The device aims to provide fax, copy, scan and print functionality to support individual users and small workgroups.

SME users need an affordable multifunction device to support growing business needs, says Ernest Leong, product manager office products business (OPB) at Bytes Document Solutions. The WorkCentre PE220 was designed to provide individual users or small workgroups with all the functionality they need in one inexpensive device.

The Xerox WorkCentre PE220 prints and copies at up to 20ppm and has a first-page-out time as fast as 11 seconds, Leong adds. Fax transmission lines average speeds of three seconds while colour scanning resolution reaches 4 800dpi, he says.

The device comes bundled with ScanSoft's PaperPort SE v10.0, a document and image management software that aims to allow people to manage scanned files, and Abby FineReader software to convert paper into editable electronic documents. Both tools are designed to equip small businesses to quickly turn stacks of paper, such as letters, contracts, tables and manuals, into easily editable word processing and spreadsheet documents.