Section 2
Evaluate Ease of Use
The best way to evaluate a printer’s ease of use is to use it in a real world environment over an extended period of time. But even without that opportunity, the following questions can help uncover a printer’s true
❖Can you easily reach all areas of a printer?
❖Is it easy to check the consumable status before committing to a large or important print job?
❖Also, consider what tools are provided to help manage multiple printers in a network.
❖How easy is it to learn to use and manage? Does it offer easy control both over the network and from its front panel?
How The Phaser 4400 EXCEEDS The Ease of Use Requirement:
The Phaser 4400 represents the first monochrome laser printer from the Xerox Office Printing Business to incorporate most of the powerful Phaser features developed for our color printer products. From the simple
Our CentreWare IS works with an embedded web server in the printer. Just pull up the printer’s URL and go to the CentreWare Internet Services site using your favorite Web browser and easily find all you need to know about it — current status, user manuals, trouble- shooting guides, software drivers, and hot links to Xerox product information, software updates, and support resources.
Network administrators can easily monitor, configure, and troubleshoot the printer right from their desktop — keeping the printer and its users running at full speed. It can also discover all of your networked printers and multifunction devices, regardless of manufacturer. On the Phaser 4400, CentreWare IS allows users to access the saved job repository directly from their desktops.
The security of system access has been modeled after Microsoft system security levels. And MaiLinX pro- vides automatic email alerts to specified individuals for printer conditions requiring attention. For example, a “Low Toner” message sent to a purchasing manager could act as a reminder to order supplies before the printer runs out completely.
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