Xerox WorkCentre with Cyan, Magenta , Yellow and Black Standard Capacity Toner Cartridges

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Prior to this I had an HP LaserJet Pro 200 color MFP for my home office, which I was quite happy with, but was looking for something faster and could do duplex printing and scanning. I was originally drawn to the HP m477fdw, but I took a bit of a gamble and went with the Xerox, and am glad I did. Setup: Just plug an Ethernet cable from my router to the printer, turn on, and go though wizard on LCD display. I just skipped all the stuff about security and pin codes, since its a home office. On my Windows 10 computer, I initially just added the printer through Windows and it installed the drivers and all seemed to work fine, but I later realized there were some limitations that way (duplex printing had to be enabled from an additional Xerox Experience app that got installed). So I installed the latest printer and scanner driver from the Xerox website for the 6515 and those worked great. Duplex printing enabled by default. When installing the scanner driver it gives you a choice of TWAIN or WIA. When I installed the TWAIN, nothing I had would work, but when I installed the WIA I found that all 3rd party scanning software I had worked (VueScan, HP Scan and Capture from Windows Store, and Windows Scan that comes with Windows). Alternatively, by sharing a folder in Windows, it was easy to find that folder in the control panel on the printer and set it as a destination for scans. It remembers the folder and login info for all future scans, just takes a few seconds to log into it each time. All computers on my wireless network easily found the printer and are able to print and scan to/from it wirelessly. By downloading the Android plug in from the store, my phone easily prints to the printer wirelessly as well. Dont know why anyone would buy the wireless module. Pros: - Speed, both printing and scanning. So much faster than my HP 200. Should be a little faster than 477 according to specs and reviews. - Ease of setup. - Output quality. Color and exposure accuracy of pictures is spot-on. I thought my HP was good, but this made me realize that the HPs colors and exposure of photos werent nearly as accurate. - Single pass duplex scanning. HP 477 doesnt have duplex scanning at all, let alone single-pass. Making 2-sided copies is so fast. - Control panel folds down to allow scanning of books that stick out of flatbed. HP doesnt seem to be able to do this. - Build quality - Low power for this speed class, so doesnt dim the room lights, like a Samsung I tried. Cons (minor): - Control panel is laggy (by smartphone standards), but similar to HP. - Has to warm up for 10 sec before can use the control panel. HP 200 was instant. - Still makes noise (fan) when in low-power idle state. HP 200 was silent. I have the Xerox set to go to sleep after 2 minutes (minimum) of inactivity (default was 6 min). Sleep mode is silent. Takes about 20-30 seconds for first-page out from sleep mode, depending on content. If I know Im going to print something soon, I can manually wake it up ahead of time by pressing the power button. - HPs text was a little bolder, which made it a little more readable. - Doesnt come with any scanning software, but third-party software seems to work well.

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Pros: 1. User interface software is excellent (hardware is slow, see cons section). 2. Great price. 3. Great features. 4. Relatively low DIY toner replacement cost. Cons: 1. User interface is slow. I just wish theyd use a faster processor to it was more responsive. Touch the screen ... wait for it to update ... touch the next thing ... wait ... 2. Incredibly lame power button: Has no hard power switch, so it has a single button on the UI panel for sleep, wake, and power off. Fine if the machine is awake ... but ... incredibly lame to use if the machine is asleep and you want to either wake it or shut it down. Its as if theres a hardware bug and the software team did their best to work around it, but its still barely responsive when asleep and I often had to hit the button many times or Id just give up and unplug the machine. This might have been related to my WiFi connection failure described next. 3. Consistently lost WiFi connection with my Mac and required manual power up and reset: If the printer was asleep overnight, Id have to wake it manually and sometimes even reset it as it wouldnt wake up automatically when I tried to print. This was on WiFi using the OEM Xerox WiFi module and connecting to my Macbook Pro. I spent months trying to get Xerox to troubleshoot this issue, and finally got tired of waiting and returned it. VERY disappointed, given all the pros of this machine.

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Not printing after only 1200 prints/copies. Xerox sent us a new part to install; that didnt work. Then they sent out a technician. Still broken. Now, they are sending us a remanufactured product, not a new device even though weve only used it for 3 months and printed 1200 sheets. Their customer service is completely unhelpful. It was bad enough that weve had no printer for 2 weeks, but now theyre not even sending us a new device.

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Got about 7 months of great usage (barring minor software issues) out of the printer before its transfer belt died. Xerox honored their on site service, and a technician eventually came to repair the unit. Unfortunately, an hour after he left, the printer started making clicking noises and complained about a toner cartridge. Called support again and waited a week, but no one came. Called back to find that service call had somehow been lost. Scheduled another service visit, and this time the technician said its a problem with a drum, which isnt covered because its a consumable. Ordered and replaced the (expensive) drum and the associated toner cartridge. Printer lasted a day, then started making clicking sounds with the same symptoms. It now sits blinking its red error light while I shop for a different brand because I dont have the stamina to deal with any more service visits.

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I love this printer. Its in my office and runs very quiet. Takes a bit to wake up from sleep. There are a lot of features I havent used but eventually Ill set them up. Im using this with an iSeries (AS400) server which was easy to set up because I have other Xerox WorkCentres configured to it. Also using this with Windows Server 2012, Win7, 8 and 10 machines. Windows 10 was a bit difficult with it at first, but its Microsoft ... what can you expect? After fiddling around with drivers the W10 PC finally go going. Havent had it long enough to determine ink usage and value but so far it seems quite acceptable. I do wish the primary paper drawer was larger. Its a pain having to refill it so often. Its designed to be an office printer, put an acceptable size drawer in it so people can be more efficient with their time. UPDATE June 2018 ---- Purchased a 2nd printer in 2018. Nothing but problems with this one. Immediately after the return window closed we had to have Xerox come and replace the fuser. Not 2 weeks later Im waiting for them to come out and assess the problems with documents getting stuck in the ADF BEFORE they get more than 2 inches through. Xerox wont replace the printer. They prefer wasting resources replacing parts.

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PLEASE LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND ANSWER FOR YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS: • YOU HAVE USED HALF THE "FEATURES ON THE HOMEPAGE? --. ALREADY used it... • PLEASE TELL THINK OF WHAT FEATURE YOUD NEED MOST OFTEN AND NOTE ITS IMPORTANCE (PROMINENCE). • PLEASE FIND THE WiFi TOGGLE... To me? Its stupid that the ESSENCE of a printer, which is printing and communicating with the computer ... isnt THE subject of the homepage. And its this confusion of objectives which shines through as the dominant "feature" ... which I regard, as bugs. - WASTEFUL / OVERPRICED CONSUMABLES (3rd party rarely works ≥ 50% & arrived broken twice). • USES COLORS DURING B & W PRINTING • Constantly HARANGUED by the need to buy colors I DONT USE -- because of its SCAM. - UI IS GENUINELY STUPID • SAYS WiFi IN MGMT CONSOLE ON PRINTER • CANNOT DISABLE SLEEP MODE DURING BUSINESS HOURS!! • MENUS INADVERTENTLY HIGHLIGHT + SELECT ITEM-TOUCHED ONLY TO SCROLL... (cheap). MANUAL DOESNT SAY -- [ HOW ] -- TO RE-ENABLE WiFi ... IT JUST SAYS -- [ "to" ] ... TURN IT BACK ON. THERE IN FACT, IS NO WAY TO ENABLE WiFi FROM THE PRINTERS USER INTERFACE. Once you connect to the web-mgmt (via a computer) ... you have an option (see pictures) suggesting that you can enable 802.1* -- which, the * has always meant all/any/wildcard. And while you MIGHT think this meant that "WiFi printing is enabled ... youd be wrong. No such feature exists. ;-) VERY ANNOYING PRINTER MAYBE its worth $150. BUY SOMETHING ELSE. RETURN anything not immediately "impressed" by the beautiful prints -- its ease and intuitiveness of use, that its RELIABLE!, efficient, and doesnt WASTE your consumables. Its bad enough this is a form of gouging; but on top of it, you may not have the consumable you need when you need it, all so they could scam you.

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Excellent multi-function printer! Others have commented on how difficult it was to set up. If you are at all tech savvy you should have no trouble. All the settings use standard networking terminology, and are easily located in the web interface. The only thing I used the touch screen for was to set an initial static address. After that I used the web interface from my PC. I did have a little trouble locating the default password in the manual. So I googled it and found that it is 1111. All manufactures should put basic information such as default address, username and password, on the first page of their manual. Unfortunately such is hardly ever the case. One shouldnt have to go looking all over for it. By the way I made no attempt to use WiFi, mine is hard wired. I, personally, would only use WiFi if I had no other option. I found the device easy enough to configure that I never consulted the manual. I downloaded the current Windows driver from the Xerox web site. It works perfectly. The print quality is excellent! I created a share on one of my PCs for Scans, and had scanning to folder working on the first try. The same with scanning to email, worked on the first attempt. I use Office 365 for my email. I had a little trouble trying to find the Fax settings in the web interface, but once located, that was easy to setup too. I have one small gripe about the touch screen. When scanning, the device remembers who scanned last so it is necessary to clear the previous users name from the scanning screen. If you dont do this, you will end up scanning to yourself, and the previous user. If you plan to buy any Multi Function Printer (regardless of brand) you will be much better off if you have some familiarity with basic networking terminology. Otherwise any of them are likely to be intimidating. Likes: Excellent print quality. Excellent scan quality. Its a good size for a home office. No issues interfacing with my home network. Windows print driver worked perfectly. Two sided scanning and printing. This is a substantial machine. It is quite heavy, and seems to be well made. Dislikes: Configuring the Fax was a little confusing. The device remembering the previous user in the scan settings, might get tiresome. The Linux driver on the Xerox web site would not work with my Mint 18.2 Linux PC, I had to locate a different driver elsewhere. A number of people in online forums have the same issue. But if you use Linux, then you are used to having to putz with things to get them to work anyway. In summary, I feel this device is a good value for the money. If you are looking for an MFP for your home or small business, this one is hard to beat. Yes, I recommend it to others.

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I am an IT consultant and have sold/installed hundreds of printers over the past couple of decades. I bought this to replace a 10 year old Xerox multi-function that was on its last legs. My only complaint about this model is that theres a slight delay when using the touch screen, its as if they didnt use enough processing power for the interface. After a while you get used to it and its tolerable but can still be occasionally annoying especially if youre in a hurry and trying to rush. All things considered this is, in my experience, the most reliable color multifunction laser printer under $600. The step up from this model, the VersaLink C405, is double the price and you only get slightly faster print speeds (36ppm vs 30ppm), a larger paper tray, and a slightly upgraded touch screen interface. But it also suffers from the same slow/laggy interface so there was no compelling reason for me to spend the additional money.

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Top quality printer! Software was a pain in the butt to get duplex printing going but once I finally figured it out its quite good. This can be enabled by going to "Devices and Printers" then right clicking on the printer and clicking "Printer Properties", then click on "Configuration" and change "Duplex Module" to "Installed" this is the processes for Windows 10 at least. Print quality is excellent and I have no complaints about the actual printer except that every time you turn it off and on it would print a Startup Page which is both wasteful and annoying. However this can be disabled by connecting the printer to your network and then by entering the printers IP Address in a web browser. It is super quiet and prints incredibly fast! I ordered the wireless adapter just so I can have access to the settings in the web browser. I wish Xerox put all the settings on the actual printer instead of putting up a hurdle just to change basic functionality! All in all I would purchase again for sure!

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There are things to like about this printer but it was too much trouble and I returned it. While setting it up to print was no problem I discovered scanning is a real issue. Check the forums on this printer before you buy, tons of issues and no resolution. I never once got it to scan. When it prints the quality is good but it was a constant arm wrestling to get it to work and I have a fairly simple set up so not the most complex situation by far. If you are a tech guru and love to spend time tweaking, then go ahead. Me, I need to print/scan and go so this did not work. Also, while it is a wireless printer you have to buy the wireless adapter separately. It does not come wireless ready.

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