Helpful information on Paper, Photocopiers, Colours, Scanners & printer

A4 Paper		Output page size up to A4 (210mm × 297mm, 8 1/4in × 11 3/4in)
A3 Paper		Output page size up to A3 (297mm × 420mm, 11 3/4in × 16 1/2in)
A3+ Paper		Output page size up to A3+ (305mm x 457mm, 13in x 19in)
SRA3 Paper		Output page type Supplementary Raw A Format (320mm × 450mm, 13 1/2in x 16 1/2in)
A2 Paper		Output page size up to A2+ (420mm x 594mm, 16 1/2in x 23 3/8in)
A1+ Paper		Output page size up to A1+ (594mm x 841mm, 23 3/8in x 33 1/8in)
A0+ Paper		Output page size up to A0+ (841mm x 1189mm, 33 1/8in x 46 13/16in)
Wide Format -44" Paper		Output page size up to 1067mm wide, varying lengths
Wide Format -60" Paper		Output page size up to 1524mm wide, varying lengths

Colours

Black and White		Outputs pages in monochrome - black, white and shades of grey
Black & Business Quality Colour		Outputs pages in black and colour for circumstances where exact colour matching is not critical
High Quality Colour		Outputs pages in black and colour for circumstances where exact colour matching is business-critical (eg colour proofs)
Wide Format General Colour (6 ink)		Using 6 inks outputs pages in black and white at laser quality and colour at photo quality.
Wide Format High Quality Colour (12 Colour)		Using 12 inks outputs pages in high quality black and colour, to provide continuous tones, uniform gloss & rich blacks.

Basic Functions

Print		Allows for text & image files to be reproduced onto paper
Copy		Allows paper copies of documents & other visual images to be produced
Scan		Allows images or printed text to be converted to a digital image
Email		Allows for electronic mail to be sent & received over an electronic communications system
Fax		Allows transfer of documents over a telephone network
Internet Fax		Internet Fax achieves a dramatic reduction in communication costs especially when long faxes are frequently exchanged with overseas or distant offices. Since there is no telephone connection charge when sending a fax over the Internet, the cost of sending faxes is covered entirely by the fixed line Internet connection fee. The recipient machine must also be compatible with Internet Fax.

MFD Functions

One / Two sided switch during operation		The ability to switch between one or two sided printing during an operation
Mix Media (white / coloured sheets from different trays)		The ability to select media from different trays during an operation
Combined Mix Media and one / two sided printing		The ability to combine one/two sided switch printing with mix media printing
Sheet Insertion		The ability to combine one/two sided switch printing with mix media printing
Cover Insertion		Automatically insert a pre printed cover
Colour Sheet Insertion		Automatically insert a pre printed colour sheet
Colour Cover Insertion		Automatically insert a pre printed colour cover
Stapling (Standard)		Left side two staples
Stapling - Top Left		Top left single staple
Stapling - Booklet		Centre of paper that is to be folded to create a booklet, two staples
Stapling - Variable Length		Uses different length staples
Hole Punching		Automatic hole punching during an operation
Two-hole punching		Automatic two hole punching during an operation
Four-hole punching		Automatic four hole punching during an operation
Folding		Automatic paper folding
Half Fold		Automatic folding of paper in half
Gate Fold		Automatic folding of paper where the two sides are folded towards the centre without overlapping
Letter-fold-in		Automatic folding of paper where the two sides are folded inwards to overlap each other completely
Double-parallel-fold		Automatic folding of paper where the paper is folded in half and then folded in half again with a fold parallel to the first fold
Z-fold		Automatic folding of paper with two parallel folds, each folding in opposite directions
Letter-fold-out		Automatic folding of paper with two parallel folds, each folding in opposite directions to create three equal sized sections for envelope insertion
Multi-sheet-fold		Automatic folding of multiple sheets at the same time
Auto-shift-sorting		Automatically sort the output by offsetting the documents as they are produced
Trimming		Trims the edge of folded documents, booklets
Trolley Stacking		Allows you to transfer the output to existing finishing facilities

Scanner Functions

Networked Scanner		The ability to scan documents via a network
Standalone Scanner		A scanner connected to a single computer
Duplex Scanner		Duplex is another word for automatically copying on both sides of a page. Duplex copying is best achieved by adding a the copier with a document feeder called a recirculating automatic document feeder (RADF), which can handle two-sided originals. This is the best way to avoid the paper jams often associated with two-sided copying
Colour Scanner		A scanner allows you to scan physical documents in colour for digital storage

Additional Software

eCopy		Use eCopy with your networked digital copier to scan paper-based information into your digital network systems and workflows. Save time, money, and risk by eliminating paper transmittal expenses, speeding business transactions, and ensuring information privacy and security
Group 3		Group 3 and 4 faxes are digital formats, and take advantage of digital compression methods to greatly reduce transmission times. Group 3 faxes take between six and fifteen seconds to transmit a single page (not including the initial time for the fax machines to handshake and synchronize)
INVU		Invu make Electronic Document Management software affordable, easy to use and accessible to businesses of all sizes. Invu currently has over 45,000 end-users across almost every industry sector. From legal firms to hospital trusts, schools to estate agents, accountants to publishers, logistical operators to IFAs, Invu solves problems common to all organisations, from 2 to 20,000 employees
MEAP		Canon’s cost-effective iWAM MEAP software solution provides closer print control, through a true understanding of your office devices. iWAM MEAP gives you a detailed analysis of printing, copying, faxing and scanning activities, allowing you to control office output, re-educate your staff and implement cost reduction policies
Open Platform		Unified hardware and software suite to provide reliable, comfortable and simple bizhub system operation. Includes common operation panel, All-in-One system control, Emperon-driven print system, easily understood printer driver, programming interface (API) for specially developed program applications, plus remote diagnostics, billing and maintenance facility

Categories of Colour

Paragon supplies various different types of colour multifunctional machines, with different qualities and features for a diverse range of business requirements. The main categories are full colour, pantone colour, business colour and smart colour/occasional colour. Please see below for the definitions of these categories.

Full colour:

This device has the capability to produce very high quality prints and copies including full colour photographic images.

Pantone colour:

This feature allows the output colours to be exactly matched to the image/text/logo you require.

Business colour:

This colour category is capable of full colour print, but cannot produce exact photographic quality prints. These machines are suitable for most businesses so they can produce colour prints for presentations and reports. They are also cheaper to purchase or lease than a full colour machine.

Smart colour or colour enabled:

This is one of the new breeds of photocopiers that is essentially a black and white machine that is also capable of business colour or full colour depending on the particular make/model. These machines are usually designed to cope with a workload of 80% black and white and 20% colour. They are the cheapest of the colour machines but please note that if you exceed the colour vs mono parameters the machine's reliability will be affected.