Xerox Docucolor 242 User Manual

DocuColor® 242/252/260  
advanced multifunction  
Easy affordable color  
for any environment.  
The Xerox DocuColor® 242/252/260 Digital Color Printer/Copier  
Image quality  
great price.  
you can bank on.  
Production performance. This family of printers is built to enable your  
most demanding applications by delivering the production capabilities you  
need. They are scalable and can be customized for your business demands.  
The DocuColor 242/252/260 printer/copiers deliver  
2400 x 2400 dpi image quality and excellent fine-line  
reproduction. You’ll also enjoy superb color consistency  
and color-management capability.  
With a standard paper handling capacity of 3,260 sheets, DocuColor  
242/252/260 printer/copiers are more productive and require less  
intervention. You also benefit from load-while-run toner, two black  
cartridges for longer runs, and a 250-sheet Duplex Automatic Document  
Feeder (DADF) that simplifies the scanning and copying of large jobs.  
For enhanced image quality, the DocuColor 242/252/260  
uses our latest VCSEL technology with a 32-beam laser.  
This enables these printers to write data at a quicker rate  
and at a higher resolution.  
Advanced copy user interface. The layout of the full-panel color touch  
screen has been designed with ease of use in mind. It is intuitive and easy  
to use, enabling even inexperienced users to understand its functionality at  
a glance and get more jobs through the shop.  
Another secret to the great image quality of these  
printers is Xerox’s breakthrough Emulsion Aggregation  
High Gloss (EA HG) toner. This innovative toner brings  
out great color, outstanding shadow detail, superior  
halftones and smooth transitions that will please your  
most demanding customers. There’s even an Enhanced  
Gloss Mode for both copy and print, letting you select  
a higher gloss level for each job.  
Application flexibility. Though these printer/copiers have a small  
footprint, they can handle media up to 300 g/m2/110 lb. cover and run  
a wide variety of substrates. These include coated, labels, transparencies,  
and synthetics. Sheet sizes can be as large as 13 x19 in./ SRA3 so you can  
produce 12 x 18 in. full-bleed prints.  
In-line finishing. The DocuColor 242/252/260 printer/copiers are  
available with a choice of finishing options. Choose from either our  
Advanced, Professional, or Light-Production Finisher.  
The benchmark image quality of the DocuColor  
242/252/260 will enable you to deliver such high-value  
applications as full-color booklets, brochures, posters,  
demanding creative projects, and more.  
Exciting Variable Information (VI) printing opportunities.  
The superb image quality of the DocuColor 242/252/260 printer/copiers  
makes them ideal for high-impact personalized VI printing. Xerox offers  
powerful, efficient tools that work seamlessly with these DocuColor  
printer/copiers to let you add personalization and extra value to the  
targeted communications your customers need.  
Security issues, front and center. As a leader in the development  
of digital technology, Xerox has demonstrated a commitment to keeping  
your digital information safe and secure. Customers have responded by  
looking to Xerox as a trusted provider of secure solutions, with many  
standard and optional security features.  
The Xerox DocuColor® 242/252/260 Digital Color Printer/Copier  
Features, functions.  
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For more applications.  
A user interface that makes everything simpler. Using an  
intuitive index tab and button configuration, the DocuColor 242/252/260  
user interface adds many important copy control functions and additional  
system status information, all on a clean and simple view screen.  
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Multiple job queues. This feature is very important for copy and print  
accountability. You no longer have to manually batch jobs; multi-job  
queuing lets you promote and delete at the simple touch of a button.  
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Got a print job? We’ve got your solution. Depending on the  
color server you choose, the DocuColor 242/252/260 printer/copier  
can handle anything from newsletters, proposals, invoices, and  
presentations to Web printing, digital photos, product brochures,  
posters, and catalogs. The list goes on and on. They can also be  
used for design proofing and proof for press.  
Image transfer  
Along every step of the way, you can count on affordable color,  
2400 x 2400 dpi resolution, a wide range of media choices, superb  
color-management tools, and productive feeding and finishing options.  
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Paper feed  
Fusing image  
The DocuColor 242/252/260 printer/copiers enable the production  
of all types of applications and are ideal for a wide array of  
printing environments.  
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250-sheet Duplex Automatic Document Feeder (DADF)  
simplifies the copying and scanning of large jobs, offering  
scan speed up to 50 ppm color and 80 ppm black-and-white.  
2
Extra toner capacity. Two black toner SMart Kit™ replaceable  
units keep replenishment interventions to a minimum and  
productivity at its highest. All toner cartridges are load-while-  
run, allowing you to replenish the toner without interrupting  
the job.  
The Xerox DocuColor® 242/252/260 Digital Color Printer/Copier  
Hole punching  
Decurling media  
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Multi-positioning stapling  
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Folding  
Saddle stitching  
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Trickle-charge development system—unique to Xerox—  
maintains print consistency throughout the workday.  
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Optional finishers (Light-Production Finisher shown above)  
lets you produce more applications in-line.  
A short and straight paper path provides production  
performance, a heavier media-feeding capability, and  
increased reliability. Center-registered feeding results in  
accurate registration.  
With 2400 x 2400 dpi resolution, you enjoy excellent image  
clarity in both prints and copies. To maintain this consistently  
brilliant image quality, the unit employs an automatic Charge  
Corotron Cleaning Assembly.  
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Five standard trays have an amazing 3,260-sheet capacity.  
Optional high-capacity feeders are available for long job runs  
including a 2,000-sheet Oversized High-Capacity Feeder (OHCF);  
it can handle sheet sizes up to 13 x 19 in./SRA3 and can  
increase feeding capacity to 5,260 sheets.  
The Xerox DocuColor® 242/252/260 Digital Color Printer/Copier  
Finishing and feeding options  
add value.  
Whether you are printing a brochure, newsletter, presentation,  
or direct mail piece, you want to put your best foot forward.  
You can do just that with the DocuColor 242/252/260’s choice  
of professional feeding and finishing options.  
High-Capacity Feeder. The HCF boosts the paper capacity of the  
High-Capacity Feeder  
DocuColor 242/252/260 from 3,260 sheets to an amazing 5,260 sheets*  
Oversized High-Capacity Feeder  
8.5 x 11 in. paper.  
Oversized High-Capacity Feeder. The OHCF’s air-assisted, robust  
feeder design enables the handling of 2,000 sheets* up to 13 x 19 in./SRA3  
(64 – 300 g/m2/18 lb. bond – 110 lb. cover) coated and uncoated.  
Advanced Finisher. This finishing option offers 50-sheet, multi-position  
stapling and hole punching—2, 3, or 4 holes—plus stacking of up to  
3,000 sheets. Features a 500-sheet top tray.  
Advanced Finisher  
Professional Finisher  
Professional Finisher. In addition to the features of the Advanced  
Finisher, this includes saddle stitching with center fold for easy booklet  
making for up to a 60-page booklet and Bi-fold brochure assembly. This  
finisher has a 500-sheet top-tray capacity, a 1,500-sheet stacker tray, and  
a booklet output tray.  
Light-Production Finisher. This finishing option has the capabilities of  
the Professional Finisher plus incorporates an interposer input tray that  
can accept up to 200 sheets and increases the stapling capacity to 100  
sheets of 20 lb. paper. Even more versatility can be obtained with the  
addition of the optional tri-fold, Z-fold, and tabloid Z-fold module for this  
finisher. For heavyweight stocks, it has an active decurling function.  
Light-Production Finisher  
Hole punch  
Tri-Fold  
Stapling  
Z-Fold  
Sort and  
collate  
Booklet  
Folding  
Tabloid  
Z-Fold  
*24 lb./90 g/m2  
The Xerox DocuColor® 242/252/260 Digital Color Printer/Copier  
Color servers to meet any need.  
As a DocuColor 242/252/260 user, you have a wide choice of color servers* that deliver the  
power and flexibility you need in your business. The features and functionality of each color  
server give you various color tools, workflow capabilities, and processing speed, along with  
sophisticated color management.  
EFI® Fiery® Bustled Controller. You can count on world-class color and an easy-to-  
use workflow with this built-in network controller. Its Command WorkStation® 4.5 makes  
it easy to program, monitor, and manage workflows. Its color-management tools enable  
precise color from all applications, platforms, and formats. Options include a Secure  
Disk Erase Kit, Impose 2.7, EFI Color Profiler, Memory, an X-Rite® DTP 32 Series II  
Densitometer, and Hotfolders for the DocuColor 242/252 (standard on the DocuColor 260).  
EFI Splash® RPX-ii Color Server. This server software option for the EFI Bustled  
Controller gives graphic arts professionals the color-management, document-management,  
and production-management features they need for the most demanding creative assignment.  
Designed for Mac OS®-X/G5 environments as well as those with Intel processors, it  
uses EFI’s SmartRIP® technology to significantly accelerate RIPping performance,  
ensuring the fastest possible processing speeds for all hardware configurations.  
Xerox FreeFlow® DocuSP® Color Server. This user-friendly color server combines  
advanced color management with unmatched security features and system management. Hot  
folders, viewable color correction curves, and simplified job and queue management features  
fit easily in today's demanding color environments. Post-Rip imposition, color background  
forms, and Automatic Image Enhancement, help push the envelope of today's key applications.  
Production capabilities, performance, and ease of use provides you with everything you need  
to deliver outstanding color output.  
EFI Fiery Color Server. With its outstanding color-management tools and fast  
RIP speeds, this server promises impressive productivity and flexibility in virtually  
any printing environment. Available upgrade options include a Graphic Arts Premium  
Edition package, Compose, EFI Color Profiler, hard disk security, an advanced  
controller interface kit, and XP Pro OS.  
Creo® Spire™ Color Server. This color server is available in both attached and  
standalone versions and lets you easily perform everything from preflight checks to  
proofing, imposition to short-run production, and much more. Excellent profiling  
options let you see what your document will look like at each printing stage, and  
proofing couldn’t be faster or easier. Available upgrades include the Professional Kit  
and a control station.  
*Stands for the three color servers are optional  
DocuColor® 242/252/260  
Call today. For more information or detailed  
product specifications, call 1-800-ASK-XEROX.  
Or visit us at www.xerox.com  
Convenience  
Stapler  
2,000-sheet  
Oversized  
2,000-sheet  
High-Capacity  
Feeder  
Base Unit with  
5 Standard Trays  
High-Capacity  
Light-  
Production  
Finisher  
Feeder  
Advanced  
Finisher  
Professional  
Finisher  
Offsetting  
Catch Tray  
DocuColor 242  
DocuColor 252  
DocuColor 260  
Speed  
(Color/Black-and-white)  
Up to 40 ppm/55 ppm  
Up to 50 ppm/65 ppm  
Up to 60 ppm/75 ppm  
Duty Cycle  
Up to 200,000 pages per month  
Up to 200,000 pages per month  
Up to 300,000 pages per month  
250-sheet Bypass Tray; Two 500-sheet 11 x 17 in./A3 Paper Trays; One 870-sheet 8.5 x 11 in./A4 Paper Tray;  
One 1,140-sheet 8.5 x 11 in./A4 Paper Tray (Total 3,260 sheets)  
Paper Handling  
Paper input  
Standard  
Optional  
2,000-sheet High-Capacity Feeder – 8.5 x 11 in./A4  
2,000-sheet Oversize High-Capacity Feeder – up to 13 x 19 in./SRA3 and up to 300 g/m2  
Paper output Optional Offsetting Catch Tray (OCT): 500-sheets  
Advanced Finisher: 500-sheet top tray, 3,000-sheet stacker tray, Hole punching, and Multi-position stapling  
Professional Finisher: 500-sheet top tray, 1,500-sheet stacker tray, Hole punching, Multi-position stapling, Bi-fold booklet making,  
Saddle-stitch booklet maker  
Light-Production Finisher: 200-sheet top tray, 1,500-sheet stacker tray, Hole punching, Multi-position stapling, Bi-fold,  
Saddle-stitch booklet maker, Interposer. Optional Module enables Tri-fold and Z-fold (letter and tabloid)  
Copy  
Pre-collation memory  
256 MB plus 80 GB hard disk drive  
As fast as 10.7 seconds color/4.3 seconds black-and-white  
2400 x 2400 dpi  
First-page-out time  
Copy resolution  
Copy features  
Reduction/enlargement (25% – 400%), Enhanced gloss level, Book copying/two-sided book copying, Mixed-sized originals, Image  
rotation, Edge erase, Mirror/negative images, Image shift, Booklet creation, Multi-Up, Annotation and set numbering, Covers, Poster mode,  
Repeat Image, Build Job, Delete inside/outside editing  
Print  
Print resolution  
2400 x 2400 dpi  
Scan  
Scan resolution  
200 x 200 dpi, 300 x 300 dpi, 400 x 400 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi  
Foreign Interface Kit, Convenience Stapler  
Other Options  
Electrical  
20 amp (115v), 10 amp (220/240v)  
20 amp (115v), 10 amp (220/240v)  
12 amp (208/240v)  
Media Handling  
Trays 1 – 2: 500 sheets each  
Sizes: Custom sizes up to 11 x 17 in./A3  
Tray 3: 870 sheets; Size: 8.5 x 11 in./A4  
SELECT SPECIFICATIONS  
Speed  
Warm-up Time  
From Sleep Mode: 150 seconds (approx.)  
From Low Power Mode: 30 seconds (approx.)  
Scan Speed with DADF (8.5 x 11 in./A4):  
50 ppm Color  
Supplies  
SMart KitReplaceable Units  
Toner Cartridges (1 Cyan, 1 Magenta, 1 Yellow, 2 Black),  
Drum Cartridges (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black), Charge  
Corotron, Fuser Module, Waste Toner Container, Staples  
refill for Convenience Stapler and Finishing options  
Tray 4: 1,140 sheets; Size: 8.5 x 11 in./A4  
Trays 1 – 4: Weights: 18 to 80 lb. cover  
(64 – 220 g/m2)  
General Specifications  
DocuColor 242/252/260  
Dimensions  
Smallest Footprint (WxDxH): 65.1 x 36.2 x 54 in.  
(1653.6 x 921 x 1372 mm)  
80 ppm Black-and-white  
DocuColor 260 Speed by Media (8.5 x 11 in./A4 LEF)  
Bypass Tray (Tray 5): 250 sheets  
Sizes: Custom sizes up to 13 x 19 in./SRA3  
Weights: Up to 110 lb. cover (300 g/m2)  
Type  
Mode  
Plain  
Enhanced Gloss  
Heavyweight 1  
Enhanced Gloss  
Heavyweight 2  
Transparency  
ppm color/bw  
60/75  
Plain paper  
Plain paper  
105 – 176 g/m2  
105 – 176 g/m2  
177 – 300 g/m2  
Maximum image size:  
print – 12.7 x 18.9 in. (323 x 480 mm)  
copy – 11.6 x 16.8 in. (297 x 432)  
30/NA  
30/75  
20/NA  
20/60  
Transparency  
20/40  
(with finisher)  
Transparency  
Transparency  
9/46  
(without finisher)  
©2007 XEROX CORPORATION. All rights reserved. Xerox®, DocuColor®, DocuSP®, FreeFlow®, and SMart Kit™ are trademarks of or licensed to Xerox Corporation in the United States and other countries. Creo® and Spire™ are trademarks of Creo, Inc. EFI®, Fiery®, Command  
WorkStation®, SmartRIP®, and Splash® are registered trademarks of Electronics for Imaging, Inc. MAC OS® and Macintosh® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. X-Rite® is a trademark of X-Rite, Inc. As an ENERGY STAR® partner, Xerox Corporation has determined that  
these products meet the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency. The ENERGY STAR name and logo are registered U.S. trademarks. Terra Choice Environmental Services, Inc. of Canada has verified that this Xerox product conforms to all applicable Environmental Choice  
EcoLogo requirements for minimized impact to the environment. The information in this brochure is subject to change without notice. 4/07  
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