Hybrid Color Copiers: The Next Copier Generation?

Leading color hybrid copier/printers on the market today include the Xerox DocuColor 240, Canon Color imageRUNNER C3220 and Konica Minolta Color bizhub 351. While all hybrid copier/printers offer color/monochrome copying, printing and scanning, many models also offer at least monochrome faxing.

Some may be reading this and wondering what all the buzz is about. After all, color devices have historically been able to copy/print in black as well as in color. The difference with the new hybrid class of equipment is that these units are primarily monochrome devices with full-color copying/printing added as an additional (albeit high-powered and high-cost) feature. Clearly, these units are no threat to eliminating jobs being sent to an in-plant, but rather should be viewed by CRD managers as helping to increase color utilization throughout an organization.