Shop RadioShack for Great GiftsXerox Phaser 8500N
Manufacturer: Xerox Part number: 8500/N
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- Color 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 energy bill.
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CNET editors' review
Xerox Phaser 8500N price range: $999.99
- Reviewed by: Kristina Blachere
- Edited by: Elsa Wenzel
- Reviewed on: 11/15/2005
- Released on: 06/28/2005
The good: The Xerox Phaser 8500N provides fast color printing; a low-cost, low-waste solid-ink system; great software; and expandable paper handling and memory.
The bad: The Xerox 8500N serves up mediocre print quality.
The bottom line: Color 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 energy bill.
There's no way to tell by looking at the Xerox Phaser 8500 that it's any different from a color laser printer. The putty-white hulk measures 16 by 14.5 by 21 inches (WHD) and weighs 60 pounds. A door on the front panel reveals a 100-sheet paper-input tray that also takes envelopes and manual-feed jobs; another door exposes the guts of the printer so that you can clear paper jams. On top is a 300-sheet output tray, and at the bottom is a big 525-sheet paper drawer. You can add up to two 525-sheet trays at $399 each if your workgroup prints frequently; consider the 8500DN if you need a duplexer for automatic two-sided printing. Along the right side of this machine, behind a plastic pop-off panel, are the power plug, USB 2.0 and 10/100BaseT Ethernet connectors, and a Xerox SIM card that holds configuration data for the printer, making it easily transferable to a new Xerox printer.
On its top panel, the Xerox Phaser 8500 has a backlit LCD and a cluster of buttons for navigating through the various print menus. You can access most functions for paper handling, network setup, and basic troubleshooting through the software drivers. You'll still complete secure or personal print jobs through the physical interface to prevent others from accidentally picking up your work from the output tray.
A door on the top reveals the ink-feeder slots. Adding ink to the Xerox Phaser 8500 satisfies one's inner child, as the ink comes in solid, crayonlike blocks packaged in cups that resemble pudding containers with peel-off lids. Insert each block into its matching hole and slide it down the tube, queuing up to three blocks at a time. As with many color laser printers, every now and then you must clean waste ink by opening a compartment on the side of the printer.
In our tests, we needed only a couple of minutes to get the Xerox Phaser 8500N running. The well-organized, easy-to-use print drivers let you set basic options, such as custom paper size. The drivers also include a TekColor tab with color-correction options, including Office Color (sRGB Display, sRGB Vivid) and Press Match (SWOP Press, Euroscale Press, Commercial, SNAP Press). The color tab also lets you calibrate lightness, saturation, contrast, and individual color levels. The printer-install process puts an icon link to the Xerox Support Centre on your desktop. This umbrella program has a searchable interface that contains all kinds of information about the printer (from the user guide to troubleshooting to ordering supplies) and also houses the printer-status monitor. The printer comes with great network-management software, including CentreWare, which tracks any printer on the network, gives usage statistics, and lets you change printer settings. You also get an accounting tool that tracks print jobs and a diagnostic tool that sends data to Xerox for troubleshooting.
This printer comes with true Adobe PostScript 3 and PCL 5c printing languages and works with many operating systems (Windows 98 SE/Me, NT 4.0, 2000/XP, Server 2003; Mac OS 9.x, OS X version 10.2 or higher; Novell NetWare 5.x/6.5; Linux Red Hat 9, SuSE 9, Fedora Core 1; Unix Sun Solaris 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, HP/UX 11.x, IBM AIX 4.3.3). For graphics pros, the Xerox 8500N is compatible with a variety of color-matching systems.
The Xerox Phaser 8500N's grayscale-text speed of 12.07 pages per minute (ppm) is average for devices in its class and in line with that of the Oki C5200n, but it falls a dozen pages per minute behind the similarly priced Dell 5100cn. Even so, the Xerox 8500N's 11.05ppm color-graphics speed was zippier than that of the HP Color LaserJet 3550. This Xerox lays all colors down at once, so it's faster than most color lasers that apply each color separately.
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When it comes to print quality, the Xerox Phaser 8500N's solid-ink technology produces mixed results. Text prints in CNET Labs' tests looked fine from reading distance but fuzzy up close, much like the output from an inkjet printer. The 8500N's monochrome graphics looked mottled and grainy. Color graphics were good overall, with accurate colors, but skin tones weren't well blended, and we could easily see the ink dots that made up the image. We don't recommend this printer if you plan to make lots of full-page color prints. If that's what you need, try a high-end color inkjet, such as the HP Business InkJet 2800, or a color laser, such as the Dell 3100cn. In any case, this mixed bag of output won't cost your office much. According to Xerox's estimates, monochrome printing will run you about a penny per page, and color printing a low 3 cents per page.
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The Xerox Phaser 8500N comes with a one-year warranty that includes convenient onsite service. You can upgrade the warranty to two or three years with onsite service or purchase an installation-and-training option if your IS people need help deploying the printer. Toll-free phone tech support is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET. The Xerox Web site provides a knowledge base, manuals, instructional videos, FAQs, and recycling instructions.
User reviews
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Great Potential, Too Many Bang-Bang Glitches - Not a Mission Critical Unit
by Reframmellator on February 1, 2006
Pros: Gorgeous Output, Fast, Theoretically Low Consumables
Cons: 4 Separate Failures in 4 Months, Eating Ink, Arrogant Customer "Service"
Summary: We ordered this POC for a small business on the basis of trade reviews, and our initial experience was positive. It appeared to be the quality, economical, fast printer our ...
Summary: We ordered this POC for a small business on the basis of trade reviews, and our initial experience was positive. It appeared to be the quality, economical, fast printer our small business needed. For about five weeks. Then, the day before our annual meeting, the printer made a loud bang and stopped, with about 600 pages left to print. With the help of three inkjets rushed into service, we survived. The power supply was replaced the next day, and within a week a smaller bang occurred, followed by a dead printer. This time it was the motherboard. That took two days to get, and again we were down. Then, on its own, the cyan color developed an inability or unwillingness to print and the printer begain powering down every evening despite our best efforts to convince it otherwise. This is bad for three reasons: 1) it takes about five minutes to power up the next morning; 2) it prints an ink hogging test page upon each startup; and 3) the startup and shutdown cycle wastes an enormous amount of expensive solid ink - the drip tray, which should be cleaned no more than once a month, had to be cleaned weekly. While we were still awaiting service on the cyan problem, it apparently shot itself again - another bang and silence. This time the wait will be four days for the part. The 1-800 number in the literature is not the correct number for this printer, and the hold times are typically thirty minutes. Then one of the customer service "dudes" will tell you that there is no direct 800 number; that the parts will come in whenever; that Xerox won't replace the unit because the problems, no matter how many there have been, aren't "repeats"; and if you don't like it, tough. If you're running a business for profit - and our experience makes me wonder if Xerox is - then stay far, far away from these puppies. I would have given it a 1 except the output is great - just don't count on it, or you'll be very, very sorry. . . .
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OK, when we last left our lifeless Phaser, I said that Xerox told us it would be down four days until the part came in, and that they would call us when it did. Well, we never got a call, so we followed up, and learned that the part had come in, but that THE ONLY AVAILABLE REPAIR TECH WAS SPENDING THE ENTIRE DAY IN VERMONT (WORKING). We fumed about how this was unacceptable, and got the usual customer service pablum. In the interim, a customer service manager had called at our request, and offered to send us a bunch of color sticks to make up for the printer's heavy eating habit, which, to Xerox's credit, they did, gratis. It was a little more than the ink we had blown through from the nightly restart fiasco.
In the end, our printer was down for TEN DAYS before it was repaired. If you can afford to have a primary office printer down for ten days, you probably didn't need the printer in the first place.
The next time we're in the market for a printer or a copier (as we are now), you can bet it will not be a Xerox. And that is really too bad, because I personally would like to see them make it all the way back from the brink after losing their way, but I'm not going to subsidize them until they find it. Apparently we are not at the golden age envisioned by Deming in which quality is a given.
Even more aggravating - Xerox sent us a followup e-mail to see how happy we were with their customer service - not about the ten days down, but about the manager's call in which she comped us the color sticks to make up for our loss. It may be random, but it doesn't make for making things better when you survey the simple, feel-good customer service calls.Updated
When we last left our fallen Phaser, we were told that it would be four days until the backordered part would arrive and be installed. We explained that this was unacceptable and that the printer was vital to our business, but we got the usual customer service zombie stuff: "Is there anything else I can help you with today?" and that junk. Xerox told us they would call when the part came in. When The Big Day came and went, we called, and found that the part had been further delayed. We eventually learned (by calling yet again) that the part arrived but the only qualified technician was working the entire day in Vermont. So the four days downtime became two weeks - ten business days.
If you can do without your workhorse office printer for ten days, it's probably not your workhorse and/or your business may not be doing particularly well.
To Xerox's credit, a higher level manager called at our request to discuss our problems early in the two weeks and comped us a little more toner than the amount our unit had wasted during its nightly restarts.
To Xerox's shame, we got an e-mail today wanting to know how their customer service was doing by us. They weren 't asking about the ten down days - they were asking about the "we'll send you some free color sticks" call. If the followups are selected at random, I'd rethink that strategy. As much as I'm rooting for Xerox to make it all the way back from the brink, neither my workplace nor I are willing to subsidize them until they find their way. We are in the market for an upgraded copier, and Xerox will most assuredly not be on the list.Updated
When we last left our fallen Phaser, we were told that it would be four days until the backordered part would arrive and be installed. We explained that this was unacceptable and that the printer was vital to our business, but we got the usual customer service zombie stuff: "Is there anything else I can help you with today?" and that junk. Xerox told us they would call when the part came in. When The Big Day came and went, we had to call, and found that the part had been further delayed. We eventually learned (by calling yet again) that the part arrived but the only qualified technician was working the entire day in Vermont. So the four days downtime became two weeks - ten business days.
If you can do without your workhorse office printer for ten days, it's probably not your workhorse and/or your business may not be doing particularly well.
To Xerox's credit, a higher level manager called at our request to discuss our problems early in the two weeks and comped us a little more toner than the amount our unit had wasted during its nightly restarts.
To Xerox's shame, we got an e-mail today wanting to know how their customer service was doing by us. They weren 't asking about the ten down days - they were asking about the "we'll send you a boatload of free color sticks" call. If the followups are selected at random, I'd rethink that strategy. As much as I'm rooting for Xerox to make it all the way back from the brink, neither my workplace nor I are willing to subsidize them until they find their way. We are in the market for an upgraded copier, and Xerox will most assuredly not be on the list.Updated
Well, we had a Board Meeting early this week, which meant that the 8550N printer died last Thursday - seemingly right on schedule. This time, a different service firm visited the next day, and this time, the rep got on the phone in our office and authorized the shipment of a replacement unit right then and there. Not in time for our Board Meeting, but sort of a Pyrrhic victory for all those involved. Now we'll see if the replacement unit works as well as it's supposed to. Everyone agrees we got a lemon, but if Xerox had been a little more proactive and less rigid with their abysmal customer service, they might have kept, or even grown, a customer. The normally placid front office team seethes whenever the X word is mentioned. They won't be providing us with any copiers anytime soon, either.
Why do some companies seem to have a real talent for shooting themselves in the foot that's not standing on their corporate air hose?Updated
Xerox may be proud of the consistency of their manufacturing processes. Perhpas they should reconsider. Our replacement Phaser arrived April 28. Today, May 15, during the noon hour, it was sitting there, idle, and suddenly make a loud bang, closely followed by what sounded like a breaking light bulb. Yep - dead again. It will be incredibly interesting to see how they respond to this. If Xerox has anything approximating a conscience, we'll get our money back.Updated
Against his better judgment, our IT guy allowed the Xerox rep to talk him into giving us one more chance by sending us another replacement printer. She explained that our refund would be pro-rated (perhaps we should put in a claimfor the downtime) and would have to be negotiated through the reseller and internally within Xerox. Lovely. So she told us the printer would ship and that we should receive it WITHIN SIX DAYS. Remember that this is a business that is down. Remember also that when we placed our order with PC Connection, teh printer arrived the next business day (one calendar day).
Well - to Xerox's credit, the replacement printer (this would be our third printer since October 2005) arrived late Thursday, May 18. Our administrator tried to start it up this morning and could get the printer to be recognized. All the ususal tricks - delete and reinstall, that sort of stuff - failed and we had to add the printer manually. The printer warms up and prints test pages beautifully, but it won't talk to a PC. After verifying that all five USB PC ports were good, we swapped USB cables, THEN tried to connect it to a notebook with both USB cables. In each case, Windows and/or the Xerox installation software could not find the printer. So, once again, with critical documents to be printed today for customers and a trade show this weekend, the Phaser has once again let us down. The only good that could come out of this would be if Xerox got us a functioning unit here today so we could print our required papers without resorting to inkjets or Staples. If Brother Dominick is still on retainer for these guys and the miracel happens, I'll note it here.
Now I'm sorry I gave it a 2.Updated
Against his better judgment, our controller allowed the Xerox rep to have "one more chance" with a second replacement unit. In our controller's defense, a refund would have been pro-rated and subject to [lenghty] negotiations within Xerox and with teh reseller. (Surprise.) So she told us we'd have a replacement WITHIN SIX DAYS. Keep in mind this is Xerox's best foot forward, and compare that to ordering the original Beast from PC Connection and getting it the next day.
To Xerox's credit, six days turned out to be three. The new printer arrived late in May 18. After having someone hoist it into place, our adminstrator set about getting it going this morning, as she had some critical trade show literature and customer communications to get out today. As I walked by, she asked me to help because she could not get the replacement going. I determined that it powered up, printed nice test pages, but would not be recognized on six different working USB ports on two different PC's, using two different USB cables. So Xerox's "one last chance" was a DOA unit. Perhaps it's a new cycle time reduction initiative. Perhaps we got all the Phasers factory-set to "kill" instead of "stun". Perhaps Xerox will feel compelled to get us a functioning printer today so we can meet or dedlines without having to run off to Staples. I hope these guys still have Brother Dominick on retainer, because we need a miracle.
Now I'm sorry I gave it a 2.Updated
Well, the customer service rep was aghast, but somehow she composed herself enough to tell me blandly that any parts would have to be ordered and that same day service was out of the question, but that there would be service on Monday. She did offer to reimburse us in kind for expenses incurred for going offsite to print stuff.
Monday morning, a new printer arrived (our fourth) and it started up right out of the box, just like it's supposed to. But it's still early.9 out of 10 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Fantastic, fast color printer, cheap to maintain
by Karmann Ghia on August 23, 2005
Pros: Affordable, high-quality, glossy color printing
Cons: "Printer ink too low" appears to soon
Summary: I have had this printer for approximately 3 months and I love it. It has done an excellent job. I researched the purchase heavily both on cnet and elsewhere before ...
Summary: I have had this printer for approximately 3 months and I love it. It has done an excellent job. I researched the purchase heavily both on cnet and elsewhere before pulling the trigger to buy it.
The printer has impressed me on several fronts: 1) it is very fast - faster than I need for my purposes 2) the quality is excellent - better than I need: when I take printouts to clients, they are more than sufficient from a quality standpoint (while I work from home, I work for a Fortune 500 company that is very serious about maintaining a "professional look and feel" for our sales collateral), 3) it gives every indication that it is "built to last" with high quality materials and solid construction, 4) set-up was uneventful, 5) the ability to print information about the use of the computer to date is very impressive - clearly geared more to a network/printer/LAN administrator than a home user, but cool and useful nonetheless.
Other printers considered and passed on:
I almost got a Dell but the noise issue scared me off. I almost got a Dell 3100 or 5100 but was scared off by user reviews saying there was a significant issue that slowed print jobs dramatically on a regular basis - automatic color calibration that could not be turned off. I called Dell to ask whether that problem had been fixed in July and was very unimpressed with the answer: they said "yes, you can go to our web site and download a software update that will fix the problem... but we can't show you where to do so or tell you what that bug fix is until you actually buy the printer... our systems are just set up that way..." I considered several HP's but they were more expensive to maintain because several users noted that they were extremely noisy and/or had expensive consumables. The Xerox Phaser is very cost competitive to maintain.
I use the Phaser for my home office and consider it a fun but practical luxury. I am a consultant and see dozens of PowerPoint presentations day after day. It is great to be able to print off a 20 page deck a couple minutes before a call starts and have the deck in my hands for conference calls.
The only real (minor) annoyance is that the "printer ink too low" appears too soon, which will no doubt leave some to ignore it out of habit - resulting in people running out of ink. Mine has been on for 500+ pages.
A couple "style" points to note: the color printing (especially if you have a picture taking up a space of, say, more than 1 inch by 1 inch) is noticeably different than most color printers. That is because of the special ink used in these printers. It may not be fair to Xerox to call them crayons but that is what it feels like when you are inserting them into the printer: large rectangular crayons that get melted onto pages. It leaves a glossy effect (that looks like it would be water-proof) which I like. If you are in doubt about this, you would be well-advised to see some actual printouts before you buy. Some people may not like this effect. And, as another reviewer noted, you can smell a very faint "melted crayon" smell when the computer is first turned on.
In short, I highly recommend it.7 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.
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it is fast and expandable
by gearmike on November 19, 2005
Pros: the wax crayons last great
Cons: the digital camera pictures color are not as true as other printers
Summary: It is fantastic for leaflets and pamphlets. It incredibly fast,clear and shiney. However trying to save money on home pictures doesn't do that well the picture color does ...
Summary: It is fantastic for leaflets and pamphlets. It incredibly fast,clear and shiney. However trying to save money on home pictures doesn't do that well the picture color does not match exactly
3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Nice Printer
by RobSchlein on November 16, 2005
Pros: Nice speed and image quality.
Cons: Post Office smeared images
Summary: We printed 2000 flyers dual-sided on postcard 65# stock. The images were great and customers were impressed. I was disappointed that the post office sorting machines smeared the ink.
Summary: We printed 2000 flyers dual-sided on postcard 65# stock. The images were great and customers were impressed. I was disappointed that the post office sorting machines smeared the ink.
3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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poor printing quility
by Talon_24 on September 15, 2006
Pros: Very fast prints, easy to use
Cons: Very grainy half-tone blends
Summary: I was very unsaticfied with the print quility of this printer. I was expecting a much better quility with the price. Many pictures printed out with a Photoshop type, Gaussin ...
Summary: I was very unsaticfied with the print quility of this printer. I was expecting a much better quility with the price. Many pictures printed out with a Photoshop type, Gaussin Blur effect to them. Very bad quality!!
If your ok with bad quility, it's a very good printer.2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Money Burner
by goodornot on January 31, 2006
Pros: OK print out
Cons: waste 90% wax
Summary: If you print thousands color page a day, it's fine.
If you print a few black text pages or nothing (exclude many 100% coverage 'cleaning page' which auto & ...Summary: If you print thousands color page a day, it's fine.
If you print a few black text pages or nothing (exclude many 100% coverage 'cleaning page' which auto & force by the printer), it still waste (liquid & ready, then dump to waste bin) full set of wax within 2 weeks, even following the instruction to use standby instead of shutdown.2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Dont buy unless you have money to burn!
by dreadknott on May 25, 2006
Pros: Great print quality and fast
Cons: Unbelievably expensive to operate.
Summary: Although the Phaser 8500 has exceptional print quality, the pain of owning one is not worth the price. First, the cost of printing is based on minimal coverage, I believe ...
Summary: Although the Phaser 8500 has exceptional print quality, the pain of owning one is not worth the price. First, the cost of printing is based on minimal coverage, I believe 5%. Second the machine was designed to NEVER BE SHUT OFF! Everytime the printer powers up it undergoes a cleaning cycle and dumps about $30 US dollars worth of ink. I had my Phaser on a UPS after I discovered power lags were causing it to cycle. Under casual use I managed to use $300 US dollars of solid ink for approximately 550 pages. Lastly, the print head went bad right after I refilled another $300 dollars worth of ink. The Printer comes with a one year waranty, but there is nothing a end user can fix on one of these. A repairman came and replaced the print head under warranty, but he let me know, the print head costs more than the machine and only authorized technicians can buy parts fron Xerox. I am sure in a large volume situation, this printer would probably perform better, as long as the power never goes off, but for casual use, you will waste your time and money. I now have my Phaser in a box sitting in a closet with only 570 pages on the count. I purhased my Phaser just two months ago, Xerox will not take it back, and I cant afford to turn it on.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Fast and Great Quality Printing
by aedge3 on March 7, 2006
Pros: Fast printing, great quality color printing
Cons: Static problem, large footprint
Summary: We got this printer to print orders and packing slips back in December. So far we've printed over 10,000 sheets (I know because we had to replace the ...
Summary: We got this printer to print orders and packing slips back in December. So far we've printed over 10,000 sheets (I know because we had to replace the maintenance kit a couple of weeks ago) and the only problem has been a recurring static electricity problem. When the weather warmed up a bit it stopped happening. We had a technician in because the error code we saw was no where to be found in any manual or online and he told us it was a static electricity spark that was causing some sort of issue on the motherboard internally. It's happened a number of times but there seems to be no damage and it's just a matter of turning it off and back on which we thought would waste a lot of solid ink but so far it doesn't seem to be doint that.
The printing it beyond belief for us...the quality is so much better than our old ink jet printer. The ink, being made of some sort of wax, is not affected by water like ink jet ink. The printing literally stands off the page a bit. We have not tried printing any photos as this is being used strictly for business.
Despite the review and other opinions I don't think the ink is particularly economic but I'd be willing to pay more than for ink jet cartridges because of the quality.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Unrefined & unreliable.
by solitare_pax on May 8, 2008
Pros: Good quality printing, duplexing
Cons: Glitches too often; power & consumable hog
Summary: The 8500N in our office had had it's display replaced - twice - and you need this display to use certain critical walk-up features, such as cleaning the ink ...
Summary: The 8500N in our office had had it's display replaced - twice - and you need this display to use certain critical walk-up features, such as cleaning the ink heads that stop running, leaving you with a 1/4 inch wide streak through your documents. Then there's printing out .pdfs - it does not reliably print out more than six pages at a time, duplexed. Finally, the machine needs to be left on 24/7 in order to keep it from prining out a startup page that wastes a ton of ink. Don't worry - it will waste a lot more ink and paper when it glitches on a regular document and you have to shut it down.
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If you want a printer that is reliable, don't buy this one
by localpeople on May 2, 2007
Pros: Can not think of one
Cons: Jams, wastes ink, and won't print
Summary: I have had this printer for 9 months. I have given up on it. It jams for no reason. It jams when there is no jam. It is an ink ...
Summary: I have had this printer for 9 months. I have given up on it. It jams for no reason. It jams when there is no jam. It is an ink guzzler-aholic. Just turning it on, uses $20 worth of ink with its "test page". When it does print, it will print a portion of a page, then it will keep on printing hundreds of more pages with the word "error" on it, until you turn the machine off to get it to stop printing hundreds of error pages. How I miss my HP printer that I had for 7 years. This thing is a monstrosity
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Xerox
- Part number: 8500/N
- Description: Want your business to be bolder? Brighter? More efficient? The Xerox Phaser 8500 printer delivers. With brilliant color that gets you noticed - at an affordable price. What's more, it is super fast and easy to operate - all to get you ahead of business, without missing a beat.
General
- Printer Type Workgroup printer - Solid ink - Color
- Form Factor Desktop
- Width 16 in
- Depth 21 in
- Height 14.5 in
- Weight 61.7 lbs
Printer
- Print Speed up to 24 pages/min - B/W, up to 24 pages/min - Color
- Built-in Devices Status LCD
- Connectivity Technology Wired
- Interface USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
- Max Resolution ( B&W ) 600 dpi x 600 dpi
- Max Resolution ( Color ) 600 dpi x 600 dpi
- Image Enhancement Technology FinePoint 1200
- PostScript Support Standard
- First Print Out Time B/W 6 sec
- First Print Out Time Color 6 sec
- Language Simulation PCL 5C, PostScript 3
- Fonts Included 137 x PostScript, 81 x PCL 5c
- Color Management Features sRGB, Apple ColorSync, ICC Color Profiles, PANTONE Digital Color
- Printer Features Optional duplex
- Media Handling 100-sheet input tray, 525-sheet input tray
Processor
- Processor PowerPC 600 MHz
RAM
- RAM Installed ( Max ) 128 MB / 512 MB (max)
Media Handling
- Media Type Cards, Labels, Envelopes, Cover paper, Index cards, Plain paper, Business cards, Transparencies, Postal card paper, Tri-fold brochure
- Max Media Size (Custom) 8.5 in x 14 in
- Media Sizes 3 in x 5 in, A7 (2.9 in x 4.1 in), A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), A5 (5.83 in x 8.25 in), A6 (4.13 in x 5.83 in), B5 (6.93 in x 9.83 in), Folio (8.5 in x 13 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), JIS B5 (7.17 in x 10.12 in), Statement (5.5 in x 8.5 in), Executive (7.25 in x 10.5 in), Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in)
- Envelope Sizes Com-10 (4.13 in x 9.5 in), Monarch (3.87 in x 7.5 in), International C5 (6.38 in x 9 in), Japanese Chou No 3 (5 in x 9.25 in), International DL (4.33 in x 8.66 in), Japanese Chou No 4 (3.5 in x 8.1 in)
- Card / Label Sizes Index card (3 x 5 in)
- Media Weight 60 g/m2 - 220 g/m2
- Total Media Capacity 625 sheets
- Media Feeder(s) 1 x Autoload - 100 sheets - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in) weight: 60 g/m2 - 220 g/m2, 1 x Autoload - 525 sheets - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in) weight: 60 g/m2 - 120 g/m2
- Max Media Capacity 1675 sheets
- Output Trays Capacity 300 sheets
Duty Cycle
- Monthly Duty Cycle 85000 pages
Telecom
- Modem None
Networking
- Networking Print server
- Connectivity Technology Wired
- Data Link Protocol Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
Scanner
- Type None
Copier
- Copier Type None
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Bays Total (Free) None
- Expansion Slots Total (Free) Memory
- Interfaces USB, RJ-45
- Connections 1 x Hi-Speed USB, 1 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
- Compatible Slots None
Miscellaneous
- Compliant Standards CE, EN55022, FCC Part 15 B, CSA 22.2 No. 950
Power
- Power Device Power supply - Internal
- Voltage Required AC 120 V
- Power Consumption Operational 230 Watt
Battery
- Type None
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included Xerox CentreWare, Drivers & Utilities
- OS Required HP-UX 11.x, IBM AIX 4.3.3, SuSE Linux 9.x, Apple MacOS 9.x, Red Hat Linux 9, Novell NetWare 5.x, Novell NetWare 6.5, SunSoft Solaris 2.8, SunSoft Solaris 2.9, Red Hat Fedora Core 1, Apple MacOS X 10.2 or later, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition / Windows ME
- Peripheral / Interface Devices USB port, Ethernet port
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year - On-site
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 50 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 89.6 °F
- Humidity Range Operating 10 - 80%
- Sound Emission (Idle) 33 dBA
- Sound Emission (Operating) 54 dBA
Product series
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Manufacturer: Xerox
Specs: Workgroup printer - Solid ink - Color, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 24 pages/min, PC, Mac, Unix, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
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Manufacturer: Xerox
Specs: Workgroup printer - Solid ink - Color, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 24 pages/min, PC, Mac, Unix, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
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Manufacturer: Xerox
Specs: Workgroup printer - Solid ink - Color, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 30 pages/min, PC, Mac, Unix, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
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Manufacturer: Xerox
Specs: Workgroup printer - Solid ink - Color, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 30 pages/min, PC, Mac, Unix, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
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Manufacturer: Xerox
Specs: Workgroup printer - Solid ink - Color, A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in), Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Wired, 30 pages/min, PC, Mac, Unix, USB, Ethernet 10/100Base-TX
Accessories
- Xerox Color Xpressions Planet 20 - cover paper - 20000 sheet(s) (33417308)103.99 - 105.44
- High-Resolution Photo Paper for Select Xerox Phaser Laser Printers - 25 Sheets (20071440)23.99
- Standard Capacity Maintenance Kit for Phaser 8500/ 8550 Color Printers (31438798)89.99 - 139.99
- Xerox Genuine Xerox solid inks (31430473)38.99 - 136.49
- Waste Ink Tray for Phaser 8500/ 8550 Color Printers (31478105)38.99 - 123.89
Manufacturer info
- Xerox
- Manufacturer profile
- Browse Xerox products on Shopper.com
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- Website: http://www.xerox.com/
- Address:
100 S. Clinton Ave., S. Xerox Sq.
Rochester, NY 14644 - Phone: 1-203-968-3000
