The new Xerox Phaser 860DX Thermal Printer is a work group printer in solid ink and colour technology and is highly recommended for home and office alike. This stationary printer in white enclosure has space saving design and the dimensions are W x D x H of 43.5 cm x 60 cm x 36.9 cm and weighs 35.8 kilograms. The high quality printer assures print speed of up to 16 ppm in colour draft and up to 10 ppm in colour normal.

Wired Connectivity Technology enhances the functions with interfaces of Parallel, USB, and Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX. Maximum resolution in Black & white and colour is 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi. Excellent quality printing is always identified with Xerox Phaser 860DX Thermal Printer, as decades of trust and efficient follow up is assured.

Duplex printout and standard postscript support are excellent. Installed RAM is 128 MB/ 256 MB maximum. Storage is 6 GB hard drives, and media handling in straight media path type assures full satisfaction. Media types are envelopes, transparencies, labels, plain paper, glossy paper and photo paper. Maximum media sizes permitted are Legal size of 216 mm x 356 mm as of the custom and total media capacity is 700 sheets.

Media feeders of 1 x auto load of 500 sheets in legal size and 1 x auto load of 200 sheets in legal size is supported. Networking is via the internal print server and wired connectivity technology assures the perfect functioning of this smart appliance. Data link Protocol of Ethernet and Fast Ethernet and Network/Transport Protocol TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, UDP/IP, and DLC/LLC are unique to this Xerox Phaser 860DX Thermal Printer.

Connections
• 1 x parallel –IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) –36 PIN Centronics
• 1 x USB –4 PIN USB Type B
• 1 x network-Ethernet 10 Base –T/100 Base-TX –RJ –45

Voltage Requirement of AC 120/220V ± 10% and frequency requirement of 50/60 Hz assure huge power savings in the long run. Operational power consumption is 220 Watts. Excellent sound emission is guaranteed to provide soothing sound with 51 dBA.    

Software included is Drivers & Utilities, and Xerox Printer Map. OS required are SCO Open Server, Unix Ware, SGI Irix, Microsoft Windows 95/98, Novell Net ware 4.11 or later, Apple Mac OS 8.0 or later, DEC open VMS, Sun OS, Sun Soft Solaris 2.4 or later, Linux, Red Hat Linux 6.0 or later, HP-UX 11.X, Microsoft Windows 2000/NT4.0, IBM AIX 4.2 or later, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition and Microsoft windows XP.

Printers vary in kind. Certain printers run with laser printing technology and some use inkjet printing technology. Apart from these two printing technologies, another printing technology called ‘thermal printing’ is also popular. Xerox manufacturing company has recently launched a uniquely designed printer in the name of Xerox Phaser 8200DP Thermal Printer which comes with innovative technology called single-pass print technology.

This compact unit is being marketed at affordable prices. It has the capability to offer impressive printing technology. Excellent printing quality will be delivered when you take prints from the device. Solid ink is used for printing contents. You can expect high printing resolution up to 1200 dots per inch horizontally and vertically in both monochrome and colour printing.

“Pages per Minute” (PPM) is the unit of measurement which is needed for measuring the printing speed. You can print maximum 16 pages per minute while you take black as well colour prints. Users can print both sides of a paper as it has come with duplex printout feature. If you are a medium user, you can expect monthly duty cycle from 50,000 to 99,999 pages.

Users can use the following type of media in this printer like:
• Cards
• Coated Paper
• Envelopes
• Labels
• Plain Paper
• Transparencies

Highest media capacity of the unit has been measured as 200 sheets. The device supports Mac, PC and UNIX systems. Xerox Phaser 8200DP Thermal Printer may emit noise up to 51 decibel. Supportive OS are listed as:
• HP-UX
• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
• Novell NetWare
• SunSoft Solaris
• IBM AIX
• Microsoft Windows XP Home

Dimensions
• Depth – 15.3 inches
• Width – 23.5 inches
• Depth – 17 Inches
• Weight – 146 lbs.

Thermal printers are unique type of printers and they always print text by heating wax-based ink using heat-sensitive paper. The advanced technology, speed and quality have increased its popularity as a result the cost of ownership has reduced dramatically. Xerox presents their new Xerox Phaser 8560/DT Thermal to the UK market with high performance outputs to fit distinct applications.

Xerox Phaser 8560/DT Thermal Printer is made with the dimensions as 40.6 (W) x 53.3 (D) x 50 (H) cm and 34.5 kilo grams of weight.  You can get a maximum of 30 pages per minute from the unit. An LCD screen has been featured with the control panel of the unit which indicates printing status. It is compulsory to use cords for getting power supply. It has an Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX and USB interfaces. It can offer monochrome outputs with 600 x 600 dots per ink.

FinePoint 2400 image enhancement technology is featured with the device for enhancing the quality of printing. It offers duplex and standard post script support. Users can print a maximum of 139 types of fonts. Apple ColorSync and PANTONE Digital Colour are the 2 essential colour management features supported by the printer. You can have a maximum of 100 sheets in output tray and 525 sheets input tray.

512 MB RAM and 600 MHz processor is essential for connecting the device with a PC. You can feed media with the minimum size up to 76 x 127 mm and maximum size up to 216 x 356 mm. You can use media with 60 to 220 grams per meter square. Total media capacity of the device is measured as 250 sheets. Internal print server is featured in this and you can make use of wired technology. Be ready to supply 230 volts AC power which is termed as operational power consumption. Xerox Phaser 8560/DT Thermal Printer may need 43 watts power to be in standby mode.