Xerox WorkCentre 4260/XF Brochure & Specs

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Ease of Use April 2009Xerox WorkCentre 4260 XFwww.BERTL.comCopyright © 2009 BERTL Inc. April 2009All Rights Reserved. The license under which this document is made available and applicable law prohibit any reproduction or further transmission of any portion of this document. Thisdocument may only be viewed electronically through the www.BERTL.com Web site and may not be stored in electronic or hard copy format. Any reproduction of trademarks is strictlyprohibited. BERTL accepts no responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissions contained in this document.Page 25PROGRAMMING THE CONTROL PANELVisit a few MFP manufacturers’ showrooms, and you willsee a wide range of control panels and touch screens. Themost rudimentary consist of a selection of hard keys andan LCD screen that can often be challenging to navigate.On the other hand, some control panels that utilize hardkeys and LCD screens can actually be easier to use thantouch screens. However, hard-key/LCD panel systemsthat require users to scroll through various settings andmake a selection can also often be challenging to use.Among touch screens, some utilize a menu-driven system,while others utilize an icon-based system. Some menu-driven touch screens can involve many complicated sub-menus that can be difficult to navigate.Most manufacturers try to keep their control panels andtouch screens consistent across their MFPs and printers,so that users do not have to spend time learning how touse a new control panel when moving from device todevice.A control panel’s ease of use—or lack of—can often havea significant affect on user productivity. The harder it is toselect frequently used options such as duplexing,document finishing, etc., the more time the user has tospend programming the device and the less productivethey are. In the chart to the right, BERTL assesses howmany steps are required to make these commonplacesettings.The WorkCentre 4260’s Control Panel consists of a touch screenand hard keys. The “Services” button displays all of the device’savailable functions.Selections Required forFrequently Used Copy FunctionsCorner Staple 11:2 12:2 1Photo Mode 4Copied Front and Rear Covers 4The right side of the control panel contains various hard keys,including keys for “Start,” Stop,” etc. as well as a numericalkeypad for entering number of copies and fax numbers, and hardkeys for switching between different functions such as services,displaying job status and machine status.