SECTION 3
Configurations, Specifications, Part Numbers
Competitive comparisons
Konica Minolta
Canon imageRUNNER
®
Xerox DocuColor
®
240/250
Ricoh Aficio
®
Color 5560
bizhub
™
Pro C500
C3220
Canon
®
CLC 5100
Also sold as
None
Gestetner
®
CS555
IKON
®
CPP
™
500
None
None
Lanier
®
LC155
Savin
®
SDC555
Type
Color Printer / Copier /
Color Printer / Copier /
Color Printer / Copier /
Color Copier / Printer
Color Printer / Copier /
Scanner
Scanner
Scanner
Optional: Scanner / Fax
Scanner
Engine architecture
Micro-Tandem,
Micro-Tandem,
Micro-Tandem,
Micro-Tandem,
Laser, direct transfer
Intermediate Transfer Belt
Intermediate Transfer Belt
Intermediate Transfer Belt
Intermediate Transfer Belt
Toner
EA HG Toner
Polyermized Toner
Polyermized Toner
Canon S Toner (chemical)
Canon Finer Brighter Toner
(conventional)
Duty cycle (pages per month) Up to 200,000
Up to 150,000
Up to 150,000
Up to 50,000
Up to 200,000
PRINTER
Maximum speed
DocuColor 250:
55 ppm / 60 ppm
50 ppm / 50 ppm
32 ppm / 32 ppm
51 ppm / 51 ppm
(color / black-and-white)
50 ppm / 65 ppm
DocuColor 240:
40 ppm / 55 ppm
First-page-out time
7.8 seconds color /
7.5 seconds color /
7.6 seconds color /
13.1 seconds color /
14 seconds
(as fast as)
4.3 seconds black-and-white
6.5 seconds black-and-white 6 seconds black-and-white
9.8 seconds black-and-white
Warm-up time
Less than 2.5 minutes
5 minutes
6.5 minutes
6 minutes
9 minutes
(from power off)
Resolution
True 2400 x 2400 dpi
600 x 600 dpi
2400 x 600 emulation,
2400 x 600 emulation,
800 x 400 emulation,
600 x 600 dpi
600 x 600 dpi
400 x 400 x 8 bit
Gloss mode
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Gradient
Contone
Contone
Contone
Contone
Contone
Printer memory (std / max)
256 MB / 512 MB
512 MB / 1 GB
256 MB / 512 MB
1 GB / 1 GB
512 MB / 1 GB
Standard controller
EFI
®
bustled
EFI bustled
EFI bustled
All controllers optional
All controllers optional
Processor
EFI bustled: 2.8 GHz Intel
®
EFI E-7000:
Standard EFI controller:
Canon controller: 250 MHz
EFI external 6100: 2.4 GHz
Celeron
®
2 GHz Intel Celeron
850 MHz Pentium III
EFI bustled: 850 MHz
Intel Pentium 4
EFI external: 3.06 GHz
EFI E-8000:
EFI external:
Intel Pentium III
EFI external 7100: 3.06 GHz
Pentium
®
4
3.06 GHz Intel Pentium 4
2 GHz Intel Pentium 4
EFI external: 2.4 GHz
Intel Pentium 4
Creo
®
controller: 3.2 GHz
Creo: 3.2 GHz Intel
Intel Pentium 4
EFI external 7500: 3.2 GHz
Intel Pentium 4
Pentium 4
dual Intel Xeon
FreeFlow
®
controller:
EFI external 7400: 2.8 GHz
1.8 GHz AMD
dual Intel Xeon
Opteron
®
244
Hard drive
EFI bustled: 80 GB
EFI E-7000: 40 GB
Standard EFI
Canon controller: 40 GB
EFI external 6100: 80 GB
EFI external: 80 GB
EFI E-8000: 80 GB
controller: 40 GB
EFI bustled: 20 GB
EFI external 7100: 160 GB
Creo: 240 GB
EFI external: 60 GB
EFI external: 60 GB
EFI external 7500: 2 x 160 GB
FreeFlow: 2x73 GB (SCSI)
Creo: 240 GB
EFI external 7400: 320 GB
Language support
EFI bustled/EFI external:
Adobe PostScript 3
Standard EFI controller:
Canon controller: PCL 5c,
All EFI controllers:
Adobe
®
PostScript
®
3™,
Adobe PostScript 3,
Adobe PostScript 3, UFR
Adobe PostScript 3,
PCL
®
6C emulation
PCL 6C
EFI bustled: Adobe
Creo, DocuSP, Splash RPX-i:
EFI external: Adobe
PostScript 3, PCL 5c
Adobe PostScript 3
PostScript 3
EFI external: Adobe
PostScript 3
Connectivity
10/100/1000Base-T
10/100/1000Base-T
10/100/1000Base-T
10/100Base-T
10/100Base-T
PAPER HANDLING
Two-sided printing
Standard automatic
Standard automatic
Standard automatic
Standard automatic
Standard automatic
Two-sided media weight max 47 lb. bond (176 gsm)
34 lb. bond (128 gsm)
53 lb. bond (209 gsm)
Information not available
43 lb. bond (163 gsm)
Load media while run
Yes
Information not available
Yes
No
No
Std paper source(s) /
4 trays + 250-sheet bypass / 4 trays + 100-sheet bypass / 3 trays + 250-sheet bypass /
2 trays + 100-sheet bypass /
2 trays + 250-sheet bypass /
Capacity
3,260 sheets
3,400 sheets
1,750 sheets
1,200 sheets
1,350 sheets
Max paper source(s) /
4 trays + 250-sheet bypass
4 trays + 100-sheet bypass
3 trays + 250-sheet bypass
4 trays + 100-sheet bypass
3 trays + 250-sheet bypass /
Capacity
+ HCF / 5,260 sheets
+ HCF / 7,400 sheets
+ HCF / 4,250 sheets
+ HCF / 5,000 sheets
4,850 sheets
Paper weights
16 lb. bond to 110 lb. index 14 lb. bond to 72 lb. index
17 lb. bond to 110 lb. index
17 lb. bond to 110 lb. Index
20 lb. bond to 28 lb. bond
(60 gsm to 220 gsm)
(64 gsm to 203 gsm)
(64 gsm to 203 gsm)
(64 gsm to 209 gsm)
(75 gsm to 105 gsm)
Paper sizes
5.5 x 8.5 to 11 x 17 in.
Up to 12 x 18 in.
Up to 13 x 19.2 in.
10.5 x 7.25 to 12 x 18 in.
8.5 x 5.5 to 11 x 17 in.
Bypass paper weights
16 lb. bond to 170 lb. index Bypass & HCF: 14 lb. bond Bypass & HCF: 17 lb. bond 17 lb. bond to 140 lb. index
17 lb. bond to 140 lb. index
(64 gsm to 300 gsm)
to 140 lb. index
to 140 lb. index
(64 gsm to 253 gsm)
(64 gsm to 253 gsm)
(52 gsm to 253 gsm)
(64 gsm to 253 gsm)
Bypass paper sizes
4.13 x 5.83 to 13 x 19 in. /
Up to 12 x 18 in.
Up to 13 x 19.2 in.
3.3125 x 5.875 to
8.5 x 5.5 to 12 x 18 in.
SRA3
12.625 x 18 in.
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