DataMaster Lab has announced the winners of its DataMaster Lab Awards 2018, revealing the best MFPs by category.
As IndustryAnalysts reports, DataMaster Lab, which has been testing printing equipment since 2009, has announced the winners of its DataMaster Lab Awards 2018 for A3/Ledger MFPs “in various segments.”
Edward Bilson, Technical Director of DataMaster Lab said, “The 2018 Awards are the first fruit of a year-long review of our Evaluation processes. They are all based purely on our test results. All test results are published to our subscribers, so all the world can see that they are both independent and credible. As such they might differ from other industry awards. You can rely on ours.”
“We test productivity in real-world scenarios – we go a lot further that the ISO tests do. We test print quality, and our test engineers – who test all the brands machines – assess how easy the machines are to use. We have standardized tests for the interface, driver, web page, consumables and admin screens,” Edward added.
The awards were for Best Performance in Work Groups.
In the category of 40-49 ppm Colour A3 MFPs, Ricoh’s MP C4504ex series came first, Kyocera’s TASKalfa 4052ci came second and Konica Minolta’s bizhub C458.
In the category of 30-39ppm Colour A3 MFPs, Ricoh’s C3504ex series came first, Toshiba’s e-Studio 3505AC, and Kyocera’s TASKalfa 3552ci came third.
In the category of 20-29ppm Colour A3 MFPs, Toshiba’s e-Studio 2505AC came first, Konica Minolta’s bizhub C287 came second and Ricoh’s MP C2004ex series came third.
