Here are seven key trends that in-plant managers should evaluate as they add new black-and-white equipment or replace existing devices.

By Barbara A. Pellow

Ricoh’s DDP 184 with tandem 92 print-per-minute print engines has competitive pricing for spot color and MICR. With six spot colors, user changeable consumables, a 184-ppm speed and monthly duty cycle of 1.6 million pages, it has proven itself a reliable workhorse.

7) UNIVERSAL COPIER/PRINTERS

In 2006, the market saw vendors begin to focus on making universal production an economic reality through service/supplies incentives and/or new product designs. A significant amount of monochrome volume is already being run on iGen3s because Xerox is making it economically feasible to do so. HP’s recent announcement of improved monochrome speed and running cost for the Indigo 5000 makes it the first true universal production device.

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Barbara Pellow is the owner and founder of Pellow and Partners. With her long history focusing on digital communications and print technology, she works with both print service providers and equipment and software manufacturers on the development of strategies to improve revenue and profitability and grow market share.

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