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Article: Duplex Dynamos.(digital print engines)(Buyers guide)
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- Graphic Arts Monthly
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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By Nancy Wallan, Contributing Editor
Digital print engines are quick to crack speed barriers adding second engines for two-sided runs.
Toner-based print engines may have seemed to hit the wall when it comes to speed, especially in the cut-sheet arena, where attention has been turning to inkjet as the future solution. While that may yet be the end result, new developments in dry-toner engines-notably tandem and duplexing systems-have given a new lease on life to dry-toner runs, buying time for the technology as inkjet matures in its quality-vs.-speed struggles.
Familiar digital printers from Xerox, Konica-Minolta, Canon and the like 'duplex,' or ...