Samsung Electronice Australia add new model to their Colour Laser Printer Line-up, the CLP550N

<p>Westan Pty Ltd Print Solutions Marketing Announcement.
1st September 2004
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA ADD NEW MODEL TO THEIR COLOUR LASER PRINTER LINE-UP, THE CLP-550N.</p>
<p>CLP-550N BRIEF SPECIFICATIONS:</p>
<p>The Samsung CLP-550N has been released to compliment (not replace) the existing CLP500 colour laser printer, prints in colour at 5 pages-per-minute and in mono at 20 pages-per-minute, with a maximum print resolution of 1200dpi. It comes standard with 128MB of RAM, Postscript 3 and PCL-6 drivers, plus a 10/100BaseTX (Ethernet) network card. This network card is Ethernet only (not Ethernet and WiFi).
However, with the introduction of the CLP-550N, the CLP-500 has been repositioned (see pricing below).</p>
<p>AVAILABILITY:
The CLP-550N is now available from Westan Pty Ltd</p>
<p>DUPLEX (DOUBLE-SIDED) PRINTING:
The CLP-550N comes with auto-duplexing (the ability to print on both sides of a sheet of paper), as standard. The auto-duplexer can be activated by the push of one button or via the print driver and has been built-in without increasing the bulk or footprint of the CLP-550N.</p>
<p>PRODUCTIVITY:
The CLP-550N comes complete with a 250 sheet paper cassette, plus a 100 sheet
multipurpose feeder. An optional 500 sheet cassette will be available late September 2004.</p>
<p>PRICING INCLUDING GST:
CLP-500 colour laser printer with auto-duplex, 3 years on-site warranty $995.00</p>
<p>CLP-550N network colour laser with auto-duplex, PS3 &amp; PCL-6, 3 years on-site warranty $1295.00</p>
<p>CLP-500D7K 7,000 page black toner cartridge for CLP-500 $165.00
CLP-500D5C 5,000 page cyan toner cartridge for CLP-500 $180.00
CLP-500D5M 5,000 page magenta toner cartridge for CLP-500 $180.00
CLP-500D5Y 5,000 page yellow cartridge for CLP-500 $180.00
CLP-500RB 12,500 page OPC Drum for CLP-500 $285.00
CLP-500RT 12,500 page Image Transfer Belt for CLP-500 $242.00
CLP-500WB 3,000 page Waste Toner Box for CLP-500 $26.40</p>
<p>CONNECTIVITY AND COMPATIBILITY
The connectivity of the CLP-550N is via Ethernet and USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible). and is both Windows and Macintosh (OS 8.6+) compatible.</p>
<p>COST PER PAGE:
The running cost of the CLP-550N is amongst the lowest in its class. At list price, the cost per page of a 5% cyan, 5% magenta and 5% black page is just 18.8 cents-per-page*. Most competitors cost 20-26 cents-per-page to print The toner yields for the CLP-550N are:
Cyan 5,000 pages @ 5% coverage
Magenta 5,000 pages @ 5% coverage
Yellow 5,000 pages @ 5% coverage
Black 7,000 pages @ 5% coverage</p>
<p>Please note however, that the CLP-550N ships with starter toner cartridges:
Cyan 1,500 pages @ 5% coverage
Magenta 1,500 pages @ 5% coverage
Yellow 1,500 pages @ 5% coverage
Black 2,000 pages @ 5% coverage</p>
<p>*cost-per-page should include toner, imaging drum, transfer kits, and any other consumable item (other than paper).</p>
<p>The Samsung family of print solutions are available nationally from Westan Pty Ltd in the following locations:</p>
<p>Victoria (03) 9541 8888, NSW (02) 9648 2060, Queensland (07) 3840 3522, Nth Queensland (07) 4779 1455, South Australia (08) 8351 6600 &amp; Western Australia (08) 9445 9688.</p>
<p>About Westan Pty Ltd</p>
<p>Westan Pty Ltd established in 1989 is a technology distribution company with offices and warehousing across Australia. Initially specializing in components and peripherals Westans offerings now include: servers, workstations, notebooks, wireless solutions, audio visual solutions, home theatre solutions and a PC &amp; server production facility. In addition Westan has a storage division offering SAN, DAS, NAS, tape libraries &amp; tape drives, and a communications division specializing in telephony solutions.</p>
<p>Press contact:
Philip Jackson Mobile: 0417 509 810
National Marketing Director
pjackson@westan.com.au
Diana Elliott Product Manager 0403 049 573
delliott@westan.com.au</p>

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