A hybrid device gives you color capabilities for only slightly more than the cost of a monochrome machine. The benefits are clear...but what about the risks?

By Jeffrey A. Smith

Risk #3: Speed sacrifice. Business consumers are sometimes surprised to discover that the 40-ppm copier they just traded in for a color hybrid copier/printer slows down significantly when producing color. Many of the hybrid copier/printers introduced into the marketplace so far produce full-color copies and prints some 20-30 percent slower than monochrome output.