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see going green as a priority over the next
three years.
Toshiba Tec strives to be one of the
world’s leading eco-conscious companies
based on its Three Greens philosophy:
Greening of Products, Greening of Process,
and Green Management. Complying
with rigorous verification standards is
demonstration of its commitment to
sustainable business improvement. BSI
(British Standards Institution), has verified
that the new e-STUDIO5008LP series and
the paper reusing device e-STUDIO RD301
meet the stringent requirements of the
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) standards ISO
14040 and ISO 14044.
From an environmental perspective
– one of the biggest advantages of
its erasable technology is a significant
reduction on environmental impact. Both
paper usage and the CO2 emissions
from paper production can be reduced
by erasing prints and reusing the paper.
BSI’s verification process reviewed the LCA
calculation method of these new MFPs
for a five year period and compared it
with that of Toshiba Tec’s regular MFPs.
From this calculation method, printing
the paper in erasable blue five times and
erasing them to reuse will reduce the CO2
emission by 57 per cent compared to that
of five black prints.
Reducing paper consumption
Spencer argues that this new system
delivers a positive financial as well as
environmental impact. “There is a small
cost premium on the price of the engine,
but that’s easily outweighed by the
resultant cost savings on paper,” he said.
Reducing paper usage saves natural
resources, reduces carbon footprint and
can also save money. With this hybrid
system, a single sheet of paper can be
reused five times. “Assuming that you
use a sheet of paper five times (i.e. print
once and reuse it four times) and you print
4,000 erasable pages per month, you can
reduce paper consumption by up to 80
per cent,” he explained. “This means that
after five years you will have saved almost
200,000 sheets of paper. In other words
– the same amount of paper which you
would usually use in one year, will now last
five years.”
The savings will soon stack up
especially when you factor in price
increases in paper costs over the last 12
months, typical web pricing puts a box of
office paper at around £11-£15 and there
are also savings to be had from the cost of
storage, distribution and disposal.
“It’s also easy to track how much
you have already saved – the e-BRIDGE
Paper Reuse Report generates reports
that calculates paper reduction, the
average usage of paper, etc. to show your
environmental contribution at a glance,”
Spencer added.
In conclusion, Spencer muted that
Toshiba is looking to further develop this
technology, suggesting that we can expect
further new product innovations to be
introduced early 2018.
Key features
n
Speeds of up to 50 pages per minute
(ppm) and up to 35 ppm in erasable
blue ensures the Hybrid MFP can
handle even large jobs effortlessly
n
A customisable, tablet-like user
interface, gives easy access to the print,
scan, copy, fax and erase functions
n
Outstanding image quality on both
black and erasable blue toner
n
The optional Dual Scan Document
Feeder can hold up to 300 sheets while
processing documents at speeds of up
to 240 images per minute
n
Industry leading data security thanks
to features such as the self-encrypting
Toshiba Secure HDD and further
optional security functions for
IEEE2600.2 compliance
n
Multi Station Print allows users to
send print jobs from a computer and
retrieve them at any convenient MFP by
authenticating at that device
n
Cloud printing ensures access to your
documents, from anywhere. Embedded
apps enable users to send documents
directly to, or print them from Microsoft
OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox
n
Mobile printing provides flexibility to
print directly from a mobile device via
AirPrint, Google Cloud Print, Mopria
Print Service or Toshiba e-BRIDGE Print
& Capture app. An optional module
which activates the Wi-Fi as well as
the Bluetooth feature, enables mobile
devices to be connected directly with
the MFP
n
e-BRIDGE technology makes it easy to
integrate the system into existing IT
infrastructure and helps administrators
to work more efficiently. The open
platform architecture also enables the
creation of customised workflows,
which simplifies complex scanning,
archiving and other document
management tasks
Jeremy Spencer,
Marketing Director
Toshiba Tec
Reducing
paper usage
saves natural
resources,
reduces
carbon
footprint and
can also save
money
