Competitive Comparison - Xerox Phaser® 6300 Competitive Comparison

Phaser ® 6300

Competitive Comparison

Xerox Phaser
More informative front panel interface
• The Phaser 6300's 6-line display is large enough to give visual instructions and animations on how to perform tasks
as well as has an intuitive and robust menu structure for making changes to the printer settings. The Phaser 6300
shows users graphical animation on how to replace consumables or load trays – all at the front panel!
• The Dell unit has only a 2-line display with no visual animations and a limited and unintuitive menu layout.
Better ease of use
• The Phaser 6300 printer's consumables are easy to find due to its convenient transparent cover and front panel graphics.
• Paper trays are also easy to reach and allow paper type and size to be easily set with an automatic prompt for paper settings.
• The Phaser 6300 has a configurable multi-purpose tray that can be adjusted to automatically be the paper source when media
is inserted into it, or left at the default to feed media of a user-defined type and size.
• The Dell 5100cn looks like a Dell computer, but its looks make it harder to use.
• Toner compartment is not labeled and is opaque so users must guess where it is located.
• Paper tray is tucked under the device, so it can be hard to reach.
• There are no labels on the outside of the printer, so users must guess at what a button or level does.
• Directions to clear paper jams are in difficult-to-read places.
• Multipurpose tray is not configurable
More intelligent features, drivers, and support
Phaser 6300
Driver design is intuitive and easy to navigate.
Intelligent driver complete with smart trays, consumables gauges,
and mimics. Plus, the Phaser driver automatically picks up the correct
paper size from Microsoft applications.
CentreWare ® IS embedded web server is robust, has an intuitive visual
design, and is fully featured.
• Job Accounting not only shows the types and numbers of
documents printed and by whom, but also the impact each
document had on the consumables.
PrintingScout on screen alerts instantly tell the user if there is a problem
with their print job and provides graphical instructions on how to fix it.
PhaserSMART online help provides an easy link to the Xerox Knowledge
Base, which is fully populated, rich in content, and uses decision trees
for simple navigation.
Email, phone, and onsite support are seasoned professionals with
excellent response time and service.
CentreWare Web fleet management utility is able to manage not only
Xerox printers and multifunction devices, but competitive units as well.
Proven quality and performance
Over 20 years of printing experience is built into the Phaser 6300 – creating a printer that everyone loves to use.
The 5100cn is Dell's first color laser printer...and it shows.
Copyright © 2005 XEROX CORPORATION. All rights reserved. Xerox
6300 Ease of Use
®
Advantages
® , CentreWare ® , Phaser ® , PhaserSMART
Dell 5100cn
Driver design can be confusing and unintuitive.
The Dell driver has no bi-directional or real-time functionality and thus
cannot show tray or consumable status.
Dell's embedded web server does not have all the features and ease
of CentreWare IS.
• Job Accounting is very basic and does not show the
consumables impact of jobs.
Dell Status Monitor has a simple task bar link to the printer's
embedded web page.
Dell's online knowledge base is sparsely populated without the depth
of detail and ease of Xerox's.
Dell phone reps admit to having little training. Plus, their service is
outsourced to companies that don't specialize in printers.
Dell offers no such software utility.
® are trademarks of XEROX CORPORATION in the US and/or other countries.
Go to www.xerox.com/office to
learn more about the Phaser ®
635CC-05UA
www.xerox.com/office
6300.