At the end of 2012 and first quarter of 2013, the Kyocera FS-C5150DN color printer was a top seller. Kyocera Document Solutions made up 50% of the market in 2012 in the color 21- to 30-page A4 printer segment, of which the FS-C5150DN accounted for 38%. In the first quarter of 2013, Kyocera’s share of sales of these devices in this segment was 38%, of which 16 were sales of the FS-C5150DN. Why users like the printer so much, this test shows.
A4 color laser printer for small and medium workgroups Kyocera FS-C5150DN
TECHNICAL DATA
PERFORMANCE A4 : b&w and color. – 21ppm./EXTERIOR: 32 seconds warm-up time, first print output: 10.5 seconds in B/W and 10 seconds in C. – 12s medium/max, load 2,800/50,000ppm./ month. Memory: 256 MB max.-1280 MB
PRINT: 600×600 dpi, multi-bit technology for enhanced print quality up to 9600×600 dpi, controller language – Prescribe Lie, emulations – PCL6 5s, XL , PostScript 3 KPDL 3 , direct XPS, direct PDF printing with automatic emulation recognition
INTERFACES: USB 2.0 high speed , USB host for USB drives, FastEthernet 10/100BaseTX , connector for optional internal print server or hard disk drive, connector for optional CompactFlash card, optional 802.11b/g and 10BaseT/100BaseTX/1 OOOBaseT gigabit network card
SUPPORTED OS: all current Windows, Mac OS X version 10.2 or higher, Unix, Linux and others on request
FUNCTIONS: toner-saving mode, printing from USB memory stick PDF, XPS, TIFF and JPEG via USB hop-in interface . Utilities: KM NetViewer, Status Monitor and Control Center
PAPER OPERATION: A4-B5 feeding 250-sheet cassette 60-163 g/m2, universal 50-sheet tray 60-220 g/m2, max. feed capacity including add-on. Capacity – 1300 sheets. Duplex 60-163 g/m2
USAGE LIFE: black cartridge – 3500 pages., color – 2800 ppm., image drum – 100,000 pages. Starter toner – 1200 ppm.
DIMENSIONS: 390x523x370 mm
WEIGHT: 29.3 kg
PRICE: 10 000 Dollars.
Color printing is still not widespread in America. In 2012 color printers accounted for 5.4% of all printers sold. By comparison, in some Western European countries Denmark, Norway, Switzerland color devices accounted for 50% of the market. But the trend of recent years shows that the sales of color devices in America will grow.
POSITIONING
FS-C5150DN Targeted at private users and small businesses. Can be used at home too, but with the condition that you print a lot. This is the youngest color printer in the Kyocera line. Retails for 10 000 Dollars, and for this money the user gets a half-color with duplex machine with low copy price. Accommodates all printer languages, PCL 6 and PostScript 3 emulations, network and USB interfaces.
EXTERIOR
FS-C5150DN has a stylish sleek design. It takes up very little space, due to its small size, and fits perfectly into any interior. All operations are accessible from the front: loading paper into the paper cassette and paper tray, replacing cartridges, outputting prints, direct printing from flash drive, emptying used toner tank.
The cartridges are located under the top cover of the machine and are simply and effortlessly inserted on special guides If the black toner runs out, the black color will begin to form from the color cartridges and the device will not idle until the user has purchased a new black cartridge.
But we recommend to keep a supply of color toner cartridges at hand. If one of them runs out, the device will not produce monochrome prints, but will try to replace the color toner cartridge. By the way, in older TASKalfa models color printing in monochrome is possible in such cases by raising the transfer ribbon .
Printer handles A4-V5 formatted paper, regular office paper, films, envelopes. The manufacturer limits the density of the media – only 220 g/m2. Claimed speed – up to 21 black and white or color A4 pages per minute. A 250-sheet paper drawer and a 50-sheet manual paper tray are provided as standard. Installing additional paper cassettes will increase your paper supply by up to 1300 pages.
Print quality is excellent for office prints – natural color reproduction, smooth output of halftones. Multibit technology transmits sharp and contrasting details, creating sharp text and images up to 9600 dpi.
It does not take long to install the cartridge
Paper feeder with 250-sheet cassette and 50-sheet manual feed as standard
The driver has a huge number of settings for color selection, paper, print modes. The devices are sold with russified driver
Toner saving mode really reduces the consumption of toner in both color and monochrome modes. This feature is useful for printing drafts
Toner waste bin is located on the front
To remove a jammed sheet you need to open the back cover and carefully pull out the sheet. For the operation, you have to
some effort
Thanks to the proprietary control language and page construction Prescribe Not even complex graphics, logos and standardized forms including
The USB memory stick can be created on a computer, then stored directly in the unit for later updating. This saves the user the trouble of constantly inserting forms and graphics into the print files. Access to them will be on demand, thereby reducing the load on the network.
In the output niche of the finished prints is a built-in fill sensor. If too many prints accumulate, sensor prompts to empty input tray.
Direct printing from USB memory is convenient for mobile users
PRINT FROM USB STORAGE
Files in PDF, XPS, TIFF and JPEG formats can be printed directly from a USB flash drive. Documents can be selected directly from the printer control panel. No computer required.
DRAWER
KX series printer driver is able to identify a set of saved on the printing lines with the application, from where the print job is sent. For example, for jobs sent from MS Outlook, you can set the mode to print only in monochrome mode on both sides of the sheet to save toner and paper.
Driver installation in five minutes or less. The driver on the test machine was not American the language on the sales models has been changed to American. The driver has many settings for color, paper selection, quality and print modes 4 or 8 pages per sheet .
IF REPLACEMENT?
It happens very rarely, but even if it happened, the display of the machine will prompt. There is a cover on the back of the printer that provides access to the fuser and print path. If a sheet is jammed, the device prompts you to open the cover and pull the sheet out by gently pulling it across the entire width. The pressure roller in this model does not move back and presses the paper hard enough, so you have to exert some effort to remove a jammed sheet.
ECO-CONSCIOUS
Among the advantages of the printer are its low power consumption 6 watts in idle mode, 57 watts in standby mode and 360 watts when printing , low noise level 50 dB(A when printing, 30 dB(A in standby mode and low amount of consumables to be discarded. Double-sided printing is standard, as is multi-page printing on a single sheet of paper to save users’ use of paper.
To save toner, it is possible to print in draft mode settings are selected in the driver .
Like other Kyocera devices based on Ecosys technology, the FS-C5150DN has durable and long-life components. This ensures that the device offers a low total cost of ownership, which is made up of maintenance, administration and consumable replacement costs. The device uses a cartridgeless system – only the toner has to be replaced from time to time.
CONCLUSIONS
FS-C5150DN is a great solution for small and medium office. With a starting price of 10 000 Dollars, the device guarantees high-quality printing and is designed for 100 000 sheets, which distinguishes it from its competitors. Kyocera 1 year warranty on drum and developer, or 100 000 printed pages whichever comes first .
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