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Toshiba e-STUDIO3520c
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August 2008
Toshiba e-STUDIO3520c
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PROGRAMMING THE CONTROL PANEL
Visit a few MFP manufacturers’ showrooms, and you will
see a wide range of control panels and touch screens. The
most rudimentary consist of a selection of hard keys and
an LCD screen that can often be challenging to navigate.
On the other hand, some control panels that utilize hard
keys and LCD screens can actually be easier to use than
touch screens. However, hard-key/LCD panel systems
that require users to scroll through various settings and
make a selection can also often be challenging to use.
Among touch screens, some utilize a menu-driven system,
while others utilize an icon-based system. Some menu-
driven touch screens can involve many complicated sub-
menus that can be difficult to navigate.
Most manufacturers try to keep their control panels and
touch screens consistent across their MFPs and printers,
so that users do not have to spend time learning how to
use a new control panel when moving from device to
device.
A control panel’s ease of use—or lack of—can often have
a significant affect on user productivity. The harder it is to
select frequently used options such as duplexing,
document finishing, etc., the more time the user has to
spend programming the device and the less productive
they are. In the chart to the right, BERTL assesses how
many steps are required to make these commonplace
settings.
Selections Required for
Frequently Used Copy Functions
Corner Staple 3
1:2 2
2:2 3
Photo Mode 2
Copied Front and Rear Covers 6
The e-STUDIO3520c’s Control Panel consists of a touch screen
and hard keys.
The Control Panel can be tilted in order to eliminate any glare, as
well as to make it easier for wheelchair users to view and operate.
The right side of the control panel contains various hard keys,
including keys for “Function Clear”, “Stop”, ”Start,” etc. as well as
a numerical keypad for entering number of copies and fax
numbers, keys for switching between different functions (copy, e-
filing, scan, print, fax, etc.), and hard keys for displaying job status
and machine status.