Xerox WorkCentre Pro 232 User manual

2006 Pick of the Year
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Digital Imaging Review Special Issue
Xerox WorkCentre Pro 232
Scoring extraordinarily high marks across the board in BLI’s battery of lab tests, the 32-ppm
Xerox WorkCentre Pro 232 has earned a Spring 2006 BLI “Pick” award for “Outstanding
Segment 3 Multifunctional Imaging System.” In addition to offering very good reliability
in its two-month test, requiring just one service call and misfeeding eight times, this
competitively priced unit stands out in many other ways. Offering strong productivity, this
unit’s print efciency in BLI’s job stream test is the highest of competitive units, and its
efciency for producing booklets in both print and copy modes is the highest of tested
units in its speed range. BLI Lab Manager Pete Emory said, “This model offers a lot of
bang for the buck because it operates so much faster than other products with similar
rated speeds.”
Emory added that the IT aspects of the WorkCentre Pro 232 are exceptional, citing its
highly automated installation procedures and excellent print drivers that let users see
device status before sending a job. Another nice feature not seen on many products is its
print-around capability. Emory explained that with this capability, if a job cannot be printed
for some reason (for example, if the needed paper size is not loaded), jobs following the
problematic job will not be held up, as they will with competitive products.
The WorkCentre Pro 232, which has a base price of $11,445, also offers excellent
multitasking and ease of use. Indeed, Xerox’s well-designed control panel, combined
with the user interface of its drivers and utilities, won the company a BLI “Outstanding
Achievement” award in “Multifunction Device User Interface Design” in 2004. This unit
offers standard copy, network print and scan functionality, while fax, PC fax and Internet
fax are optional. BLI highly recommends the WorkCentre Pro 232 for monthly volumes of
up to 75,000 impressions.
Outstanding Segment 3 Multifunctional
Imaging System, Spring 2006
Xerox Corporation
Xerox Square South
100 Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14644
800-334-6200
www.xerox.com

About BLI’s Picks of the Year
Twice a year with its "Pick of the Year" awards, BLI gives special recognition in each cat-
egory to those products that provided the most outstanding performances in BLI’s exhaus-
tive lab tests.
BLI’s awards stand alone in that they are based on a rigorous battery of lab tests that takes
approximately two months to complete and includes an extensive durability test, during
which each unit is run at the manufacturer's maximum recommended monthly volume.
BLI’s durability test is unique among ofce product evaluations and uniquely qualies BLI
to assess reliability, which is a critical factor for buyers and IT directors, given that virtually
all of the products are designed for use on networks.
In addition to assessing reliability, in terms of the number of service calls and PM (pre-
ventive maintenance) calls required, as well as misfeed frequency, BLI's comprehensive
evaluation includes an assessment of copy and print quality, productivity, ease of use and
economy, as well as connectivity issues such as feedback to workstations, administrative
utilities, print drivers, multitasking and scanning solutions. Each product that successfully
passes BLI’s lab test earns BLI’s “Recommended” or “Highly Recommended” seal and a
BLI “Certicate of Reliability” and qualies as a “Pick” award contender. Consequently, a
BLI “Pick of the Year” is a hard-earned award that buyers and IT directors can trust to better
guide them in their acquisition decisions.
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