ECOsys - Technology with a conscience

Our ECOSYS technology has a direct and wide ranging impact on ecology. ECOSYS technology uses a patented amorphous silicon print drum and other long-life components, and as a result, requires only one consumable - the toner itself, no expensive cartridge system. However, ECOSYS is more than just mechanics, it is a principle considered from a concept. In developing printers, the three factors that we focus on are:

ECOonomy
ECOlogy
SYStem Printing



ECOnomy
Our technology is not only competitively priced, but will cost even less to operate.

Lower running costs
The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Kyocera Mita's ECOSYS devices is invariably the lowest in their class. TCO includes all costs: direct, such as the purchase price and operating costs per page and indirect, including maintenance, administration of the machine and the costs of energy to power it. The cost of consumables becomes an integral component of printing expenses, particularly where expensive cartridges containing the drum, developer and toner have to be thrown away and replaced frequently. Kyocera's ECOSYS technology significantly reduces these costs: cartridge-free printing means no replacement of unnecessary parts.

ECOlogy
Highly efficient use of energy, resulting less pollution and waste of resources.

Long-life components
Kyocera's expertise in the ceramics industry was the catalyst for the first amorphous silicon printer drum with a surface that is second only to diamond hardness. Microscopic particles embedded in Kyocera's ''Ecotone'' toner continually polish and recondition the drum during normal printing. The result, is a drum lifetime of 300,000 prints on printers (virtually the lifetime of the product!), or 4.5 million on copiers. The hard-wearing ECOSYS drum introduces new levels of paper handling - sheets up to 250 g/m2 will pass through without affecting the drum. 

Conventional printers use an imaging cartridge which contains drum, developer and toner into a single, disposable unit. When the toner has depleted, the entire cartridge is disposed of and replaced with a new unit-at significant cost to the user. This system may be compared to a car in which the fuel tank, engine and transmission were constructed as a single module. Under this concept, owners would have to replace the engine, transmission and fuel tank every time they ran out of fuel. In all Kyocera Mita models, the drum is separate from the toner. That is why with Kyocera Mita there is no need to replace everything; only the toner. The result is that Kyocera Mita's ECOSYS printers create less waste than any other competitive product, while having the lowest comparable cost per print. 

SYStem Printing
Providing the very high productivity and output quality demanded by users worldwide.

Modularity and functionality
A printer is usually selected on the amount or type of work required at the moment of purchase, but what happens when the business grows or tasks change? With Kyocera Mita ECOSYS products a wide range of paper trays and functions can be added, along with several document output options. Kyocera Mita ECOSYS printers and copiers will easily handle paper and card, self-adhesive labels, overhead projection transparencies, and envelopes. This means that the initial investment in a long life, reliable document management system remains valid and secure, along with all the advantages that were reasons for the original purchase. Upgrades are also available with several Kyocera Mita devices so that even the engine-speed can be enhanced, maximizing the long term benefit of the investment, especially as the operator's business grows. Technological progress means that computer environments and networks are advancing all the time: a printer that operates within all recognized networks is vital to ensure that it does not get left behind and becomes redundant.

Move your business forward, move to ECOsys!