In this Head2Head comparison, we investigated Enterprise-Ready A4 Color Printers. While these devices can cost as much to purchase and operate as several aqueous inkjet printers combined, and their Cost per Page and energy consumption can be higher than business-class inkjets, only the solid-ink Xerox ColorQube 8570/DN offers feature sets that will satisfy the deployment, […]
Review: Enterprise-Ready A4 B/W MFPs – Samsung SCX-5935FN is Best in Class
In this Head2Head comparison, we investigated Enterprise-Ready A4 B/W MFPs. Since virtually all inkjet All-in-Ones print in color, this group is composed of laser/LED- array devices that employ toner-based imaging. While these devices can cost as much to purchase and operate as several inkjet All-in-Ones combined, and their Cost per Page and energy consumption can […]
Review: Business-Class A4 Color Laser/LED MFPs – OKI MC361 Color MFP is Best in Class
In this Head2Head comparison, we investigated Business-Class A4 Color Laser/LED MFPs, a product that nearly every business wants or needs. While these devices can cost as much as several inkjet All-in-Ones combined, and their Cost per Page (especially color) and energy consumption can be considerably higher than business-class inkjets, their business-class feature sets, faster print […]
Review: Small and Home Office Color Laser/LED MFPs – HP LaserJet Pro Color 300 MFP is Best in Class
In this Head2Head comparison, we investigated a group of highly popular imaging devices: Small and Home Office Color Laser/LED MFPs. Our basic requirements for a SOHO laser/LED printer include networking and automatic document feeder. Even with these most basic requirements, we found 10 devices that ranged in price from $244.99 to $999.00 from Brother, Canon, […]
Review: Business Inkjet All-in-Ones – Brother MFC-J5910DW is Best in Class
In this Head2Head Comparison of Business-Class Inkjet All-in-Ones, we took it one step further than our recent Head2Head Comparison of SOHO inkjet All-in-Ones. That is, we used expanded criteria for this class, with the All-in-Ones required to have these business features: Networking. Automatic Duplex Printing. Automatic Document Feeder. Added — minimum 250-sheet media supply. Added […]
Review: Small and Home Office B/W MFPs – Lexmark X264dn is Best in Class
Our requirements for this Head2Head Comparison of Small and Home Office B/W MFPs are networking, automatic duplex printing, and automatic document feeder. This resulted in a group of eight MFPs from Brother, Canon, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, OKI, Samsung and Xerox. The B/W MFP remains the most productive and cost-effective digital communication hub on the market […]
Review: Small and Home Office Inkjet All-in-Ones – HP Officejet 6700 is Best in Class
In this Head2Head Comparison of Small and Home Office Inkjet All-in-Ones, Wirth Consulting determined that the minimum qualifications for productive, shared use include networking, automatic duplex printing and an automatic document feeder. Using these criteria, we compared the features, performance and cost of ownership for five All-in-Ones from five vendors: Brother, Canon, Epson, Hewlett-Packard and […]
Review: Business-Class A4 B/W Laser/LED Printers – Samsung ML-4512ND is Best in Class
In this Head2Head Comparison of Business-Class A4 B/W Laser/LED Printers, we considered that, at a minimum, the printer must have networking, automatic duplex printing and have an expandable media supply with a main tray with at least a 250-sheet capacity. We then considered any advantages provided by deployment, manageability and tracking and control features, as […]
Review: Business-Class A4 Color Laser/LED Printers – Samsung CLP-620ND is Best in Class
In this Head2Head Comparison of Business-Class A4 Color Laser/LED Printers, we considered that at a minimum, the color printer must have networking and automatic duplex printing. We then considered the advantages of manageability, tracking and control features, as nearly every company wants to manage the higher cost of color printing. We evaluated the least-expensive printer […]
Review: A3 Ink-Jet Printers and MFPs – Ricoh and Brother are Best in Class
We are firm believers in a hardware strategy that is based on our notion that the need for color printing and large format 11”x17” (ledger) printing and scanning is traditionally overstated. For small workgroups and companies, our strategy instead would be to deploy fast, secure and economical B/W A4 MFPs for a majority of the heavy lifting […]
Review: Color A4 Enterprise-Ready MFPs – Konica Minolta bizhub C25 is Best in Class
In this Head2Head Comparison report, we looked at entry-level A4 color MFPs – one of the fastest growing market segments – but with a catch, as we also ranked units in terms of their suitability for enterprise use, whether for distributed use in a single corporate environment or for distribution across numerous geographic locations. In order to assess enterprise […]
More Innovation and FREE Marketing Materials
I know, long time no new post but we have been working feverishly on making our reports, web site and services as useful as possible. One of our most recent innovations had been a redesign our Wirth Consulting Gold Medal logo for Overall Winners of its Head2Head Comparison Reports. Legacy Gold Medal for “Best Overall […]
Enhanced, Updated WYSK And Head2Head Reports Now Online
The more we at Wirth Consulting have studied the B2B digital-imaging industry, the more we felt a need to adjust our research, data-collection and report-processes accordingly. Consequently, we have continually performed updates to the reports’ format and presentation of data. As a result, each new round of reports had a slightly different look and feel […]
Winter 2009 – Best One-Two Punch Imaging Solutions For Small Offices
We’ve said it before and we practice what we preach. You will find that on the Wirth Consulting Web site, we only evaluate printers, AIOs and MFPs if they can be equipped with network connectivity and duplexing. Furthermore, once an AIO is network connectable, it becomes an MFP. We’ve also discussed ad nauseum about the […]










