Xerox 6180N Evaluator Guide - Page 6

Section 2 Evaluating Color Laser Printers While the benefits of color are easy to see, evaluating color printers for future purchase and deployment into your business can be more challenging. Based on years of experience and research into the realworld needs of color printer users, Xerox has identified some key issues for you to consider as you  conduct your color printer evaluations. Color printers that are deployed into small businesses or offices have unique requirements from other color printers on the market. Overall value, print quality, and user friendliness are the attributes that  small office customers should evaluate when selecting a color laser printer for their environments. Evaluate Value Purchase cost, operating costs and productivity - each of these impacts the  overall value you will receive from the color printer you ultimately purchase.  Evaluate Performance and Print Quality More than just pages per minute, the overall printing performance of a color printer will indicate whether it is able to support the workload of your busy employees and produce documents that will wow your customers. Evaluate User Friendliness It's important that printers in this class are easy to set up, use and  manage on an ongoing basis - whether you have IT support or not. This section of the Evaluator Guide will examine each of these areas and suggest ways you can evaluate printers against these requirements. Do this for all the color laser printers you consider, and you'll see how the Phaser 6180 exceeds expectations on all counts. EVALUATE VALUE Purchasing a color printer is not a trivial investment for a small office or small business. Evaluating  the overall value that a printer in the entry-level price range delivers is an important step during the  purchasing process. Does the printer deliver a level of performance that will allow you to increase productivity in your office or workgroup? Does the printer deliver new features that will enable you  to accomplish new things? Lastly, does the printer offer paper capacities that fit your workload? HOW THE XEROX PHASER 6180 EXCEEDS THE VALUE REQUIREMENT: PERFORMANCE The Phaser 6180 sets a new standard for performance in its class, with color printing speeds up  to 20 ppm and black-and-white print speeds up to 26 ppm. This level of performance will easily handle the workload of your small group of professionals, whether your documents are primarily color or black-and-white. The Phaser 6180 doesn't just print pages quickly - it gets jobs started quickly with first-page-out times as fast as 10 seconds. Even complex print jobs are processed quickly by the Phaser 6180  print controller, which features a 400 MHz controller and 128 MB of memory standard  (1,152 MB maximum). 4 P H A S E R 6 1 8 0 E va lua tor G uid e