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

Color Hybrids Defined

Let’s define what we mean by a hybrid copier/printer. (No, it’s not like a hybrid vehicle that uses less energy.) A hybrid copier/printer is one that can copy and print in monochrome as well as in color at a minimal price premium over the cost of the monochrome-only digital copier/printer. That price premium has turned out to be only about 20 percent.