Ease of Use
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
Workgroup devices sold through retail and traditional IT
distribution outlets usually are maintained by office
workers who change the all-in-one cartridge units that
encase the entire imaging system, including the toner
cartridge. Units sold through resellers and dealers are
usually maintained by office workers and/or trained
service engineers. While separate long-life parts are more
complex to install (i.e., separate toner cartridges, imaging
drums, transfer belts), they tend to cost less than low-
yield, all-in-one alternatives.
Toner Replacement
Changing the toner or imaging cartridge is a necessary
task that traditionally is avoided by some for fear of toner
dust leaking on clothing or hands. However, most units
today offer clean replacement of toner supplies, and there
is very little risk of toner leakage.
Clearing Paper Misfeeds
The main issue that office users attempt to avoid is the
removal of an occasional paper misfeed. As a general
rule, the faster a device engine, and the more paper
handling and finishing options it has, the more complex is
the process of removing paper misfeeds.
Common paper-misfeed sources involve the duplex unit
and poor loading of paper supplies. The position of the
duplex unit may be a major factor in the removal of many
paper misfeeds. How easy or difficult it is to load paper
supplies can also be a factor in the overall number of
misfeeds that may occur
Loading Paper
It goes without saying that loading paper should be as
easy as possible, but sometimes this not the case.
Among the factors that affect ease-of-use are:
•
The user should be able to load an entire ream (500
sheets) in a single step.
•
Mechanisms such as corner separators and ramps in
the paper drawer can impede loading paper.
•
The most critical factor involved in ease-of-loading
paper is automatic paper-size detection. Ultimately,
the device should be able to recognize the new paper
size and reflect it on its control panel/touch screen
and across the network in print drivers, printer-
management software. Without automatic paper-size
detection, users must remember to program-in the
new paper size—something they often neglect to do
or do incorrectly. This can result in jobs printed on the
wrong paper size, backed-up job logs, etc.
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Maintenance-Features Summary
Black Toner Yield*
Color Toner Yield*
Imaging Unit Life
Fuser Life
Developer Life
Toner Refill During
Printing?
User Replaceable
Imaging Unit?
User Replaceable Fuser
Unit?
User Replaceable Waste
Container?
User Replaceable
Original/Paper Feed
Rollers?
*Manufacturer's stated toner yield using originals with 5% area coverage
per color
The Phaser 6180's control panel provides helpful instructions for guiding
users through the paper misfeed-removal process. The steady red light
indicator alerts users that maintenance is required.
May 2007
Xerox Phaser 6180DN
Standard: 3,000 pages
High Capacity: 8,000 pages
Standard: 3,000 pages
High Capacity: 6,000 pages
All-in-one toner/Imaging unit
N/A
N/A
No
Yes
(all-in-one toner/imaging unit)
Yes
N/A
No
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