There are a ton of printers out on the market—as newer printers come into play, older machines get forgotten. Though the Xerox Phaser 860 seems to have been replaced time and time again by newer and more complex machines, like the popular ColorQube 8570, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a solid, steady machine. While it was made originally to be a midlevel office machine with its monthly duty cycle of 65,000 pages, most medium sized offices won’t be able to operate due to its slower-than-average speeds of only 16 pages per minute. Small offices, though, will probably work in conjunction with the unit just fine. Strangely enough, it does offer fast first page out times of only 10 seconds.

Operating with a 64 MB RAM memory upon purchase, buyers are given the option of upgrading if needed to RAMs as high as 256 MB. Connection is offered via USB or parallel port; however, some compatible models like the Phaser 860DP and Phaser 860DX do offer ethernet support too.  These models also offer duplex printing, while the standard 860 must have an upgrade to add this feature. Able to pump out documents with resolutions as high as 1000 dpi, text and light graphics documents will look professional and sharp.

The unit has a 200-sheet main paper tray upon purchase; however there are multiple trays that can be added later as optional media trays. Photo paper, labels, transparencies, plain paper and heavy paper are all compatible, as well as envelopes, and most standard sizes of each are supported too.

To operate the 860, you will need to keep four color ink sticks on stock—black, cyan, yellow and magenta. These sticks are generally mess free, and they are much better for the enviorment than standard ink tanks. Overall, you will find though it may be a few years old, the Phaser 860 is a solid machine.

There are a ton of printers out on the market—as newer printers come into play, older machines get forgotten. Though the Xerox Phaser 860 seems to have been replaced time and time again by newer and more complex machines, like the popular ColorQube 8570, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a solid, steady machine. While it was made originally to be a midlevel office machine with its monthly duty cycle of 65,000 pages, most medium sized offices won’t be able to operate due to its slower-than-average speeds of only 16 pages per minute. Small offices, though, will probably work in conjunction with the unit just fine. Strangely enough, it does offer fast first page out times of only 10 seconds.

Operating with a 64 MB RAM memory upon purchase, buyers are given the option of upgrading if needed to RAMs as high as 256 MB. Connection is offered via USB or parallel port; however, some compatible models like the Phaser 860DP and Phaser 860DX do offer ethernet support too.  These models also offer duplex printing, while the standard 860 must have an upgrade to add this feature. Able to pump out documents with resolutions as high as 1000 dpi, text and light graphics documents will look professional and sharp.

The unit has a 200-sheet main paper tray upon purchase; however there are multiple trays that can be added later as optional media trays. Photo paper, labels, transparencies, plain paper and heavy paper are all compatible, as well as envelopes, and most standard sizes of each are supported too.

To operate the 860, you will need to keep four color ink sticks on stock—black, cyan, yellow and magenta. These sticks are generally mess free, and they are much better for the enviorment than standard ink tanks. Overall, you will find though it may be a few years old, the Phaser 860 is a solid machine.