A Clustered Future?

Some copier vendors see a strong future for black-and-white copier/printers as part of a cluster printing system. T/R Systems pioneered this model, but others are now touting their own cluster solutions.

Minolta's MicroPress can support up to 12 output engines that can be a combination of black-and-white and color engines. The Unified Konica Solution also links to both black-and-white and color engines, with the server routing pages to the appropriate devices.