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Xerox 5550B - Phaser B/W Laser Printer Evaluator Manual

Section 2: Evaluating Black-and-White Laser Printers

Evaluate Deployment, Management and Ease of Use

Deploying printers can be challenging, whether in a large organization or

small office.

The process includes integrating the printers into your existing network

infrastructure and deploying print drivers to users' computers. Evaluate whether the

driver deployment process can be automated. Also, evaluate the management tools

delivered with the printer, and whether they will ease the task of managing the device.

Lastly, think about ease of use. Is the device simple to operate, and will users quickly

feel comfortable using it? Are the user interfaces, both the front panel and print driver,

well designed and easy to navigate?

How the Phaser

5550 laser

printer exceeds the deployment

requirement

Installation

Easy installation starts with unpacking the

device and ends when it's powered up and

ready for use. The Phaser 5550 laser printer

is easily removed from its packaging, and the

included quick install guide helps install optional

accessories, connect the printer to your network

and a power source, and power-up the device.

The printer will automatically be assigned an IP

address and join the network via DHCP (other

networking protocols can be set at the front

panel), and device settings such as language

selection and feature setup are completed

either at the front panel or via remote manage-

ment software like Xerox CentreWare

Services (CentreWare IS) or CentreWare Web.

Driver deployment

Installing print drivers onto users' computers is

a simple process. Simply insert the Phaser 5550

installation CD and follow the prompts. Or,

users can enter the printer's IP address into any

standard web browser and download and install

print drivers using the Phaser 5550 CentreWare

IS page. Lastly, for large, distributed environ-

ments, Xerox print drivers can be automatically

installed by IT staff using remote desktop-man-

agement software.

How the Phaser 5550 laser

printer exceeds the management

requirement

Xerox management software

Xerox CentreWare Web is a powerful device

management solution for IT departments.

This free software eases the chore of installing,

configuring, managing, monitoring and pull-

ing reports from SNMP-compliant networked

printers and multifunction printers throughout

your enterprise — regardless of vendor. Xerox

also addresses enterprise asset management

through compatibility with network manage-

ment tools for Sun, Novell, Microsoft and other

environments.

The Phaser 5550 laser printer also includes

CentreWare IS, an embedded web server that

Internet

allows users and IT personnel to perform

detailed status checks on the system and

consumables, administer system settings, and

manage access and accounting controls via any

standard web browser.

Network management

The Phaser 5550 laser printer integrates into

virtually any network environment. Network

configuration is simple with CentreWare Web

configuration wizards, which enable remote

configuration of one or many devices, regard-

less of manufacturer. The Phaser 5550 laser

printer supports many common network

protocols (including TCP/IP [IPv4, IPv6, DNS/

CentreWare Web helps administrators quickly

install, configure and troubleshoot all networked

printers and MFPs — regardless of manufacturer.

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