Xerox 8400 Ink Uses Not Toner But Solid-ink Technology

There are many color laser printers available at low prices nowadays. Some are older versions selling for less than they did originally, while others are small and only one year old. Now each small firm can have a high-volume printer other than an inkjet, because each seller has a stock of color laser printers at a price good enough for a single user workplace, not to mention one with multiple employees.

Xerox Phaser 8400 doesn't utilize laser technology. It utilizes ink to make stunning color copies very rapidly. It is also compatible with PostScript, and you can adjust color settings in a way that's not possible with a low level laser printer. Of course, you have to give up something. It won't run tons of black & white copies like a laser printer, and it's no competition for an inkjet when it comes to the quality of its images, but it's still pretty terrific.

As a Phaser 8400 solid ink also known as wax-jet or phase-change printer, the Phaser 8400 ink works something like an offset printing press, or a cross between an ink-jet and a laser. It's yellow, cyan, magenta, and black ink come not in liquid or powdered form, but in waxy chunks or small cubes. Actually, not cubes but four slightly different, drop-in shapes, and carved toddler-toy-fashion to fit into the proper slots underneath the hood of the printer.

The Xerox Phaser 8400 is revolutionary. You no longer need complicated software or an over-used front panel LCD to tell you when the ink is low. By simply opening the front of the printer, you can see how much ink has been used directly. More importantly, you can add ink at any time without having to unload or reprogram. Simply drop a new block in the slot.

Phaser 8400 ink is friendly to the environment because there are no waste tanks or consumable cartridges to discard. Instead, a single plug-in imaging-drum lubricator or plug-in maintenance kit supplies all the ink that the printer will use for 10,000 to 30,000 pages. There is also a waste tray that needs to be occasionally emptied and replaced.

Inside the printer, the stubby crayons are melted. Drawing, speaking of environmental impact, up to 1,500 watts, though Xerox says the printer averages less than a fifth of that into an ink reservoir. A 1,236-nozzle, 600 by 600 dpi print head sprays the ink onto a heated, rotating drum, which transfers the image to paper in one pass versus the four passes of most low-priced color lasers.

The ink sets within seconds on the page, unlike the seeping or blotting that happens when you use an inkjet. You can get the ink off only by scratching with a fingernail as it does not even smudge if you run a damp finger over it. The end result, though dry, still looks almost damp. Color printouts appear with a definite banding in an inkjet printer and a laser printer too has a mild banding effect, but here, even solid-color areas look glossy enough to believe they were painted.

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Phaser 8400 ink makes stunning color copies. It's no competition for an inkjet when it comes to image quality, but it's still pretty terrific. The phaser 8400 solid ink utilizes solid blocks of ink, which makes it easy to reload. By simply opening the front of the Xerox Phaser 8400 you can see how much ink has been used directly. More importantly, you can add ink at any time without having to unload or reprogram. The ink dries rapidly, and there is no seeping or smearing. The printout practically looks like it's been painted on with rich, glossy shades, and the negatives like banding are eliminated.

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