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ABOUT BERTL’S GALAXY© STAR RATING

BERTL understands how difficult it is to choose one office-

imaging device over another and exists to make this an

easier choice for the consumer. That said, how does a

consumer decide between two or more devices that carry

the same BERTL 3-, 4- or 5-star rating?

Category-Criteria

Build Quality - An analysis of the construction quality of the

major components that the user must interact with on a

regular basis (e.g.: paper trays, access covers, supplies,

etc.).

Network Administration - The quality of administrative and

management utilities (both executable and Web-based)

when compared to that of a sliding scale benchmark based

on the network administration feature set of other vendors.

Security - A security feature-set analysis (removable hard

disk, hard-disk overwrite, encryption, IP filtering, Microsoft

Windows NT Authentication and LDAP lookup) when

compared to a sliding scale benchmark based on the

security feature set found on other devices.

Workflow - The quality of the network scanning, job

submission, document management, sharpening and

enhancement, file conversion and job layout tools based

on a sliding scale benchmark when compared to the

workflow tools employed by other devices.

Finishing - The productivity penalty (punch, staple,

booklets) based on tests and finishing specifications and

effectiveness based on a sliding scale benchmark when

compared to that of other finishing systems found on other

devices.

Ease of Use - Ease of maintenance (adding paper, toner,

misfeeds, cleaning) and ease of using the documentation,

help, control panel, print drivers and client utilities when

compared to a sliding scale benchmark based on of the

ease of use of other devices.

Media Handling - Throughput specifications and

evaluations based on a sliding scale benchmark when

compared with the handling of special media (e.g.:

oversize, thick or coated stock) found on other devices.

Copying - Copy productivity based on tests and a feature-

set analysis when compared to a sliding scale benchmark

based on the feature set found on other devices.

Scanning - Simplex and duplex scan productivity and

quality based on tests and a comparison of the overall

scan and send feature set when compared to a sliding

scale benchmark based on the feature set found on other

devices.

Printing - Duplex and simplex print productivity based on

tests and a printing feature set analysis when compared to

a sliding scale benchmark based on the feature set found

on other devices.

Image Quality - The quality of business color images (text,

dot, line, halftone and solid quality) based on tests and a

subjective rating on the quality of continuous tones

(photos) when compared to a sliding scale benchmark

based on the continuous tone quality produced by other

devices.

Features - The feature set compared to a sliding scale

benchmark based on the feature set found on other

devices.

Price - MSRP of a system configured with network printing,

copying, scanning, and two media trays/rolls (wide format)

configuration.

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