A Versatile Future

You can't afford a machine like that, you say? Well, prices are dropping. Even small in-plants can afford quality multi-task machines. Plus, these machines quickly pay for themselves, says Ron Potesky, Ricoh's director of color products—especially if you're outsourcing more than 500 copies a month.

"The in-plant is saving at least a 40 percent margin over what they would pay to outsource," he says. "Buying a color copier, connected, will pay for itself in no time."