Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511Color at Work tmProduct DynamicsBERTL Ratings & Awards on Copiers, Printers, Fax, MFPs andColor Devices are based on rigorous analysis and feedbackfrom buyers, users and service providers.Color capable black copier-printer MFP’shave been around for several years butToshiba’s e-STUDIO 4511 is the fastest andmost integrated unit to hit the market at thetime of this report.While alternative offerings deliver reasonablefunctionality, the Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511 isthe first to convert a fully loadedmonochrome MFP into a color capablesystem. For example, the device offers:• Monochrome style warm up speed(s).• Mid range office speed (45ppm).• Monochrome MFP friendly cost(s).• Saddle stitch finishing.• In-line hole punching.• Monochrome MFP volume capabilities.• Standard print and scan.• Automatic booklet making.• Section 508/Disabled access features.• Store print and copy jobs for re-print ondemand.• And more….The Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511 will be soldalongside Toshiba’s monochrome-only45ppm digital MFP, offering buyers theadded capability of color for a fraction oftraditional color costs.The good news is that the Toshibae-STUDIO 4511 does not force buyers tosacrifice monthly volume capability orfunctionality to gain color capability.The Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511 is sold as amultifunctional unit, delivering copy, print andnetwork scanning capabilities within its entrylevelprice. This means that to compareprices you must add these options tocompeting units or monochrome devices.Four Color PassOutput:The Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511prints via a fourpasssystem. Thismeans that thetransfer belt makesfour passes overthe imaging drumsto create a full-colorpage.Hence, the speed of the Toshiba e-STUDIO4511 is faster in monochrome than color. Inmonochrome, the transfer belt is passedonce over the drum to deposit the blackimage, versus having to make fourrevolutions to create color output.150,000 Page Per Month MaximumVolume?Good news for office buyers, the Toshibae-STUDIO 4511 delivers the same maximummonthly volume as itsmonochrome counterpart.As a mainly monochromedevice, the Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511 comes witha much higher black thancolor toner capacity (infact it is nearly threetimes higher). The blacktoner bottle sits on theright side of the unit, whilethe three color tonerbottles are in a rotatingcarousel which lets youreplace toner bottles, oneat a time. (See imagePage 2.)Diagram showing how theToshiba e-Studio 4511creates a four color imageBERTL analyst withToshiba e-STUDIO 4511Page Number 1www.BERTL.comtel. 732-761-2311fax. 732-761-2312info@BERTL.comCopyright © 2004 BERTL Inc. 19-Feb-04All Rights Reserved. The license under which this document is made available and applicable law prohibit anyreproduction or further transmission of any portion of this document. This document may only be viewed electronicallythrough the BERTL.com website and may not be stored in electronic or hard copy format. Any reproductionof trademarks is strictly prohibited. BERTL accepts no responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissionscontained in this document.
Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511Color at Work tmProduct DynamicsThe photoconductor drum is advertised at200,000 developments, and the transfer roller(which takes the image from the drum to thepaper) is rated at 300,000 developments.Remember that a full-color page requires fourdevelopments. To put this into perspective, ifyour split is 75% black to 25% color, themaximum page volume before the drumwould need replacing is 100,000 pages(75,000 monochrome developments plus25,000 x 3 color developments totaling150,000 developments).As the split between monochrome and colordecreases, so will the maximum volumecapacity of the consumable items. The oneexception is the fuser unit, which is rated at150,000 black or color pages.Paper Handling:alternatives which deliver a‘copy only’ device (albeit withdocument feeder included)and require you to buyprinting, network and scanningseparately. Our reason issimple; in 20 years, there hasnever been a large demand forcolor copying. The reality is that most peoplewill find color printing and scanning moreuseful than color copying. [It is illegal to colorcopy third party material; so you have toproduce your own documents, and that needsa scanner and color printer].Document Feeder:A 100-sheet reversing document feeder is anoptional extra. This is twice the capacityoffered by the device’s closest competitor.Black tonerbottleCyan toner bottle beingremoved from carouselThe Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511 includes two550-sheet universal paper drawers which canhandle paper sizes up to ledger/A3 andweights up to 28lb./105gsm. A 100-sheetbypass unit is also provided, allowing thickerpaper stocks up to 110lb./209gsm to be used.Paper input can be upgraded via one or twoadditional 550-sheet universal paper drawers,or a 2,500 sheet letter/A4 capable largecapacity unit.We liked the fact that duplex printing isincluded as standard. The duplex unit is rightside-mounted. We found that accessibility topaper jam areas around the duplex unit wasdifficult with some access areas hidden. Theside mounting also means that the unit cannot be placed flush to a wall, in case theduplex unit needs to be opened. There is nofeed roller provided within the fuser unit forthe removal of paper, users must get theirhands close to the hot fuser rollers.Toshiba have opted to deliver color networkprinting with full copy, print and scancapability in the base unit, but you must buy adocument feeder if you want one. We feltToshiba’s approach is better than someOutput/Finishing Options:Toshiba offers a choice of two finishers for thee-STUDIO 4511;1. Floor-standing multi-position 50-sheetstapler with two bins stacking up to 2,000sheets. An optional hole-punch kit can beadded*.2. Floor-standing saddle-stitch finisher,offering 50-sheet multi-position stapling,saddle-stitch bookletmaking up to 15pages (60 page booklet). A hole punchunit can be added at additional cost*.*Toshiba offers a choice of hole punchkits allowing 2 or 3 hole punching.The finishing capabilities for the Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511 are significantly better thanthose offered by its major competition.Toshiba delivers with higher output stackingcapacity, hole punching and, mostimportantly, saddle-stitch bookletmakingbeing key advantages.Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511 with dual550-sheet paper drawers, 2,500 sheetLCT and saddle-stitch finisherPage Number 2www.BERTL.comtel. 732-761-2311fax. 732-761-2312info@BERTL.comCopyright © 2004 BERTL Inc. 19-Feb-04All Rights Reserved. The license under which this document is made available and applicable law prohibit anyreproduction or further transmission of any portion of this document. This document may only be viewed electronicallythrough the BERTL.com website and may not be stored in electronic or hard copy format. Any reproductionof trademarks is strictly prohibited. BERTL accepts no responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissionscontained in this document.
Page 1: Color at WorkTMToshiba e-STUDIO 451
Page 5 and 6: Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511Color at Work

Toshiba e-STUDIO 4511

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?