Xerox Phaser 6140 color laser printer: Affordable True Color Printing with an Eco-Friendly Promise!

Now that the new Xerox Phaser 6140 laser printer is out in the market, the majority of consumers can heave a sigh of relief because at last an affordable color laser printer is available. It is a fact that color laser printing is expensive; but with the Xerox Phaser selling for only $399 while its replacement cartridge is retailed for less than $90 each, color printing is no longer confined to big businesses but also to budget-conscious individuals.

What does the Xerox Phaser 6140 bring into color printing?
Xerox through the years has sustained its reputation of providing the best office imaging equipment. That is why operating a Xerox machine in offices or even households can give users an upright feeling of superiority and a class by itself. This new equipment from Xerox delivers the following features:

Expressive colors or printouts that seem to spring out of the box. Printouts produced by the Phaser 6140 come to life with head-turning color quality and powerful color boosts.

Print resolution of up to 600x600x4 dpi (dots per inch). Photo-quality images await the Phaser 6140 user given the printer's vibrant color reproduction capabilities.

Xerox exclusive toner technology. The Phaser 6140 prints documents using Xerox’s Emulsion Aggregate High Gloss (EAHG) toner powder. The EAHG toner comes engineered as uniform-sized and shaped particles to produce superior image details, line characterization and text that are extra sharp and clear.

Color Simulation and Correction. The unit is also equipped with Pantone Color designed solid-color simulations and the dependable Xerox Color Correction Technology to generate precise and true colors respectively over printouts.

True Adobe PostScript. The Phaser 6140 supports this Adobe Imaging Model to further ehance color and graphics printouts.

All of these features are packed into the Xerox Phaser 6140 laser printer. At an affordable cost, the user gets high resolution prints that can always be expected from a Xerox machine.

But wait! The Xerox Phaser 6140 is also an Energy Star rated laser printer having passed the stringent measures on energy use promulgated by USEPA (United States Environment Protection Agency). Moreover, this printing equipment is part of the Xerox Green World Alliance – a global movement organized to encourage printer users to recycle and dispose supplies and consumables properly.

Thus with recycling now forming part of Xerox's commitment to the environment, consumers must also do their share in the recycling process. The most sensible option is to use a compatible toner refill kit on empty Xerox toner cartridges, rather than disposing these consumables nonchalantly to clog dumpsites and contaminate waterways.

Energy Star: Reduced Laser Printer Power Consumption

The United States operates over 220 million units of imaging equipment (laser printers mostly) distributed in majority of offices and households. The combined use of these imaging equipment consumes over 40 billion kilowatt hours (KWh) of electricity annually which is equivalent to 2% of the US building sector's total energy consumption. In the same way the USEPA (United States Environment Protection Agency) recommended the switch from incandescent bulbs to CFL (compact fluorescent lamps) in the intent of pursuing energy saving practices; laser printer users are now being urged to switch from conventional units to Energy Star classified laser printers.

The conventional laser printer, when in full operation, use about 1,300 watts of electrical energy. In stand-by mode, the unit consumes about 300 watts of electrical energy. That much wattage is expended inefficiently just to continuously heat up the fuser rollers of the printer on standby. And since office personnel tend to forget to unplug the equipment at the end of office hours; around 5 kilowatts more is added to the projected 10 kilowatt total daily energy consumption or 15 kilowatts if the printer is left unplugged during weekends. Therefore at month's end, the average electrical energy consumption is pegged at around 360 kilowatts or 4,320 kilowatts annually. That is equivalent to electricity expenditure of $650 for each laser printer for offices or households based in New York.

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Energy Star on laser printers is a supplementary energy saving technology developed by printer manufacturers through the initiative of USEPA.

Energy Star features a sleep mode (switches the printer to stand-by automatically after long periods of inactivity), which reduces energy consumption by as much as 50% to 60%. The printer on power-low mode will use only up to 40 watts of electrical energy. Said technology also constitutes an efficient printer design that allows the equipment to operate at lower temperatures. Reduced heat emission from the laser printer can therefore extend the serviceable life of the machine as this retards the wear and tear of printer parts. Consequently, this increases the efficiency of the office air-conditioning system; reducing energy expenditure and related maintenance costs in the process.

Acquiring an Energy Star rated laser printer is not the end all of energy savings. The user should make it a habit to unplug the printer from the outlet following use. Note that a switched off but unplugged printer can still use up around 7 to 30 watts of electrical energy.

Due perhaps to the desire to cut back on energy costs; consumers often forget that in order to enjoy substantial savings the use of replacement consumables should also be addressed. Since OEM toner cartridges are way too expensive, a compatible toner refill kit is the sensible replacement of choice when the original cartridge runs out of toner.