UNDER THE HOOD / XEROX PRIMELINK C9200 SERIES As the inventor of the electrophotographic imaging process, eponymously known as xerography, it’s no surprise that Xerox continues to develop and refine its offering in this part of the digital print space. Addressing both the office environment and the light production end of the professional print sector, the PrimeLink C9200 family offers print, scan, and fax capabilities at a choice of productivity levels, together with advances in print quality and application flexibility. The new range was announced at PRINTING United in the US in September 2024 and replaces the C9000 line. According to Kevin O’Donnell, marketing manager at Xerox UK, it’s designed to be highly configurable, offering a choice of print speeds with improved imaging quality backed by automated workflow software, dedicated apps for specific functions, and a range of expanded paper feed and inline finishing options. The company highlights that the series is made with space-saving designs, with O’Donnell also noting that the presses can be run from a single three-pin plug. Target markets for the range are all entry-level production sectors, including retail quick print shops, digital and commercial print businesses, corporate/SMB, and public sector in-plant operations. The three new PrimeLink models are the C9265, C9275, and C9281, respectively offering 65, 75, and 81 A4 pages per minute, or 30, 34, and 38 SRA3 sheets. Both sets of figures are for simplex printing. Auto-duplexing is supported for stocks of up to 350gsm, and materials from 52 to 400gsm can be handled. This includes envelopes, embossed and linen, and other textured papers, without a special set-up, plus synthetic materials and label stocks. Front-to-back registration is claimed to be ±0.5mm, which is more in the professional production category than typical office machines would offer. Banner printing of sheets up to 1,300mm in length is also supported. Paper capacities of up Xerox has updated its light production MFP range, bringing increased quality and application versatility at the intersection of enterprise inplant/CRD, copy shop, and professional PSP requirements What’s New with the Xerox C9200 Series? There are some novel capabilities here, including scan-to-cloud, auto redaction, and auto translation Michael Walker is a trade journalist, technical writer, and editor with over 37 years’ experience in the print, prepress, photography, and digital imaging sectors, with a particular interest in the digital transformation of processes. In addition to editing Desktop Publishing Today and Digital Printer magazines, he is co-author with Neil Barstow of Getting Colour Right (Ilex Press, 2004) and Practical Colour Management for Photographers and Digital Image Makers (2009, self-published e-book) and winner of a Communicators in Business Gold Award. 28 email: editor@printmonthly.co.uk May / June 2025 - Issue 354
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