Xerox Color 550/560

[Keness]

I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion of the new DocuColor 252/260 replacements, the Color 550/560. There was quite a bit of interest in them BEFORE they were released, and now that they're out, nothing...

Perhaps because they're a bit lackluster...? Although I'm sure they're very good machines, especially considering what they are replacing (and are based on) are very solid, but I was a little disappointed once I saw them. (And not just with the absurd color scheme!)

Basically, they are nothing more than the 252 and 260 they replace, but with LOWER B&W speeds and EA-Eco toner. That's really it, from what I see, other than they aforementioned (absurd) cosmetic changes.

On the accessory side of things they do connect to the Dual Oversize HCF which is nice, but their new cosmetics broke the streamlined look of everything by not sharing the same bullnose look of the feeders and finishers like the 700, the 4112/4127 and the Nuveras.

The cosmetic changes actually seem more like a ploy to make them seem like different machines than the recently refreshed WorkCentre 77xx series.

I was hoping they would differentiate with actual capabilities and not just plastic. I was hoping that a Digital Color Press 500 and DCP 600 would be joining the DCP 700 we already have. But although the 550/560 use the newer EA-Eco toner, they have NONE of the 700's other mechanical enhancements and are identical, inside, to the old 252/260.

It's a shame when a company allows their marketing department to grow too powerful and it starts exerting too much influence of the direction of products.

Still, at least the products they are replacing are solid. Not perfect, but very solid. So as long as the growing pains with EA-Eco have been worked out, the 550/560 should be solid as well, albeit boring.

[X33]

so here are some differences between the Xerox DC252/DC260 and the new Xerox 550/560 besides the cosmetics:

- B&W Speed (letter size 24 lb paper): DC250: 65ppm, DC260: 75ppm. X550: 55ppm, X560: 65ppm

- Color Speed in letter size 24 lb paper is the same: DC250: 50ppm, DC260: 60ppm. X550: 50ppm, X560: 60ppm

- But Color Speed in 12x18 300gsm coated paper is up to 50% faster (what most people run all day long): DC250: 8ppm, DC260: 10ppm. X550: 12ppm, X560: 12ppm

- Front to Back Registration (Lead Edge Direction): DC250/260 3mm, X550/560 1.2mm

- Alignment Profiler (Registration) and Paper Profiler are now available for the end user on the X550/560

- The X550/560 can officially duplex on glossy media; DC250/260 couldn't.

- Booklets in glossy/coated media can be done now on the X550/560.

- Booklets can now be up to 25 sheets on the X550/560 compared to only 15 sheets on the DC250/260

- Dual Oversized High Capacity Feeder is available for the X550/560

[Keith]

Also, if I'm correct, all the options available to the 700 are now available to the 252/260 replacements. For instance, I couldn't get the decurler for my 252.

[Keness]

Also, if I'm correct, all the options available to the 700 are now available to the 252/260 replacements. For instance, I couldn't get the decurler for my 252.

Nothing there has changed. The mechanics behind the fuser (where the 700's "new" decurler is located) is not in the 550/560. Everything there is identical to the 260. The decurlers which have always been in the finishers are still there, though, of course. But the ones IN the print engine, like the 700 but not the 252/260 are still not there in the 550/560.

[X33]

Not all the options from the X700 are available on the new X550/560.

On the new X550/560 now you can get a dual oversized high capacity feeder, an interface module (with custom decurlers) to connect to the booklet maker finisher (also called light production finisher).

On the X700 you can get more modules like the GBC puncher, High Capacity Stacker and Square Fold Booklet Maker and Trimmer.

[digitalpro]

What I want to know is if the Professional finisher features can be accessed from the print driver. Or is it like the DC252 where most of the finishing features are only accessible from the control console (during copying) in which case all you need is an OCT if you want to use it mainly as a printer.

[X33]

What I want to know is if the Professional finisher features can be accessed from the print driver. Or is it like the DC252 where most of the finishing features are only accessible from the control console (during copying) in which case all you need is an OCT if you want to use it mainly as a printer.

that doesn't make sense. Why you wouldn't be able to access the finishing features from the print driver on a DC252? There's something wrong with your setup.

[digitalpro]

Well, tell me, for example, how to use the booklet maker from the print driver

[X33]

Well, tell me, for example, how to use the booklet maker from the print driver

here are the step by step instructions:
http://www.support.xerox.com/support...?objGUID=22451

[Keness]

What I want to know is if the Professional finisher features can be accessed from the print driver. Or is it like the DC252 where most of the finishing features are only accessible from the control console (during copying) in which case all you need is an OCT if you want to use it mainly as a printer.

100% of the finisher's functions are available when printing on the DC252...