Toshiba eSTUDIO9029A

The Toshiba e-STUDIO 9029A is the top of Toshiba's mono A3 line — a 90-ppm production multifunction for environments of 100-300 people that print 40,000-100,000 mono pages monthly. Print and copy speed is 90 ppm, paper capacity is 1,200 sheets standard (two 600-sheet drawers) expandable to 3,200 with the LCF, and the rated monthly duty cycle is 300,000 pages. First page out is 3.0 seconds. The 10.1-inch e-BRIDGE Next color touchscreen runs the current-gen panel with scan-to-email, SMB folder, USB, FTP, SharePoint, and cloud destinations. A 300-sheet single-pass DSDF is standard. Auto duplex print is standard. Connectivity is Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0/3.0, plus standard Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, and NFC. Finishing options include staple, hole-punch, booklet, and saddle-stitch. Who buys it: high-volume law firms, school districts, healthcare networks, government offices. The thing buyers regret: putting a 9029A in an office that prints 15,000 pages a month — the engine is built for sustained production loads, and most of the cost goes to performance you won't use. If you're under 30,000 pages monthly, the 6529A or 7529A is the right answer. Mono only, fax optional, dealer-serviced.