Phaser® 8550
Competitive Comparison
Xerox Phaser® 8550
vs. Dell 5110cn
Experience counts: The Dell printer has a good engine, but it takes much more than that to be a great color printer…like the Phaser 8550.
With the Phaser 8550, customers get:
•Superior performance
•Better print quality and more consistent color
•Legendary solid ink ease of use
•Superior customer support
•Better productivity features
Superior Performance
•The Phaser 8550 has a clear speed advantage over the Dell 5110cn in all print quality modes due to its more robust processor and more intelligent controller. The Phaser 8550 printer’s performance becomes even more dramatic as print quality mode and document complexity increase. Although the Dell 5110cn purports to be
•The Phaser 8550 is always ready to print. The Dell printer, however, performs frequent automatic calibrations that delay printing by 23 to 36 seconds, causing users to wait for their documents. Plus, the limited standby mode set- tings on the 5110cn
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| Get more for less | $799 (U.S. after $500 rebate) | $999 (U.S.) | |||
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| Faster | As fast as 5 seconds |
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| Faster processor | 600 MHz |
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| 0:05 in Fast Color mode | Faster! | 0:12 in Fast mode |
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| 0:07 in Enhanced mode | 0:14 in Quality mode | ||
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| 0:07 in Fast Color mode |
| 0:28 in Fast mode | |
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| 0:11 in Enhanced mode |
| 0:57 in Quality mode |
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0:10 in Fast Color mode |
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| 0:14 in Enhanced mode |
| 0:21 in Quality mode |
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| 0:32 in Fast mode | Clear | 2:31 in Fast mode |
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| 0:44 in Enhanced mode | 2:51 in Quality mode | ||
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| 8550’s Enhanced Mode is faster |
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1All times shown based on internal laboratory testing.
