After my Mita DP-560 broke another toner unit (running $89 a pop), I decided it was time to look into another laser printer. I checked out all the online auctions and managed a winning bid from uBid.com. At $139 plus shipping it was definitely a steal. While some inkjets can be found in the $50 range, the speed can become irritatingly slow when printing large and/or important documents.
Print speed is about on par with the manufacturer's claims of 8ppm (thus the name "P8". Unlike my previous Mita laser printer, the Xerox requires no warm-up, dramatically increasing real world performance. Xerox claims 1800x600 dpi (using image enhancement, whatever that means) but I find graphic quality no better or worse than other 600x600 dpi lasers. Paper jams are rare or non-existent and the paper path is a relatively straight one. The P8 is definitely one of the quieter printers I've used, even for a laser printer.
Although I have never used it, the Xerox P8 has twin printer ports so two PCs can be connected to the printer at a time, a feature rarely found on an entry level laser. I dual boot with Red Hat Linux and was dissapointed to find this was a Win only printer. Perhaps in the future Xerox will release Linux drivers, but don't expect third party drivers in the meantime.
If you are a casual home user or have a small office and are looking for a name-brand entry level laser printer I highly recommend the Xerox DocuPrint P8.
Prints up to 8 pages per minute True 600 x 600 dpi, 1800 x 600 dpi enhanced Two parallel ports for sharing 250-sheet input, 100-sheet output capacity ...More at Amazon Marketplace
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