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Issue #0815/1 – With two new A3 colour MFPs (Hewlett-Packard CM6040F and Lexmark X945e) now available in the printer channel, there is more choice for organisations both in regard to which machine to adopt and also how to acquire the device. The most direct competitors from the copier channel are Canon’s iRC4580i, Konica Minolta’s bizhub C451, Kyocera’s KM-C4035E, Ricoh’s MPC4500, Sharp’s 4500N and Xerox’s WorkCentre 7655.

#0814/1 – Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark have both recently launched new high-speed colour MFPs, targeted at workgroups, that are available under the traditional printer hardware sale arrangement. The Hewlett-Packard Colour LaserJet CM6040 and the Lexmark X945e will both print at 40ppm in colour but have quite different paper handling characteristics and very different cost structures.