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At 50 copies per minute, the CLC 5000 is a significant step up from the CLC 1000 or the CLC 3100. Its image area is large enough to produce 11" x 17" full bleed images on 12 x 18 paper.

Utilizing a stack-less duplex design, it's possible to produce unlimited sets - and the first duplexed page is produced much more quickly. THe machine slows just slightly to 40cpm when duplexing.

Coming in the third quarter of this year will ne a new on-line booklet-maker option, offering sadlle-stitching, folding, and trimming capabilities for booklets of up to 16 sheets (64 impressions). It will also adjust "creep", automatically taking into account paper thickness aqnd quantity. The booklet-maker is expected to have a list price of about $25K.

The stapler-sorter, available now, has a cascading feature, holdong upto 600 sheets output into the 20 bins of the sorter (30 per bin) when you don't need sorting.

Paper handling is improved considerably on this machine. Each of the two drawers will handle paper weights of 16lb to 28lb. bond as wellas transparencies; each drawer holds the equivalent of 550 sheets of 20lb Bond. The user-adjustable Over-sized paper deck will hold letter, ledger, or 12 x 18 paper, upto 2,000 sheets of 20lb bond, and can handle upto 90lb index or 60lb Coverstock, or 250 transparency sheets.

The Stack By-pass will handle 16lb bond to 140lb index as well as transparencies, upto 250 sheets of 20lb bond. The CLC 5000 slows to 9CPM for transparencies, and 8cpm when printing to ledger sized 140lb index through the by-pass.

Although the CLC 5000 is more likely to be used as a connected machine for a vast majority of jobs, some jobs are still copied off the glass. One of the first6 things that I noticed is the the control panel looked like the CLC 700/800.

Part #4 Connectivity/Front End (next week)
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