Today marked the official launch of 4 A3 devices in the US:•CLX-9250ND – MSRP; $10,802 (25 PPM color)
•CLX-9350ND – MSRP; $14,498 (35 PPM color)
•SCX-8030ND – MSRP; $9,916 (30 PPM monochrome)
•SCX-8040ND – MSRP; $11,374 (40 PPM monochrome)
I'm kinda wishy washy with them entering the A3 market, I'm not sure if it's the right move for them. For about a year I had heard rumors on the street that Samsung would counter with higher speed A4 devices like a 60, 70 and 90ppm devices. I strongly believe if Samsung had come to market with these A4 devices at these speeds they would have turned the MFP/Copier world on their heels. It's not a secret that 95% of the pages printed in the US are letter and legal.
Just the other day I was at an account that's in the financial business, I was there to inspect 5 devices that were all 60 pages per minute to 90 pages per minute. I printed a report from each to device to get current meter reads, how often duplex was used, stapling, etc. I made it a point to check the 11x17 output for these devices, and each system was a big fat ZERO for 11x17's that were printed or copied.
I'm thinking Samsung should have stayed with a strength and developed the higher speed A4's to take market share away from Ricoh, Canon, Xerox and KonicaMinolta. The foray into the A3 market place may be a big mistake.
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ReplyDeleteI kind of agree with you. I guess they decided they just don't want to be left in a position where they are always a second line for dealers. Without some ledger product there would be larger deals that they could not go after as it would mean a mixed fleet if ledger was needed in some parts of a deal. Of course it now makes them look a lot like all the rest rather than a unique player.