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Review
Xerox WorkCentre XD100
By Andy Walker, Cyberwalker
Media Syndicate
Very small businesses often suffer from photocopier envy.
They may not have the volume of copies to justify a $1,000-plus stand-alone machine, but do have enough need to make the absence of a copier anti-productive at times.
Xerox decided to solve that need, with the Work Centre XD100 printer/copier.
Xerox's premise is that a business probably has a fax,
a scanner is not a necessary fixture and separate printer
and copier stand-alone units are expensive acquisitions.
Combining the two makes sense, as laser printer technology
isn't that different from photocopier technology.
The XD100 pairs the two quite nicely. It's an eight-page-per-minute
laser printer with output at 600 x 600 dpi resolution. The
copier's document scanner, which is revealed by lifting
a lid on the top of the unit, will scan anything that fits
on the glass. That includes books or objects that won't
fit through the sheet feeder of other all-in-one products.
The copier lid is adjustable and even removable if necessary
to get something large onto the glass.
Output from the copier is rated at 10 pages per minute and
has a 50 to 200 per cent reduction and enlargement feature.
The unit is also a digital engine, so one scan can produce
multiple copies. Unlike earlier photocopy technology, 10
scans aren't necessary for 10 copies.
Another delightful feature is the drawer-style paper tray.
It holds up to 250 sheets of paper that can measure up to
8.5 inches by 14 inches. Thanks to this, paper is easily
loaded, paper jams are rare and the resulting output doesn't
curl because of a roller-coaster paper path through the
machine. Despite the drawer configuration, running an envelope
through this machine is no joy, but this reviewer has yet
to see any printer that does that well. Card stock is also
not happy in the XD100.
The big shock on this product is the cost of the toner.
A new cartridge costs about $180 US and lasts for about
6,000 pages -- one-third the price of the printer itself,
which runs about $500 US.
When the drum cartridge needs replacing, it costs another
$200 US. Thankfully, that should be necessary only once
every 18 months with regular use.
The only thing missing from the XD100 is a document feeder.
There is a single page paper feeder so that you can bypass
the paper drawer, but it seems like an afterthought.
The product comes with a three-year limited warranty and
is equipped with a parallel port connection and Windows
software.
Base unit price: $500 US
Reviewer's rating: 4.5 / 5
Comments: The only thing missing from this great
machine is a document feeder, which will be remedied by
the forthcoming XD105. The toner cost makes us cringe.
More info: http://www.xerox.com
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