Xerox....not worth it...
Written: May 05 '02 (Updated May 05 '02)
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Pros: very fast crisp text output
Cons: feeder problems, bigtime !
occasional smearing from toner, as well as creased pages...
The Bottom Line: Hopefully it will prove cheap to run, it certainly does print 10 bw pages quitely, that is ofcourse, if it feeds correctly.
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| wankski's Full Review: Xerox DocuPrintâ„¢ P8EX Laser Printer |
If you are a student considering a cheap-to-run laser, think hard and well before purchasing this cheap laser printer offering from Xerox.
Sure you may appreciate the fact that its not much dearer than an ink-jet, and the toners promise to provide you with 6000 A4 pages of text, but really for a 400 dollar (aud) printer you would expect a proper laser loading tray. Instead you get the standard vertical feeder popular with ink-jets. I have had the printer for only a weekend and already it has jammed, smeared some pages with toner and even creased the edges. Even with laser paper 80gsm as is recommended, jams are far too frequent, also the printing may be too hot, i notice it smells like its burning and the pages come out looking somewhat heat damaged as if run over by an iron. Also this loading system means the printer wont automatically print both sides by it self as i am used to with my uni's HP laser, granted those units cost thousands, but i would be sufficiently happy with a tray loader that didnt jam or crease or blot ink on my pages...
On the plus side, i was impressed with its print speed. Having made the step up from an old (7yr) epson ink-jet, the paper feeds (when working and not jamming) quickly, as a newly printed page comes up a new page is being loaded into the printer, a flawless set of 10 pages of text can be printed quitely in under a minute, this part of the Xerox marketing is spot on. To be fair the manual warns against the loader, but still i expected a laser to load properly.. Its frustrating when u buy a laser for high output economy only for the printer to suck up too many pages and stuff the order of your queue when you are trying to double-side your prints...
On the whole if Xerox lives up to its claim of long toner life, i will be but merely lukewarm in my appraisal of the Xerox DocuPrint p8ex. Perhaps i shouldn't be surprised. As the adage goes you get what you pay for, but would it be out of the question for a paper feeder that works? After all, while being cheap for a laser, the printer is not THAT cheap to warrant low expectations.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 207.9
Operating System: Windows
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