Digital Color Competition: Look out Xerox DocuColor 6060

Color digital copiers and printers continue to drive revenue growth for manufacturers and Canon is issuing its latest color digital duplicators designed to compete with the Xerox DocuColor 12, Xerox 240, and Xerox 2045.

As Canon has managed to make tremendous strides with the Canon imageRUNNER 105 and iR110, the color laser printer market is the next logical step. With the introduction of the color imageRUNNER C5180 series earlier this year, Canon announced that it was trying to create a line of affordable digital color equipment. In addition, Canon announced the introduction of the color imageRUNNER C4580/c4080/c3380/c2880 series. The excerpt below is from the press release issued earlier this week by Canon, offering the specs on the latest digital color models.
"Based on four-drum technology, the Color imageRUNNER C5180/C4580/C4080 Series delivers speeds of up to 51/45/40 pages-per-minute (ppm), based on letter-sized documents, respectively, for black-and-white output and up to 51/40/36 ppm, based on letter-sized documents, respectively, for color output. The Color imageRUNNER C3380/C2880 Series, which brings big features and impressive color to the office in a small footprint, delivers output at speeds of up to 33/28 ppm, respectively, in monochrome and up to 28/26 ppm in brilliant color."

According to the press release, issued by Canon (available here), the manufacturer's suggested retail pricing for the latest models is below.

Color imageRUNNER C5180 "i" $25,000
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Color imageRUNNER C5180 $23,000
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Color imageRUNNER C4580 "i" $22,000
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Color imageRUNNER C4580 $20,000
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Color imageRUNNER C4080 "i" $19,000
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Color imageRUNNER C4080 $17,000
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Color imageRUNNER C3380 "i" $13,000
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Color imageRUNNER C3380 $11,000
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Color imageRUNNER C2880 "i" $11,000
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Color imageRUNNER C2880 $9,000
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