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MFPs
Two years after entering the
A3 workgroup MFP market,
Samsung has introduced its
second generation devices
plus a new range of A4 colour
MFPs.
Samsung expects the new
A3 and A4 models – 11 series
in all – to strengthen its position
in the business sector and the
all-important managed print
services market, whilst also
helping it to achieve Number
One position in the A4 laser
market. Samsung is currently
Number 2 in Europe overall and
Number 1 in Germany and Italy.
In Europe, but not yet in
the UK, Samsung has also
introduced an inkjet printer
through a collaboration with
Kodak. Samsung senior vice
president of IT Solutions Joosang
Eun said Samsung would
continue to monitor this market.
“We have recently launched
an inkjet printer which has
been co-launched together with
Kodak. Last May we introduced
the product in Germany and
soon we are launching in Italy
and France. Inkjet is not our
primary area of focus, but we
are observing what kind of a
reaction in that market our
collaboration with Kodak has,”
he said.
For the moment, Samsung’s
main focus will be on its A4 and
A3 laser printers.
Seven eleven
A3 MFPs
The new A3 models – the
CLX-9201/9251/9301
colour copiers (20, 25
and 30 ppm) and the SCX-
8123/8128/8230/8240 mono
devices – include a number of
features that draw on Samsung’s
leadership in semiconductors
and display technologies, notably
a new all-in-one board and a
smartphone-like, fingerswipe
touchscreen interface with
40 short-cuts to access key
operations and a useful keyword
search. The ability to change
the order of scan previews won’t
be available before the next
firmware upgrade.
Commenting on the new
board design, Joosang Eun said:
“Printing devices require many
chips and many boards. We
used to have seven chips and
nine boards. But we have now
reduced that to one chip and
one board. This lets us reduce
the number of components,
reduce the failure rate and
reduce power consumption.”
When in sleep mode,
Samsung A3 devices consume
only 0.189kWh – a 60%
reduction in power compared
to conventional A3 copiers.
They also consume less power
in operation thanks to energy-
saving features like white LED
scanners that also generate less
heat and noise.
Another first for the copier
world, says Samsung, is the
use of a 1GHz Dual Core CPU
that enables its new MFPs to
operate 1.5 times faster than
conventional 1GHz CPU devices.
They are able to operate at
such high speeds because
Dual Core processors work on
the same task simultaneously,
whereas Dual processors can
only work on separate tasks
simultaneously.
Embedded Rendering Engine
for Clean Pages (ReCP) image
enhancing technology makes
use of the high processing
speeds to deliver enhanced
colour print quality with sharp
edges, thin lines and true 1200
x 1200 dpi resolution.
To meet the needs of
corporate customers and MPS
engagements, Samsung has
tightly integrated its hardware
and software platform,
providing embedded versions
of its own solutions including
SyncThru (device management),
SmartThru (document capture
and routing software) and
SecuThru Lite (authentication
and secure release printing).
It is also continuing to
expand support for third party
applications via its Open
Extensibility Platform (OXP),
including eCopy, Ringdale,
Safecom, Kofax and an
embedded version of Genius
Bytes’ My MFP, which makes it
possible to customise workflows
and MFP functionality for each
individual user.
Samsung is introducing 11 new A4 and A3 printer
series, including seven new colour A4 models,
as it strengthens its B2B portfolio in a push to
become the Number One laser printer supplier.
Colour A4 devices
Samsung’s seven new series of
A4 colour printers and MFPs, with
print speeds ranging from 18 to
48ppm, boast some of the same
features as the A3 machines
including a smartphone-like
touchscreen display (4.3 inches
compared to 7 inches on the A3
devices); ReCP image enhancing
technology; and Dual Core CPUs
and an all-in-one board on the
super-fast CLX-8600 series of A4
colour copiers, the world’s fastest
A4 colour printer.
The other A4 devices – the
CLP-360, CLX-3300, CLP-415,
CLX-4195, CLP-680 and CLX-
6260 – have Dual CPUs.
Its new A3 and A4 devices
strengthen Samsung’s position
in the B2B market and come
with a number of features
designed to appeal to cost-
conscious SMEs including
Samsung’s award-winning Eco
Driver and the Easy Mobile Print
app for printing from Android,
Windows and iOS smartphones.
For more information on the
new products, please visit
www.samsung.com.