The BERTL's Best Award for Most Effective Printer Technology is bestowed on a product or company which delivers exceptionally low operating costs without sacrificing high quality output. BERTL has awarded the BERTL's BEST AWARD in this category to Kyocera Mita for it's ECOSYS toner delivery system.

#1 Overall Product Performance Award from Industry Analyst's Inc.

Industry Analyst's Inc. Annual OPA Multifunctional Products Reliability Study recognizes Kyocera Mita Products as being rated #1 for two years in a row in overall product performance including reliability, image quality, operability and functionality, and maintenance and TCO!

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Recommended, July 2002/2003

The Office Products Analyst

"Good network management system...solid system offering good value for the money."

**** Recommended

"...based on its excellent overall performance-including its flawless reliability-and its aggressive pricing and good economy, the KM-1810 is recommended by BLI for offices with simplex-only copy/print volumes ranging from 2,500 to 10,000 impressions per month"

Recommended, Buyers Lab

Recommended, July 2002/2003

The Office Products Analyst

"Highly functional work group device. Good internal finisher option delivers document production capabilities. Flexible Scan to E-mail option. Good image quality on both copy and print jobs."

*** Recommended

"...image quality received BLI's highest ratings, good ease of use overall, simple procedures for loading paper and adjusting paper drawers, removing misfeeds and replacing toner."

Recommended, Buyers Lab

Recommended, July 2002

The Office Products Analyst

"Delivered fast copy and print speeds. Offers extensive document production capabilities. Good reprint on demand with optional hard drive. Good image quality and extensive finishing options."

**** Highly Recommended

"This 25-ppm model demonstrated strong reliability by completing BLI's three-month test without requiring service of any kind...coupled with its strong reliability, high productivity and solid overall performance in the tests, the Kyocera Mita KM-2530 is an excellent value which BLI highly recommends..."

Highly Recommended

Best of Class, July 2003

The Office Products Analyst

"Delivered fast copy and print speeds. Offers extensive document production capabilities. Good reprint on demand with optional hard drive. Good image quality and extensive finishing options."

**** Highly Recommended

"In addition to reliability, this 35-ppm multi-functional unit also proved to be productive, with efficiency rates that are above average in simplex copy and duplex print mode and well above average in simplex print mode...an excellent value which BLI recommends."

Recommended

"Based on results from this issue, not only did the KM-3530 receive a 91% rating- a relative advantage of 18% over the industry average rating for devices in the 25-44 PPM speed category (77% rating), but it also rated higher than any other device in this speed category."

Best of Class, July 2002, The Office Products Analyst

Recommended, July 2003

The Office Products Analyst

"Delivered fast copy and print speeds. Offers extensive document production capabilities. Good reprint on demand with optional hard drive. Good image quality and extensive finishing options."

*** Recommended

"...the KM-4530, as tested with Print System Q, proved to be the most reliable Segment 4 multifunctional unit tested in the past 3 years...an excellent value."

Highly Recommended

Best of Class, July 2003

The Office Products Analyst

"Exceptionally fast finishing; outpaced some 70-105 ppm devices. Delivers above average print speeds. Fast processing of complex graphical documents. Tandem (110-110 ppm) printing and copying at low cost is available. Good Network Management via LAN or Browser."

*** Recommended

"An outstanding overall performer in BLI's tests, the Kyocera Mita KM-5530 offers strong reliability, ease of use, excellent multitasking, good output quality and class-leading economy-all at a price point that's among the lowest for multifunctional products tested in the 50 - 6- ppm range...a compelling value that BLI highly recommends."

Highly Recommended

Best of Class, July 2003

The Office Products Analyst

"A good all-around device with an attractive entry level price and upgrade path...provides functional scan-to-email/scanning capabilities...tandem (126 ppm) printing and copying option...good Network Management via LAN or Browser...online physical mailboxes. Both photocopies and print jobs can be direct to personal mail bins or the Finisher/Auto Booklet Maker."

*** Recommended

"Based on it's good overall performance in the tests, combined with it's competitive pricing and low estimated cost per page, the KM-6330 is recommended by BLI for offices in need of a multifunctional product with copy, print and scan capability for monthly volumes up to 275,000 impressions."

Recommended, Buyers Lab

Best of Class, July 2003

The Office Products Analyst

"The KM-7530 is a good all-round device that offers a useful range of applications, including scan to email, scan to disc and network management via both LAN and to Web Browser. It's multi-tray unit, which provides five physical mailboxes for both finished and unfinished documents, is a major plus for groups that want to easily find different jobs.

*** Recommended

"Under test, the Kyrocera Mita KM-C2030/3130 delivered high copy and print productivity (sub 50ppm), unique finishing options, extensive print on demand capabilities, the industry's most advanced copier memory functionality and a 30% price advantage over its main competitor. For these reasons, Kyocera Mita's KM-C2030 and KM-C31310 was given a 5 star rating by BERTL analysts."

***** Exceptional

"The KM-C3130 and KM-C2030 have a lot going for them in terms of penetrating the office color market. They offer excellent color speed for the money, and their B&W speed should meet the needs of most users. Further, paper-handling capabilities are excellent, as is image quality, and the machines' prices will fit within the budgets of most cost-sensitive corporate buyers."

Editors Choice, Better Buys For Business

"Under test, the Kyocera Mita KM-C2030/3130 delivered high copy and print productivity (sub 50ppm), unique finishing options, extensive print on demand capabilities, the industry's most advanced copier memory functionality and a 30% price advantage over its main competitor. For these reasons, Kyocera Mita's KM-C2030 and KM-C31310 was given a 5 star rating by BERTL analysts."

***** Exceptional

"The KM-C3130 and KM-C2030 have a lot ging for them in terms of penetrating the office color market. They offer excellent color speed for the money, and their B&W speed should meet the needs of most users. Further, paper-handling capabilities are excellent, as is image quality, and the machines' prices will fit within the budgets of most cost-sensitive corporate buyers."

Editors Choice, Better Buys For Business

"Low service/running cost for colour and mono pages. Optional scan to email lets you key in sender's email address for reply and identification. Optional stapler finisher allows stocking of print/copy jobs. Optional hard drive allows "Scan Once - Print Many."

*** Recommended

Recommended, July 2002

The Office Products Analyst

"Our tests found the ECOSYS FW-1010N to excel in both these categories (Total Cost of Ownership and Best All Round Printer): it provides the lowest cost per page printing of the entire field of 10 while also providing the fast print output...it offers great performance, exemplary Total Cost of Ownership and a reasonable price."

Australian PC World, August 2002

The Kyocera Mita Ecosys FS-1900N was an excellent performer and one of the easiest to set up. A few seconds after CD insertion, the printer was up and running. The FS-1900N score close to the best times for printing both text and graphics."

Reviewers Choice
Government Computer News, April 2003

"Fast...cleverly designed system that's very expandable and should be inexpensive to run."

Recommended, Buyers Lab

"The Kyocera Mita FS-1800N+ has a lot going for it. If you are looking for a machine with strong paper handling capabilities and built-in networking, it is defiantly worth checking out."

Editor's Choice, Better Buys for Business

"As a result of its solid reliability performance, impressive management utilities and low per page supplies cost, BLI recommends the Kyocera Mita FS-3800N for print volumes up to 50,000 pages per month."

Recommended, Buyers Lab

"For the price, it's a very fast printer with good expandability options, all within a small footprint. In addition, Kyocera's extended life drum brings the Total Cost of Ownership down to very low levels."

PC Magazine, May 2001

"Delivered high reliability and low cost per page compared to several rival units. Good print speeds/productively. Good reprint on demand with optional hared drive. Good image quality and extensive finishing options."

***** Exceptional

"Because of its exceptional economy and solid overall performance in testing, BLI concludes that the FS-9100N represents an excellent value and recommends it for print volumes of up to 90,000 impressions per month."

Recommended, Buyers Lab

"When tested head to head with HP's Laser jet 9000, the FS-9500DN delivered higher reliability and lower cost per page. Offers extensive document production capability. Good image quality and extensive finishing options."

***** Exceptional

"By far, the most impressive attribute of the FS-9500DN is its low supplies cost per page which is the lowest of any printer tested to date and more than four times lower than the average for tested monochrome printers."

Recommended, Buyers Lab

"An excellent model that straddles the line between departmental and high volume markets."

Editor's Choice, Better Buys for Business