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From: Ian Piper on 7 Jan 2010 05:32
Hi all,

I had an offer thing from Misco this morning: Xerox Phaser 6110N for
�99.99. Is this a good deal, do you think? Or would I be better off
going for one of the higher spec Phasers?


Ian.
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Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development",
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From: Sara on 7 Jan 2010 10:31
In article <7qlri0Fv9eU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I had an offer thing from Misco this morning: Xerox Phaser 6110N for
> �99.99. Is this a good deal, do you think? Or would I be better off
> going for one of the higher spec Phasers?
>
>
The only thing I would say is that it is a laser not a wax jobbie, and
if that's an ex-VAT price they're slightly cheaper here
<http://www.printerbase.co.uk/acatalog/xerox_6110.php#a8169>

I've used that company for a couple of years and not had any problems,
unlike Xerox themselves.

The Phasers that I've seen have been very good machines.
Xerox are complete wankers to deal with direct - very, very, dodgy.
BUT - their engineers do turn up and fix things when they're supposed
to, and when you want to throw a printer out they turn up and take it
away for free, which saves the cost of a skip.

--
Sara

Cuddler of rats, cats and husband
From: Ian Piper on 7 Jan 2010 17:34
On 2010-01-07 15:31:08 +0000, Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> said:

> In article <7qlri0Fv9eU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I had an offer thing from Misco this morning: Xerox Phaser 6110N for
>> �99.99. Is this a good deal, do you think? Or would I be better off
>> going for one of the higher spec Phasers?
>>
>>
> The only thing I would say is that it is a laser not a wax jobbie, and
> if that's an ex-VAT price they're slightly cheaper here
> <http://www.printerbase.co.uk/acatalog/xerox_6110.php#a8169>
>
> I've used that company for a couple of years and not had any problems,
> unlike Xerox themselves.
>
> The Phasers that I've seen have been very good machines.
> Xerox are complete wankers to deal with direct - very, very, dodgy.
> BUT - their engineers do turn up and fix things when they're supposed
> to, and when you want to throw a printer out they turn up and take it
> away for free, which saves the cost of a skip.

Ah... well spotted. I am after one of the wax-based printers and hadn't
noticed that this isn't. I'll give it a miss, I think. The 8560N is the
one I was looking at before, but it's over �400. Maybe I'd better keep
saving for one of those.

Thanks, useful information.



Ian.
--
Ian Piper
Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development",
Apress, December 2009
Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/�
--�

From: Mark Ingle on 7 Jan 2010 18:36
Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:
>
> Ah... well spotted. I am after one of the wax-based printers and hadn't
> noticed that this isn't. I'll give it a miss, I think. The 8560N is the
> one I was looking at before, but it's over �400. Maybe I'd better keep
> saving for one of those.
>
We have three Xerox 8560DN printers and I wouldn't recommend them due to
the reliability when out of warranty. On two of them the LCD displays
seem to 'fade'; The display did recover temporarily on one of them, but
the problem doesn't appear to be the display itself as we have swapped
this out in the hope of getting more of them working. Some of the
features are available via the web interface but others such as cleaning
jets aren't. On one of them, some jets wouldn't clear and we have had to
junk it (the free disposal may come in useful); we can't resolve the
print quality problems on the second one due to the screen not working
properly, so that has had to be semi-permanently switched off and will
probably be junked as well.

It's a shame as the quality from these printers when they are working is
excellent, and there aren't any expensive drums or fusers to replace.
From: Sara Merriman on 8 Jan 2010 01:51
In article <7qn5rkF7hpU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:

> On 2010-01-07 15:31:08 +0000, Sara <saramerriman(a)blueyonder.co.uk> said:
>
> > In article <7qlri0Fv9eU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> > Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I had an offer thing from Misco this morning: Xerox Phaser 6110N for
> >> �99.99. Is this a good deal, do you think? Or would I be better off
> >> going for one of the higher spec Phasers?
> >>
> >>
> > The only thing I would say is that it is a laser not a wax jobbie, and
> > if that's an ex-VAT price they're slightly cheaper here
> > <http://www.printerbase.co.uk/acatalog/xerox_6110.php#a8169>
> >
> > I've used that company for a couple of years and not had any problems,
> > unlike Xerox themselves.
> >
> > The Phasers that I've seen have been very good machines.
> > Xerox are complete wankers to deal with direct - very, very, dodgy.
> > BUT - their engineers do turn up and fix things when they're supposed
> > to, and when you want to throw a printer out they turn up and take it
> > away for free, which saves the cost of a skip.
>
> Ah... well spotted. I am after one of the wax-based printers and hadn't
> noticed that this isn't. I'll give it a miss, I think. The 8560N is the
> one I was looking at before, but it's over �400. Maybe I'd better keep
> saving for one of those.
>
> Thanks, useful information.
>
We've just bought an 8560N to replace our old 8200 and it is an
excellent machine, worth saving up for.

--
Sara

Cuddler of rats, cats and husband
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