Xerox Phaser 7750 Review

Editor's Review
by Mel Meyers

(4.00/5)

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Editor's Review
by Mel Meyers 08/31/2010

(4.00/5)

Xerox Phaser 7750

OVERVIEW:

The Xerox Phaser 7750 laser color printer offers a wide range of options and models: from the home user who needs 12” x 18” color printing, to an interoffice publication department handling a high volume of print jobs over a network.

Editor's Pros & Cons

PROS:

The 7750 comes with a 550-sheet cassette tray that supports papers from recycled 17# to 80# cardstock, sizes ranging from 8.5“ x 11” up to 12” x 18”. The side panel hides a 150-sheet multi-purpose flip tray for labels, 4” x 6” post cards, envelopes, paper bond weights up to 100 pounds, transparencies. Additional paper trays and feeders can be added on for greater capacity and paper variety without reloading.

After the 12 second delay for the first page, using single-pass print technology, the Phaser 7750 prints at speeds up to 35 ppm, whether in black-and-white or in color. In 1,200 x 1,200 dpi Enhanced mode, smaller fonts and fine lines are sharp. Photo mode produces brilliant photographs. The polymerized toner helps enhances definition and sharpness, while giving photo-like glossiness on regular paper.

The base-model 7750 comes only with hi-speed USB. The 256MB of expandable memory will enable the Phaser to handle any size print request. However, for multiple computers to take advantage of this printer will require either adding the Ethernet network card or connecting it to a computer to be shared with other computers on the same workgroup.

Understanding the printing needs of today’s businesses in providing support for the major software applications, Xerox has included HP PCL5c and Adobe PostScript3 print emulators to satisfy the most office demands. For color matching in publication, the Phaser 7750 can be set for Apple ColorSync, CIE, PANTONE, and Adobe PostScript color standards.

The Phaser 7750 is available in three more models: the 7750DN adds 2-sided printing, Ethernet, and an additional 128MB memory to the 7750B base model; the 7750GX has the 7750DN features, with an additional 128MB memory for 512MB total, and a wheeled 1,550-sheet tray; and finally the 7750DXF with a 1,000-sheet finisher and a 2,500-sheet high-capacity paper tray. If you happen to start off with the base model all of the features of the other models are available as add-on options.

The intuitive control panel on the Phaser 7750 has a LCD Display that defaults to show toner levels and information. The buttons are set up to make understanding what each one does pretty intuitive. The control panel, toner levels, printer information, configuration, errors, and network settings can be performed directly through the control panel (or using Xerox’s CentreWare IS web application if you have the Ethernet option).

CONS:

The basic printer produces up to 51dB of sound printing, and idles at 33dB. To give you an idea of what that means: 60 decibels is the level of normal conversations and 30 decibels is the level of a quiet room. If you are only looking to use the USB, the noise is not too distracting for light use. As you start adding other goodies (especially the finisher with 3-hole punch and staple) the noise increases considerably. To keep printing distractions to a minimum, it’s best to place this Phaser with the company copier or in a room with a closed door.

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INK/TONER NEEDS:

The Phaser 7750 uses Xerox’s Emulsion Aggregate toner, a resin-like ink for sharper imaging and less color bleeding. Prints that use polymerized toners like EA tend to have a nice glossy look and a waxy feel to them.

The toner for the 7750 must be some of the highest capacity toner for a non-copier product. The Black cartridge provides 5% coverage on 32,000 pages, and the other three colors 22,000 pages. Just remember that if you’re doing full-color spread layouts and photograph prints, your actual toner usage per page is going to be at least 10 times more, reducing the number of pages you can get out of a cartridge.

The toner can be purchased separately, especially if the yellow toner gets consumed the most. To save on costs, toner combo-packages are also available.

Other consumables to consider are replacement of the imaging units (drums) and toner waste bottle after every 32,000 pages; the fuser after every 60,000 pages.

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