Xerox Phaser 8400/N Solid-Ink Color Printer

Xerox Phaser 8400/N Solid-Ink Color Printer
Manufacturer: Xerox
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
24 page-per-minute print speed. A 500 MHz processor. The fastest first-page-out time of any color printer. Stunning, rich color output on virtually any media. All at a price far below what you'd expect to pay for a professional quality printer. The Phaser 8400 series printer is an unbeatable value for thriving businesses that need the benefits of color without any trade-offs.

Average customer rating:

Would never ever recommend this printer
Living with an 8400
Good start, bad finish
Love the Xerox 8400N!
Professional print quality at a fraction of the cost

Xerox Phaser 8400/N Solid-Ink Color Printer

Manufacturer: Xerox
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

Iogear USB Print Server
IOGEAR GUC1284B USB To Parallel Adapter
Belkin F3U133-06 Pro Series Hi-Speed USB Cable (Six-Feet)
Netgear USB Mini Print Server (PS121)
Netgear FWG114P 802.11g Wireless Firewall with USB Print Server

Product Features:

Solid ink technology, an alternative to laser printing
2,400 FinePoint, 600 x 600 dpi resolution
Up to 24 ppm in fast color and black, first page out in 6 seconds
500 MHz PowerPC processor, optional hard disk with 20GB storage
10/100BaseTX Ethernet, bidirectional parallel, USB 2.0 interfaces

ASIN: B0001BVX5O

Product Description

24 page-per-minute print speed. A 500 MHz processor. The fastest first-page-out time of any color printer. Stunning, rich color output on virtually any media. All at a price far below what you'd expect to pay for a professional quality printer. The Phaser 8400 series printer is an unbeatable value for thriving businesses that need the benefits of color without any trade-offs.

Customer Reviews:

Would never ever recommend this printer.......2006-07-30

The cleaning cycle on this machine scrapes off piles of melted ink everytime the machine is rebooted. Xerox advises you to keep the machine on all the time. That helps only if you don't have power outages or other problems that require you to reboot the printer.
Since last year... and I've measured the weight of the waste on a postal scale... I've discarded the equivalent of 8 blocks of ink at about $30 each. Considering I've purchased and loaded 64 blocks of ink since August, that's a considerable loss.

In addition, color is very important to my work as I'm a graphic designer who does short runs for my clients. The color color has become faded over time, especially the blues.

Also, if you print on coated photo paper, the color peels off.

Living with an 8400.......2005-07-23

Everyone else has already covered the basics, and I shall not further beat the horse to glue. Here are the realities to happy 8400 ownership, and ignore them at your own peril :

1. Use the highest quality paper you can get. High quality is defined as at least 24 lb. paper, at least 94 briteness. Yes, the 8400 makes any crappy piece of paper look good, but you have a fantastic COLOR printer, so go the very little extra and get the paper to really make the color shine.

2. Never EVER shut the power off. The dirty little secret of the 8400 is how much ink it will suck down if you try to save on electricity and power it down overnight. Wrong move. It will eat ink like there is no tomorrow if you do. Preferably, set the 8400 for the longest sleep setting there is - 240 minutes. Once you plug it in and configure it, then leave it alone.

3. Most of the time the lower (or even lowest!) quality settings will MORE than suffice, and save you a bundle on ink. Did I say run it there all the time? No. Use the print settings in whatever program you are using to ramp up the quality if you need eye-popping color. Most of the time, however, you and your wallet will be more than pleased with the 8400 parked in the lower settings.

That's about it.

This is a fantastic printer for the money. Feed the 8400 great paper, keep it turned on, and take advantage of the lower quality settings and it should be a stellar performer for any SO/HO.

Good start, bad finish.......2005-04-22

At the very beginning it was really a nice surprise.
Experience of glossy color on a plain paper is really nice.
But in half of a year colors all of a sudden distorted.
Xerox help line did not help. And Xerox insisted
that this is our applications problem. But all applications
are the same and same pictures are printed differently.
Xerox did not find enough arguments to replace printer.
In four month new surprise. Paper started to glue to
the drum, make smears and it is done. Simply after 35000
copies what is a half of Minolta 5430 month resource.
Service center where it suppose to be repaired stated
that they don't have new drum.
Happily it is fixed. But still eats our pokets (about $800 per month for ink).

Love the Xerox 8400N!.......2005-02-20

Maybe I'm a printer-holic: I have an Epson Photo R200 for photos. I have a Primera Signature Z6 for CDs (fantastic printer, by the way). But I needed a fast, reliable printer for handouts and training materials. I work in Illustrator and InDesign, and PostScript Level 3 was critical. This printer is genuine Adobe PostScript (not "PretendScript" like other printers), and it shows. But, beyond that, the entire experience is superior: the manufacturing standards are splendid (great fit and finish!), and the set-up guide is perfect--you can't go wrong. The little ink sticks are shape-coated so that even a trained squirrel could load them. The "walk-up installation" that finds Windows boxes and says "hello" automatically is wonderful. It's speedy, sharp and chock full of great features I didn't know I'd love. I highly recommend this printer!

Professional print quality at a fraction of the cost.......2004-12-12

This machine was just installed in my office, and it's like a dream come true. The quality of the "solid ink" (really, a colored wax block) on regular paper is something comparable to the pages you'd find in professional, high-gloss magazines. The wax actually melts onto the paper, creating photo-print quality output. We have only used the regular stock paper, so I do not know what the output is like on cardstock or any of the glossier types of material.

I work for academic support, needing to print out flyers, brochures, invitations, as well as quality check graphics being submitted for publication in textbooks or syllabi. Before this printer, we ended up outsourcing print jobs to another departments and vendors. We had a color inkjet that would run out of ink and streak after very few printings. The Phaser replaced that machine. There is no comparing the output of the old printer to this new one. The Phaser just blows any other color printer in this price range out of the water.

One drawback, however, is that the Phaser does require a 15 minute "warm-up" period before you can start printing, in order to melt the wax. This is the reason for four stars instead of five. If your machine goes into sleep mode, you will have to warm up the wax again even if you just did a print job. The smell of the wax can also be a little stuffy, if you are in a small office like I am. If you are just printing black & white text w/ no graphics you may want to have a separate laser or even inkjet to do that job. However, for high-quality graphics like pics, slides, artwork, and such, the output of the Phaser is well worth the wait.

I am also an art/graphic design student on the side, an am seriously considering purchasing a Phaser for personal use at home, based on its perfomance on the job. It outputs magazine quality color prints on regular paper, and with all those saved trips to Kinkos in the middle of the night for this type of print to submit for class, not to mention the money to be saved from such adventures, the Phaser looks to be worth every penny.

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