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Competitor Comparison(CLX-9350 Vs. Sharp MX-3100N)

2010.06.22

IT Solution BusinessEnterprise Sales & Marketing Group Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.

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Why SAMSUNG ?

Despite the many copiers and multifunction printers in the market, there are very good reasons for choosing Samsung.

Samsung is a world-renowned global company that regularly wins awards for reliability, design and innovative technology.

Samsung has a wide range of technologies and products, making it an expert in digital media convergence across applications,

devices and networks. In the printing industry, Samsung is the fastest growing company,

topping competitor sales for many models in its class.

Samsung has earned its reputation with award-winning excellence

in performance, eco-friendliness and design innovation,

and by providing businesses with leading network and security solutions.

Samsung products are reliable and deliver a high monthly duty cycle,

maximizing uptime and keeping business productivity high.

Samsung printers are also designed for high toner yield, producing more high-quality,

fade-resistant and long-lasting prints per cartridge.

And that’s not all.

Samsung’s first originally developed and produced A3 MFP designed for high

productivity, high reliability and user friendliness. The CLX-9350 and CLX-9250 boast

a wide range of system options and high network capabilities to improve office

productivity and the overall communication environment.

The A3 MFP has been designed to improve TCO with high yield consumables.

Ease of maintenance is guaranteed to satisfy customers and dealers.

Suitable to any office environments seeking 　 improving printing management,

document handling and communication.

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Product Image

SAMSUNG CLX-9350ND

Sharp MX-3100N

CLX-9350ND has received ‘’ Pick of the Year’’award from the most reliable laboratoryBLI (Buyers Laboratory Inc).The ‘’Pick of the Year’’ award ONLY goes toone of the best products among highly recommendedProducts.

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SAMSUNG

CLX-9350NDSharp

MX-3100N

Executive Summary

High performance color copier for

Office Biz Color Easy to use design & full color LCD

panel(8.9 inch) Easy to install & Maintenance Easy of Network setup Ease of optimize is guaranteed to satisfy

customers and dealers. High Monthly Duty 150K/High Color Toner Yield SRA3 support Various color adjustment features Easy to use LED indicators

Low Duplex Copy performance No SRA3 support No ECO tab in the Driver and No Eco but-

ton Low Monthly Duty 90K No simulating function for other MFP color No Manual Stapler on the Finisher More step for Network setting Limited color adjustment features Option PS3 and XPS No Quick copy menu No LED indicators

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Spec Comparison Company SAMSUNG Sharp

Model CLX-9350 MX-3100N

Print

Speed (Mono / Color) 35ppm / A4 35ppm / A4 31ppm / A4 31ppm / A4

FCOT (Mono / Color) 7.5 sec 8.5 sec 6.0 sec 8.9 sec

Resolution 9600x 600 dpi effective output 1200 dpi X 1200dpi enhanced

Emulation PCL5c, PCL6Ce, PostScript3, XPS (Standard)

PCL 5c/6, Option PostScript 3, XPS

Copy Resolution 600 x 600 dpi 600 x 600 dpi

Scan Resolution (opt) 600 X 600 dpi 600 X 600dpi

Fax Speed 33.6Kbps 33.6Kbps

Paper Handle

Standard Input Capa. 1140sheets 1100 sheets

Max Input Capa. 3140 sheets 5600 sheets

Max Standard Output Capa. 3700sheets 1000 sheets

ADF Capa. 100 sheets 100 sheets

General

CPU 1.0GHz 800MHz

Memory 1GB 1GB

HDD 250GB 80GB

LCD 8.9 inch Color Touch Screen 8.5” Color Touch Screen

Consumable

Toner Yield (Mono / Color) 25,000 pages 15,000 pages(20K) 18000 pages 15,000 pages

Drum Yield (Mono / Color) 75000 pages 75000 pages 100000 pages 60000 pages

Deve. Yield. (Mono / Color) 75000 pages 75000 pages 100000 pages 60000 pages

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Spec Comparison (cont’d)

Company SAMSUNG Sharp

Model CLX-9350 MX-3100N

Warm-up <45sec <60 sec

Zoom Range 25% ~ 400% 25% ~ 400%

Scan Speed 60ipm @ 300dpi 40ipm @ 600dpi 50ipm

Paper Weight

CST 16- 57lb (60 - 216gsm) 16-55 lb (60 - 209gsm)

Bypass 16- 67lb (60 – 253gsm) 16-68lb (55 - 256gsm)

Duplex 16- 46lb (60 – 175gsm) N/A

Paper SizeMax. width 12.6”(320mm)Max. Length 18”(457mm)

Max. width 12”(304mm)Max. length 18(457mm)

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CLX-9350ND Strength

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Performance

Fast Duplex Copy speed of document save your time in real office and ECO friendly.

Test result shows that CLX-9350 is much faster Copy speed

(Office Document 4 page 20 set) than Sharp MX-3100N

(Use ISO Office Test Suite)

Time [Samsung Internal test]1 side 1side 1 side 2side 2-up copy 4-up copy0:00

0:28

0:57

1:26

1:55

2:24

2:52

3:21

3:50

Samsung Sharp

　 1 side 1side1 side 2side 2-up copy 4-up copy

Sam-sung

2:26 2:37 1:22 0:48

Sharp 2:48 3:28 1:28 0:52

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Performance

The Scanning performance of CLX-9350 is suitable for office environment in

which many people share scanner

It is only 50ipm@200dpi for both Mono

and Color

High speed scanner 60ipm@300dpi

100 sheet feeder capacity

60 ipm for both Mono and Color

Standard 100-sheet automatic reversing document feeder

SAMSUNG Sharp

100100

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to use touch panel

8.9 inch LCD panel allows for quick and secure operation

The Full color 8.9 inch LCD panel

Flexible panel design

Can tilt and move horizontally 100mm

Big Icon button

(35X30mm)

8.5 inch LCD is smaller and fixed

The angle of the control panel cannot be

tilted

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to use touch panel

The main screen is user-friendly and well-labeled

Large touch-sensitive buttons for all

of the device’s 11 functions

Easy to change the order for the customer

priority

Small fixed function menu icons

Only fixed Small buttons for Copy / Image Send/Document Filing

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to use Quick Copy Menu

The Quick Copy Menu

Easy to set up various Copy mode

quickly

No Quick Menu

The Quick Copy menu allows you to set the copy options

quickly all on the one screen

Easy to select paper

Variety Reduce/Enlarge menu Easy to set up book mode

and N-Up

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to use

Convenient LED indicators (Machine Status)

Paper Tray LED indicators for Low and Empty status No LED indicator

LED indicators

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Easy to Use

Do you copy ID card everyday? Our simple & advanced ID copy function will

boost up your performance.

Card Shot (8 Clicks) ID Copy Button save your time.

(Just 5 Clicks)

2. Place front side of ID card & press “Start”

3. Place rear side of ID card & press “Start”

4. Print output

1. Copy Advanced ID copy

1. Select Paper size

2. Press Special Modes key

3. Press Card Shot key

4. Press X and enter the size of the card

5. Press Y and enter the size of the card

6. Press Start (Color or B/W)

7. Press Start (Color or B/W)

8. Press Read end

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to use

Before sending a image, you can see the scanned image using

the preview feature

Press Preview button and the preview

image appears No preview Function

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy of NETWORK Setup

Samsung offers the most automated driver and utility installation pro-

cedures

Item

Install PCL and PS in one session

YES

Install utility in the same session as the driver

YES

Completely automatic de-tection of configured acces-sories

YES

Clicks to configure acces-sories

0

Item

Install PCL and PS in one session

YES

Install utility in the same session as the driver

NO

Completely automatic de-tection of configured acces-sories

NO

Clicks to configure acces-sories

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Better

Automatically detect option

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to set up commonly used features on the Driver

Some commonly used features can not be

programmed from the Basic screen , such as

Quality

Easy to Use

Easy to set up from the main screen, such as

Double-Side and Booklet

Quality setting

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to Use

Easy to recognize what you set up in the Driver

Ricoh MP 2550

Easy to recognize what you select Hard to recognize what you set up on the Main menu

Watermark shows

on the image

even go back to

the Basic menuNo Watermark image when you

go back to Main menu

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to Use

Easy to make schedule to print in the Driver

Ricoh MP 2550

Easy to set up scheduled print No delayed /scheduled print function

Easy to set up day/ time whenever

you want to print out

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to Use

Easy to Use Manual Stapler

You can use the manual stapler when the standard fin-isher or booklet finisher is installed. It is useful to use the manual stapler in filing several documents.

No Manual Stapler on the Finisher

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Various Paper size support

Support various paper size from A5 to SRA3

SRA3* support means you can print full-bleed

A3 with crop-mark and control bar

Do not support SRA3

only support up to 457mm X 304mm* Difficult to put crop-mark and control bar

* No standard paper size, requires special cut

A3 420 x 297 mm

SRA3 450 x 320 mm

• SRA; an ISO 217 standard formats slightly larger than the corresponding A series formats. • These paper sheets will after printing and binding be cut to match the A format.

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Environmental Friendly Design

The ECO Mode setting in the driver saves energy and shows users how much

No ECO tab in the Driver Easy to recognize how you print ECO

The Eco tab on the print driver gives you the ability to change

the features that can influence the environmental footprint

of the device.

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SAMSUNG

Environmental Friendly Design

The ECO button on the panel saves energy and paper

No ECO button on the panel The Eco button allows you to save print resources

without any cumbersome setting

The Eco setting can be changed in Machine Setup ECO setting

Press the ECO button

Duplex and B/W setup

automatically

Sharp

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Network device management utilities

Detailed supplies information includes

toner gauges

SyncThru Admin enables administrators to control access to device

features,track usage by user or group

The best network device management utilities in the class and

superior to almost every other such utility BLI tested-----BLI

Complicated design is hard to find out

what you want to get

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy Maintenance

User-Replaceable means easy maintenance

Longer Monthly Duty means very durable

Item User-Replaceable

Image Unit YES

ITB YES

Fusing Assembly YES

Monthly Duty 150K

Item User-Replaceable

Image Unit NO

ITB NO

Fusing Assembly NO

Monthly Duty 90K

Within 4-Step

Fuser Replacement

Better

[Samsung Internal test]

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to Optimize

Simulating other MFP color

It is possible to simulate other manufacturer’s color profile behavior

If user changes their current color device to Samsung CLX-9350, they can optimize for keep-ing their current color setting.

No such Function

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to Optimize

Various Color adjustment features in the Driver make customer color

optimize easily

Ricoh MP 2550

Easy to adjust Color and Easy to import a

image you want to print for Adjustment

No Color Adjustment Function with imported image and can not compare to the

image before setting

Click the Import Image Button

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SAMSUNG Sharp

Easy to Optimize

Various Color adjustment features make customer color optimize easily

Ricoh MP 2550

CLX-9350

Single Color O

Twin Color O

Color Tone O

Appointed Color O

Color Removal O

Color Replacement O

Add Background Color O

Color Balance O

Color Shift (Hue Control) O

Saturation O

UCR O

Fine Density O

Contrast O

Darkness (Brightness) O

Sharpness O

MX-3100N

Single Color O

Twin Color O

Color Tone O

Appointed Color

Color Removal

Color Replacement

Add Background Color

Color Balance O

Color Shift (Hue Control)

Saturation O

UCR O

Fine Density O

Contrast O

Darkness (Brightness) O

Sharpness O

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Easy to Optimize

Appointed Color: The appointed color effect changes the original image to grayscale except for the appointed color. This effect can be used to emphasize an

appointed color area. When you select colors from <1-Color>, the non selected colors will be changed to black and white in printouts.

You can also select a color from <Target Color> if necessary. The selected original colors will be changed to the selected color from

<Target Color> in printouts.

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Color Removal: The Color Removal effect removes the appointed colors from the original image. This option can be used to emphasize the remaining color’s area.

This option can save toner, especially when you print images that have dark colored backgrounds. When the Color Removal setting is selected,

you can select any colors out of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Red, Green, Blue, or Gray.

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Easy to OptimizeColor Replacement: Select this setting to print the copy for replacing original colors with other colors. With an elaborate hue coversion technique, the replaced

color tone naturally goes well with the surrounding area’s color. When the Color Replacement setting is selected, you can replace

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Red, Green, or Blue using by selecting the color you want to replace it with from the list.

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Easy to OptimizeAdd Background Color: Select this setting to print the copy with a background color added to blank areas,. When the Add Background Color setting is selected, you can

select Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Red, Green, Blue, Deep Cyan, Deep Magenta, Deep Yellow, Deep Red, Deep Green, or Deep Blue.

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Easy to OptimizeColor Shift:This option allows you to gradually changes the selected color in the original image to the next color on the left or right.

This options can emphasize an area on an image, or it can express your color preference.

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