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Color at Work
®
Product Dynamics
Another important issue when judging
office color devices is image quality and
what makes good and bad image quality
for general office applications.
When attending trade shows and
manufacturer conventions, it is always
interesting to see when a color product is
unveiled that one of the first things that
people do is slap a photo down on the
glass and hit copy. They expect to see a
beautiful reproduction of their loved one. In
reality, the office color MFP is not, in a
corporate setting, going to be called upon
to carry out this task, which can prove a
challenge even for dedicated high-end
graphic devices. Instead, image quality
should be looked upon in relation to its role
in the general office — that of message
highlighter and image enhancer.
The Sharp MX-3501N comes with an
enviable list of high-tech features that aid
every aspect of the device including:
• Scan-to and print-from USB memory
stick drives
• Customized walk-up experience on a
user-by-user basis
• MAC filtering ensuring maximum
security lockdown
• Encrypted PDF workflow for both print
on demand and scan users
• Open Systems Architecture for even
greater customization
Sharp Open Systems Architecture
Sharp’s Open Systems Architecture
(Sharp OSA) which is based on Microsoft
.NET technology — one of the popular
building block frameworks for software
developers today — allows independent
software vendors (ISV), dealers, and end
users to develop specific applications that
can be run through the touch screen of the
MFP.
The benefits of this Sharp OSA are
multiple:
• a reduction in the cost of implementing
software applications due to the
reduction in hardware components
• a more efficient end user experience
delivering productivity benefits
• the opportunity to streamline workflow
processes in a single step
Sharp is stressing that its Sharp OSA will
be user-friendly, allowing dealers and end
users — not just the software giants with
large development budgets and unlimited
IT resources — to take advantage of the
architecture.
This is so important as small- and medium-
sized customers look for something more
than a solution out of a box but do not
want to spend exorbitant amounts for
special software. With Sharp OSA, dealers
can give buyers the customized and
special treatment they desire without the
pricey solution.
BERTL has already been privy to beta-
level demonstrations of a multitude of
software applications running on Sharp
OSA including cost control, scan
middleware routing, and document
management applications.
At the time of writing, Sharp OSA is not
currently available to end users, but should
be available shortly with a selection of
software applications ready at or near time
of launch.