| Capable of competitive print speeds and excellent | | | | programmed to keep personal projects safe under |
| gray scale image quality, the Gestetner 3220 offers | | | | lock and key, ensuring privacy from coworkers or |
| plenty of power and expandability suitable for offices | | | | separate departments. |
| of every size. The unit not only comes standard with a | | | | The Gestetner 3220’s standard paper capacity of |
| long list of versatile specifications, but also offers | | | | 500 sheets via 2 x 250 sheet drawers is only the |
| extensive hardware add ons for customization and | | | | beginning. An additional 2 x 500 sheets can supplement |
| optimal performance per dollar. | | | | stock hardware bringing the total to 1,000 sheets, and |
| With a 20 page per minute print speed, the Gestetner | | | | a huge 1,500 sheet LCT is also optional. A 100 sheet |
| 3220 may not be the fastest copy machine on the | | | | bypass tray for non standard media types is |
| block, but should still prove sufficient for most | | | | attachable, along with other expandability options that |
| businesses’ print and copy demands. Further | | | | bring the unit’s total potential input capacity to a |
| showing signs of its age, it reveals only a 14.4 Kbps | | | | whopping 2,850 sheets. |
| modem, which can still hustle along at a decent 4 | | | | For higher print quality, a 600 dot per inch mode is |
| seconds per page transmission time. | | | | selectable, but top print speed will suffer, and a |
| Resolution also ranks on the mediocre level, with a | | | | standard printer interface for PC connectivity allows |
| limited 400 dots per inch when printing at maximum | | | | the Gestetner 3220 to double as a personal or |
| speed; much lower than the current PCL6 standard. | | | | network printer. Thanks to on board memory, a fax |
| However, a range of incorporated firmware features | | | | module can scan pages into memory and save them |
| keep the Gestetner 3220 out of the garbage bin for | | | | during paper outage scenarios or, when an additional |
| now. Such selectable options as auto magnification, | | | | duplexing unit is implemented, convert them into double |
| series copy mode, and combine mode are just the | | | | sided output regardless of the incoming source. |
| start of its comprehensive management options. A | | | | Documents can then be erased, or stored indefinitely |
| negative to positive option allows users to reverse the | | | | for further use. |
| polarity of an image, making a visual that would | | | | Book faxing is also an option, and the duplexing feature |
| normally consume large amounts of ink use only a | | | | is not limited to faxes alone. Copies and prints are also |
| fraction of the amount by replacing all black areas with | | | | available in duplex mode, and, unlike lower end units, the |
| blank space, and vice versa. | | | | Gestetner 3220’s duplexer can go beyond legal |
| With electronic sorting and an auto tray select mode, | | | | sized paper, and duplex sizes up to 11 x 17 inches. With |
| multiple copies of output packets can be sorted | | | | plenty of other hardware options available, such as a |
| automatically, and even stapled if a finisher option is | | | | 1,000 sheet finisher, the Gestetner 3220 ranks up there |
| implemented. Up to 50 individual user codes can be | | | | with today’s models for customizability. |
