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NORWALK, Conn. – Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., in the Leaders Quadrant in the “Magic Quadrant for MFPs and Printers¹” report.

The Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner that offers visual snapshots of a market’s direction, maturity and participants, and evaluates companies on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

In the report, Gartner defines leaders as:

• Leaders are the most capable in providing MFPs (including SMFPs), printers and the associated printing solutions and services, regardless of customer location.

• Providers in the Leaders quadrant offer the most extensive product portfolio relative to their peers, and they have the broad channel capability to deliver the products to customers where they want to procure them.

• Leaders hold consistently high market share worldwide and are capable of delivering consistent service levels in the regions where Gartner customers are located. continue reading...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 20, 2010 – Xerox Corporation’s (NYSE: XRX) new Color 800/1000 Presses have made a great first impression as printers around the world install the devices to produce vivid images on a wide range of paper stocks.
The systems, printing 80 and 100 pages per minute respectively, are ideal for print service providers looking to expand their digital businesses to produce sophisticated, full-color applications including sales collateral and direct-marketing pieces.
“This is the first time that the ability to add a special effect, such as this clear coating, has been made available through a fifth imaging station in a Xerox production color product,” said Jim Hamilton, group director, InfoTrends’ Production Hardware Consulting Services. “I am sure customers will be able to use it to great advantage as they create and sell value-added content that goes beyond the four process colors.”

Recent installations of the Xerox Color 800/1000 Presses include:  continue reading...

• James River Press, together with Mailing Services Inc., will use the Xerox Color 800 Press to offer high-end variable-data print jobs to a broad spectrum of clients and prospects. The two companies, located in Richmond, Va., are producing a 5,000 piece three-part mailer with seven different versions and personalized imaging on both sides.
  “All of this will be done in one pass on the Xerox Color 800,” said Easley Johnson, vice president, Sales and Marketing, James River Press. “There will be tremendous savings in time and costs running a job like this on the 800 versus offset.”
• The official printer of the Denver Broncos, Publication Printers, purchased the Xerox Color 1000 Press to broaden its digital printing capabilities. The full-service print company will use the press and its clear dry ink feature to enhance short-run color applications, variable-data print jobs and proofing web press applications.

Pharos Systems International, the leading provider of print management and optimization software and services, has announced the launch of the Pharos iMFP solution for Xerox Corporation’s Extensible Interface Platform (EIP), an open development platform for Xerox multifunction printers (MFPs), such as the ColorQube™ 9200 Series. The solution provides authentication, print/copy accounting, print release, and printing security and is available integrated with Pharos Blueprint® Enterprise or Pharos Uniprint® software.

With the Pharos iMFP solution, users can swipe their ID card at the MFP to provide authentication and choose the function they would like to use. The MFP’s customized user interface displays all jobs submitted over a period of time, and users can select the ones they need to print. Printing and copying costs can be deducted from the user’s personal account or charged to a budget center. continue reading...

Xerox introduces the WorkCentre® 3550 desktop black-and-white laser multi-function printer (MFP), the newest addition to Xerox’s family of office products. This MFP copies, scans, faxes and prints up to 35 pages per minute (ppm), and is equipped to handle the printing tasks of busy offices.

The WorkCentre 3550, designed for small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), includes many advanced features, such as automatic duplex printing and CentreWare® Internet Services device management tool, to help users be more productive. The WorkCentre 3550 comes with: continue reading...

• A standard paper capacity of 550 sheets, the WorkCentre 3550 can handle heavy office print volumes.
• Secure print keeps documents from printing until users provide a PIN code to release the job.
• Color scanning provides customers with the ability to capture documents as they originally appeared.
• Files are easily transferred through the print-from and scan-to USB thumb drive on the front of the MFP.

The Challenge
Baptist St. Anthony’s Health System—a VHA member—is an award-winning healthcare organization based in Amarillo, Texas. The organization—which includes a 475-bed acute care hospital and 16 locations—prides itself on patient satisfaction and high quality care.

A few years ago, following a series of mergers, they decided to take action to streamline and improve their enterprise-wide approach to document management and production.

At the time, Baptist St. Anthony’s relied on a sprawling infrastructure of copiers, printers and fax machines provided by many different manufacturers. As a result, it was diffi cult to arrange for service and supplies. In fact, it sometimes took weeks to get malfunctioning equipment running.

It was hard to control costs, too, because there was no centralized system for tracking paper and supply volumes and changes in usage trends.

They also operated several in-house print shops with overlapping capabilities. Baptist St. Anthony’s wanted to consolidate their operations into a world-class printing operation that would dramatically reduce the need for expensive outside printing.

In addition, Baptist St. Anthony’s wanted to make dramatic improvements in their paper-intensive and forms-based business processes, eliminate unnecessary document inventories, and build a strong foundation for an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system that would improve productivity and HIPAA compliance. continue reading...

Sometimes, you need a little help from a friend. Xerox Corporation unveiled  a new software tool for its ColorQube 9200 Series multifunction printers (MFP) that prompts office workers on ways to save money and print greener.

The Web-based software called Xerox Print Advisor uses on-screen prompts to alert users to simple actions they can take to print smarter. For example, if a user chooses to print a multiple page document on one side only, an on-screen message appears recommending two-sided printing.

Free to ColorQube 9200 Series customers, Print Advisor also collects data on all print jobs, such as how many pages each user prints daily, providing valuable information to the IT department. A variety of detailed reports help office workers and IT administrators make more informed and responsible print decisions.

For IT managers looking for enterprise-wide reports and usage data, Xerox Print Advisor Premium will be available for a fee. The premium version extends the benefits beyond ColorQube 9200 Series users and provides detailed data and reporting for all networked printers and MFPs as well as those directly connected to users' PCs. Administrators also can create custom end-user prompts to deliver additional information relevant to their organizations. continue reading...

Introduced over thirteen years ago, Xerox’s exclusive solid ink technology is not only a viable, affordable option for those companies looking to add color to their business documents, but it has also become a competitive force in the industry. Other companies have tried to compete with Xerox’s long history of color expertise, but none have come close to matching the convenience and quality offered by solid ink technology. Solid ink adds value to businesses. It is the only printing technology that can create brilliant, vibrant prints on a wide range of media. It is the easiest technology on the market to use. It is the only technology that produces minimal waste. And, with a low entry price and cost per page, solid ink printers truly give customers the most value for their money. This white paper takes a closer look at the technology that continues to make Xerox stand apart from the rest.

Today’s Business Office
Office color printers need to address a broad range of applications and serve diverse teams. While one group may demand flawless rendering of complex PostScript® files and detailed photographs, another team may want fast printing of text documents or quick business presentations. The need for color and versatility is everywhere.

Considerations include:
• How can I get black & white and color at the same time?
• What does the typical user need to know to successfully use the printer day in and day out?
• How quickly can consumables be replenished?
• How many users can share the printer before print times become unacceptably long?
• How well does the driver software integrate the printer into the user’s workflow?
• If the printer is shared among groups, can it account for usage? continue reading...

Background Information
Technology advances sometimes come in unexpected places. To most of us, the black powder we have been adding to copiers and printers for the last sixty years doesn’t seem to have changed very much. It certainly looks the same. But looks can be deceiving. As a result of sixty years of research and thousands of patents, today’s toners flow better, store better, fuse better, and develop more efficiently, resulting in cleaner, better looking prints. But under the surface, other technological advances in toner design have also enabled better, less expensive, and safer photoreceptor and fuser materials not to mention faster and cleaner operating machines. The newest advancement in toner technology is EA toner.

What is EA Toner?
EA Toner is chemical toner prepared by Emulsion Aggregation, or a chemical process used to “grow” very small, uniform particle sizes from even smaller (sub-micron) size toner components. The EA process can deliver the desired size and narrow particle size distribution required for excellent color image quality. This small size and the relative uniformity of all the articles in a particular “batch” of EA toner is more predictable than the conventional mechanical process of pulverizing extruded plastic for toner. It is also less energy intensive. Emulsion refers to the synthetic chemical process to form latex toner resin and aggregation means to bring the toner ingredient’s particles together to form the desired particle size and spherical shape.

How is it different from other toners?
The conventional toner manufacturing process, consists of starting with just the right plastic, melt mixing in pigment and special ingredients, and pulverizing the resulting block of composite plastic to a fine powder. Finally, the powder still has to be processed to remove oversized chunks and ultra fine particles. This multi-step process results in non-uniform angular particles with a somewhat wide size and shape distribution. As amazing as the resulting toners were, to step up to the challenges that each new generation of xerography required, the manufacturing process still limited engineers in creating toner with all the capabilities they wanted. continue reading...

Solution Payback Assessment
Accounts payable (AP) processes have traditionally been characterized by heavyvolumes of paper documentation coming from disparate locations, requiring manually intensive data entry and matching tasks. Working with Xerox Global Services, companies can significantly reduce processing costs, recover early payment discounts, prevent late payment penalties, reduce errors, and streamline audit compliance processes by incorporating automation and indexed metadata to streamline processes. The result can save companies millions annually, generating a return on investment of over 90% in three years and payback in less than 12 months.

Top ROI Value Drivers
Document capture, retrieval, and information management technologies can generate bottom line economic impact through:

•Lowered transaction processing costs
• Improved payment accuracy
• Improved capture of payment discounts
• Streamlined audit and compliance processes
• Reduced IT infrastructure costs
• Eliminated or reduced storage costs continue reading...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 19, 2010 - Last spring, Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) introduced its ColorQube(tm) 9200 Series multifunction printer

(MFP) with a straightforward proposition - affordable color that lowers the environmental impact of office printing.  One year later, organizations around the world say it's true - solid ink technology is making a positive impact on business and the environment.

"The technology behind the ColorQube 9200 Series, along with Xerox's marketing of the solution, has been very well-received in the marketplace," said Angele Boyd, GVP/GM, Imaging/Output/Document Solutions, IDC. "The MFP is answering a definite need for businesses worldwide and is a testimony to the benefits of Xerox's solid ink technology."

Customers using the ColorQube 9200 Series to cut costs and meet their sustainability goals include: continue reading...

• CityCenter (U.S.), an urban destination of hotels and residences, spas, dining and shopping on the Las Vegas Strip, recently installed 37 ColorQube 9200 MFPs to help meet sustainability goals. The MFPs generate 90 percent less supplies waste, 9 percent less lifecycle energy and 10 percent fewer greenhouse gases than a comparable laser-based product and are located in every property in the development, including the flagship ARIA Resort & Casino.  CityCenter has achieved six LEED(r) gold certifications by the U.S. Green Building Council. The solid ink MFPs are just one part of its commitment to using sustainable elements and practices to create a healthier environment at CityCenter.