Pros
- Better graphics quality than most lasers
- Supports PCL and PostScript
Cons
- Text was very heavy, with blotchy edges
- Optional duplexer costs $399
At A Glance
Graphics quality was better than on most competing models, though pages printed slowly. Supports PCL and PostScript.
Manufacturer’s Description
Thanks to its 300MHz processor and 128MB standard RAM (expandable to 640MB), now you can enjoy these incredible speeds. Meanwhile, this printer features a maximum 2400 dpi resolution for exceptional quality, and its duty cycle reaches 35,000 pages per month, so you don't have to worry about overworking it.You'd expect to find such high performance in complicated machines, but the 6120/N is easy to use. Its standard 10/100BaseTX Ethernet capability includes plug-and-print drivers, and easy auto-install puts color on your network immediately. The Phaser 6120/N uses PostScript 3 and PCL 6, 5C and 5e emulations with automatic sensing and switching. In addition, you'll love the enhanced tools, such as the embedded web server, booklet printing, Watermarks, custom page sizes, scaling, scale-to-fit, N-up printing, graphical toner level gauges and built-in support links.The 6120/N gives you unparalleled printing flexibility. Not only does it come with a standard input capacity of 200 sheets, you can add an optional 500 sheet tray for 700 page printing. Plus, print on a variety of media types ranging in size up to legal. Its optional duplex unit allows you to print two-sided documents.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 6120N |
| Inventory Number | 24643 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 128.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.64 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | No |
| Parallel Port | 1 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 450 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 35 watts |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 17.4 inches |
| Depth | 15.6 inches |
| Height | 13.4 inches |
| Weight | 44.5 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 200 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 0 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | PLC6/PCL 5c/PCL5e |
| Postcript Type | standard |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Fair |
| Print quality: Color photo | Fair |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Good |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 14.7 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Color Output Quality | Good |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Good |
| Color Photo (secs) | 54.98 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Fair |
| 5 x 7 Photo (secs) | 62.44 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Good |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) | 24.81 |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) | 134.93 |
| Color Photo, Normal Settings | 54.98 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 40.72 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Good |
| Color Photo, Best Quality Settings | 62.44 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 1 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 36.89 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Good |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 1.6 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Fair |

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