EvALuATE PERFORMANCE AND PRINT SPEEDForgraphicartsandlightproductionenvironments,overall system speed and performancearecriticalconsiderations.Print speedsarecriticalinlightproductionenvironments,wherelongerprintjobsareregularlyproduced.Ingraphicartsandcolor-intensiveenvironments,processing speed and overallperformancewillhelpavoidbottlenecksandquicklyprocesslargejobs.Lastly,considertheconsumablesfortheprinter-copiersyouareevaluating,andwhethertheywillhelpyouavoiddowntime.PRINT SPEEDEverthinkyourprintercouldprintasfastincolorasitdoesinblack-and-white?TheDocuColor242/252/260printer-copiercomesclose,whiledeliveringprintspeedsyouprobablyhaven’texpe-riencedbefore.TheDocuColor242featuresprintspeedsofupto40ppmforcolorand55ppmforblack-and-white.TheDocuColor252deliversprintspeedsofupto50ppmforcolorand65ppmforblack-and-white.TheDocuColor260bringstheperformanceoftheXeroxcolorproductlinetonewheights,withcolorprintspeedsofupto60ppmandblack-and-whiteprintspeedsupto75ppm.Withfirst-page-outtimes(FPOT)asfastas10.7secondsforcolorand4.3secondsforblack-and-white,yourjobsnotonlyprintfast,butalsogetstartedquickly.PROCESSING POwERTheintegratednetworkcontrollerintheDocuColor242/252/260utilizesa2.8GHzIntel®Celeron®processorand512MBofstandardmemory(1GBmaximum).ThisEFIFierybustledcontrollercanalsobeconfiguredwiththeEFISplashRPX-iisoftwaresolution.Forenvironmentswithpreexistingworkflowsorspecificprocessingneeds,Xeroxoffersthreeaddi-tionalexternalcolorserveroptions.AllofyourprocessingandworkflowrequirementscanbemetbyaDocuColor242/252/260.OvERALL PERFORMANCENomatterhowbigorcomplexthemixofprintjobs,theDocuColor242/252/260canhandleit.Withfastprintspeeds,quickFPOT,afastnetworkconnection,andpowerfulimageprocessing,theseprinter-copiershavethehorsepowertohandleyourworkload.Withfivestandardpapertrays,optionalhigh-capacityfeeders,anda250-sheetDADF,yourlargeprintandscanjobsarealsohandledwithminimalinterventions.CONSuMAbLESTheDocuColor242/252/260printer-copierutilizesXeroxSMartKit™customerreplaceableunitssothatregularlyreplacedsuppliescanbereplacedwithoutrequiringaservicecall.Further,theseMFPsaredesignedsothatyoucanreplacetonercartridgeswhilethemachineisstillcopyingorprinting—avoidinginterruptionsthatoccurwhentonercartridgesruncompletelyempty.TheDocuColor242/252/260alsoutilizestwoblacktonercartridges,doublingthecapacityofthemostoftenusedtonercolor.4 DOCuCOlOR 242 / 252 / 260 EvAluAtOR GuIDEhOw ThE DOCuCOLOR 242 / 252 / 260 EXCEEDS ThE PERFORMANCEAND PRINT SPEED REQuIREMENT: