Xerox 8550DT Color Network Printer

• Brilliant, professional color output. Solid ink color is truer, more saturated and remarkably consistent, page after page, on virtually any media.
• Incredibly priced to give you the competitive edge of color for about the cost of a black-only network printer.
• As fast as 5 seconds to your first page. It's the fastest first-page-out speed of any color printer in its class.
• Features that are normally optional come standard. Namely, networking, true Adobe® Postscript® 3™, automated troubleshooting and job accounting. Plus, on the Phaser 8550 you get advanced paper handling features such as automatic 2-sided printing, collation and booklet printing.
• Unique single pass Solid Ink color technology only offered by Xerox.
• Solid ink provides high print quality on the widest range of media types and weights - from recycled to thick cover stocks to transparencies and more.
• Best for the environment, because efficient solid ink is environmentally friendly and virtually waste-free.
• Proven reliability is backed by a 1-year on-site warranty and the unmatched Xerox Total Satisfaction Guarantee.

Features that Reduce Costs

• Lowest Printer Price in its class, allows you to buy a high-speed-feature-packed printer at a great price.
• Fast Color Mode uses less ink and still gives you great quality.
• Usage Analysis Tool allows administrators to monitor usage and control printing if necessary.

Features that Save Time

• One-touch Phaser Installer allows you to go to the printer, touch a button, and let it install itself.
• Intuitive print driver displays print options from all trays and applications.
• PrintingScout™ provides instant, on-screen instructions when the printer needs attention throughout the entire print job.
• PhaserSMART™ provides online troubleshooting to get you back to work fast.
• CentreWare® embedded Web server allows you to manage, configure, and troubleshoot the Phaser 8500 and 8550 from the desktop.
• Support Centre provides easy access to all user documentation, tools and utilities electronically.

Features that Ensure the Highest Color Quality

• Solid Ink technology, an alternative to laser printing, provides a truer, more saturated, and remarkably consistent images, on virtually any printing surface.
• Automatic Color Correction applies the best print method to each element on a page (text vs. graphics vs. photos) to eliminate compromise between text and graphics quality.
• Photo mode offers an incredible rich, image-enhancing color control.
• Driver Color Control to better match the colors seen on your monitor.

Features that Enhance Productivity

• Productivity Kit:  includes Personal Print, Secure Print, Proof Print, Saved Print, Extended Collation and Extended Font Storage with a 20GB hard drive.
• Personal Print:  a new feature that creates a personal mailbox on the printer's hard drive where you can store processed print jobs to be printed on demand quickly via the control panel.
• Proof print:  produces only one copy of a multiple copy job in order to proof the copy before printing the rest. You can print the remaining copies right from the printer front panel.
• Secure Print:  protects your confidential documents requiring a password entry at the printer before printing.
• Saved Print:  stores the job on the printer's hard drive so you can print it on demand.
• N-Up Printing:  enables printing of more than one page on a single sheet. One-up, two-up or as many as 16-up printing on the same page. This environmentally friendly feature decreases the consumption of paper and ink.
• Cover Sheets:  allows you to feed the first and last page of the document from a different media tray.
• Separation pages:  allows you to separate print jobs with blank sheets, making it easier to see where one job ends and the next begins.
• Collation:  allows you to print multiple copies of multiple-page documents in the correct numerical sequence.
• AutoFit:  automatically scales a page to best fit the sheet size of the media in the designated input tray.
• Watermark: provides the ability to print text, such as "Draft" or "Confidential," in the background of every page of a document.
• Job Pipelining:  allows the printer to process multiple jobs at the same time.
• Auto 2-sided printing:  allows you to print on both sides of the paper without reloading sheets.
• Booklet Printing:  reduces the size of each page by 50% and prints two pages per sheet. It prints the pages in the correct order so the document can be folded and stapled to form a booklet.

Xerox 8550DT Specifications

• Print speed:  Color: up to 30 ppm, Black: up to 30 ppm
• First page out:  As fast as 5 seconds color / black-and-white
• Memory standard/maximum:  256/1 GB RAM
• Image processing:  600 MHz, 32 bit RISC
• Internal hard disk:  Optional (20 GB min)
• Maximum duty cycle:  Up to 85,000 pages/month
• Maximum resolution:  2400 FinePoint™
• Network connectivity:  USB 2.0, 10/100BaseT Ethernet
• Automatic 2-sided printing:  Standard
• Language Support:  Adobe® PostScript® 3™, PCL® 5c emulation
• Paper input capability:  Tray 1: 100 sheets, Tray 2: 525 sheets (Total 625 sheets), Additional 525-sheet feeder (Total 1,150 sheets)
• Standard features:  Run Black, Custom-Size Pages, Phaser Installer, Intelligent Ready, Embedded Web Server, PrintingScout, PhaserSMART, Usage Analysis Tool, Booklet Printing, Smart Trays, Remote Printing, Email Alerts, Job Accounting, Printer Neighborhood, Job Pipelining
• Warranty:  One-year on-site, Xerox Total Satisfaction Guarantee

Network/Software

• Printer management:  Xerox® CentreWare® Printer Management for Microsoft® and UNIX®, CentreWare IS Embedded Web Server, CentreWare Web Administrator, Xerox NDPS Gateway, Usage Analysis Tool
• Font capabilities:  137 PostScript® fonts and 81 PCL® 5c fonts
• Printer drivers:  Windows 98SE/Me, Windows NT 4.0 (SP6), Windows 2000/XP, Windows Server 2003, Mac OS® 9.x, Mac OS® X version 10.2 or higher, Novell® NetWare® 5.x/6.5, Linux Red Hat 9, Suse 9, Fedora Core 1, UNIX Sun Solaris 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, HP/UX 11.x, IBM AIX 4.3.3, Xerox Walk-Up Printing Drivers with Windows 2000 or higher
• Language support:  Adobe® PostScript® 3™, PCL® 5c emulation

Paper Handling

• Input Paper Capacity:  1,675 sheets
• Media input trays:  Tray 1 standard: 100-sheet capacity; 16 lb. Bond - 80 lb. Cover (60-220 gsm); Supports a wide range of papers, envelopes, cover stocks, labels, business cards, trifold brochures, postcards, transparencies and more Media sizes: Index card (3 x 5 in.), Statement, Executive, A/Letter, US Folio, Legal, A6, A5, B5 ISO, B5 JIS, A4, Custom sizes from 3 x 5.5 in. (76 x 127 mm) to 8.5 x 14 in. (216 x 356 mm); Envelopes: #10 commercial, DL, C5, #51/2, #63/4, Monarch, Booklet, Lee (A7), Choukei 4 Gou, Choukei 3 Gou Tray 2 standard: 525-sheet capacity; 16-32 lb. Bond (60-120 gsm); Supports a wide range of papers, envelopes, cover stocks, labels, business cards, trifold brochures, postcards, transparencies and more Media sizes: Statement, Executive, A/Letter, US Folio, Legal, B5 ISO, B5 JIS, A4; Envelopes: #10 Commercial, DL and C5 Tray 3 standard on 8550DT and 8550DX: Capacity, media types and sizes same as Tray 2 Tray 4 standard on 8550DX: Capacity, media types and sizes same as Tray 2
• Automatic 2-sided printing:  16 – 32 lb. Bond (60-120 gsm)
• Output tray capacity:  300 sheets

Special Features

• PrintingScout:  PrintingScout instantly displays pop-up help if attention is needed during print jobs.
• Phaser installer:  Phaser Installer automatically gets you printing in seconds.
• PhaserSMART:  PhaserSMART® remote diagnostic tool provides automated Internet-based support.
• Productivity tools:  Run Black, Custom-Size Pages, Phaser Installer, Intelligent Ready, Embedded Web Server, PrintingScout, PhaserSMART, Usage Analysis Tool, Booklet Printing, Smart Trays, Saved Settings, Manual Color Adjustments, Negative and Mirror Images, Scaling, Watermarks, Cover Sheets, Remote Printing, Image Smoothing, Job Completion Notification, Separation Pages, N-Up Printing, Email Alerts, Job Accounting, Printer Neighborhood, Job Pipelining, Secure Print*, Proof Print*, Saved Print*, Personal Print*, Collation*, *Requires hard drive

Color Controls

• Color standards:  PANTONE®-approved solid color simulations, Adobe® PostScript® device independent color, CIE International color standards, and support for ICC and Apple® ColorSync® color management systems
• Print quality modes  8500: Fast Color, Enhanced 8550: Fast Color, Standard, Enhanced, High-Resolution/Photo
• Color correction:  Automatic, sRGB Display, sRGB Vivid, SWOP® Press, Euroscale Press, Commercial Press, SNAP Press, None, Black-and-White

Operating

• Dimensions:  width: 16 in. (40.6 cm), height: 14.5 in. (36.8 cm), depth: 21 in. (53.34 cm), weight: 60 lbs. (28 kg.) Optional 525-sheet Tray – width: 16 in. (40.6 cm), height: 5.2 in. (13.2 cm), depth: 20.5 in. (52.1 cm), weight: 16 lbs. (7.3 kg.)
• Environment:  Temperature: Non-operating: -30° to 60° C (-22° to 140° F); Operating: 10° to 32° C (50° to 90° F). Relative Humidity: Non-operating: 10 - 95%; Operating: 10% - 80%. Noise Level: 33 dBA standby, 54 dBA running
• Electrical:  110 – 120 VAC, 60 Hz; 220 VAC, 50 Hz Consumption: 230 W avg./1500 W max. ENERGY STAR-qualified (ES configuration)
• Regulatory:  FCC Part 15, Subpart B, CSA certified to CSA-C222 No. 950, CE Mark applicable to directives 73/23 EEC and 89/336/EEC CDRH, EN 55022

Total Satisfaction Services

• Services:  One-year onsite warranty, online web technical support and telephone support. Innovative service offerings include optional extended service agreements and custom training for your internal help desk. Backed by the Xerox Total Satisfaction Guarantee.