Xerox Phaser 6130/N Color Laser Printer | 
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| Brand: Xerox
Category: CE
List Price: $449.00
Buy New: $229.98
You Save: $219.02 (49%)
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Rating:  19 reviews
Format: Cd
Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows & Macintosh
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 46
Dimensions (in): 15.8 x 15.5 x 15.3
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 6130/N
Model: 6130/N
UPC: 095205735475
EAN: 0095205735475
ASIN: B000XSZ6WG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Fastest to first page in its class with a first-page-out time of as fast as 17 seconds in color | | • | Fast speed gets your print jobs done fast - as quick as 12 ppm color and 16 ppm black | | • | 333 MHz processor and 128 MB of memory quickly handle complex print jobs | | • | Vibrant, true-to-life colors with 600 x 600 x 4 dpi will get your work noticed | | • | Easy installation and pre-loaded toner cartridges get you started in a hurry |
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Product Description
The Xerox Phaser 6130 color printer is value-packed and office-friendly with its fast performance, crisp image quality, and easy-to-use features. Its compact size, standard network capabilities, and precise color controls are ideal to handle all of your small business or workgroup printing demands.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 The Rebirth of Home Printing ... God Bless Xerox! January 5, 2009
J. Potter (Tulsa, OK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like many others who have posted reviews, and as a lifelong computer user with 20 years of printing experience, I had become completely fed up with the overall quality of printers offered for sale for the last 10 year or so. Inkjet printers as a category have gone to crap; our first inkjet (circa 1994) was great, but the last three I have purchased have all quickly degenerated into useless, moneysucking, ink-spraying paperweights.* Inability to print the simplest things (like travel reservations, order receipts, etc.) without buying yet another set of ink was driving me up the wall. "Entry-level" laser printers had finally become affordable, but the horror stories of delicate operation, funny smells, horrendous noises, outrageous power consumption, and deplorable Customer disService departments were scaring me off.
After much reading and calculating and meandering, I took the plunge and ordered a 6130. It arrived quickly and was well packaged, and has been the mirror opposite of all the horror stories I had read about "affordable" laser printers. It is quiet, fast, has never jammed, produces clean, sharp prints, and was quite easy to set up. Plenty of documentation (both printed and on disc) was included. It is taller than an inkjet, but very compact, basically a 16" cube. I run the printer via USB with a Toshiba laptop running WinXP SP2; installing the driver was quick and easy, and the print quality is great. After struggling for years with Canon, HP, and Epson inkjets,** I can't begin to say how happy I am with this sweet machine! Buy with confidence!
* In all honesty, I have kept the last of those (an Epson CX5000) around for use as a scanner, but ripped out its useless printer guts long ago.
** In the defense of Canon, HP, and Epson, they all produce wonderful professional-level products. But unless you're running a service bureau or just enjoy burning cash, how can the expense be justified or an individual. The units they target for home use are horrendous! Have your photos printed at Wal-Mart or Target (as a semi-pro photographer, it kills me to type that!), and get this Phaser for your personal business use.
 Office performance at home December 20, 2008
J. Riquelme (Space Coast, Florida)
For the money, this is a fine choice for home color laser printer. I had ours now for 6 months and love how superior it works over our ink jet. No more running colors from water spill on printed paper. The toner cartridges last what seems like forever. They are pricey, but in the end, this unit will pay for itself over the pricier more frequently replaced ink jet.
Great for small office December 2, 2008
Peter Theobald (St. Paul, MN)
I replaced a brother 2700cn with this printer and it is much quieter. it has a faster warm up time. I print over a wireless network and it set-up easy. the manual feed seems to pull the paper in crooked if its not just right. I have only used it 2-3 months and am not sure about the longevity of toner. so far so good
Good value and performance for the price November 20, 2008
M. Erb (Syracuse, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The XEROX Phaser 6130 is a lower priced color laser printer that will satisfy many users that don't have demanding printing needs but would like the benefits of a color laser instead of a color ink jet, or monochrome laser.
The printer is described as being "compact". Well I guess that's a relative term... the printer is quite tall at a speck over 15". Depth is around 16" and width is a little over 15". It's boxy.
I found the setup on my iMac to be a piece of cake. 20 minutes from box to printing. The quick setup sheet was not particularly helpful since it used some ambiguous graphics to indicate what you were supposed to be doing at each step. Of particular concern is the opening of the front panel to remove the imaging unit assembly. This operation which is essential to the setup could be potentially disastrous if you inadvertently touch it against the "transfer unit" that is quite vulnerable because of it's position when the front cover is opened.
If you are not used to setting up equipment, it's best to take your time and read the documentation thoroughly before undertaking the setup.
After the printer was turned on for the first time, it went through some calibration and eventually spit out two pages of configuration information. What I find quite objectionable is that the printer spits out these two pages EACH TIME your printer is cycled off and on. This is a waste of paper and energy. Fortunately this "start up page" can be turned off in the menu, but it takes a bit of digging to find the option.
The printer is a little noisy during printing and initial startup, but once a print job is finished, it almost immediately goes quiet except for a very low fan sound. After about 30 minutes it will go into an energy saver mode. The time before going into energy saver mode is adjustable, from 5 minutes to 60 minutes. It takes about 15 seconds for the printer to be ready to print once it's re-awakened.
Print quality was fine but not exceptional. Of course, given the price of the printer, it's quite good. The Phaser 6130 is no speed demon however. It took 2 minutes and 45 seconds to print a 8.5 x 11 photo in "enhanced" quality over ethernet. Printing regular text documents or web pages with a mix of small graphics and text was fairly quick.
As with any printer, consumables will be an ongoing cost. The XEROX toner cartridges are rated at 2000 pages and are priced around 68.
The other color laser printer that I own is an Okidata C5500n. The Oki printer cost about $230 more than the XEROX so it's not exactly a fair comparison. But the Okidata prints faster, has marginally more expensive consumables costs but is of a noticeably better print quality. Especially in printing photos, the Okidata has more vibrant colors and is sharper. The Okidata also has duplex capability which the Phaser 6130 does not.
Pros:
-Low price
-Seems well built
-Easy setup
-both USB and Ethernet connectivity
Cons:
-A bit noisy
-No Duplex printing capability
-Lacks a bit of sharpness and vibrancy printing photos
If you're looking to move up to a color laser printer from a black and white laser, or an ink jet printer, and don't have overly demanding printing needs, this printer is a worthwhile contender. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a duplex capable printer that can handle high volume printing, this is not your printer.
I give this a solid 4 rating at its price point.
You'll Be Happy with This One! November 18, 2008
T. West
Works well out of the box and with my wireless system. Very pleased with the quality of the prints. Finally, I'm got a printer that I'm happy with.
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