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ABOUT BERTL’S GALAXY© STAR RATING
BERTL understands how difficult it is to choose one office-
imaging device over another and exists to make this an
easier choice for the consumer. That said, how does a
consumer decide between two or more devices that carry
the same BERTL 3-, 4- or 5-star rating?
Category-Criteria
Build Quality - An analysis of the construction quality of the
major components that the user must interact with on a
regular basis (e.g.: paper trays, access covers, supplies,
etc.).
Network Administration - The quality of administrative and
management utilities (both executable and Web-based)
when compared to that of a sliding scale benchmark based
on the network administration feature set of other vendors.
Security - A security feature-set analysis (removable hard
disk, hard-disk overwrite, encryption, IP filtering, Microsoft
Windows NT Authentication and LDAP lookup) when
compared to a sliding scale benchmark based on the
security feature set found on other devices.
Workflow - The quality of the network scanning, job
submission, document management, sharpening and
enhancement, file conversion and job layout tools based
on a sliding scale benchmark when compared to the
workflow tools employed by other devices.
Finishing - The productivity penalty (punch, staple,
booklets) based on tests and finishing specifications and
effectiveness based on a sliding scale benchmark when
compared to that of other finishing systems found on other
devices.
Ease of Use - Ease of maintenance (adding paper, toner,
misfeeds, cleaning) and ease of using the documentation,
help, control panel, print drivers and client utilities when
compared to a sliding scale benchmark based on of the
ease of use of other devices.
Media Handling - Evaluations based supported
specifications on a sliding scale benchmark when
compared with the handling of special media (e.g.:
oversize, thick or coated stock) found on other devices.
Copying - Copy productivity based on tests and a feature-
set analysis when compared to a sliding scale benchmark
based on the feature set found on other devices.
Scanning - Simplex and duplex scan productivity and
quality based on tests and a comparison of the overall
scan and send feature set when compared to a sliding
scale benchmark based on the feature set found on other
devices.
Printing - Duplex and simplex print productivity based on
tests and a printing feature set analysis when compared to
a sliding scale benchmark based on the feature set found
on other devices.
Image Quality - The quality of business color images (text,
dot, line, halftone and solid quality) based on tests and a
subjective rating on the quality of continuous tones
(photos) when compared to a sliding scale benchmark
based on the continuous tone quality produced by other
devices.
Features - The feature set compared to a sliding scale
benchmark based on the feature set found on other
devices.
Price - MSRP of a system configured with network printing,
copying, scanning, and two media trays/rolls (wide format)
configuration.
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