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Review: Xerox ColorQube 8700/X solid-ink color multifunction printer |
December 06, 2012
Xerox’s ColorQube product line, including the $2,799 (as of 12/05/2012) 8700/X multifunction (copy/fax/print/scan), is designed for corporate use in busy
workgroups, but it’s not a laser. The ColorQube technology uses blocks of crayon-like solid ink, rather than an inkjet printer’s liquid ink or a laser
printer’s toner particles. The result is no muss, no fuss, and a lot of fun sliding the ink blocks down their little chutes. With the ink layered on top,
like a laser printer, instead of absorbed into the paper, as with an inkjet printer, output is good no matter what kind of media you place in the tray. The
ColorQube 8700/X may be expensive, but it offers plenty of administrative features and capacity upgrades that make it a significant step up from color laser multifunction models in lower price ranges.
The ColorQube 8700/X weighs 90 pounds and is sturdily built. It comes with 1GB of memory (not upgradable), plus an 80GB hard drive for storing jobs--a necessity when you're
providing secure printing for a large workgroup.
Software setup for the ColorQube 8700/X is simple via either USB or ethernet. The printer ships with PC drivers for Postscript, PCL 5 and 6, as well as
XMS. The software is minimal, but effective, with a nice scanning program.
The ColorQube 8700/X is controlled via a spacious, 7-inch touchscreen control panel. Still, the unit is complex to learn. The many high-end features that
come with this corporate unit--administrative accounts, lots of options, secure printing, metering, and the like--are great. But having all the options on
one screen is rather daunting when you begin, though easier once you know the interface. Also, the touchscreen wasn't as responsive as we'd like, requiring
more pressure than expected to operate.
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