Productivity, Speed Still Dominate

Some of the benefits digital has over analog, he says, are: unlimited copy sets; network capabilities; a single output device; and at 600 dpi, every copy is an original.

But analog still rules in reliability and image quality, vendors say. Analog copiers are workhorses, sometimes producing more than 1 million impressions in a month. Meanwhile, since digital copiers are more expensive, monthly volumes must top 1 million for the machine to pay for itself.