Canon ImageRUNNER 2535i vs. Kyocera TASKalfa 300i

[Guest]

Hello all,

We're in the process of replacing an older copier machine at the office. We received quotes from a few vendors, and it's come down to either a Canon ImageRUNNER 2535i or a Kyocera TASKalfa 300i. The Kyocera is being offered to us for about $1,000 more that the Canon.

Our company will use this machine as a network printer, and we will print around one hundred to three hundred pdfs a month - mostly in the 11 x 17 format - so we'd like something that is fast enough to handle this.

This is where I'm unsure of what direction we should go in. The Canon has faster ppm numbers, but the Kyocera has a better processor speed and memory amount. Which (not knowing all that much about copiers) leads me to believe that the Kyocera would be better since it would be able to process pdfs faster, which would outweigh the faster ppm numbers from the Canon.

Here is some information about both.

Thank you in advance for any tips and helpful information you can provide!

Canon ImageRUNNER 2535i: (see Canon U.S.A. : Support & Drivers : imageRUNNER 2535i for more detailed info)
Processor Speed: 400 MHz
Memory: 512 MB
First Copy Out (in seconds): 3.9
Pages Per Minute (Letter): 35
Pages Per Minute (Legal): 25
Pages Per Minute (11 x 17): 22
Printing Resolution (dpi): 1200 x 1200
Scan Resolution (dpi): 600 x 600

Kyocera TASKalfa 300i: (see http://usa.kyoceramita.com/americas/...300i_12209.pdf for more detailed info)
Processor Speed: 600 MHz
Memory: 2 GB
First Copy Out (in seconds): 5.1
Pages Per Minute (Letter): 30
Pages Per Minute (Legal): 15
Pages Per Minute (11 x 17): 15
Printing Resolution (dpi): 600 x 600
Scan Resolution (dpi): 600 x 600

[BluePatriot]

Suggest you go for an Canon iR3235i.

[jmaister]

I would research maintenance cycle and parts cost too.

this is like dyno for cars, different dyno use different calculation to boost image or accuracy.

[blackcat4866]

Certainly processor speed and image memory capacity are important, but usually the speed limiter for ledger sized PDF images is network data speed, not anything specific to the printer.

Since I see mostly Kyocera, I can comment on a few things that will maximize print speed:
-Increase the host buffer size. The host buffer is the area of the memory that receives print data.
-Use PCL XL print emulation. It seems intuitive that a PDF would print fastest with PostScript print emulation, but that is in fact, not true.
-Output prints to the MFP's top tray. Additional handling time is required to invert the pages for face down printing to the finisher.

A few years back I did some experiments sending data captures to a specific printer in several ways. A data capture is the print data being sent across the network to your printer.
I discovered that the Kyocera Direct Print Utility is the fastest option.
Next fastest is the standard KX print driver
Third fastest is the Print Data function found on the MFP's web interface
Fourth Fastest is the KM Net Viewer Print Data function
Fifth fastest is the LPR Jar Utility
Sixth fastest is the Command Prompt
I guess my point here is that the data being sent is identical from the point of view of the printer, only the method of sending it differs, yet the print time varies considerably.

Did that help any?
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