Pros
- Small footprint.
- $199 duplexer option.
Cons
- Low photo quality.
- Ugly manual tray design.
At A Glance
The Phaser 6180/N prints high-quality text at decent speeds, but it finds color images more of a challenge.
Manufacturer’s Description
Blazing a new trail among fast, affordable, easy-to-use color laser printers, the Xerox Phaser 6180N delivers the speed and print quality today's small to medium size businesses have been waiting for. High-performance features and unparalleled ease-of-use deliver spectacular results, page after page.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 6180N |
| Inventory Number | 25656 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 128.0 MB |
| Memory max | 1.152 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| Available Interfaces | Opt (with new WNA-100) |
| 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) | 70 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 15.7 inches |
| Depth | 19.4 inches |
| Height | 18.5 inches |
| Weight | 59.8 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 400 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 0 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 3 |
| 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 | PCL6 |
| Postcript Type | PostScript 3 |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Very Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Fair |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Poor |
| Copy quality | n/a |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 23.7 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | n/a |
| Color Output Quality | Fair |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 109.08 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 3.4 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 1.5 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Very Good |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 18.5 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 17.67 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 32.97 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 0.6 |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 13.05 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 14.79 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 100.28 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 40.09 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 1.9 |
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