165.00 6,600 $ 0.025 N/A
Drum/4-color $240.00 60,000 $ 0.004 $ 0.004
Waste toner bottle $4.20 12,000 $ 0.000 $ 0.000
T
O
T
AL PER-P
A
GE COSTS
$ 0.0889 $ 0.0139
8.89 1.39
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