Xerox Phaser 8500, Phaser 8550, Phaser 8500N, Phaser 8500DN, Phaser 8550DP Quick Manual

colour printer

Stunning colour.

So fast.

So affordable.

Phaser®8500 Phaser®8550

Feature-packed, at an
unbeatable price

Think you can’t afford high performance
features? Think again. These printers come
with more features for less than you’d expect.
Now that’s good business sense.

• Want speed? You’ve got it. The Phaser 8550

printer is so fast you can expect up to 30 ppm
in full colour! Or choose the Phaser 8500 for
up to 24 ppm in colour.

• Industry leading speed. Around five seconds

until your first page out on the Phaser 8550,
and around six seconds on the 8500.

•

Features that are optional on competitors’
products come as standard with Xerox.
Namely, networking, true Adobe

®

Postscript

®

3™, automated troubleshooting and job
accounting. Plus, on the Phaser 8550 you get
advanced paper handling features such as
automatic two-sided printing,

collation and

booklet printing.

• Built with large paper trays so you can get

the big jobs done without interruption.

• A robust duty cycle delivers the reliability

you need in a a busy workgroup.

Uncomparable quality

Stand out from the crowd with colour
that makes an impact. Whether you’re
printing reports and presentations or
graphics and web pages, solid ink
colour is so lush and vibrant, it turns
heads.

• Solid ink provides superior print quality

on a wide range of media types and
weights – from recycled to cover stocks
to transparencies and more.

• Expect colour that’s truer, more

saturated and remarkably consistent –
from your first print to your last.

• 2400 FinePoint

™

image enhancement
technology on the Phaser 8550
provides the ultimate in print quality.

Phaser®8500 / 8550 Colour Printers

Colour on the cutting edge.W

ant your business to be bolder?

Brighter? More efficient? Then the Xerox Phaser 8500 / 8550 printers deliver brilliant

colour that gets you noticed – at an affordable price. What’s more, they are super

fast and easy to operate – all to get you ahead of business, without missing a beat.

Colour contr

ols get you the brilliant r

esults you want. They ensur

e that your colour

is optimised and that your printout accurately reflects what you see on screen.

Superior design
and ease of use

① Use 100-sheet Tray 1 for heavy

paper up to 220 gsm, business
cards, envelopes,
transparencies and more.

② Standard 525-sheet Tray 2

feeds up to 120 gsm.

③ ④Add one or two 525-sheet

high-capacity paper feeders to
boost your capacity to as much
as 1,675 sheets.

Sophisticated simplicity

Sometimes it’s the little things – like loading supplies –
that slow you down. Not with the Phaser 8500 / 8550
printers. Solid ink printers are designed to make office
life more efficient.

Easy for users

• Compact, no-mess ink sticks are as easy to load as a

stapler. You can drop them into their slots at any time.

• Run out of colour ink? No problem. You can continue

to print in black-only mode if you prefer.

• You can keep a personal mailbox on the printer’s hard

drive (optional on Phaser 8550 only). So if you’re late
for a meeting and need an extra copy of something
you’ve printed – just walk up to the printer, select the
stored job and hit “print”.

• These printers keep track of your printing habits.

The Intelligent Ready feature learns when you
print most and warms up or enters power-saving
mode accordingly.

• There’s no training required. An internet-based

automated support system provides help when
you need it. Plus, the Support Centre utility
provides quick access to all the user documentation,
tools and utilities that come with the printer.

Simple for administrators

• Installation made easy. It’s out of the box and

on your network in just four mouse clicks.

• Off-site? Xerox keeps you in the loop. A built-in

web server allows you to manage, configure and
troubleshoot printers from anywhere using a
web browser.

• Enjoy quick desktop access to printer and job

status, email aler

ts, simplified printer installation

and network administration.

•

Keep tabs on of

fice activity

. The Usage Analysis
Tool enables you to collect, organise and analyse
job accounting data.

Phaser®8500 Phaser®8550

www.xerox.com/office

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© 2005 Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved. Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without permission of Xerox Corporation. XEROX®, Phaser®, PhaserSMART®and CentreWare®are registered trademarks and TekColor™icon and FinePoint™are
trademarks of Xerox Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Total Satisfaction Services is a service mark of Xerox Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective manufacturers. PANTONE colours generated may not match PANTONE-identified
standards. Consult current PANTONE publications for accurate colour. PANTONE®and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the property of Pantone, Inc. As an ENERGY STAR‚ partner, Xerox Corporation has determined that this product with an ES Option meets the ENERGY STAR
guidelines for energy efficiency. The ENERGY STAR name and logo are registered U.S. trademarks. The information in this brochure is subject to change without notice. 06/05 855BR-01EA

SUPPLIES

Consumables

Genuine XEROX®Solid Ink 8500/8550

3 Sticks Black (3,000 pages*) 108R00668
3 Sticks Cyan (3,000 pages*) 108R00669
3 Sticks Magenta (3,000 pages*) 108R00670
3 Sticks Yellow (3,000 pages*) 108R00671
6 Sticks Black (6,000 pages*) 108R00672
1 Stick Cyan (1,000 pages*) 108R00687
1 Stick Magenta (1,000 pages*) 108R00688
1 Stick Yellow (1,000 pages*) 108R00689
1 Stick Black (1,000 pages*) 108R00690

Standard-Capacity Maintenance Kit
(up to 10,000 pages)

†

108R00675

Extended-Capacity Maintenance Kit
(up to 30,000 pages) – 8550 only 108R00676

Waste Tray 109R00754
Cleaning Kit 016-1845-00

Routine Maintenance Items

Options

Productivity Kit 097S03176

(Includes Personal Print, Secure/Proof/Saved Print, Extended
Font Storage, and Collation with hard drive) – 8550 only

128 MB Memory 097S03380
256 MB Memory 097S03381
Feeder, 525-sheet capacity 097S03174
Accessory Cart 097S03318

*Capacities are approximate, based on 5% coverage on

an A4-size page.

†

Phaser 8500 will only accept

the Standar

d-Capacity

Maintenance Kit(up to 10,000 pages).

OUTSTANDING MEDIA CAPABILITY

Take full advantage of the new Phaser 8500 / 8550
colour printers with our comprehensive Xerox
Paper and Specialty Media portfolio, which includes
a selection of papers, labels and transparencies that
come in a variety of weights and sizes. For a current
listing of all recommended printing media visit

www.xerox.com/office/8500_8550supplies or

contact your authorised local Xerox Supplies dealer

Operating

Dimensions width: 40.6 cm, height: 36.8 cm,
depth: 53.34 cm, weight: 28 kg.

Optional 525-sheet Tray

width: 40.6 cm, height: 13.2 cm,
depth: 52.1 cm, weight: 7.3 kg.

Envir

onment Temperature: Non-operating:

-30

° to 60° C; Operating: 10° to 32° C
Relative Humidity: Non-operating:
10 - 95%, Operating: 10% - 80%. Noise
Level: 33 dBA standby

, 54 dBA running.

Electrical 110 – 120 VAC, 60 Hz; 220 VAC,
50 Hz, Consumption: 230 W avg./1500 W
max. E

NERGY STAR-qualified

(ES configuration).
Regulatory FCC Part 15, Subpart B,

CSA certified to CSA-C222 No. 950,
CE Mark applicable to directives 73/23
EEC and 89/336/EEC CDRH, EN 55022

Total Satisfaction Services

SM

One-year onsite warranty, online web
technical support and telephone support.
Innovative service offerings include
optional extended service agreements
and custom training for your internal
help desk.

Productivity tools Run Black, Custom-Size
Pages, Phaser Installer, Intelligent Ready

,

Embedded Web Ser

ver, PrintingScout,

PhaserSMAR

T, Usage Analysis Tool, Booklet

Printing, Smar

t Trays, Saved Settings,
Manual Colour Adjustments, Negative and
Mir

ror Images, Scaling, Watermarks, Cover
Sheets, Remote Printing, Image Smoothing,
Job Completion Notification, Separation
Pages, N-Up Printing, Email Aler

ts, Job

Accounting, Printer Neighbor

hood, Job

Pipelining, Secur

e Print*, Proof Print*, Saved

Print

*, Personal Print*, Collation*

*Requir

es hard drive

Colour Contr

ols

Colour standards PANTONE

®

-approved solid­colour simulations, Adobe PostScript device­independent colour, CIE International colour
standards, and support for ICC and Apple

®

ColorSync®colour management systems,

Selectable print-quality modes

8500: Fast Colour

, Enhanced

8550: Fast Colour, Enhanced, Standard,
High-Resolution/Photo

Colour cor

r

ection modes

Automatic, sRGB

Display

, sRGB V

ivid, SWO

P

®

Pr

ess,

Eur

oscale Pr

ess, Commer

cial Pr

ess, SNAP

Pr

ess, None, Black and white

Custom sizes from 76 x 127 mm to
216 x 356 mm; Envelopes: DL, C5, #10
commercial, #5

1/2

, #6

3/4

, Monarch, Booklet,

Lee (A7), Choukei 4 Gou, Choukei 3 Gou
Tray 2 standard: 525-sheet capacity;

60-120 gsm; Supports a wide range of
papers, envelopes, cover stocks, labels,
business cards, trifold brochures, postcards,
transparencies and more; Media sizes: B5
ISO, B5 JIS, A4, Statement, Executive,
A/Letter, US Folio, Legal; Envelopes: DL,
C5 and #10 Commercial

T

ray 3

standar

d on 8550DT and 8550DX:

Capacity

, media types and sizes same as Tray

2

T

ray 4

standar

d on 8550DX:

Capacity

, media

types and sizes same as T

ray 2

Automatic 2-sided printing from all trays
60-120 gsm

Output capacity: 300 sheets

Special Features

PrintingScout instantly displays pop-up help
if attention is needed during print jobs.

Phaser Installer automatically gets you
printing in seconds.

PhaserSMART

®

remote diagnostic tool

provides automated Internet-based support.

Phaser®8500 Phaser®8550

Phaser 8500N Phaser 8500DN Phaser 8550DP Phaser 8550DT Phaser 8550DX

SPECIFICATIONS

Network/Software

Printer management Xerox

®

CentreWare

®

Printer Management for Microsoft®and
UNIX

®

, CentreWare IS Embedded Web Server,
CentreWare Web Administrator, Xerox NDPS
Gateway, Usage Analysis Tool

Resident fonts 137 PostScript Type and
81 PCL 5c

Printer drivers Windows 98SE/Me, Windows
NT 4.0 (SP6), Windows 2000/XP, Windows
Server 2003, Mac OS

®

9.x, Mac OS®X

version 10.2 or higher, Novell

®

NetWare

®

5.x/6.5, Linux Red Hat 9, Suse 9, Fedora Core
1, UNIX Sun Solaris 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, HP/UX

11.x, IBM AIX 4.3.3, Xerox Walk-Up Printing
Drivers with Windows 2000 or higher

Language Support Adobe

®

PostScript®3™,

PCL 5c

Paper Handling

Maximum input capacity: 1,675 sheets
T

ray 1

standard:100-sheet capacity;

60-220 gsm; Suppor

ts a wide range of
papers, envelopes, cover stocks, labels,
business car

ds, trifold br

ochures, postcards,

transpar

encies and mor

e; Media sizes: A6,

A5, B5 ISO, B5 JIS, A4, Index car

d, Statement,

Executive, A/Letter

, US Folio, Legal,

www.xerox.com/office

Call today.For fur

ther infor

mation call

your authorised local Xerox dealer or visit us at

www.xerox.com/office

CONFIGURATIONS

Speed

(Colour / Black and white)

Duty

Cycle

Paper Handling

Paper input Standar

d

Automatic 2-sided printing

Print

First-page-out time

Maximum resolution

Processor
Language support

Connectivity
Memory (Std / Max)

Internal hard drive

Print features

Warranty

Additional 525-sheet

feeder (Total 1,150 sheets)

Up to 24 ppm / 24 ppm

Up to 85,000 pages / month

Tray 1: 100 sheets, Tray 2: 525 sheets (Total 625 sheets)

600-MHz PowerPC RISC

One-year Onsite

NA

As fast as 6 seconds in full colour

Adobe

®

PostScript®3™, PCL 5c

USB 2.0, 10/100BaseTX Ethernet

1200 FinePoint

™

As fast as 5 seconds in full colour

2400 FinePoint

™

512 / 1 GB RAM

Standard (20 GB min)

Job Pipelining, Secure/

Proof/Saved/Personal

Print, Extended Font

Storage, Collation

Job Pipelining

Optional (20 GB min)NA

Run Black, Custom-Size Pages, Phaser Installer

, Intelligent Ready, Embedded Web Server, PrintingScout, PhaserSMART,

Usage Analysis Tool, Booklet Printing, Smart Trays, Remote Printing, Email Alerts, Job Accounting, Printer Neighborhood

256 / 1 GB RAM128 / 256 MB RAM

Standar

d Standard

Up to 30 ppm / 30 ppm

2 Additional 525-sheet

feeders (Total 1,675 sheets)

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