Page 13 - st4_sum09.indd

sustainabletimes 13 www.binfo.co.uk

The Energy Star-accredited

e-STUDIO455 series and e-STUDIO855 series are not only Toshiba’s most productive B&W devices to date, they also incorporate a number of green features that make them perfect for organisations eager to reduce the environmental impact of office printing. Perhaps the most impressive of these is the new Super Sleep mode that reduces power consumption to just 1 watt of electricity. A timer enables customers to specify how long a device should be inactive before it reverts to Super Sleep m enabling administrators to balance the need to conserve energy with the requirement for productivity. In addition, Toshiba has implemented a number of new features waste and make consumables last longer. Foremost amongst these is the internal toner recycling system, w re-uses excess toner produced when printing/copying. This lower running costs and removes the ne to collect, process and recycle wa toner and waste toner boxes. Further savings come from use copying/scanning features, such a the ‘outside erase’ function, which removes dark shadows when copy scanning books and other bulky documents; and the ‘Omit Blank Pages’ feature, which prevents unnecessary paper use by removing blank pages from multi-page copy/scan jobs.

Productive devices

Above all else, the e-STUDIO255/30 355/455 (the 455 series) and the e-STUDIO555/655/755/855 (the 855 series) are highly productive multifunctional devices suitable for use in all office environments from small workgroups to large cen reprographics departments. The 455 series is a complete all-rounder, with print speeds of 25 to 45 pages per minute (ppm) and a colour scanner – the first time colour scanning has been available on a Toshiba mid-volume B&W MFP. This means that even where colour printing is not a priority, hard copy documents can be captured, stored, emailed and imported into other applications in their original state with no loss of information that B&W scanning/copying can entail. To ensure that B&W copies/ scans are as true to the original as possible, the 455 series of mid volume devices (25-45ppm) features a Colour Document Mode, which retains the nuances of colour originals by capturing them in easy-to-read grey scale. The combination of the third generation Toshiba e-BRIDGE controller and e-BRIDGE Open Platform connectors provides seamless integration with third party systems and applications, such as Microsoft SharePoint and Exchange, enabling users to integrate scans into electronic workflows.

Ease of use

The new series include a number of additional features that help maximise end user productivity by simplifying operation and keeping user intervention to a minimum.

Ease of use is enhanced by an 8.5in WVGA colour touchscreen panel that simplifies job selection; a USB port on the front of the machine for scan to/ print from removable storage devices; programmable one-touch templates for complex but routine tasks; and a temporary document archive, the e-Filing box.

For maximum device uptime, the MFPs have a paper capacity of up to 7,600 sheets on the 855 series and 3,200 on the 455 series; a high capacity toner supply (with internal toner recycling to minimise waste); and the ability to change the toner on the fly without interrupting a print/copy job. Document security is guaranteed, with Private Print and Hold Print; a Secure PDF function; security pattern printing; and standard AES encryption. SSL encryption and IPSec protocol keeps data streams secure, while an optional data overwrite function clears the hard disk of data from completed print/copy jobs.

To prevent unauthorised use of devices administrators can apply user authentication for 10,000 users or 1,000 workgroups. This feature can also be used to restrict access to certain features, by user or department, and so help organisations gain control over office printing.

www.thenewblackisgreen.co.uk

cover story

themselves or pass it on to their customers.

Phenomenal response

Toshiba marketing director Steve Hewson has been delighted with the reaction to the CarbonZero initiative. “The response has been phenomenal because we have made it so simple. There are not multiple levels for different devices but one flat fee, and it saves customers from having to do their own complicated calculations,” he said.

CarbonZero status is particularly

The new black is green

Toshiba’s CarbonZero initiative applies to all Toshiba MFPs including its eight new black and white multifunctionals (MFPs).

attractive to organisations that have a commitment to reduce their carbon footprint, but, according to Hewson, it also has appeal for organisations with a strong focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR).

“Even if you don’t believe in the need to reduce carbon emissions, despite all the evidence that supports it, most people have charitable and CSR obligations and this initiative fits in well with that too,” he said. “One of the projects supported by Toshiba is the supply of energy-efficient stoves in Kenya and this has

important consequences for local development and employment over and above the reduction in CO 2 emissions that it delivers.” Other projects supported by co2balance and Toshiba include the supply of low energy light bulbs to households and community groups in Kenya, a hydropower project in China and tree planting in SomercombeWood on the Somerset/Devon border.

www.toshibacarbonzero.co.uk

e-STUDIO455

e-STUDIO305

Super Sleep mode reduces power consumption to just 1 watt of electricity.

“