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Toshiba e-STUDIO3520c

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August 2008

Toshiba e-STUDIO3520c

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COPY BACKGROUND

Nearly all MFPs on the market today provide digital

copying, while many desktop printers offer it as an option.

Despite the fact that many devices provide a wide range of

digital-copying capabilities, from image manipulation to

page insertion, most typical copy jobs actually consist of a

single set of a simplex document that is five pages or less,

with no finishing, and no image-quality manipulation.

Small Simple Jobs

Although most MFPs provide a wide range of copying

features, most users are not willing to navigate through

countless screen menus in order to get to the point where

they can actually press the Start key. There are two

components of copy-job productivity: 1) user productivity,

and 2) device productivity. BERTL encourages enterprises

to also consider the impact of user productivity, along with

device productivity. Device productivity only includes the

time it takes from the press of the Start key until the final

copy exits the device, and does not take into account the

time that it takes a user to program and start the copy job.

However, the easier the job, the easier it is to program;

users will also take less time to program jobs as they

acclimate to the controls and/or create job programs. And,

of course, some users are more astute and capable than

others. Consequently, these uncontrolled factors introduce

a high degree of variability. However, of course, a device

that takes twice as long to produce the first copy affects the

job productivity of each and every user and job.

Large, Complex Jobs

Even with large copy jobs—where it seems engine speed

plays the largest role—user productivity should be taken

into account. For example, the user is less likely to wait at

the copier for larger and more complex jobs. Factors that

enhance user productivity include such features as easy

job programming; a scan-ahead feature so that users can

program and scan jobs while other jobs are printing; fast

original scanning so that users can more quickly return to

their desks with their originals; the ability to build a job

using a mix of different-size originals scanned from both

the document feeder and platen; and job notification at the

computer desktop when the copy job is completed (thus

eliminating the guesswork of when to return to the copier to

collect the job).

Above and below: The e-STUDIO3520c’s platen (above) and

document feeder (below), with the document feeder’s cover

opened in order to expose the feeder’s misfeed-access area.