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The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles
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● The Phaser 6300DN ($1,499) adds automatic duplex-
ing.
● The Phaser 6350DP ($1,799) has a faster color speed
and a higher monthly duty cycle (120,000).
● The Phaser 6350DT ($2,549) adds a second 550-sheet
paper tray for a total of 1,250 sheets of input. It also
comes with 512MB of memory.
● The Phaser 6350DX ($3,149) adds a third 550-sheet
tray for a total of 1,800 sheets. It also adds a standard
20GB hard disk.
All of the models can have up to one gigabyte of mem-
ory installed. A 20GB hard disk is available, standard on
the DX model, optional on the others. PostScript and
PCL are installed. Ethernet and USB ports are also
standard.
The input system starts with a 150-sheet multipurpose
tray and a 550-sheet standard tray. Other configurations
are a 550-sheet paper tray or a two-drawer 1,100-sheet
feeder. The maximum configuration is 1,800 sheets. The
usual 250-sheet exit tray is the only output device a
vail-
able.
Xerox tells us that the Phaser 6300 consumables costs
come in a
t around 2.2¢ for b
lack and 10.8¢ for color.
Phaser 6350 consumables have a high-capacity toner
option, and that make costs a little lower, at 2.1¢ for black
and 9.6¢ f
or color
. These costs are about average for the
industr
y.
The Phaser 6300/6350 models are very fast machines
tha
t have good, if basic, features and acceptable printing
costs. But that’s the rule in this market segment, where
the Xerox models offer more speed, memory, and paper
handling than its rivals. Given all those factors, they
stand out as very good workgroup printers. The one thing
they lack is something more than a 250-sheet output tray,
b
ut the same can be said f
or almost all other color laser
printers under $2,000.
Nev
ertheless, these are excellent buys for mid-size
workgroups.
Chart entries — pages 120–122
X
erox Phaser 7400N
Xerox Phaser 7400DN
Xerox Phaser 7400DT
Xerox Phaser 7400DX
Xerox Phaser 7400DXF
36ppm full color
40ppm black & white
Sum-up: Very fast LED printer series built for high color
quality.
The Phaser 7400 series is based on OKI’s C9600/C9800
family of printers. These ledger-size models produce
color pages with excellent speed. In addition, they add a
number of productivity-enhancing features that make
them even more useful in office environments. If you
need a rugged business printer, the Phaser 7400 family is
a smart choice.
Above all, it is speed that makes this series stand out.
OKI Printing Solutions and Xerox have come out with a
family of color printers that print at 36ppm in color and
40ppm in black-and-white. These models can act as
de
partmental color printers. Plus, in black-and-white,
the
y exceed most b
lac
k-and-white mac
hines.
Over the years, the big issue with LED printers has been
image quality, but Xerox has worked diligently on this. In
addition to the single-pass engine tec
hnology tak
en from
OKI, Xerox has added the software-based color savvy
and the toner expertise they’ve gained in making printers
suc
h as the Phaser 7760 family, which we consider to sit
at the top of the color market. Xerox claims to have cre-
ated color toners that are matched to the LED technolo-
g
y, allowing for finer dot size and crisper quality. In addi-
tion, the company’s driver software makes it easier to
achieve accurate color that approaches professional qual-
ity. These Xerox-only advances are supplemented by the
OKI Printing Solutions developments, which have the
machine self-recalibrating on a regular basis to ensure
consistent r
e
gistration.
Xer
ox isn’t claiming this family as a rival to its 7760,
w
hich it argues has even higher image quality and recom-
mends it for prepress proofs that will match colors on
press. Nevertheless, the company does claim that it can
deli
v
er superior accur
ac
y and vibrancy, more than a
ma
tch for most laser printers.
The Phaser 7400 family comes in five models:
● The Phaser 7400N ($2,999 street), which includes 800
sheets of input and 256MB of memory and prints at
1,200dpi
Discontinued Models?
We don't cover these “end of life” models in this volume,
but they usually have been covered in previous issues.
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