| Copystar advertises their desktop copy machine | | | | sheer height of the input. |
| model, the Copystar CS-1510, with a price per copy | | | | With a flip top, standard, single sheet document |
| of less than once cent. This is a little hard to believe, | | | | processor and a legal sized document glass, initial |
| considering that a copy of a blank page is more than | | | | copies may be hand fed, one at a time, and can then |
| one cent, but consider that this specification was | | | | produce single pass output in quantities from 1 to 99. |
| released almost a decade ago, and the CS-1510 has | | | | Otherwise, a single pass automatic document feeder |
| stood the test of time as far as hardware, and | | | | can be utilized to feed sheets through, unfortunately it |
| operating speeds. Even after adjusting for inflation, | | | | does not offer any sort of paper tray and therefore |
| cost of production with this unit is still amazingly low. | | | | when using the ADF, the sheets must also be hand |
| Operating exclusively in black and white at a | | | | fed, one by one. |
| competitive rate of 15 copies per minute for letter | | | | Thanks to digital copy technology, reduction and |
| sized paper, and 13 copies per minute for legal sized, | | | | enlargement ratios run at a powerful 50% and 200%. |
| the Copystar CS-1510 still competes with competitors | | | | A fully functional zoom feature is also incorporated, |
| in its genre for raw speed even after nine years. With | | | | for manually adjusting particular reduction or |
| a first maintenance checkup due at an incredible | | | | enlargement ratios in single percentage increments, |
| 100,000 copies, a few of these old work horses may | | | | allowing input sources such as oddly sized charts or |
| still be out there. Additionally, the machine’s | | | | graphs to be blown up to fit a full page. The ADF |
| maximum monthly duty cycle tops out at a | | | | cannot, however, perform zooms, and consequently |
| recommended 15,000 copied pages, meaning this | | | | they can only be done one input source at a time. |
| Copystar was built to last. | | | | Though an automatic duplexer is not incorporated into |
| The Copystar CS-1510 is equipped with a drawer style | | | | the Copystar CS-1510’s hardware, double sided |
| paper tray that can store up to 250 sheets of letter | | | | copies are possible thanks to a small built in memory |
| or legal sized paper for automatic feeding. Additionally, | | | | capacity, and a manual duplex mode. They can even |
| the unit comes stocked with a helpful 50 sheet multi | | | | be coaxed into holding two pages worth of shrunken |
| purpose tray that can store either standard sized | | | | data on each side. |
| paper, which would bring the total paper storage | | | | The Copystar CS-1510 is no lightweight unit, and |
| capacity to an impressive 300 sheet, or an array of | | | | scales in at 55 lbs; heavy by today’s standards. Its |
| special paper types such as color paper or letterhead. | | | | footprint sits with dimensions of 20″(w) x 20″(d) x |
| It can also feed thicker media types, such as | | | | 15″(h); also rather large. That being said, this |
| envelopes and transparencies, though the fifty page | | | | Copystar can still produce versatile, quality output at a |
| storage capacity will be greatly reduced due to the | | | | very low operating cost. |
