In many small to mid-sized businesses or workgroups, there is often much room for improvement in the routine jobs that account for most of their document output. A new monochrome printer range from Develop, the ineo 3300P/4000P/4700P, brings a welcome boost to efficiency in office printing.
As Marc Pillay, MD of Develop South Africa, points out, “These office printers are not only fast in processing data and printing documents, they are also extremely easy to use, can hold up to 2 300 sheets of paper and be fitted with three paper trays for different media, making them real time-savers in everyday office work.
“The other outstanding features are their user- and eco-friendly operation, lightweight design and small footprint – and that makes them the ideal printer for small businesses or workgroups of up to 15 people.”
With maximum output speeds ranging from 33 to 47 A4 pages per minute from the ineo 3300P and ineo 4700P respectively, these new printers are ideally equipped to serve as the main printer in a workgroup or small business and a desktop device in larger firms.
All three printers feature a fast processor to ensure even high-volume jobs are processed and printed fast – a crucial factor in a multi-user environment. Moreover, the ineo 4000P and 4700P come with the option of extending the memory to 1,28Gb for even more powerful performance.
“Ease of use is an integral part of these machines’ design. No office worker wants to spend time consulting the operating manual of a new printer in order to be able to operate the device. Fortunately there is no danger of that happening with these new printers from Develop as they are all extremely easy to operate thanks to a simple-to-follow navigation concept,” explains Pillay.
“A particularly useful feature of the ineo 4000P and 4700P is their 2.4-inch colour display with its intuitive operating principle and highlighted menus that show users the system’s status, operating options and settings.”
In businesses where high-volume printing jobs are commonplace, the 2,300-sheet maximum paper capacity of the ineo 4700P (2,000 in the ineo 4000P) is a very useful option in ensuring the machine does not run out of paper while printing multipage documents.
And if a business prints on different kinds, sizes and weights of paper (in this case A6-A4 and 60-163 g/m2), the option of equipping the ineo 4000P and 4700P with up to three different paper trays (with 250 or 550 sheets) will also prove a useful time-saver.
According to Pillay, none of these three printers needs to be hidden away in the print room to avoid the annoying noises and emissions frequently associated with office printers. Operating the printers in eco-mode not only saves electricity and toner but also ensures they run extremely quietly as well. All three models come with a standard duplex printing function to save paper and energy.
The system’s hibernate mode reduces the machine’s power consumption to less than 0.5 W when users manually activate or pre-program this to cut in at the end of a working day, for example.
The lightweight design and small footprint of these three printers can be a big advantage in a cramped office or in a desktop printing situation. The convenience of having a fast and efficient printer within easy reach of an office workplace should not be underestimated, for example, when printing confidential or other sensitive documents in an HR or finance department.
“All in all, these three printers from Develop promise to eliminate much of the time-wasting inefficiency that typifies many of the document workflows in small to mid-sized workgroups and businesses,” concludes Pillay.