Xerox Delivers Desktop ColorQube Solid Ink Printers

Introducing the first desktop products under its ColorQube brand, Xerox is offering the benefits of solid-ink color printing to businesses of all sizes. The ColorQube 8570 and 8870's cartridge-free ink produces high-quality color prints while generating 90 percent less waste than comparable color laser printers.

The 8570 ($699; $849 with duplex) is aimed at small offices and workgroups that need affordable color, while the ColorQube 8870 ($2,499) offers high-print-volume offices pricing plans that significantly reduce color printing costs, charging only for the amount of color used on a given page.

Both printers offer speeds as fast as 40 pages per minute in both color and black and white with first-page-out times as low as five seconds; 625-sheet paper capacity expandable to 2,200 sheets; 2400 FinePoint print resolution with Adobe PostScript 3 and Pantone color-approved simulations; GreenPrint software that automatically highlights unnecessary pages such as those with only banner ads or logos prior to printing; and Color by Words, a color-editing tool with English-language pull-down menus that allow for accurate, vibrant colors on the first print.