Home | Forums | Article Search | Subscribe & Shop | Contact Us | Log Out Xerox Phaser 4400/N Email This Print This View My Personal Library Heavy Gear February 2003 • Vol.3 Issue 2 Page(s) 30 in print issue Add To My Personal Library Xerox Phaser 4400/N Users can get much higher printing speeds at lower prices than they could just a year ago. The Xerox Phaser 4400/N is a perfect example: a network-ready printer for $1,399 that is manufacturer-rated at 26ppm. The 4400/N has 64MB of standard RAM but allows for quite a bit of upgrading: You can increase the memory up to 256MB. The printer also has a 266MHz processor, 81 resident PCL fonts, and 39 PostScript resident fonts. An optional internal hard drive has 97 additional PostScript fonts. The printer supports parallel and USB interfaces, as well as 10/100Base-TX Ethernet. Busy office places should appreciate the 4400/N's paper-handling capacity. The standard input trays hold 650 sheets of paper, and users can buy two optional 550-sheet trays, bringing the total input capacity to 1,750 sheets. The 4400/N lived up to its speed claims when printing text at the default 600 x 600 dpi in our tests. A 100-page text document printed at a rate of 25.8ppm. Adding graphics slowed the printer down a bit, with a text-and-graphics file printing at 18.8ppm and a PowerPoint presentation managing 15.4ppm. As expected, a full-page, high-resolution graphic (printed at a true 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution) slowed the 4400/N down to 8.3ppm. This printer produced above-average prints, with clear, crisp text. More impressive was that despite fast printing speeds, clip art, charts, and high-resolution graphics displayed no banding at either the 600- x 600-dpi or the 1,200- x 1,200-dpi resolution. The only problem I noted in the print quality was a slight tendency for dark black graphics to be somewhat blotchy. Three configurations of this printer are available, ranging from a $999 base model to the $2,699 4400/DX. Xerox's Web site details each configuration's specifications. With the 4400/N's many features, fast print speeds, and network capabilities, this printer should find a place in many offices. by Kylee Dickey Phaser 4400/N $1,399 Xerox (877) 362-6567 (503) 682-7377 www.xerox.com CPU Rating: 4 (out of possible 5)  User Reviews Be the first to write a review of this product Want more information about a topic you found of interest while reading this article? Type a word or phrase that identifies the topic and click "Search" to find relevant articles from within our editorial database. Enter A Subject (key words or a phrase): ALL Words (‘digital’ AND ‘photography’) ANY Words (‘digital’ OR ‘photography’) Exact Match ('digital photography'- all words MUST appear together) Home      Copyright & Legal Information      Privacy Policy      Site Map      Contact Us Copyright © 2010 Sandhills Publishing Company U.S.A. All rights reserved.