Approval of a Four Year Lease for a Pro C 6500 Color Copier from Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Ramsey NJ) to Support the Citywide Reproduction Services. City of Culver City California City Council Agenda Item Report Meeting Date: 02/11/08 AGENDA ITEM: Approval of a Four Year Lease for a Pro C 6500 Color Copier from Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Ramsey NJ) to Support the Citywide Reproduction Services. Contact Person/Dept.: Lloyd Reynolds Graphic Services Phone Number: 310 253 6090 Item Number: C 7 Fiscal Impact: Yes X No General Fund: Yes X No Public Hearing: Public Notification: E mail master notification list on 02/06/08 Action Item: Attachments: X Department Approval: John Richo (02/05/08) Fiscal Impact Review: Jeff Muir (by M. Noller) (02/06/08) City Attorney Approval: Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (02/06/08) City Manager Approval: Jerry B. Fulwood (02/06/08) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council approve the lease of a Konica Minolta Pro C6500 color copier to enhance and support Graphics in its Citywide reproduction services. BACKGROUND: On April 26 1999 an Astro Cannon 950 color copier was installed to meet the needs of City departments. This unit has become obsolete as it is now 8 1/2 years old and no longer meets our needs. The machine is slow (4 copies per minute) and incompatible with new digital systems as it uses an analog processing system. An analog system is an older technology system that requires scanning each page separately for each individual primary color; i.e. 4 scans are required per page: one scan for yellow one for magenta one for cyan and one for black. As a result a job requiring 100 color copies will consist of 400 scans (25 min. per 100 copies). In comparison a digital copier only requires one scan and therefore is able to produce 100 copies in less than two minutes. DISCUSSION: The Graphic Services Division provides a number of services for City departments including scanning copying faxing and printing services. Over ...
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