30 email: editor@printmonthly.co.uk May / June 2025 - Issue 354 ◄Standard paper capacity is 3,500 sheets with the space to go up to 7,500 UNDER THE HOOD / XEROX PRIMELINK C9200 SERIES to 7,500 sheets are possible; the standard configuration is 3,500. The duty cycle is quoted at 300,000 sheets per month maximum, with typical monthly volumes ranging between 10,000 and 60,000 sheets. Embracing LED The print engines, which are manufactured by Fujifilm, use an LED-based imaging system plus a fine EA (emulsion aggregate) toner similar to that employed in Xerox’s popular Iridesse 120ppm production press. Collectively these are said to provide ‘best-in-class performance with outstanding fine-line detail, image colour transitions, and colour accuracy’. Xerox doesn’t make any specific claim about colour gamut, but the LED imaging system – which uses LEDs rather than a laser to ‘write’ the image to the charged drum before printing – offers a resolution of 2400 x 2400dpi, which is a first in a Xerox digital press. Combined with ten-bit per colour image processing this should indeed enable very fine detail to be rendered, as well as supporting smooth colour graduations. Colour accuracy should be aided by a media library that covers common stock types, but there are no built-in custom colour profiling capabilities at this level. O’Donnell points out that the LED writing system is also both mechanically simpler, which should bode well for maintenance and reliability over time, and less power-hungry than laser imaging, hence the ability to run the press from a standard 13A socket. Inline finishing options range from basic stacking and stapling, hole punching, creasing, and two-sided trimming, to a booklet-maker that supports finished sizes from 182 x 182mm up to 330 x 488mm on stock of up to 256gsm. There is also SquareFold trimmer module and an inserter. Getting the Right Colour The Fujifilm engines are complemented by a Xerox ecosystem of workflow and other software, starting with a choice of DFEs. The standard offering is Xerox’s Integrated Color Server for the PrimeLink C9200 series, but there are also options for Fiery FS600 controllers, which add Fiery Edge colour profiling technology. This is said to provide more accurate printing of Pantone and other brand colours, irrespective of the originating document type, and so should be able to process files correctly created in Microsoft Office applications as well as those from the more professionally oriented Adobe suite. There is also a Xerox-exclusive Fiery JobExpert preset capability that automatically configures optimal colour and printer properties; this can be invoked when submitting jobs via Xerox’s FreeFlow Core workflow software, which is supplied as standard with all the C9200 presses. The Xerox software doesn’t stop there, either. There is Predictive AI for Production Print and Multifunction Print, which anticipates potential machine problems, allowing them to be addressed proactively, thus avoiding unscheduled downtime. Useful Tools The presses also support the Xerox Extensible Interface Platform, which provides access to the Xerox App Gallery. This is a portal to a growing collection of chargeable dedicated apps that simplify and automate a range of repetitive and time-consuming tasks in document scanning or creation, data handling, and printing, complementing the capabilities of the press. There are some novel capabilities here, including scan-to-cloud, auto redaction, and auto translation. The latter allows printed documents to be fed into the scanner, translated (using Microsoft online translation services) and either printed or uploaded as digital documents. Target languages include such diverse options such as Polish, Welsh, and Mandarin Chinese. Purchasers of the PrimeLink C9200 series also get included free the XMPie omnichannel authoring software, plus more than 50 professional templates to cover a range of variable data-driven print and online communications materials, such as calendars, cards, and posters. Digital toner presses are a very well-established category, so it’s to be expected that enhancements here will be evolutionary rather than revolutionary. But in this case there seems to be a well-thoughtout set of improvements that add to the still-improving image quality and broad substrate flexibility of toner print with increased application capability, especially with some of the more unusual offerings in the Xerox App Gallery. If you’re looking to support a mixed set of work, to open up some possible new revenue streams, or add in-house capabilities, and don’t need the production muscle of the faster machines, the Xerox C9200 looks like a neat and nimble option. Speeds: 65/75/81 ppm Media weights: Up to 400gsm Banner media: Up to 1,300mm Average monthly print volume: 10,000 to 60,000 pages Statistics ▼In 2024 Antalis bought the assets of Xerox's EMEA paper business
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