Existing Toshiba copiers will not be able to erase the toner
on the paper, in order to have the erasable toner feature you’ll have to shell
out some shekels for a new Toshiba MFP.
Plus, it’s been reported that a latent image will still remain on the
page even after the toner has been removed.
Personally, I don’t think the Feds will be buying any of these systems. I’m
not sold on either one of these new releases from Toshiba. It seems Toshiba has
created some traction in recent weeks, but I doubt either of these new features
will increase sales for the long term.
Adobe Lean Print at $99 per user seems a little pricing and what happens
if you don’t like the way lean print will magically reformat your pages, you’ll
have to print the documents again and again.
Where the heck is the savings now?
One of the videos that show the reformatting of twelve pages to four,
Adobe Lean print reformats the single pages to three columns per page looking
more like a news paper article. You can
get a better view here
of what the pages look like. I’m finding
hard to believe that the font size will not be smaller from the original
document. I going to check give the 30
day trial a shot and see what happens, more importantly I’m trying to think of
applications that I would use this for, as of right now I got nothing.
As far as the erasable toner goes, when was the last time
you ran the same sheet of paper through a copy machine five times? The Toshiba MFP system uses heat to remove
the toner image, I can only think after using the same sheet of paper times
there’s going to be some degrading of the paper.
Here's paragraph from House of Japan
"This is a special kind of toner that loses its color when heated, so this technology makes it look as if the printing has disappeared. With this system, one sheet of photocopy paper can be used at least five times, so this product combines economy with ecology."
So back to my initial thoughts, both of these releases have
some WOW & Sizzle factor to them. With
Toshiba at a paltry 3% of the US market share I’m thinking it’s more of a flash
in the pan and Toshiba may finally wave the white flag when it comes to
manufacturing copiers.
-=Good Selling=-
