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At BrockOA, we strive to provide you with the best innovation and technology available in the office automation world. We are proud authorized dealers of Sharp products and were excited to hear that Sharp has been honoured with two Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) awards for Outstanding Achievement in Innovation.
Below is the press release from BLI announcing this recognition.
Sharp’s Cutting-Edge Innovations Earn Honours
Sharp is the recipient of two BLI awards for Outstanding Achievement in Innovation, both for groundbreaking features that are available for its Pro Series MX-6500N and 7500N. The Sharp Pro Series’ full-bleed booklet printing and control panel integration with EFI Fiery Command WorkStation are both industry firsts.
“Hats off to Sharp for its full-bleed booklet printing,” said BLI Manager of Laboratory Testing Pete Emory. “Whereas competitors require expensive, space-eating inline and offline options, as well as access to more expensive 12″ x 18″-size paper to create full-bleed 11” x 17” booklets, users of the Sharp Pro Series can produce full-bleed, professional-looking booklets of up to 120 pages on 11″ x 17″ paper.”
Except for the lead edge, which has to have a blank area in order to enable trouble-free feeding, Sharp has enabled toner to be applied edge-to-edge, eliminating the white space that is typical of other devices when outputting booklets. Consequently, this design eliminates the need for any inline or offline three-edge trimmer, which are not only more expensive but take up a lot of space. The lead and trail edges are trimmed at the same time with a simple face trim.
Sharp’s control panel integration with EFI Fiery Command WorkStation also breaks new ground. “With the industry moving more and more towards tablet-style, touch-and-swipe interfaces, Sharp and EFI have found a way to raise the bar even further,” said Emory. This integration saves users the costs and space typically associated with having to purchase an additional monitor, keyboard, mouse and stand. And because the same display also serves as the main operation panel for the Pro Series, operators can switch between the two with ease.”
Operators have the ability to work in Command WorkStation via touching the 15.4″ screen, as they do when copying and scanning from the MFP’s control panel, or by using an integrated keyboard and mouse. Operators also get the full breadth of capabilities offered with Command WorkStation, long a favorite of BLI for job management in production environments, at the display.
“It is an honor to receive these outstanding achievement awards for our innovative technology,” said Kent J. Villarreal, senior product manager, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America. These awards acknowledge our commitment to address the needs of our customers with reliable technology that truly keeps them competitive and productive.”
For more information on how you can have top-of-the-line technology in your office, contact BrockOA, we’ll be happy to find the right solution to help make your business life better.
