Comments on: Xerox’s New Take on Color Printing is Solid. Literally.

By: Kennesawga Garage Door

Kennesawga Garage Door — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:16:43 +0000

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By: Kevin Marks

Kevin Marks — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:24:15 +0000

Bcapper – I wanted to follow up and point you to some resources that explain how our Hybrid Color pricing works. As you’ll see, our pricing is not based on 5 percent coverage …

• Hybrid Color Plan How it Works Document: http://a1851.g.akamaitech.net/f/1851/2996/24h/cacheA.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/n/nr_Xerox_Hybrid_Color_pricing_plan.pdf

• Cost Savings Calculator: http://www.office.xerox.com/color-printing-cost/color-savings/enus.html

Lease prices for the ColorQube are similar to other products in its class and vary based on the model, length of contract, options, etc.

By: bcapper

bcapper — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:07:49 +0000

Completely agree that Xerox is making strides in cutting the costs of Color Printing. If you compare the ColorQube model to a similar HP "Hallway" MFP, I will agree Xerox ColorQube is cheaper as a Cost Per Copy for color prints. These numbers are based on a 5% coverage, but is this the reality of color printing? Hewlett Packard CP6015 runs about .064 cents per print Xerox ColorQube runs about .028 per print Hewlett Packard Black & White Laserjet 9040 runs about .01 per print Xerox is heading in the right direction in driving down the CPC for color printing. But what about the lofty goal? So what is the contract CPC/Lease for these machines? Also, you are more than welcome to send us one of these machines, and we will put in a "Real Environment" and give you a true evaluation of the ColorQube. This could be your perfect Xerox customer that prints all of their brochures, flyers, and color presentation on their printer.

By: Kevin Marks

Kevin Marks — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:05:02 +0000

bcapper –You’re right. $500 for ink can seem expensive, but you need to consider a few things when determining true value of that ink. This ink is priced about the same per gram as the ink sticks for the desktop Phaser 8860 – the ColorQube’s sticks are just bigger. Hallway MFP’s like this are almost always leased and the contract includes the supplies (so customers don’t buy the ink outright). The real news is the dramatically lower cost-per-page delivered by the Hybrid Color Plan tiered pricing structure, available with a lease. This cuts your color print costs by as much as 62 percent, because pages with Useful amounts of color now cost the same as a black page.

It sounds like you’ve been following our progress with solid ink for a while. Our goal with the ColorQube is definitely to take the cost barrier out of the color printing equation. We think we’ve moved it away from being a lofty aspiration to a reality.

By: bcapper

bcapper — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:01:36 +0000

As I pondered the introduction of this printer. I was wondering how they were going to hit their lofty goal by making color prints the same price of black & white. Sure enough, Xerox comes up with some funny Math. 4 black ink sticks for $570 12 color ink sticks for $528 My first impression of the supplies for the Xerox ColorQube, was Holy %#&@, 4 Black ink sticks for $570.00. When they use to give them black ink stick for free! Now they are more precious and more expensive than the color inksticks.