Xerox Phaser 8560
By RogerS • Dec 3rd, 2008 • Category: Xerox Ink Printer Reviews 
I just purchased a Xerox Phaser 8560 solid ink printer, and am very happy with it. Its printed product has an almost embossed feel to it being raised slightly, probably due to the ink sticks being used. The prints also have a very noticeable glossy finish which has added to the professional look of all of my graphic designs. This printer comes with an extremely easy to use help menu which can be accessed on the LCD screen. The finished prints are literally “shot” out of the printer at faster speeds than I have ever seen a laser jet printer perform. In addition the definition and quality are far better than color lasers I have used in the past but not quite as good as a really expensive inkjet.
I even soaked a printed page in hot water to see what would happen to the Xerox 8560 ink , which was nothing. The solid ink stayed where it was printed even in the presence of water. The paper did however fall apart but there was no running of the colors and graphics. The ink sticks have been pretty inexpensive if bought through third party vendors. Unfortunately it is not designed to produce full bleed documents, but this is the case with most printers I considered before purchasing the Xerox 8560.
Setting up the printer was a breeze, all I had to do was plug it in and insert the CD-Rom and it printed its test page and menu map. The Ethernet connection is great for easily adding it to my home office, plug and play. Although the print quality is fantastic, there is a little dithering in printing photos but it is acceptable. The unit is a bit heavy and you will definitely need some help when moving it to a new location. All in all this is a great printer for graphics and small offices in need of quality color prints.
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Awesome, i have one, and gave it a test just hours ago, what a breeze, even better than the OKIDATA 5500N which has accryllic ink, im floored, ill use this solid ink printer for everything, call your xerox dealer and demo this one, youll be glad you did, y=thanks for the post
Bonjour, moi aussi j’ai la phaser 8560 depuis decembre 2007 et moi aussi je suis stupéfait par la qualité d’impression sur papier classique. Par contre, il faut faire attention car les impressions de cette imprimante ne peuvent pas etre plastifié a chaud car la couleur vire au vert. Si une impression reste a la lumiere du jour, apres quelques semaines, changement des couleurs qui tirent aussi sur le vert. si une impression est manipulée régulièrement, comme un menu de restaurant, l’encre s’écaille. Le prix de revient des consommables revient tres cher. impression en pleine page en qualite avancé est d’environ 220 à 250 feuilles. en un an j’ai déjà imprimée 20 000 pages et mon budget encre a explosé en 2008. par rapport a mon ancienne imprimante laser avec laquelle je pouvais imprimer 1000 feuilles a 4 pleine page pour approximativement le meme prix en encre 350 euros les 4 couleurs. cela revient relativement cher. Les plus pour cette imprimante est qu’il n’y a aucun changement de pieces a effectuer si ce n’est le kit d’entretien qui coute 160 euros pour 30 000 pages. par rapport a une laser ou il faut changer le kit d’imagerie, le four, les rouleaux, etc.
l’impression sur la phaser en qualité photo equivaut a 1200 dpi.
Bonjour,
“Malheureusement, il n’est pas conçu pour produire des marges pleines de documents”
Cela veux dire qu’il n’est pas possible de supprimer les marges?
Si oui, comment faire?
Merci pour votre aide.
Caracteristicile tehnice ale acestei imprimante
i have been using solid ink phaser printers exclusively since 1994! this 8560 will be my 5th printer in the same line since…they are, in my opinion, far superior than any other printer i have used…i am a graphic designer and it has served my business fluidly…a word of advice ROGER S, do NOT use any ink other than xerox certified…years ago, my ink supplier recommended using a cheaper 3rd party ink, so i did…this ink first made the colors all shift dramatically (ex: red to orange, blue to green!), and then it clogged the print-head completely…xerox said i voided the warranty, so i had to fight with the supplier to fix the printer…it was a horrible experience i don’t wish anyone to repeat…for a $100 printer, getting 3rd party inks is a risk that might be worth taking, but for a fine-tuned machine like these phasers, i wouldn’t recommend…
Sorry but can’t agree with the others. I found this printer to be very problematic: Color match – even the Xerox rep could not get the colors I needed out of it and eventually blamed the problem on Microsoft. Waste – The unit expells ink at an alarming rate, I can’t think of another printer technology that uses it when its not being used. Waterproof? – you’re kidding right? Thats one of the reasons I’m getting out of this disaster. Color saturation is, at 5%, a joke, if you want to do any volume your better off using this guy for prototypes and sending the project out for the production runs.
The Phaser 8560 replaced my 8200, which replaced my 840. Every incarnation has been better. The biggest benefit of this printer is the COST PER PAGE print for an office environment, where letters and light graphics are the biggest print job.
If you print 5-20,000 pages per month, there is no other printer to consider, IMHO. This printer is a monster. Your office supply store will run out of paper before this printer gets tired. If you need to print card stock, the tray 1 (manual/front) is a nearly straight pass through the printer so it can handle anything. I’ve even printed my business information on tri- and quad-folded brochures– one print job was 500 brochures and only one jam. I doubt there is another printer in the world with that capability.
If you need a small office printer, you should check your volume needs. The Phaser class printer gets cheaper the more you print. If you print less than 5000 pages per month I would recommend against this printer. In idle mode it eats several hundred watts of power to keep the ink ready, and takes 30-45 minutes to power up from cold. It also has to clean and check the print heads (by wasting ink into the waste tray) about every 90 minutes. It makes a little clunk, clunk, whizz noise each time so don’t put it in a quiet area.
For a small office with low volume printing, the 8560 would be like having a ICBM to fix a backyard full of mosquitoes. Sure you could kill a lot of mosquitoes, but you might be better off to use a smaller can of woopazz.
If you want a photo printer, there are some better inkjets, but no better laser class printer. The semi-gloss effect of the solid ink is amazing. My home and office are decorated with Phaser printer photos on plain white copier paper. Just be aware that CPP estimates are based on 5-8 percent coverage, and a photos can exceed 100 percent coverage. If you want an economical photo printer, put your pictures on a USB drive and go to CVS/Walgreens/Walmart.
“Compatible” inks are a waste of money. Color reproduction will suffer badly. I rated Xerox ink as an 8.5 for color reproduction, a 9.0 on yield, and a 9.0 on reliability. I used MediaScience for about 3000 pages and would have to give MS a 4.0 on color reproduction, 8.5 on yield, and 7.5 on reliability. I have not tried the other major compatible competition Artisan. My biggest reliability concerns with MS ink: clogging seems to increase 5-10 percent, and transfer during duplexing. The MS ink during duplexing would leave a residue on the printhead resulting in “ghost” images. And if I ran a bulk mailing through the autofolder the MS ink would actually cause problems with the belts and feeders.
A previous commenter had trouble with color matching. In my Mac OSX (10.4 to 10.6) I had great color reproduction. I gave it an 8.5 compared to a drugstore photoprint and a 9.5 compared to a professional document outsource. When I added a Windows unit to my office, that Windows user had problems. Color profile under XP was easier to correct than under Vista. We have not tried Win7.