Xerox Printers Phaser 6100/DN Color Prntr. ( 6100/DN )

Rating:
Summary: Everything I expected!
Review: I have had Tektronics (now Xerox) printers before and got this for my home office based on the good experiences I had with their higher-end models. I couldn't believe the price, so I was skeptical about it. So far so good. Great print quality, reasonably quiet during start-up and printing and speedy enough for my needs. Very simple network configuration and setup.

I have no way to confirm this, but it appears to be identical to the Samsung color laser at about the same price. Feature set is identical and so is physical appearance except for branding. Comes with full toners (not starters), which is different than the Samsung. Lots of replacement parts as printing levels get high, but this is pretty standard on color lasers.

Would buy it again without hesitation.

Rating:
Summary: Not even for free!
Review: We have one of these at work. Well...two actually. I refuse to put the second one into service.

We were offered one of these for free if we purchased a WorkCenter 35 Pro (another hunk of junk but don't get me started). Even for free, the Phaser 6100 is awful.

It's terribly slow, the memory is not upgradeable, the footprint is far too big (that's because you need to be able to access it from three sides, which, WTF?), it has three separate consumables not counting the four toner cartridges and the quality is about as good as one of those $99 inkjet units from WalMart.

After we got the first one, I swore never again but the boss had already purchased another WorkCenter 35. We've used the second Phaser just once. That was to print out the config page because Xerox would not give us our rebate (that's how they do a "free" printer) without one. We had to unpack it, put the whole thing together, print out the page, tear it back down and pack it back up. After that, it got thrown into storage. Oh, what I wouldn't give for a catapult.

The only reason I gave it one star is because "0 stars" isn't available. Avoid this one at all costs.