- The ability to image an existing page and print out duplicates.

- The ability to output a digital file sent from a computer.

- The ability to image an existing page and send it to another, similar machine via telephone lines.

- The ability to image an existing page and save it as a digital file.

- Specialized ink-based machines that allow for high-speed copying and/or printing.

- The ability to scan a file and send it automatically across the Internet.

- The type of work arrangement that this device is intended for.

- Appropriate for light use in a home office, usually for a single user.

- Appropriate for light use in a small or home business office, usually for a single user.

- Appropriate for sharing between two to five users, usually in an office setting.

- Appropriate for sharing between five to twelve users in an office setting.

- Appropriate for sharing between twelve and twenty-five users in an office setting.

- Intended for us in a centralized graphics or reproduction department.

- High-quality reproduction using toner technology, as opposed to liquid ink.

- Automatic two-sided printing, scanning, or copying.

- Pages-per-minute speed ranges.

- Capable of handling pages up to 8.5” x 11”

- Capable of handling pages up to 8.5” x 14”

- Capable of handling pages up to 11” x 17”

- Capable of handling pages larger than 11” x 17”, used for printing right up to the edge, usually in color. Such pages are usually trimmed, folded, and bound.

- A product that offers (usually as an option) some kind of stapling of printed or copied pages.