Section 1: Evaluating Color Multifunction Printers
Environmental Impact
How does a color multifunction printer put you on a path to a greener
workplace?
Environmental impact can be assessed in a variety of ways. Does it have a
lower total carbon footprint over the product lifecycle? Does it produce less waste? Can
you get consistent image quality on environmentally friendly media?
How the ColorQube
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Multifunction Printer exceeds
the environmental impact
requirement:
Energy usage is only a small part of a product's
total impact to the environment. Experts agree
that a product's carbon footprint is a more
complete measure of its cradle-to-grave impact
on the environment.
Cartridge-free Solid Ink sticks avoid the
excessive packaging of toner cartridges. That
means fewer resources are used and less energy
is invested in manufacturing and transportation.
An independent 3rd party reviewed the life-
cycle analysis for the ColorQube 8900 from
manufacturing to end of life. The results?
Ninety percent less printing waste in your
offi ce and a smaller carbon footprint across
the product life cycle*. Also, Solid Ink has
been certifi ed to have 30 percent bio-derived
renewable material content by the National
Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers
(NAPIM).
Solid Ink stick packaging is made from post
consumer waste that can be recycled locally
where options are available. Compared to the
multiple imaging units required throughout
the life of a typical laser device, the ColorQube
8900 has only one customer replaceable
component — a long-life Cleaning Unit.
Naturally, it can be recycled through the Xerox
Green World Alliance (xerox.com/gwa).
The Intelligent Ready feature on the ColorQube
8900 learns your workgroup's usage patterns
and moves to low power mode when you're less
likely to need it and restores to print ready level
when your offi ce is busy.
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ColorQube 8900 Multifunction Printer Evaluator Guide
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Because Solid Ink produces brilliant color on
recycled and other environmentally friendly
paper — media that other printing technologies
have trouble with — the ColorQube 8900
enables you to make the switch to recycled
paper to help meet your company's
sustainability initiatives without sacrifi cing
quality. The device also comes standard with
two-sided printing, allowing you to cut your
paper usage in half.
The ColorQube 8900 print driver includes Earth
Smart settings, a new feature that allows users
to choose default settings that encourage
sustainability practices, such as 2-Sided Print.
The ColorQube 8900 also includes standard
GreenPrint software, which automatically
detects unnecessary pages, such as those with
only a web address or a meaningless picture,
and lets you select the pages you actually
need to print, helping you reduce paper and
toner usage. There's even a counter that keeps
track of the number and total weight of your
conserved pages.
* Cartridge-free Solid Ink: Less to manufacture, no empty
toner cartridges to dispose or recycle, and less storage space
required than comparable laser devices. According to Life
Cycle analysis, Solid Ink printers produce 90 percent less
printing waste during use than comparable laser devices.
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The Earth Smart interface simplifi es paper
conservation.
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