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e-STUDIO8518A Series
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Large, Enterprise
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1.33 GHz
4 GB
Product Overview
The new e-STUDIO8518A Series replace the older e-STUDIO8508A Series in Toshiba’s product lineup.
The devices include new features, such as the latest-generation e-BRIDGE Next controller and an upgraded user interface called Elevate.
Elevate is a larger interface than Toshiba’s previous touchscreen. At 10.1″, the touchscreen works like a tablet and includes an embedded web browser and customizable one-touch icons for common workflows. Those one-touch functions include single copy, email PDF file, and copy and staple, to name a few. Businesses can customize the functions to suit their needs.
Elevate also comes with sample user interface design templates to reflect the company’s industry, such as healthcare, legal or education. For a company that needs a specific type of user interface, Toshiba’s service team provides a customizable design template.
The e-STUDIO8518A Series offer standard printing, copying, scanning and faxing functions.
There are four MFPs in this series, which are:
- the e-STUDIO5518A, which prints and copies at 55 ppm and has a monthly duty cycle of 520,000 pages,
- the e-STUDIO6518A, which prints and copies at 65 ppm and has a monthly duty cycle of 590,000 pages,
- the e-STUDIO7518A, which prints and copies at 75 ppm and has a monthly duty cycle of 660,000 pages, and
- the e-STUDIO8518A, which prints and copies at 85 ppm and has a monthly duty cycle of 720,000 pages.
All four MFPs have a warm-up time of roughly 20 to 24 seconds and a variety of first-copy-time that range from 4.1 seconds to 5.2 seconds.
The machines run off of Toshiba’s latest generation e-BRIDGE Next controller that includes a 1.33 GHz processor, 4 GB of memory and a 320 GB self-encrypting hard drive. PCL, PostScript, XPS and JPEG printing languages are included.
Standard USB and Ethernet connectivity is supported, and Toshiba offers optional wireless and Bluetooth connectivity. Mobile printing is supported via the e-BRIDGE Print & Capture app on Apple and Android devices.
More information on the devices is in our Features section below.
The e-STUDIO8518A Series are very powerful devices intended for the production environment or offices with very high-volume copying and printing needs.
Features
Paper handling starts with a capacity of 3,520 sheets that consists of two 540-sheet drawers, a tandem large-capacity feeder of two 1,160 trays and a 120-sheet bypass. Users can add an optional 2,500-sheet large-capacity feeder for a maximum capacity of 6,020 sheets. With the exception of the two large-capacity feeders (which accepts letter-sized paper only), the other trays accept up to ledger-sized (11″ x 17″) paper.
There is a standard 300-sheet dual-scan document feeder (DADF). The document feeder allow for color scanning and scans both sides of a page (at up to 240 ipm duplex) in a single pass.
There are a few finishing options. First, there is the console finisher with 50-sheet multiposition stapling. There is also a saddlestitching finisher with a 50-sheet stapling capacity. There is an optional 2/3-hole punch unit for each finisher. And finally, there is a side exit tray.
The scanning function supports many file formats, such as TIFF, PDF, XPS and JPEG. Toshiba’s e-FILING features one public box and 200 private user boxes for document management. Each box holds up to 100 folders and each folder holds up to 400 documents. Users can optionally add connectors to SharePoint and Google Docs for printing and scanning needs.
The faxing function utilizes a 33.6 kbps modem with JBIG compression. It includes both G3 and Super G3 compatibility, as well as up to 100 pages of memory and second line fax.
The e-STUDIO8518A Series includes strong security features, such as user authentication (that supports up to 10,000 users or 1,000 departments), disk overwrite, IP Address filtering and LDAP.
- Automatic Document Feeder?
- Duplexing?
- Ethernet Connectivity?
- Wireless Connectivity?
- Mobile Printing/Scanning?
- Finishers?
Shortcomings
The e-STUDIO8518A Series is intended for environments with very high-volume printing or copying needs. Smaller businesses should check out our review on Toshiba’s other MFPs intended for those markets.
About
Toshiba has been on the upswing in the office copier business, thanks to a steadily improving product line.
Although it may be among the smaller forces in copiers, the company as a whole is much larger than most of its competitors.
Toshiba handouts include Fortune corporate rankings indicating that its global revenues across all product lines are about the same as those of Canon, Ricoh and Xerox combined.
Product line: In recent years, Toshiba has been raising its copier profile both by re-energizing its U.S. marketing and by becoming more innovative with its products. Its line of e-STUDIO models is quite strong, and the company is starting to make an impact on the market.
Toshiba distribution: Toshiba brand sales are split nearly 50-50 between dealers and the company’s Toshiba Business Solutions division. In all, Toshiba has about 250 copier dealers, of which about 30% have Toshiba as its exclusive A3 MFP OEM partner.
