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Pros

  • Very inexpensive
  • Good design and features for the price

Cons

  • Color photos look grainy
  • Very slow printing both text and color images

At A Glance

This low-cost color laser offers good features and expandability for the price, but the tradeoffs are very slow print speeds and limited graphics capability.

Manufacturer’s Description

Exceptional color printing for today's business world. You want the advantage of color to get noticed. You need a no fuss, waste conscious printer that's up to the task. Enter the Xerox Phaser 6140N color laser printer, your simple, productive printing solution.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number 6140N
Processor
Processor speed 0.4 MHz
Memory
Memory size 0.256 MB
Memory max 1.28 GB
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 200 watts
Standby Power Draw (watts) 50 watts
Green
Energy Star compliant 1.0
Dimensions
Width 15.8 inches
Depth 18.0 inches
Height 18.4 inches
Weight 40.5 pounds
Media Handling
Standard Number of Input Trays 1
Maximum sheet capacity with standard trays 500.0 sheets
Standard Input Sheet Capacity 250
Manual Feed Slot 1
Automatic Duplexer Standard
Paper Handling Support
  • Duplexing
  • Envelopes
  • Glossy Paper
  • Labels
  • Transparencies
Media Sizes Accepted
  • Envelope - US # 10 (4.125" x 9.5")
  • Envelope - US # 10 - Com10 (4.125" x 9.5")
  • Envelope - US # 11 (4.5" x 10.375")
  • Envelope - US # 7-3/4 (3.875" x 7.5")
  • Envelope - US # 8 5/8 (3.625" x 8.625")
  • Envelope - US # 8-5/8 (3.625" x 8.625")
  • Envelope - US # 9 (3.875" x 8.9")
  • Labels
  • Sheet - 3.5" x 5"
  • Sheet - 4" x 6"
  • Sheet - 4" x 7"
  • Sheet - 4" x 8"
  • Sheet - 5" x 7"
  • Sheet - 6" x 8"
  • Sheet - 8" x 10"
  • Sheet - US 3" x 5"
  • Sheet - US 4.8" x 3.6"
  • Sheet - US 5.5" x 4.25"
  • Sheet - US 5.8" x 3.9"
  • Sheet - US 8" x 10"
  • Sheet - US 8.25" x 11"
  • Sheet - US Executive (7.25" x 10.5")
  • Sheet - US Folio (8.5" x 13")
  • Sheet - US Legal (8.5" x 14")
  • Sheet - US Letter (8.5" x 11")
Max Input Trays 2
Minimum Paper Height 3
Minimum Paper Width 5
Maximum Paper Height 14
Resolutions
Monochrome horizontal optical resolution 600 dpi dpi
Monochrome vertical optical resolution 600 dpi dpi
Color vertical optical resolution 600 dpi dpi
Color horizontal optical resolution 600 dpi dpi
Platform Support
Printer languages supported
  • HP PCL 6
  • PostScript Level 3
Postcript Type Adobe PostScript 3
Printer Type
printer_functions Printer
Cost Per Page
Monthly Duty Cycle 40,000
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type Ethernet (10/100 Mbps)
PictBridge No
Vendor Rated Speeds
Monochrome print speed 21 ppm
Color print speed 19 ppm
Warranty
Warranty information 1 Year Parts & Labor Warranty

Performance

PCWorld Test Center (Quality)
Print quality: Text Superior
PCWorld Test Center (Speed)
Print speed: Text 13.38  ppm
Performance
Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) Very Good
Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) Fair
One-Page Webpage (secs) 16.01
Sports Action Shot (secs) 86.62
Sports action shot (seconds) 86.62
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 16.4
Line Art Output Quality Very Good
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 20.31
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) 37.02
Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) Superior
300dpi Line Art Image (secs) 15.08
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 37.99