The Phaser 6500 is compact, easy to install and maintain, the engine is equipped with a single pass of 23 pages per minute in color and black and has a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi. Phaser 6500 can support a maximum duty cycle of 40,000 copies monthly. The unit is governed by a 400 MHz processor supported by 256 MB of DDR2 memory, offers USB 2.0 wired connectivity, and Ethernet 10/100/1000 (Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g requires an optional adapter), support PostScript 3 and PCL 6 and compatibility with Windows operating systems (XP, Vista, Server 2003/2008, 7), Mac (OS X 10.5 and higher) and Linux. The paper handling is entrusted to a 250-sheet, without a mechanical indicator of the level, with a slot in the front manual feed for the media with individual weights up to 260 g / sqm and sizes from 76 x 127 mm and 216 x 356 mm.
It is proposed to $238.80. The basic version does not include a duplex printer, which is available separately for $144 euros. The upgrade is simple, fast and requires no tools, since the module is inserted in the snap-front panel. But anyone who takes or plans to use the module front / back can save by buying directly entered into the model Phaser 6500V/DN ($418.80), which comes standard. Another option for memory expansion, provided by Xerox in the “Productivity Kit” from 512 megabytes (165 million). The addition is easily performed by the user, activates the advanced sorting, secure printing (the document is saved in memory and is reproduced only after entering a password on the control panel) and proof printing to check the first copy of a paper before producing the entire run. In terms of operation, the device has a control panel with backlit alphanumeric display with two lines of 16 characters and give the status of consumables.
The set of controls uses a five-button pad for accessing and navigating the setup menu, structured in a linear fashion, plus dedicated keys to the interruption of work in progress and the activation or output from the power saving mode. With CentreWare IS internal web server, the Phaser 6500 offers an efficient system configuration and remote management through a common Web browser. As per tradition, Xerox, printer setup is very simple. The CD-Rom includes the installation media that guide the user through the various phases of the operation, since the removal of seals on the transport of four pre-installed toner.
The autonomy of the black cartridge is 3,000 pages (1,000 to first order), while the color varies between 1,000 and 2,500 copies based on the use of standard or high-capacity consumables. The cost per page, therefore, stood at 3.5 cents for black and between 17.1 and 23.8 cents in the colors except the last value, definitely high enough to discourage the purchase of color toner standards, these figures are more than acceptable for a unit in this category.
In laboratory tests, the Phaser 6500 has achieved significant results both in the field of fast acceleration and in that quality. In terms of speed, the unit has convinced both the monochrome and color, and in that took only 12 minutes and 30 seconds to churn out the whole battery of sample documents. The results of individual tests, from 12 seconds to 58 seconds for a single copy of 12 pages of Word text and graphics, up to 5 minutes and 24 seconds to print the Acrobat document from 106 pages (equal to 19.6 ppm per minute) all deserve an opinion largely positive. The only exception was that photo printing from Photoshop, although it has required 26 seconds, slightly lowered the average productivity on the single print.
The duplex module has shown a good performance in the test print 12 pages. The activation of the front / back mode auto only slightly increased the running time: 58 seconds, equal to 12.4 ppm in 1 minute and 6 seconds, equal to 10.9 ppm. As mentioned, the quality, the Phaser 6500 has achieved first-class. Text documents exhibited well-defined characters, devoid of inaccuracies at the edges and with a deep black, while on the graph, we have appreciated the vivid colors, the fineness of the texture and consistency of the patterns.
The high quality already achieved with the default settings of the driver can be further refined with features such as color management and control, including the simulation of Pantone solid colors. Useful to be able to load ICC profiles or customize the output by acting on the color temperature or gamma correction. Equally useful is the Run Black, that in case of exhaustion of toner colors allows you to continue printing in black and white to avoid disrupting work in progress. In view of the field test and the results of the tests, the Phaser 6500 has convinced us for performance, print quality and above average for configuration and remote control functions. The only discordant note is the high cost per page with standard toner color: the use of high-capacity consumables is almost an obligation to keep printing costs by competitive values. Ascolta Trascrizione fonetica Dizionario