LED printer ... Many have not even heard of such an aggregate. Nevertheless, there are such devices. Moreover, they provide very high quality color printing. The speed is also impressive. And there is an option to work with any sheets. Everything would be fine if not for the dimensions of such devices. However, they are great for use in large (and not so) offices. The true flagship among these devices is the Xerox Phaser 7500 printer. This monster is capable of much. We will definitely consider all its possibilities. But first, let's say a few words about the manufacturer of this device.
A bit about Xerox
The American company Xerox was founded in 1906. She was engaged in the production of electronics. Over time, the production of office peripherals was mastered. In 1959, the first copier was released, which became legendary. in Russia, this unit became popular in the 90s of the 20th century. It is because of the name of the manufacturer that the name Xerox has become a household name in our latitudes for all copiers. But not only copiers were produced. Printers, scanners, MFPs - these are the main industries of the company. At the moment, Xerox is the most famous and commercially successful office equipment manufacturing company. Many devices have become legendary. New devices have not yet managed to earn this honorary title. And among them - the unique Xerox Phaser 7500 printer. And now we will consider the main features of this device.
Design and dimensions
Basically, design for an office tool is not that important. Especially with the dimensions of the Xerox Phaser 7500. This is really a monster. Its height is 399 millimeters. This is a real giant. Its width is 665 millimeters. This colossus weighs 66 kilograms. For obvious reasons, it can only be installed on the floor. No office desk can stand such a monster. At the same time, the design of the device is quite good. It looks pretty modern. Even in spite of its dimensions. The Xerox guys clearly know their stuff. As for the design, everything is in order here too. The paper tray extends and retracts effortlessly. Even if on it at this moment lies a weighty pile of paper. By the way, the Phaser 7500 is almost the only A3 printer that can print in color (for the money). This print format explains its size. Now let's move on to other features of the printer.
Key Specifications
So what does the Xerox Phaser 7500 boast? The main characteristics are as follows. It uses the LED printing method. It is much faster and better than the laser method. The printer can print in color using a special toner. He is also capable of printing in A3 format. It is worth noting that the printer can print from almost any medium: USB-drives, micro-SD flash drives - everything is possible for him. The printer functionality does not have only a Wi-Fi transmitter. Although it is not particularly needed for office needs. But the asset of the device has a full RJ-45 connector for connecting over a network. There is also a pretty informative LCD screen and convenient control buttons. It is possible to print on any media: plain paper, glossy, stickers, envelopes and so on. There are also optional paper trays and a duplex option. Do not forget about the cross-platform device. It works great both in Windows, in Linux and Mac OS.
Power consumption and noise level
It is worth saying right away that the Xerox Phaser 7500 consumes a lot of energy. It is understandable. With its characteristics. However, the figure can shock an unprepared user, since even laser office devices barely consume half of what this Xerox requires. So, its power consumption is 670 watts. This is unrealistic a lot. When using such a unit at home, there will definitely be problems with paying electricity bills. As for the noise, everything is in order here. The noise level during operation is only 51 dB. Many inkjet and laser devices work significantly louder. Not to mention dot matrix printers. In standby mode, however, the printer is also noisy. The noise level in this mode is estimated at 26 dB. This is the disadvantage of an LED printer. Neither the laser nor the inkjet apparatus are noisy when idle. However, in a large office this is not so important. Now let's move on to the printing features of this printer.
Printing Features
What about the device with printing? This LED printer produces the first page (after turning on) in just 7 seconds. This is an absolute record. The average print speed of A4 sheets is 35 pages per minute. And there is no difference, color or monochrome printing. The giant A3 format printer prints at a speed of 20 pages per minute. This is an excellent result. Thanks to these characteristics, there is confidence that the printer will adequately cope with the amount of work in a large office. The maximum monthly load of the device is 150,000 pages. This is more than enough for any office. The Xerox Phaser 7500 provides extremely high print quality. The print resolution is 1200 dpi. In length and in width. Excellent result. However, the printing of color images has its own nuances. On thin paper, the picture is perfect, almost printing quality. But on thick paper, additional unwanted colors appear (yellowness, leaving in red, and so on). However, these are features of the paper, not the printer itself.
Cartridges and Toner
In the Xerox Phaser 7500 cartridge is not quite familiar design. It is not like standard laser drums and dirty inkjet containers. The device uses four cartridges (with refilled toner): black, raspberry, cyan and yellow. The resource they have is pretty decent. They will be enough for a long time. And this is good, considering that the prices for a black cartridge start at 5,000 rubles, and for color - from 10,000. The main component in the Xerox Phaser 7500 cartridges is toner. The quality of prints depends on its quality. Therefore, do not try to refill the cartridges yourself. Make it worse. In general, the design of the printing mechanism is quite complicated. The mechanism includes: image forming units (their resource is 75,000 prints), a fusing unit (resource - 100,000 copies), transfer roller (200,000 sheets). The Xerox Phaser 7500 has an excellent component life. There is no photoconductor as such (this is the fate of laser printers). And here we use our own roller for transferring images to paper.
Operational Features
Before you purchase such a printer and put it into operation, it will be useful to find out some interesting facts about the use of LED printers.
- Firstly, before the first use, it is worth warming up the device. LEDs should warm up. To do this, they need thirty seconds. In the future, heating is not needed.
- Secondly, LEDs are very sensitive to a humid atmosphere. If you have various humidifiers or air ionizers in your office, it is best to throw them away right away. The printer will be more complete.
- Thirdly, it is worth thinking about an uninterruptible power supply unit. Power surges are disastrous for LEDs. Therefore, it is better to connect it through the "uninterruptible". A line filter with voltage equalization option is also suitable.
- Fourth, printers of this type are very demanding in terms of supplies. If you buy somewhere a cheap Chinese cartridge or image forming unit, or an image transfer roller on paper, then it is quite possible that the device will simply stop working. This is not the class of printers that you can fill in with any ink, and it will continue to blot out ink. For this "Xerox" you need exclusively original supplies. No other way. It is better not to save on consumables. Then the printer will last a long time.
Owner reviews
What do the new owners of the Xerox Phaser 7500 say? There are few such people, but almost all of them speak about the printer exclusively in a positive way. The owners were especially impressed with the print speed of the new printer. Compared to it, laser devices are turtles. And there’s nothing to talk about quality at all. If you look at the best prints of laser printers, you can see blurry fonts and various artifacts. Xerox has no such problem. Also, users note the unbelievably high quality of color printing images. It is known that laser printers are not suitable for printing in color. Inkjet prints better. But even their pictures can not be compared with the prints made using this LED printer. Xerox definitely made a device that will surely become legendary over time. As a popular and once innovative copier. In general, Xerox Phaser is an excellent device for office use. It features high print speed, excellent quality and a decent resource. The only drawback is the gigantic dimensions.
Conclusion
So, we looked at a wonderful machine called the Xerox Phaser 7500. This is an LED type printing device. Its dimensions are such that it can only be used in a large office. There, the device fully justifies itself. However, it can not even be put on the table, since it weighs an unacceptable 66 kilograms. But the printer works lightning fast. It will not be difficult for him to print an image in A3 format. This is really impressive. Of course, this device costs a lot of money. But it definitely justifies every penny invested.