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Pros
Very fast at printing text
Very good design; good print quality
Cons
Expensive
Slow at printing graphics; costly toner

$635.00 - $999.00
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Pricing: Expensive: $999 (3/26/2009)
Performance: Good: 71
Features: Very Good: 83
Design: Very Good: 88

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Expensive: $999

Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $89.99

Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - $89.99

Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - $89.99

Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - $89.99

Performance

Good: 71

Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	28.3
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	17.86
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	27.61
Text Output Quality	Superior

Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	1.7
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	14.88
One-Page Webpage (secs)	13.12
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs)	109.35
Color Output Quality	Good

Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	0.5
Sports Action Shot (secs)	117.88
Color Photo Quality	Good

Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	1.5
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	40.38
Grayscale Output Quality	Good

Grayscale Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Grayscale Glossy Output Quality	n/a

Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm)	3.8
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	15.71
Line Art Output Quality	Very Good

Scan Tests (in seconds)
Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi	8.78
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	8.62
Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi	9.66
Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi	8.76
Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi	7.34
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	8.62
Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	8.84
Overall Scan Quality	Good

Copy Tests
One-Page Copy (secs)	10.09
Copy Output Quality	Very Good

Features

Very Good: 83

Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed	384
Maximum Amount of RAM	1408

Dimensions
Dimensions	18.1 by 20.5 by 28.7
Weight (pounds)	88.2

Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min.	B&W PPM:31
Color Pages per Min.	Color PPM:20

Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi	600-by-600
Max. Color dpi	600-by-600

Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type	PostScript
PCL Emulation	PCL6
PostScript Type	PostScript

Interfaces
Parallel Port	Yes
Serial Port	No
USB 1.1	Yes
USB 2.0	Yes
Ethernet	Yes
Media Card Readers	None
PictBridge	No

Drivers
Macintosh	Yes
Windows 98	No
Windows NT	No
Windows 2000	Yes
Windows XP	Yes
Linux	Yes

Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts)	500
Standby Power Draw (watts)	90

Multifunction Printer Specs
Scan Area (inches)	8.5 by 14.0
Max. Scanning dpi	600
Maximum Enhanced Scan Resolution (dpi)	9600
Scanning Image Sensor Type	ccd
Scanner Type	Flatbed/ADF
Maximum Scan Color Depth	48
Maximum Scan Grayscale Depth	32
Fax Resolution (dpi)	400-by-400
Fax Memory (pages)	4
LCD Type	Mono

Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard	2
Number of Input Trays, Maximum	3
Tray Capacity, pages	400
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays	950
Manual Feed Slot	Yes
Maximum Paper Size	Legal
Output Tray Capacity	300
Auto Duplexer	Optional

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	24
Saturday Support Hours	24
Sunday Support Hours	24
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty
Cost per Page, Black	$0.09
Cost per Page, Color	$0.16

Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle	60000
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields	3000
Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	2000
Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	2000
Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	2000

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	Xerox printers need to be more reliable, say readers, who gave the company below-average grades for severe problems and for usability. Xerox’s scores have changed very little since our last R&S survey.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems	Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Worse than Average
Reports of problems that render a product unusable	Worse than Average
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use	Worse than Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Average

Design

Very Good: 88

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- Xerox's Phaser 6180MFP closely resembles the Dell Multifunction Color Laser Printer 3115cn, but it has a better overall design, faster text printing, and better-looking (though slower) graphics printing. Unfortunately, it also costs more to buy and maintain.

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User Reviews for Xerox Phaser 6180MFP

Reviewed by: scompas

Duration of ownership: 3 Months

Strengths: Great print quality. Fast enough. Good service and support.

Weaknesses: Scan to FTP, Scan to Computer (SMB) and Scan to EMail are flaky at best and some just don't work at all.

Overall Evaluation: Scan to FTP and Scan to Email have problems and don't work with Windows 2003 Server using Active Directory. I spent 3 months working with Xerox tech support to help diagnose the problem. I ran multiple communication traces under multiple scenarios. Their engineering staff finally reproduced the problem in the lab. HOWEVER, Xerox has chosen not to fix the problem. They told me that Xerox was not going to issue ANY firmware upgrades or fixes for the product - EVER! Maybe this explains why they are discounting the product now by $250 - it would seem they are going to drop the product.

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