Typical price: £500
What we think: Colour lasers offer better output quality than the Xerox Phaser 8500N, but it is faster, less costly to maintain, and kinder to your energy bill
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 22 November 2005
Tags: Xerox, Xerox Phaser 8500N, performance, SIM, drivers
We like:
Fast colour printing; low-cost, low-waste solid-ink system; great software; expandable paper handling and memory
We don't like:
Mediocre print quality
CNET UK judgement:
Colour lasers offer better output quality than this solid-ink printer, but the Xerox Phaser 8500N is faster, less costly to maintain, and kinder to your electricity bill
Full review:
The Xerox Phaser 8500N has nearly everything a colour business printer should, including speed, solid network handling and add-ons for paper capacity and memory. It competes with small-office colour lasers at less than £500, but it's technically not a laser printer. Instead of fusing toner to the page with a laser, it uses a process that liquefies solid blocks of nontoxic ink, sprays the ink onto a drum, and transfers the image onto the page. Continue Reading...
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