Section 2
Evaluating Color laser Printers
W hilethebenefitsofcolorareeasytosee,evaluatingcolorprintersforfuturepurchaseanddeployment
intoyourbusinesscanbemorechallenging.Basedonyearsofexperienceandresearchintothereal-
worldneedsofcolorprinterusers,Xeroxhasidentifiedsomekeyissuesforyoutoconsiderasyou
conductyourcolorprinterevaluations.
C olorprintersthataredeployedintosmallbusinessesorofficeshaveuniquerequirementsfromother
colorprintersonthemarket.Overallvalue,printquality,anduserfriendlinessaretheattributesthat
smallofficecustomersshouldevaluatewhenselectingacolorlaserprinterfortheirenvironments.
Evaluate value
Purchasecost,operatingcostsandproductivity—eachoftheseimpactsthe
overallvalueyouwillreceivefromthecolorprinteryouultimatelypurchase.
Evaluate Performance and Print Quality
Morethanjustpagesperminute,theoverallprintingperformanceofacolor
printerwillindicatewhetheritisabletosupporttheworkloadofyourbusy
employeesandproducedocumentsthatwillwowyourcustomers.
Evaluate user Friendliness
It'simportantthatprintersinthisclassareeasytosetup,useand
manageonanongoingbasis—whetheryouhaveITsupportornot.
T hissectionoftheEvaluatorGuidewillexamineeachoftheseareasand
suggestwaysyoucanevaluateprintersagainsttheserequirements.Dothis
forallthecolorlaserprintersyouconsider,andyou'llseehowthePhaser
6180exceedsexpectationsonallcounts.
EvALuATE vALuE
Purchasingacolorprinterisnotatrivialinvestmentforasmallofficeorsmallbusiness.Evaluating
theoverall valuethataprinterintheentry-levelpricerangedeliversisanimportantstepduringthe
purchasingprocess.Doestheprinterdelivera level of performancethatwillallowyoutoincrease
productivityinyourofficeorworkgroup?Doestheprinterdelivernew featuresthatwillenableyou
toaccomplish new things?Lastly,doestheprinterofferpaper capacitiesthatfityourworkload?
hOw ThE XErOX PhASEr 6180 EXCEEdS ThE vALuE rEQuIrEMENT:
PErFOrMANCE
ThePhaser6180setsanewstandardforperformanceinitsclass,withcolorprintingspeedsup
to20ppmandblack-and-whiteprintspeedsupto26ppm.Thislevelofperformancewilleasily
handletheworkloadofyoursmallgroupofprofessionals,whetheryourdocumentsareprimarily
colororblack-and-white.
ThePhaser6180doesn'tjustprintpagesquickly—itgetsjobsstartedquicklywithfirst-page-out
timesasfastas10seconds.EvencomplexprintjobsareprocessedquicklybythePhaser6180
printcontroller,whichfeaturesa400MHzcontrollerand128MBofmemorystandard
(1,152MBmaximum).
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