Purchased the Xerox Phaser 6510/DNI to replace a Brother MFC-9840CDW all in one printer, copier, scanner, and fax.
The brother printer still works but have started having problems with it. Relegated it to a backup role.
The xerox is a printer only. It does not have a scanner, copier, or fax.
As a printer, it seems to be great so far. I have only had it a few days but print quality is better than the brothers ever was. The brother quality is pretty good but this is better. Text is crisper and pictures and graphics seem to be much clearer and closer to actual colors. This printer is fast. I printed a 25 page report in duplex and it was finished printing by the time I turned to look. Of course I took my time as I was used to the brother printer. That printer would not have been half finished when I turned around. Amazon began carrying this printer in December 2016 so it is a new printer with the newest technology. My old brother first came out in 2004. Not a whole lot of changes in printer technology since then but this is a good fast printer with good graphics and text. Toner cartridges look like they are going to be pretty expensive but I am hoping generic ones will come out in the next year or so and drive down the cost like they did with my old brother printer.
I am a computer geek so don't know if it is my inherent knowledge or not but the printer was a breeze to set up for use with Ethernet. It was a pain to input the pass phrase for my wireless router though. Had to scroll through an ASCII chart to find upper case letters, lower case letters, and special characters. Worked flawlessly though once input. Web interface is much easier. Not much to say about it. Just go to the ip address you setup for the printer and look and update or change any settings you like.
Printer is much lighter than my old one but still weighs about 40 pounds. Easy for me to move around. Difficult for a lady perhaps.
Only thing I don't like about the printer is that the manual controls on the printer itself are not intuitive. I had to find a picture with an explanation to figure out what button to press for various things. Eventually printed out a menu tree from one of the reports offered and keep it by the printer until I memorize them.
I give it 5 stars because I really like how good the printed pages look and how fast they come out in both single and duplex mode. Toner price may be an issue but since I have not had to deal with it yet, I am not going to penalize the printer for something that has not occurred yet.
I will update this as the year goes by.
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Had the printer for a few weeks now and absolutely love it.
It is fast, quiet, and prints both text, graphics, and color better than any laser printer I have personally ever worked with.
I have not printed any photographs but everything else it prints looks so professional that I expect a photo might rival an inkjets output. A;so, it does not seem to use as much toner as I expected. My Brother printer seemed to run out long before it was supposed to. This one seems to print more than expected which is a good thing considering how expensive the replacements are.
This thing draws a lot of power when it powers up. Actually makes the lights in my home office dim some each time.
I am not going to rewire the house but I might spring for a large uninterrupted power supply (UPS) with AVR (voltage regulator). Normally you don't put a laser printer on a UPS as it draws so much power it usually needs a fairly large one by itself. However, I probably will just to keep from annoying my wife with flickering lights. Note that this is an issue with most larger laser printers and is not specific to this particular one. However, my old Brother MFC9840CDW did not cause the lights to flicker so it is not always the case.
I still don't like the controls on the printer itself. The symbols don't make any sense to me and there are no words printed underneath them. Still, that is a very minor complaint. I have posted a copy of the manual to the wall that explains them. One day I may finally memorize them. However, most things can be done from the web interface so I may never need to memorize them.
If I was buying a printer again, I would buy this one BUT with the fax/copy/scan capabilities.
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October 24, 2017
Lower my rating by a star due to a problem getting the printer out of sleep mode.
If I don't use the printer for a day or two, the next time I do, I have to reboot the printer. It will not come out of sleep mode when I send a print job (get message that printer is offline) and pressing the sleep on/off button (for lack of a better word) does not do anything. I have to physically unplug it and plug it back in. Very very annoying.
There may be a fix. I don't know. Have seen nothing else online talking about this problem. Will run it by Xerox and see if they are any help.
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November 2, 2017
Changed number of stars from 4 back to 5 bucause of outstanding support by Xerox.
I submitted a support ticket to Xerox because I was having a problem with the printer going to sleep and not always coming back out properly. I really did not expect much to happen other than some guy from India talking to me and not understanding or fixing the problem. Boy was I wrong!
Xerox support emailed me within hours and asked for some configuration information which I printed out and emailed to them. I got a reply back the next day that everythng looked like it was setup properly so they were sending a technician by my house to fix it. The next day, a guy called and we setup a time for him to come over later in the week. He showed up on time and replaced the motherboard with a new one. Took him about an hour. So far, I have had no problems.
I have NEVER had a large company take a problem as seriously as Xerox did. As far as I am concerned, their printer could catch fire and I would buy it again based purely upon the fantastic support they provide.
This is a very good printer. It's fast, and the output is high quality. However, there are two things you should know about it.
1. The color toner cartridges that come installed are paltry, only lasting for a few hundred pages. I was not expecting this, and ran out in the middle of a print job that I needed the next day. And the printer won't keep printing with whatever residual toner is left in the cartridge. It just refuses to print. So, you're going to be out several hundred more dollars for your first set of toner cartridges, if you buy Xerox. I'm going to try a many times cheaper, non-OEM set.
2. When I set up the printer on my Mac desktop, it continually lost the connection. The printer was connected to the network, and I could print to it with my iPad, but the desktop reported it as "not connected". When I deleted the printer and set it up again without using Xerox's software, it worked fine.
So far so good with my new 6510. Four stars because it still uses an 80's technology LCD/buttons interface at the printer. You really only have to use that to configure WiFi (never if you go wired). Once connected, use your browser and the printer's web interface. Most everything can be accomplished there.
The installed toner cartridges are typical new printer capacities. They are estimated at 1500 pages black and 1000 for the 3 colors. I don't print a ton, so they'll still last a while. A warning: Xerox replacement cartridges have significant cost. More $$$ than the printer itself to replace with a standard capacity set. There are cheaper 'compatible' cartridges out there, but have yet to see reported results with those and this printer. That said, the toner, even at Xerox pricing, is about 50% cheaper per page than the HP ink jet I'm replacing. Considering ink cartridges often malfunction and dry up prior to end of life, I expect even greater cost savings over the long run with this .
All-in-all, I'm happy with the purchase. An excellent printer. Shipping was a day late, tracking was completely fouled up and UPS delivered it tipped over on it's side (box clearly marked to keep upright). Not typical of Amazon Prime delivery.
I had an inkjet printer that kept clogging, partially because I don't print very often. It also had a problem with smearing, so I set out to replace it. A friend recommended the Phaser 6510 to me, and I decided to give it a try.
The printer arrived today, and I set it up in my home office (see photos.) It is pretty big and bulky, so be careful when unboxing it. Once I got all the little pieces of shipping tape removed, I had it up and running within minutes. I downloaded the latest drivers from Xerox' web site, and setup was smooth and painless. Within minutes, I had printed from Mac OS Mojave, Windows 7 and from my iPad.
The user interface is a bit of a throwback to the 1980s; it just has a two-line LCD display. This doesn't bother me much; I just had to click my way through three or four setup questions (language and paper size among them.) I understand it can be a bit clumsier if you need to set up wifi via this interface, but I'm using a hardwired Ethernet connection. In fact, WiFi ships as a separate module; it's included in the box, but I didn't bother installing it. (The final picture above shows the WiFi module.)
I didn't buy this for photo printing, but I'm amazed by the print quality, even on regular paper. Laser definitely has an advantage over inkjet when it comes to print quality. The printer supposedly also does duplex printing, although I haven't tried that out yet. Toner cartridge cost is a concern, but another customer stated that you will get 1000-1500 prints from the included "starter" toner cartridges. If true, I shouldn't have to buy additional toner cartridges for several years.
This is purely a printer. It does one thing, and from what I can see so far, it does that one thing extremely well. However, it's not a scanner or copier; if you want an all-in-one replacement for a multifunction inkjet, you'll need to look elsewhere. But if you're just looking for a no-nonsense printer that gives you awesome prints all day, every day, this printer would seem to fit the bill perfectly.
Very happy with this printer so far. I was tired of replacing less expensive ink jet printers every other year and having to buy expensive ink refills after small color print jobs so I decided it was time to upgrade to a color laser printer. Did a bit of research and selected the Xerox Phaser 6510/DNI. Of course it is bigger than our old ink jet (deeper and taller), but it is not massive. Set up was very easy. The DNI model has wireless printing. It did take a couple of minutes to scroll through setup options and type in the WiFi password on the limited interface, but it was not complicated. Took a few minutes to warm up on first use but no issues after that. Prints beautifully and very quickly. Some commented that this machine causes a power surge/lights to flicker. I live in a 105 year old house and did not have any problems; however, I did plug into a surge protector.
Feature Product
- Adds automatic duplexing and wireless to the Phaser 6510/N
- Print directly from popular mobile devices using Apple AirPrint, Mopria, Google Cloud Print, Wi-Fi Direct* and Xerox Print Service Plug-In for Android.
- Print outstanding quality documents with 1200 X 2400 dpi resolution and PANTONE color matching on paper sizes up to 8½ X 14 inches.
- First print out in less than 12 seconds and up to 30 ppm continuous printing. Add a 550-sheet optional paper tray to the standard 250-sheet tray for extended printing.
- Keep sensitive documents out of the wrong hands with built-in Secure HTTPS (TLS), IPsec, 802.1x Authentication, IPv6, IP Filtering, Secure Print, SNMPv3 and LDAP (SASL).
Description
The Xerox Phaser 6510 meets the demand for a printer that connects with mobile devices while simultaneously delivering outstanding color prints. Whether you’re outputting snapshots from your smart phone or Photoshop files from a tablet or PC, it delivers 1200 X 2400 dpi resolution and PANTONE color matching.
I love the printer. I bought it to replace a 10 year old Xerox Phaser 6180DN. The 6510 prints much faster and has good color reproduction. I love the fact that I can print from my iPhone and iPad, too.
The reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is that it was difficult getting it connected to the network. My network router is older and doesn’t have an auto connect fearure. I had to do something different from the Xerox directions to get access to the printer's control panel over the network. Following Xerox's directions did not work. I finally found the default URL of the printer at an online forum.
I've owned the Phaser 6510 for about a month now. After working out a few initially frustrating issues, I can say without reservation that I'm very gratified by the performance of this color laser printer. At this price point, you will be hard pressed to find anything close to what the 6510 offers unless you go with a refurbished or used unit. While the price tag is ridiculously small, it is the cost of replacing toner cartridges that makes the 6510 a stellar value. Amazon offers a variety of generic replacement toner cartridge bundles starting at under $50 for a total of 5 (2 black, 1 yellow, 1 cyan and 1 magenta). These are high-yield cartridges and should last you months or even years depending on how much printing you do. Colors reproduce flawlessly and the detail in photographs and other high-res images is better than many high-end color lasers.
On the downside, I had a devil of a time getting the 6510 and my PC too communicate under any protocol, at one point spending over an hour and a half in chat with a product support guy, who was exceedingly pleasant, patient and willing, but ultimately unable to resolve this issue. Finally (and on my own) I hit upon a combination of uninstallation/re-installation of both the printer and the drivers that worked. The CD that shipped with the printer was all but useless. I now have a variety of documents formatted to print perfectly without additional tweaking other than to occasionally load media into the bypass tray.
In summary--other than the hell-on-earth setup problem--I'm in color laser heaven, and feel confident recommending the Phaser 6510 to anyone other than the completely tech-illiterati.
Bought to replace our old Brother. First off, same size and weight, but paper tray holds much more. They don't use conventional powder toner - it's more of a wax based thing, but the color on plain paper is fantastic! Even has some gloss. Installation was completely painless and the printer was up and running on my home network in minutes. Yes, the Xerox toner sticks are higher priced than even Brother's conventional ones, but there are compatibles that are VERY reasonable. (Don't know if they'd give Pantone color though.) All in all, I'm very pleased with this printer.
We have used a multi-functioned printer for years but found ourselves needed to do quite a bit of printing lately. Our printer was taking up tp 10 minutes to print out one 80 page contract (yes, with colored pictures included in the body of the contract). I had forgotten what a printer was supposed to be able to do.
This printer finishes printing quickly, easily and double-sided - saving us TIME, paper and frustration!
This is not the printer that I would choose to print photos - but it does a fine job for contracts - just not portraits.
We 'love' it - would give it TEN STARS if possible.
The double side printing s just plain fun to watch as well....
Fairly easy to set up - I ran an ethernet cable from the router to the printer, used the install disc (included) on the PCs and started printing.
Tech in The Bahamas was not smart enough to ask me what port the cable was plugged into on the back of the printer.
Once it was elevated to level 2 the guy asked me, hey when you plug the printer cable in, don't you see a pop up on Windows 10? When I said no, he suggested I plug it into the OTHER port on the back of the computer.
DO NOT plug into the bottom port, that's for networks, other than that, this is an amazing printer.
I sell Scottsdale Real Estate, and it cranks out the most beautiful Comparative Market Analysis I have ever seen.
I use Cloud CMA if anyone is wondering.
P.S. DO NOT use glossy paper, it does not like it :-)
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