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The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles

Sharp AR-C240P

24ppm color

26ppm black & white

Sharp AR-C260P

26ppm color

32ppm black & white

Sharp AR-C265P

26ppm color

32ppm black & white

Sharp AR-C360P

36ppm color

40ppm black & white

Sum-up: Deluxe models for professional color work.

These models bring Sharp back into the color printing

market in a big way.These are ledger-size models, ones

that support banner paper up to 47 inches in length. They

are impressive models, loaded with solid features geared

to the most demanding professional use.

The models in this family include:

lThe AR-C240P ($2,999), which has 192MB of mem-

ory (expandable to 1GB), a 20GB hard drive, and

prints at 24ppm in color and 26ppm in black-and-

white.

lThe AR-C260P ($5,795), which has 128MB of mem-

ory (expandable to 640MB), a 40GB hard drive, and

prints at 26ppm in color and 32ppm in black-and-

white.

lThe new AR-C265P (price to be determined), which

has 1GB of memory, a 20GB hard drive, and also

prints at 26ppm in color and 32ppm in black-and-

white.

lThe top-of-the-line AR-C360P ($13,995), which has

256MB of memory expandable to 768MB, a 40GB

hard drive,and prints at 36ppm in color and 40ppm in

black-and-white.

The AR-C240P,AR-C260P and AR-C265P come with

a500MHz processor, while the AR-C360P has a power-

ful 1GHz processor. Their generous hard drives indicate

these machines are ready to handle the most challenging

heavy-duty production jobs.The disks also enable a

secureprint function.

Most notable is their processor, an EFI Fiery RIP.

While EFI processors are common enough for copiers,

they are rare for dedicated printers.

EFI processors are noted for their excellent ColorWise

calibration and color-matching tools. Properly used,

these tools ensure that the color output you produce can

be adjusted to suit the kind of paper you use (whether

high-gloss, recycled, or newsprint) and that you can cre-

ate accurate proofs based on industry standards for print-

ing on commercial presses.

The other advantage of these tools is to hold high-color

quality and to maintain it hour to hour and day to day.

That makes this an excellent printer for those who are

printing personalized marketing materials in color, espe-

cially brochures with photo images.

These are single-pass printers. Standard output is at

1,200dpi on all machines in this family except the AR-

C260P

,which prints at 600dpi. These printers can handle

card stock up to 110lb. They can handle paper even big-

ger than standard ledger or tabloid size, at up to 12" x

18". That means you can print pages with “full bleed,”

that is, with color running to the edges. The extra inch is

also useful for inserting crop and fold marks outside the

main printed area. That’s in addition to handling banner-

size paper.

As you might expect, these machines come with both

PCL and PostScript printing included. PDF printing is

also allowed, but only from a Windows PC.The printers

do, however, also have a Macintosh driver.

The printers come with USB, and Ethernet connectivi-

ty built-in. The network card comes with a built-in server

for remote administration.

This family offers a variety of options in terms of paper

supply. The AR-C240P has a 530-sheet standard paper

Sharp AR-C240P/AR-C260P/AR-C265P

Consumables costs at-a-glance

Price

Yield

Full-color cost per page

Black-and-whitecost per page

Black toner $130.00 15,000 $ 0.009 $ 0.009

Cyan toner $395.00 15,000 $ 0.026 N/A

Magenta toner $395.00 15,000 $ 0.026 N/A

Yellow toner $395.00 15,000 $ 0.026 N/A

Drum/black $155.00 42,000 $ 0.004 $ 0.004

Drum/cyan $215.00 42,000 $ 0.005 N/A

Drum/magenta $215.00 42,000 $ 0.005 N/A

Drum/yellow $215.00 42,000 $ 0.005 N/A

Fuser $190.00 100,000 $ 0.002 $ 0.002

Transfer belt $250.00 100,000 $ 0.003 $ 0.003

Waste toner bottle $15.00 30,000 $ 0.001 $ 0.001

TOTAL PER-PAGE COSTS $0.1116 $ 0.0173

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