Print.IT Reseller - issue 101

Professional colour laser Brother UK has launched a flagship professional, 40 ppm, workgroup A4 colour laser range for the first time. The new devices have been designed to extend its managed print services offering, which will now enable reseller partners to specify Brother printers for customers with the highest print volume requirements. The range of four devices, which are built with durability and print speed, capacity and quality, are designed to produce a highly competitive cost per page, making them a more cost-effective option for businesses looking for the best quality A4 print solution. Built to offer convenience and reliability for large office spaces, each model comes equipped with the Brother Solutions Interface, which provides users with access to a range of security, document and print management solutions that are easy to integrate, including Secure Print+, Kofax and YSoft. Each device delivers high quality colour output and comes with high yield in-box toners and a wide range of accessories, including additional paper trays, tower trays, mailboxes and staple finishers. All models feature colour touchscreen LCD, USB 2.0 wired network connectivity, print speeds of up to 40 ppm and automatic 2-sided print. The HL-L9430CDN and MFC-L9630CDN print up to 28 ipm and have 9,000 page black and 6,500 page colour inbox toners. The HL-L9470CDN and MFC-L9670CDN print up to 40 ipm and have 12,000 page black and 9,000 page colour in-box toners. Greig Millar, General Manager – Sales, Services and Solutions, said: “This launch marks an important milestone for Brother as we expand our print solutions offering to suit the needs of the modern office. The new models extend our offering in colour laser to compete at the top-end of the market.” www.brother.co.uk WHAT'S NEW 51 PRINTITRESELLER.UK 27 Cloud bundles Nutanix has introduced the next generation of cloud bundles designed to enable customers to standardise on Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) while offering channel partners streamlined options to integrate with their value propositions and grow their share of the market. The new cloud bundles for the commercial market are available in three versions: n The Starter Bundle provides commercial customers with the core components of a hyperconverged environment with NCI Starter, which converges the entire data centre stack, including compute, storage, networking, and virtualisation. n The Pro Bundle sees NCI Pro and Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Starter both on cores. NCM provides coverage for Nutanix and VMware private clouds. NCM can also be tailored to create an ‘invisible cloud’ by having developers access hybrid multicloud resources through a marketplace-like platform, controlling what is visible to them, or having governance policies around resource consumption. n The Ultimate Bundle comprises NCI Ultimate and NCM Starter. It delivers hyperconverged performance at scale across a varied application environment. The solutions deliver the highest performance and SAN features that organisations use daily. “Nutanix is a partner-driven organisation, and we want to equip our extensive channel base with innovative solutions on which they can deliver their own value-added services to ensure their end-user customers are ready to scale in an increasingly cloud-based world,” said Adam Tarbox, Vice President of EMEA Channel Sales. www.nutanix.com Compact large-format desktop printer Canon Europe has launched the new imagePROGRAF TC-20 large-format desktop printer. This printer is targeted towards the ultra-low volume market, which includes architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) offices, educational settings and the hospitality industry – delivering high quality, detailed drawings from A4 to A1+ paper sizes. The TC-20’s space-saving design is ideal for home workers with large format printing needs. Its super slim compact body can be placed on a desk or shelf, and its design allows for all print-related operations, such as loading paper and ink refilling, to be easily accessed at the front. The imagePROGRAF TC-20 supports printing 100 A4 sheets or 50 A3 sheets of plain paper continuously or roll paper of up to A1+ sizes for printing of construction, design, survey drawings and point of sale materials. It is equipped with a large ink tank that enables continuous printing and uses 70ml ink bottles for all four colours (BK/C/M/Y) to reduce the frequency and effort of refilling ink. It comes with a simple, easy-to-use and free software solution, Direct Print Plus, that ensures superior print quality on par with the higher end models in the imagePROGRAF series and is also compatible with other imagePROGRAF models. www.canon.co.uk Epson completes business MFP range Reaffirming its full commitment to inkjet printing, Epson has launched its new WorkForce Enterprise AM-C Series of 40-60 ppm products leveraging its Piezo heat-free inkjet technology and closing a previous gap in its A3 business product portfolio (see page 28 for more details). The new products bring static line-head technology to the mid-range speed market and for Epson’s channel partners will simplify the sales process, ensuring end-users have the best product fit while still addressing the sustainability agenda. Gareth Jay, Epson Europe said: “The new WorkForce Enterprise AM-C Series completes our business inkjet line-up from small workgroup units to high-speed departmental machines – meaning that no matter the business function or print demand, we have a product to suit. With a full range of support from managed print services, workflow and remote service solutions, these products enable a low maintenance, high quality, reliable, sustainable print system.” www.epson.co.uk Adam Tarbox

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