Section 1: Evaluating Color Multifunction Printers
Color Costs
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ColorQube 8900 Multifunction Printer Evaluator Guide
How the ColorQube
®
8900
Multifunction Printer exceeds the
color costs requirement:
If you print lots of pages and lots of color, the
ColorQube 8900 can help you realize signifi cant
savings on 70 percent of the color printing you
do every day. You get exceptional value, with a
total cost of ownership that’s hard to beat.
And when you choose the ColorQube 8900,
how you pay for the Solid Ink you use is
completely up to you, with two breakthrough
cost saving options to choose from: the Hybrid
Color Plan or pay as you go.
Hybrid Color Plan
If you like the simplicity of metered billing, take
advantage of high-impact color with the Hybrid
Color Plan. It classifi es documents based on the
actual amount of color used — no more paying
full-color prices for low-color documents!
The three tiers of the Hybrid Color Plan:
•
Black + Useful Color.
Billed at the black-only
rate.
•
Everyday Color.
Billed at slightly more than
the black-only rate.
•
Expressive Color.
Billed at the current market
rate for color.
Pay as you go
If you prefer replenishing your Solid Ink as you
need it with no monthly commitment, consider
paying as you go — and get color for the cost
of black-and-white. Color printing. Black-and-
white price. It’s that simple.
When evaluating the costs of printing, it’s important to fi rst think about your
current printing costs.
Once you understand the actual per-page costs of your printing
activities, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the total costs associated with your
printer over its lifetime.
Color
Black-and-white
Pay as you go
Same low price!
Hybrid Color Plan
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olor
Expressive Color
standard color rate
Everyday Color
reduced color rate
Black + Useful Color
black and white rate
Typical offi ce document color distribution
Offi ce color documents can be classifi ed by
the amount of color used. According to Xerox
research, the breakdown of color documents
in a typical offi ce environment is:
30%
Useful Color
30%
Expressive
Color
40%
Everyday
Color
