Muratec MFX-1950 "Spec Review"

Muratec is now shipping the Muratec MFX-1950 featuring:

- A4 b/w laser MFP
- Base MSRP of $2295
- 20ppm top speed
- 80 sheet document feeder
- 600x600dpi
- 500 sheet paper drawer and 50 sheet stack bypass
- Can add second 500 sheet drawer for $330
- Up to 24lb. bond paper only
- print from local PC via USB via host based printing
- optional PCL print driver for $550
- optional 10/100BaseT port for $480
- fax board
- second fax line for $650
- TWAIN scan only
- Auto duplex
- Two line LCD display
- 16,000 page toner yield
- 20,000 page drum yield
- 23 second warmup time
- 12 second first copy out time
- Optional scan to email/SMB/FTP for $499

-=Cheers=-

Muratec MFX-3550 "Spec Review"

Muratec announced pricing for the new MFX-3550.

Details:- Desktop A4 monochrome MFP
- Actually made by Samsung of Korea
- Top speed of 35ppm
- Base MSRP of $1695 (expected street pricing of $799 to $999)
- 250 sheet second paper cassette for $295
- Toner/drum cartridge yield of 10,000 pages based on 5% coverage

OEM Samsung (Korea),Coding System MH/MR/MMR/JBIG,Modem Speed 33.6,TX speed 3 spp
Print Speed (PPM) 35,FCOT (seconds) 10, Quick Scan Speed - Paper Capacity 300
Max. Paper Capacity 550,Document Feeder (pgs) 50,One-touch dialing -
Speed dialing 200 ,Group Dialing Yes,Dual Lines No,Polling Yes,
Standard Copier Memory 128MB,Max. Copier Memory 384MB,Standard Fax Memory 4MB
Max. Fax Memory 4MB,Max Original 8.4 X 14",Max Output 8.4 X 14"
Document Mem. Back-up 72 hours,Broadcasting Yes,Dimensions 18" X 18.3" X 17.1"
Weight (in pounds) 41.45,Copier Standard,Fax Machine Standard,Internet Fax Standard
Network Fax Standard,PC Fax Standard,Network Printing Standard,PC Printing Standard
Network Scanning Standard,PC Scanner Standard,Network Interface Std. Ethernet
Interface Type 10/100 BaseT,Recording Method Laser,Cassette Paper Wt. 16-24 lb
Supported Bypass Media Letter, Legal, Lefger, Half-Letter, Executive, Monarch, COM # 10, Postcard, OHP,Duplex Printing Standard,Duplex Scanning No

Drum Yield Included in toner,DHCP Compliant Yes,Network Protocol TCP/IP,Max Compression JBIG,Address Book 200 Locations,Scan Resolution 4800 * 600 dpi
Grayscale 256 levels,Interface Standard USB/Ethernet,Scan to E-mail Standard
File Formats PDF, TIFF, JPEG,Scan to Folder Standard,TWAIN Compliant Yes
Scan Boxes(Local) -,Print Resolution 600 * 600 dpi
Page Description Language Standard PCL 5e & 6, PostScript 3
OS Support Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Mac OS 10.3, 10.4, Various Linux
Print Alignment Upper Left Corner
Duplex Print Speed 1-99
Warm-up Time 20 Seconds
Enlargement/Reduction 25-100% ADF, 25-400% FBS
Copy Resolution 600 X 600 dpi
Image Combination Standard-2-in-1, 4-in-1 & Card Copy
Electronic Sorting Standard
Flatbed Scanner 8.5" x 11"


-=Good Selling=-

Muratec MFX-C3400

I can see this box as a big seller in the AEC market place. A3, scan2email, scan2folder and fax. This is an Oki product, and I for one am hoping that Muratec also has the embedded print solution software. This would make this a tremendous value for AEC (Architect, Engineering and Construction).

One pitfall of this system is there is no LAN fax, LAN fax is very popular now, and the ability to send faxes from the PC and forward faxes to a folder or email address is valued point when discussing a customers business process.

Here's the specs:

Muratec announced it will relabel an Okidata color LED MFP, and call it the Muratec MFX-C3400 featuring:

- Base MSRP of $9995.00
- 26ppm color speed and 34ppm b/w
- Uses LED instead of laser technology
- Pulverized toner infused with wax
- Built-in print controller
- HP PCL and PostScript print drivers standard
- 40GB hard drive
- 512MB RAM
- Scan to email/PC/FTP
- Scan to PDF/TIFF/JPEG/XPS
- USB & 10/100BaseT ports
- Auto duplex standard
- 600x1200dpi (does not offer true 8 bits per pixel)
- Up to 11”x17” paper handling
- Banner print mode up to 42.7” long
- Offers smallest footprint for an A3 color device, only 22” wide and 26” deep
- 4 tandem OPC drums
- 50 sheet RADF
- ID card copy feature
- Fax board
- Comes standard with 100 sheet stack bypass and 300 sheet drawer
- Can add more drawers to make the unit floor-standing
- Maximum paper supply of 1,460 sheets
- Uses a 5.8” monochrome LCD control panel
- Bypass supports up to 110lb. index
- drawers and duplexer support up to 46lb. only
- Black toner yield of 9,500 based on 5% coverage
- Color toners yield 10,000 each
- Each drum yields 20,000 images
- No finishing options offered