The Phaser 8560 is a truly amazing printer, especially it's workable size, and it's very easy to load paper and even fix jams - but the truly remarkable difference is the ink. They resemble little pucks of crayon - and you place them in their respective areas and print.  No big, bulky cartridges or heads to deal with - no ink dust or liquid ink - and no recycling!  This printer should be the wave of the future.  The quality of the finished product is gorgeous and the price cannot be beat.  Xerox has a FREE program for nonprofit agencies as well.  

HorseSister

Titusville, FL

I am a retired Xerox manager now working as a consultant out of my home.  The Xerox 8560 solid ink printer makes stunning output on all kinds of paper.  I wanted solid ink because it does not run if it gets wet and I knew the ink sticks last forever. 95% of the time I am thrilled with this machine.   The drawbacks have been: [1] It was not easy to get installed and the Xerox on-line and telephone support were not as much help as I would have expected.  It is a small office network printer that will not really connect directly to your PC no matter what the directions say.  It requires a router and a LAN connection, which is where I went wrong and how it eventually got straightened out.  [2]  Service has not been as knowledgeable as it should have been.  After the ink stick hardware module was replaced twice for an ink stick count error that took the printer off-line, it turned out that the solution was a firmware download from Xerox.com, which should have been suggested to me right after I received the printer. Nonetheless, I would not part with it because it makes gorgeous brochures, marketing collaterals, client reports, even business cards, all at a fraction of commercial printing costs.

mguhin

Rochester, NY

 Fast printing, High quality prints, scans, acts as a standalone copier and fax - that is how I would have described this printer unit. I have been using this printer for almost 6 months now.  Never had any maintenance issue so far.  Good thing I got it free at this website my friend referred me to - freeprinterpromo.com Otherwise, I would have settled for a cheaper printer due to budget constraints.

LarryJones75

Floral Park, NY

Great Printer!  I love that this printer uses solid ink.  They are so much easier to install, know how much ink in left and the color is great!  This printer gets used a lot and it rarely breaks.  The only thing I don't like about this printer is that it is a lot slower than some of the HP models I have used.  It seems to take forever when trying to print adobe acrobat files.

bsm

Arlington, VA

The Xerox Phaser 8560DN uses solid ink blocks that are better for the environment and easy to use.  It produces very good quality color in accuracy and depth.    It's fast with good output. The duplexer makes fast work of 2-sided printing for brochures, bulletins, booklets, etc. This is not the top of the line Xerox printer.  If you need tabloid printing or higher volume, choose another product.  But in the mid-range, it's more than capable for small business applications. It has straight line feeder and you can configure with additional paper trays for more capacity. It's also a little larger than it appears to be in ads.  So, check the dimensions for footprint. It also makes interminttent ticking noises (normal) when not in sleep mode.  But beyond that small annoyance, you will experience easy & inexpensive use.  You might want to shop other outlets to replace ink. Genuine Xerox ink blocks are more expensive than off-brand. 

JasG

Tampa, FL