Issue #0502/2 - Exceptional running costs and fair versatility typify Kyocera Mita’s latest A3 MFP offering, available only on a contract basis through Authorised Servicing Dealers.
Before Christmas, Kyocera Mita announced the arrival of a new multifunction printer to ‘complete’ the new MFP line up from the manufacturer.
Basic KM-2550At 25ppm, and including print/copy functionality as standard with optional scan and fax functionality also available, the A3 format KM-2550 is endowed with a range of options that ensure its suitability for the busy office workgroup environment.
Basic configuration – costing £4,389 in the UK – offers single sheet lid for the scan platen. Sadly not a standard feature supplied by Kyocera Mita with models in this category, a duplex capable 50-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) for the platen can be added as an upgrade for auto-feed scanning and faxing - at extra cost!
Paper handling options present a degree of versatility for the office environment with the basic machine offering 600-sheet capacity and optional 300-sheet feeders taking maximum capacity to 1,250 sheets (including 50-sheet multi-purpose tray). There is no high-capacity feeder available for the KM-2550 however.
Finishing options include automatic duplex module, job separator and single-position stapling.
Standard 10/100 networking capability can be modified or upgraded with optional Token Ring or Fibre Optic network cards.
This model follows other recent models in offering a Compact Flash slot for insertion of memory card or Microdrive, with storage of fonts, forms, data, logos and macros in mind. Data/job storage can be taken one stage further with use of the optional hard disk that allows access to additional features such as: proof and hold; secure, private print; RIP once, print many capability; and quick copy.
Like its KM-1650 and KM-2050 sister products, the KM-2550 is capable of electronic sorting, rotate sort output as well as an ‘ECOcopy’ mode and n-up copying capability for paper economy.
Nominal CPP is exceptional – as one would expect from Kyocera Mita’s ECOSYS technology, offering each page at only 0.33 pence after purchase of the machine – less than 50% of the cost of running some competitors.
Furthermore, the major service interval (replacement of the long-life ECOSYS imaging drum) is 300,000 pages – more than many users will achieve. For higher volume users, the cost of the major service is only £225 (0.08 pence per page), extending the life of the machine for a further 300,000 pages and taking nominal CPP during the extended life to just over 0.41 pence, or 0.37 pence over 600,000 pages.
Like the KM-1650 and KM-2050, both announced in November of last year, and several other similar MFP products, the KM-2550 is being sold exclusively through Kyocera Mita’s network of ‘Authorised Servicing Dealers’, which means that it is available only under contract and not through any form of traditional sales channel.
Fully configuredKM-2550
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