Xerox 8500 User Manual 2
Xerox Phaser®8500
vs. Dell 5110cn
Experience counts: The Dell printer has a good engine, but it takes
much more than that to be a great color printer…like the Phaser 8500.
With the Phaser 8500, customers get:
• Superior performance
• Better print quality and more consistent color
• Legendary solid ink ease of use
• Superior customer support
• Better productivity features
Superior Performance
• The Phaser 8500 has a clear speed advantage over the Dell 5110cn in all print quality modes due to its more
robust processor and more intelligent controller. The Phaser 8500 printer’s performance becomes even more
dramatic as print quality mode and document complexity increase. Although the Dell 5110cn purports to be
2-3 times faster than the Phaser 8500 in default print quality modes, the reality is quite the opposite.
• The Phaser 8500 is always ready to print. The Dell printer, however, performs frequent automatic calibrations
that delay printing by 23 to 36 seconds, causing users to wait for their documents. Plus, the limited standby mode
settings on the 5110cn (5-60 minutes) lead to excessive warm-up times if the user doesn’t print at least once every
60 minutes. With the Phaser 8500 printer, the greater range of standby mode settings (30 minutes to 4 hours)
ensures higher throughput.
Competitive Comparison
Phaser®8500
Phaser 8500N Dell 5110cn
$499 (U.S. after $400 rebate)
As fast as 6 seconds
600 MHz
0:07 in Fast Color mode
0:09 in Enhanced mode
0:09 in Fast Color mode
0:16 in Enhanced mode
0:12 in Fast Color mode
0:20 in Enhanced mode
0:38 in Fast mode
1:00 in Enhanced mode
8500’s Enhanced Mode is faster
than Dell’s Standard Mode
$999 (U.S.)
As fast as 11 to 12 seconds
400 MHz
0:12 in Fast mode
0:14 in Quality mode
0:28 in Fast mode
0:57 in Quality mode
0:18 in Fast mode
0:21 in Quality mode
2:31 in Fast mode
2:51 in Quality mode
Get more for less
Faster first-page-out-time
Faster processor
Faster print speeds
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1-page Excel file
1-page PDF file
2-page PDF file
Complex multilayered file
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All times shown based on internal laboratory testing.
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Xerox Phaser 8500 Color and Print Quality
Advantages
Better print quality and more consistent color with the Phaser 8500
• Solid ink technology lends itself to incredibly smooth and consistent color and print quality. Details and registration
are amazingly accurate. Color control is an intuitive snap with its automatic TekColor
®
features.
• The Dell 5110cn, on the other hand, has banding and registration issues as well as a very noticeable dot pattern that
degrades its print quality. Its color controls are neither intuitive nor automatic, and it lacks good color fidelity.
The Phaser 8500 outperforms the Dell 5110cn in speed as well as print quality
These enlargements clearly show that the Phaser 8500 has superior text quality, edge registration and detail
compared to the Dell 5110cn in its best print mode.
Competitive Comparison
Phaser®8500
Dell 5110cn
Quality mode
Phaser 8500
Enhanced mode
Better detail
Better legibility
and denser text
Better edge
registration
8500 green is
more vivid and
saturated
8500 has better
color registration
and is more vivid
and saturated
Dell 5110cn
8500 color fills
are more even
and saturated
Dell 5110cn
Dell 5110cn
Color Registration
and Quality