“dtn” version or Duplex, extra Tray and Network connection standard. The CP2025 is right on that edge again of whether it’s serviceable or not. In this case, HP created an MFP version and that is at a price point worth servicing. The MFP version is the CM2320mfp. The CM in front of CM2320mfp stands for Color Multifunction.
The CM2320n mfp lists for $549, while the CM2330nf mfp lists for $649, CM2320xfi mfp for $849. These units are rated at 21ppm in monochrome and in color.
Moving up the lad- der, the busi- ness class CP3520
series includes the CP3525n at
$699, CP3525dn
at $899 and CP3525x at $1,299. These are color business class printers rated at 30 ppm in color and black and white. The higher price point also gives us a lower cost per page (cpp) of 12.5¢ using the high yield 10,500 page black toner cartridge and 7,000 yield color toner cartridges. This is starting to come in line with a more real- istic price of color printing. The
higher the cost of the unit, the lower the cost per page.
Following the “printer that becomes an MFP” theme is the CM3530mfp series which uses the CP3525, just discussed, as its print engine. The CM3530mfp uses the model number — CM3520mfp — and there is no series number like the others. The MFPs come
in the following models: CM3530mfp at $2,499 and the CM3530fs mfp at $2,999. They run at 31 ppm in monochrome and color. Interestingly, the warranty requires the customer to call
HP in the event of a failure.
If it requires a basic fix, HP will send the customer the service
kit with the instruction on how
to install it. If it’s a more complicated repair, HP will do an exchange with the cus- tomer. If the customer refuses to install the part themselves, a service tech can be called who will install it for them, but the customer will have to pay the labor charge.
Lexmark Trends:
Lexmark is wisely going along with the rest of the industry,
following the “if you make a printer, why not make it an MFP?” philosophy. Ironically, Lexmark was originally the leader who created this trend. They began with scan- ners that could attach to printers and convert them into MFPs. In time it became the standard for most products.
Lexmark
New Products:
Lexmark introduced the new T65x series in October to replace the T64x series. The T65x series keeps up with the rest of the market in terms of speed. The T650n runs at 45ppm and lists at $699. The T652 runs at
50 ppm and lists at $799. Finally the T654 runs at 55 ppm and lists at $1099.
Lexmark is directly marketing against the HP P4015 line of printers in stating that the Lexmark units are quieter than HP’s models. (The new P4014, P4015 & P4515 running at 45, 52 and 62ppm respectively are known to be noisy mostly due to the high speeds.)
The X series of printers are commonly Lexmark’s MFP version. The X65x MFP series uses the T65x series print engine, using the addi- tion of an attached scanner to make it an MFP. Since the
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