An In-Depth Look At The Xerox Phaser 7300 Printer

If a quality color printer that is fast and reliable is the requirement for printing everything from memos to company reports, then the Xerox Phaser 7300 Printer will take some beating. Delivering fine lines, sharp text and bright colors at 2400 dpi (dots per inch), this machine produces professional drawings, spreadsheets, flow charts, schedules or marketing brochures. No matter what paper is used, a sensor will automatically modify the fuser temperature providing consistent results on bond stock or standard paper.

Full color pages can be printed at a rate of 30 pages per minute, the first color page taking just 16 seconds to appear, and black pages printing at 37 pages per minute which is quite impressive. A 500 MHz processor is well suited to a multi user environment within an office with a broad spectrum of printing needs. The printer’s memory is upgradeable to 512 MB while an option is available to install a 20 GB (minimum) disk drive to accommodate print queues on the network. There are 136 True Adobe Postscript fonts and 45 PCL5c fonts available as standard.

A paper tray that can hold 550 sheets is standard, but extra paper trays stacked upon one another and holding paper of different weights and sizes may be attached making this a truly versatile printer for an industrious office. Monthly output can reach 83,000 pages comfortably and the easy changing large capacity cartridges of toner can save thousands over a year. The Run Black capability enables any printing to be produced only in black where problems with any of the cartridges containing the color toner are experienced.

The Xerox CentreWare Management program offers support for Novell, Microsoft and Unix. The drivers for a variety of systems like IBM AIX, DEC, Sun, Windows, Novell Netware, Linux and HP are readily available. Software for displaying the status of the printer and print jobs, network information, accounting details and E-mail messages will save a lot of time.

The installation procedure can be accomplished in one click by the use of the Phaser Installer utility. The printer's administrator can control the unit using a web browser from anywhere there is access to the Internet. The PrinterScout program can send a message to any user’s workstation if there is a problem with their printing job.

The correct paper tray, the job status and the correct application settings can be detected by means of the Dynamic Driver Interface. The machine can handle large printing jobs from even larger workgroups easily. A busy office with a wide variety of printing needs can be accommodated simultaneously through the use of the 500 MHz processor.

The unique PhaserSMART program is able to perform troubleshooting routines automatically on its own. This is an automated support system available over the Internet. Connections may be made using an Ethernet port, a USB port or a parallel port.

With its propensity for handling many different paper sizes and paper weights, the Xerox Phaser 7300 Printer should achieve universal acceptance. It is equally at home placed on a table or standing on the floor on top of its multiple stacking paper trays. This machine boasts world class servicing and support and on-site repairs as part of its one year warranty. Remember to stock up on Xerox toner in case of an unexpected printing emergency.