ColorQube 9202/ Multifunction Printer Competitive Assessment
Xerox ColorQube 9202/9203 vs. Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 Competitive Assessment
This document has been prepared from internal analysis as well as data prepared by Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI), the imaging industrys leading source of unbiased and reliable competitive intelligence. Data was collected in BLIs 10,000 square-foot lab in Hackensack, New Jersey and has been published in BLIs Lab Test Reports, Environmental Test Reports, and BLI Side-By-Side Comparison publications, among others.
Summary: ColorQube 9202/9203 advantages
The ColorQube 9200 Series received a BLI Outstanding Achievement Award, Spring 2009
BLI honored the ColorQube 9200 Series with an Outstanding Achievement Award. The award announcement praised the machines innovative pricing structure that allows users to get useful color output for the same cost as black and white. It also commended the Series product design. In addition to offering excellent ease of programming jobs from both its well-designed control panel and its print drivers, the units ease of user maintenance far outshines the toner-based products it competes with in this speed range, said BLI Assignments Editor George Mikolay. Other than the ink sticks, the devices feature only one customerreplaceable component, a long-life cleaning unit with an average yield of 200,000 prints, said BLI Manager of Laboratory Testing Pete Emory. In contrast, the ColorQube Series toner-based competitors require much more user intervention, requiring not only replacement of four toner cartridges, but sometimes four drums and developer as well.
* LI tested the Xerox ColorQube 9203 and Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 B for this report. Feature sets are typically common among product families of the same class; therefore, the advantages highlighted in this report can apply to all products mentioned. The caveat to this is when page per minute productivity figures are quoted, these apply specifically to the products tested.
Compared to the Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045 5051, the ColorQube /C has the following advantages: /9
Productivity* etter print drivers B ser-replaceable consumables U asier to set up E aster tested job stream printing (all modes tested) F ore efficient simplex printing (auto-color mode) M ore efficient duplex printing (auto-color mode) M aster tested simplex printing (auto-color mode) F aster tested duplex printing (auto-color mode) F aster tested black printing (one set; simplex and duplex modes) F ore efficient overall simplex printing (black mode) M aster tested first-copy times (most modes) F aster tested first-copy times from the document feeder (black mode) F aster tested simplex copying (auto-color mode) F aster tested duplex copying (one set; auto-color mode) F uperior paper handling S igher standard and maximum paper capacity H ore standard paper drawers M etter finishing options including post process insertion and B C-/Z-folding etter multitasking B Cost Control omprehensive color access controls C etter administrative utilities B lack and White-Only print driver B asier usage tracking E etter reporting B Security ore security features are standard M ncrypted job logs are standard E ollow-You Printing is standard F ore user I.D. codes M assword-protected Web page P ommon Criteria certified C Environmental considerations eets ENERGY STAR 1.1 standard M ses cartridge-free solid ink sticks that avoid the excessive U packaging of conventional toner cartridges ses less energy when printing U re-paid labels for easy recycling returns P erox recognized for environmental responsibility X Image quality ated higher in print quality by BLI (most categories) R igher measured black print density H igher measured color print density H ated higher in copy quality by BLI (most categories) R igher measured black copy density H igher fax resolution H

Xerox ColorQube 9202/9203 vs. Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051

Table of contents

Test conditions:

Productivity

Productivity analysis. 4 Print drivers. 4 Consumables. 4 Ease of use advantages. 5 IT advantages. 5 Speed comparisons. 6
BLI tested the Xerox ColorQube 9203 and Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 for this report. Feature sets are typically common among product families of the same class; therefore, the advantages highlighted in this report can apply to all products mentioned. The caveat to this is when page per minute productivity figures are quoted, these apply specifically to the products tested. The device(s) to be tested, lab test equipment and paper are tested with daily conditions maintained between 20 and 25.6 degrees Celsius/68 and 78 degrees Farenheit and 35% to 65% RH. A4/Letter-size 80 gsm/20-lb. bond paper is used for all testing. Electricity is automatically regulated to <1% variation at 115 VAC using a Powerstat voltage regulator. Energy measurements used in Environmental Test Reports are recorded using a Yokogawa WT210 digital power meter. Devices with multiple energy level settings are set to use the lowest amount of energy for energy-save mode and/or sleep mode and to go into each mode at the shortest interval possible. The Job Stream Test conducted for BLI Environmental Reports is started from sleep mode after overnight dormancy and the running mode tests are started from idle mode. This document is intended for internal use and is provided for self training purposes. All testing and observations recorded in this document are subject to change.

Cost control

Reducing the cost of color. 7 Comparison. 8

Security

Security features comparison. 9
Environmental considerations
Environmental friendliness. 10 Environmental awards. 10

Image quality

Comparison. 11
Key positioning strengths
Lower MSRP. 12 Solid ink is unproven technology. 12 Faster rated engine speed. 12

Specifications

Comparison. 13
Xerox ColorQube 9202/9203 vs. Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 3

Productivity Analysis

Productivity is influenced by a variety of factors, ranging from the obvious (rated engine speed, rated scan speed) to the subtle (streamlined administrative procedures, for example), and overall ease of use. We will examine numerous factors that contribute to the overall productivity advantages of the ColorQube 9202/9203 in this section. Ease of use is a critical factor in determining productivity. If users have to spend time figuring out how to use a function properly, theyre not doing the jobs theyre paid to do and their productivity suffers dramatically.
The ColorQube 9202 9203s user-replaceable / consumables means no waiting for technician visits

Other than the ink sticks, the devices feature only one customerreplaceable component, a long-life cleaning unit with an average yield of 200,000 prints, said BLI Manager of Laboratory Testing Pete Emory. In contrast, the ColorQube Series toner-based competitors require much more user intervention, requiring not only replacement of four toner cartridges, but sometimes four drums and developer as well. BLI Outstanding Achievement Award, Spring 2009
Better print drivers that keep workers more productive
ColorQube 9202/9203 Toner gauge in print driver uses one-percent increments Paper gauge in print drivers imageRUNNER ADVANCE C/C No toner gauge in print drivers Drivers display inaccurate information on remaining paper supply unless users first update the information, which is an impractical, multi-step process No default settings by application
Award-winning mobile print driver Default settings by application
The ColorQube 9202/9203 uses cartridge-free, environmentally friendly ink that is simple to load.
The Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 is far more complicated to load and generates more waste.
The ColorQube 9202/9203 print driver keeps users informed with consumable and paper tray status. Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 drivers do not feature a point-and-click interface or consumables feedback.
BLI rated the ColorQube 9203 Excellent for Ease of Network Setup versus Very Good for the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051
According to BLI Lab Tests ColorQube 9203 The ColorQube 9203 comes with one disk containing PCL 5c/6 and PostScript print drivers, TWAIN and WIA scan drivers and user guides. The disk auto launches, taking 10 clicks to install the PCL and PostScript driver. imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 The device comes with separate UFR II and PCL print driver installation CDsInstallation of the PCL 6 driver required 16 clicks in total; a UFR II driver only installation also required 16 clicks in total.
BLI productivity analysis: Faster job stream printing (all modes tested)

BLIs job stream test simulates how well a device will handle the demands of a busy workgroup. Tested job stream speed in auto-color mode (19 pages total; in PPM)* ColorQube 9203 PCL PostScript 31.3 32.1 imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 16.6 16.6

Five sets 10 sets

ColorQube 9203
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051
Faster simplex printing, auto-color mode (in PPM)*
One set 18.8 24.5 30.7 31.6 39.5 42.4
Tested job stream speed in black mode (19 pages total; in PPM)* ColorQube 9203 PCL PostScript 31.2 32.7 imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 16.8 17.1
Faster duplex printing, auto-color mode (in PPM)*
One set Five sets 10 sets 16.0 19.1 28.2 29.2 30.8 31.8
* ata from BLI Lab Test Reports on both devices. BLIs job stream includes Word documents, D Outlook e-mail messages, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint, HTML and Acrobat PDF files totaling 19 pages, released to the device simultaneously.
BLI productivity analysis: More efficient simplex printing (auto-color mode)
Tested overall simplex print efficiency rate in auto-color mode using the PCL print driver* ColorQube 9203 69.2%
* Data from BLI Lab Test Reports
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 53.0%
BLI productivity analysis: Faster black printing (one set)
Tested black print speeds using the PCL print driver (one set; in PPM)* ColorQube 9203 Simplex mode Duplex mode
BLI productivity analysis: More efficient duplex printing (auto-color mode)
Tested overall duplex print efficiency rate in auto-color mode using the PCL print driver* ColorQube 9203 52.7%
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 21.1 18.6

26.7 20.8

imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 49.0%
BLI productivity analysis: More efficient overall simplex printing (black mode)
Tested overall simplex print efficiency rate in black mode using the PCL print driver* ColorQube 9203 73.0%
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 69.8%
Xerox ColorQube 9202/9203 vs. Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 5
BLI productivity analysis: Faster tested first-copy times (most modes)
Tested first-copy times (auto-color mode; in seconds)* ColorQube 9203 From the platen From the document feeder
* Data from BLI Lab Test Reports.
BLI productivity analysis: Superior paper handling
The ColorQube 9202/9203 handles more sheets ColorQube 9202/9203 3,300 sheets (standard) 7,300 sheets (maximum) More standard paper sources ColorQube 9202/9203 Three standard drawers imageRUNNER ADVANCE C/C Two standard drawers imageRUNNER ADVANCE C/C 1,100 sheets (standard) 5,000 sheets (maximum)

imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 11.00 14.20

9.89 9.41

BLI productivity analysis: Faster tested first-copy times from the document feeder (black mode; in seconds)*
ColorQube 9203 From the platen From the document feeder
Only the ColorQube offers /
Optional C- and Z-folding Optional post-process inserter
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 7.2 11.0

9.4 9.6

BLI productivity analysis: Superior multitasking simplifies workflow and enhances productivity
BLI rated the ColorQube 9203 Excellent at Multitasking versus Very Good for the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051
ColorQube 9202/9203 Reserve unlimited number of copy jobs while a copy is in progress is limited only by memory Users can program the next copy or scan job while the originals of the current copy or scan job are still being scanned by the device The screen automatically clears when a new document is placed into the document feeder
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 Reserve a maximum of 20 copy jobs while a copy job is in progress Users have to wait until all the pages of the current copy job have been scanned before they can program a new copy or scan job If a copy job has been scanned from the automatic document feeder, users have to press the Close key and then the Reset or Clear key to clear the previous jobs settings; the screen does not automatically clear
Faster simplex copying, auto-color mode (in CPM)*
One set Five sets 10 sets 20.3 22.4 31.1 31.8 38.1 41.5
Faster duplex copying, auto-color mode (in CPM)*
One set Five sets 10 sets 17.0 18.2 28.4 28.4 31.5 31.2
Reducing the cost of color
Most cost-per-copy plans consist of one billing rate for black-and-white pages and one rate for color pages. This may be good for full coverage or black-only documents, but this fails to take into account the range of color documents that customers actually print. With the ColorQube 9200 series, unique metered price plans are based on the actual color used on the page. No more paying expensive full-color page prices for small amounts of color. Pages with useful amounts of color are billed at the same rate as black-and-white pages. The more color pages you print, the more you save. On most color pages, the price will drop significantly. The ColorQube 9200 series creates images by printing tiny spots (called pixels) of black and color on the page. The MFP automatically counts how many color pixels are used to produce each printed page. Individual pages are tallied on three separate meters in the machine based on how many color pixels are on a particular page. The only factor that determines which meter is incremented by a given printed page is the number of color pixels used in printing that page. Therefore, you only pay for the amount of color used on each page, independent of paper size and independent of the print quality mode a user has selected.

Typical office document color distribution
Office color documents can be classified by the amount of color used. According to Xerox research, the breakdown of color documents in a typical office environment is:

25% Expressive Color

10% Useful Color

65% Everyday Color

Ranges of Color Documents

Useful Color

Expressive Color (standard color rate)

Document Color

Everyday Color

(reduced color rate)

Black + Useful Color

(black-and-white rate)

Expressive Color
This distribution may vary by customer location and does not include black-only pages.
Xerox ColorQube 9202/9203 vs. Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 7
Advantages for a companys Chief Technology Officer or IT Director Easier tracking and better reporting
Can the MFP track and report on total number of ColorQube 9202/9203 Pages? Copies? Prints? Simplex pages? Duplex pages? Scan/Send pages? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Comparing Xerox CentreWare Web with Canon imageWARE Enterprise Management Console
Does the utility Xerox CentreWare Web Generate reports? Include standard report templates? Support remote firmware upgrades? Support remote print queue management? Support remote application installation? Support automated toner requests? Yes 11 Yes Yes Yes* Yes Canon iW EMC Yes No No No No No No Yes No No Optional
E-mail messages sent? Yes
The ColorQube 9202/9203 incorporates standard accounting software that includes built-in report templates to streamline reporting. Accounting capability is optional for the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051.
Support automated meter Yes* submission? Offer remote device discovery? Offer Active Directory? Offer dynamic device grouping? Provide a mobile print driver?

* Xerox only

Yes Yes Yes Standard
The ColorQube 9202/ 203 offers better standard 9 security features
Does the MFP offer ColorQube 9202/9203 14-character administrator passwords? 2,500 department/ user ID codes? Secure Print? Hard drive encryption? Hard drive overwrite? Password-protected Web page? Yes Yes Standard Standard Standard (3x) Standard imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 No (max. 7) No (max. 1,000) Optional Optional Standard (1x)/ Optional (3x) No
Safeguard against attacks
External device: The ColorQube 9202/9203 leverages port blocking and fax securities to ensure product safety. Internal device: With scan securities and role-based access along with CAC or SMARTcard access restrictions, the ColorQube 9202/9203 defends against any breach attempts. Xerox has submitted for full product Common Criteria Certification to ensure product security. The imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 has no current Common Criteria certification. On the ColorQube 9202/9203, an administrator has the ability to set security levels to meet their requirements with Xerox. Xerox allows setting hard disk overwrite and encryption as needed. Hard disk overwrite can be ad hoc now or set to occur after every print or scheduled daily, weekly, monthly.

Full system Common Criteria Certification
very function of the machine is individually certified E ost rigorous testing in the world M erox has more devices certified than any competitor X Fax Card OS

Scanner

Disk Xerox Full System Certified Others Full System Certified

Local IU PostScript

Controller
Xerox ColorQube 9202/9203 vs. Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 9
The ColorQube 9202/9203 meets the new ENERGY STAR 1.1 requirements. It leverages all of the latest, most energy-efficient technologies, including electronics, power supplies and insulation for the components that need to stay warm. It also uses new software algorithms to lower power consumption. The ENERGY STAR program has stringent requirements and is designed so that only 25% of products in the marketplace meet the requirements.
The ColorQube uses less energy / while printing
ColorQube 9202/watts imageRUNNER ADVANCE C/C 1,082 watts
The ColorQube 9202/ 203 generates less waste 9 and less hassle
The ColorQube 9202/9203 uses cartridge-free solid ink sticks that avoid the excessive packaging of conventional toner cartridges. This means fewer resources are used and less energy is invested in manufacturing and transporting solid ink. It also translates to 90% less waste in your office and a smaller carbon footprint across the product lifecycle. Toner-based competitors such as the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 cant compete on this important attribute.
The ColorQube is more / environmentally friendly
Does the MFP offer ColorQube 9202/9203 A hardware remanufacturing program for this product? Pre-paid labels for returning recyclable material? Toner recycling program? Yes imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 No

Yes (cleaning unit)

Solid ink waste vs. laser waste
Cartridge-free solid ink is a true consumable; no empty toner cartridges to dispose or recycle. The ColorQube 9200 series produces 90 percent less waste during use than a comparable laser device.
Yes (for cleaning unit No oil; because ink sticks are completely used up, there is no need to recycle them).
Xeroxs Recent Environmental Awards:
Corporate Leader by US EPA Climate Protection Award FTSE4Good Index Worlds Most Ethical Companies List

Solid Ink 88 lbs

Laser 815 lbs
Total waste produced from printing 22,000 pages per month for 4 years.

Comparing image quality

Comparing BLI Print Quality Ratings*

ColorQube 9202/9203 Text Line art Halftone pattern Halftone range Solids Color business graphics Color photographic images Good Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Fair imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 Very Good Fair Good Very Good Good Good Fair Text Line art Halftone pattern Halftone range Solids Color business graphics Color photographic images
Comparing BLI Copy Quality Ratings*
ColorQube 9202/9203 Good Fair Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Good imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 Good Good Good Very Good Fair Good Good
* Ratings published in BLI Lab Test Reports
Higher black print density results in sharper, clearer images
Measured black print density range* ColorQube 9202/9203 1.49 to 1.55 imageRUNNER ADVANCE C/C 1.32 to 1.38
Higher copy density delivers sharper, truer copies
Measured black copy density range* ColorQube 9202/9203 1.64 to 1.65
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C/C 1.50 to 1.52
Measured color print density (based on average of two readings)* ColorQube 9202/9203 Yellow Magenta Cyan
Higher fax resolution for clearer, more readable faxes
Fax resolution (max. dpi) ColorQube 9202/x 600 imageRUNNER ADVANCE C/C 400 x 400
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 0.68 1.13 0.94

1.04 0.89 1.29

Xerox ColorQube 9202/9203 vs. Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 11
Key positioning strengths of the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 and how to combat them with prospective customers

Lower MSRP

What the Canon sales rep could say: The imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051 costs significantly less than the ColorQube 9202/9203. How to respond: Sometimes you get what you pay for. The ColorQube 9202/9203s innovative solid ink technology and flexible pricing plans enable some of the most competitive color operating costs on the market today. Customers are saving up to 62% off their color pages with the ColorQube Hybrid Color Plan. Total cost of ownership savings over the life of the device will far exceed the difference in hardware costs. In addition, the ColorQube 9202/9203 is a better value than the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 because of its significantly higher standard paper capacity, better productivity and superior ease of use. Whats more, the ColorQube 9202/9203 includes standard PCL and PostScript printing capability (each requires a separate additional purchase for the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051) as well as standard 3x hard disk drive overwrite functionality (another option for the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/C5051).
Faster Rated Engine Speed
What the Canon sales rep could say: The imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051s rated engine speed is 51 pages per minute, while the ColorQube 9203s engine is rated slower at 50 pages per minute. How to respond: A manufacturers specification for rated engine speed is not the best indicator of real world speed. During BLI lab testing, equipment is run through a series of tests that reveal its actual speed and productivity. For example, the ColorQube 9203 was faster than the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 during the print job stream test in both black and autocolor modes, and also proved faster in numerous print and copy tests conducted by BLI. It is also worth mentioning that the ColorQube Series is unique in offering flexible engine speeds. The ColorQube 9203 is capable of running at a speed of up to 85 ppm in color if the user is willing to make a small trade-off in image quality.

Solid Ink is Unproven Technology
What the Canon sales rep could say: The ColorQube Series is unproven technology and any buyer is taking a chance because it is still new to Xerox. How to respond: The underlying solid ink technology found in the ColorQube Series has been on the market since the introduction of the first solid ink printer in 1991. That device received numerous industry awards and led to the successful development of a broad line of printers and MFPs based on solid ink technology. Xerox has leveraged this core technology and migrated it to higher speeds in the ColorQube Series. Many respected research organizations, including Buyers Laboratory, have tested solid ink devices such as the ColorQube and recognized it with awards.
Specifications at a glance
Xerox ColorQube 9202/9203 Engine Speed (black, default)* Engine Speed (color, default)* Max. Engine Speed (black)* Max. Engine Speed (color)* Std. Paper Capacity Std. Paper Trays Max. Paper Capacity Standard RAM Standard Hard Drive PCL 6 print driver PostScript print driver Post-Process Inserter C-/Z-fold finishing Dedicated Fax Memory (in fax option) 50 ppm 50 ppm 85 ppm 85 ppm 3,300 sheets 4 7,300 sheets 2 GB 80 GB Standard Standard Optional Optional 512 MB
Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5045/Cppm 51 ppm 51 ppm 51 ppm 1,100 sheets 2 5,000 sheets 2 GB 80 GB Optional Optional No Not available Shared
* LI tested the Xerox ColorQube 9203 and Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 for this report. Feature sets are typically common among product families of the same class; therefore, B the advantages highlighted in this report can apply to all products mentioned. The caveat to this is when page per minute productivity figures are quoted, these apply specifically to the products tested.
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