ColorQube 8700
3.3
5
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Makes me feel good
We were looking at several copiers during our buying cycle. The sales rep really sold us on two key points.
1. Easy to use and load ink is so easy I still can't believe it. No mess and we never run out because we just add another stick. Color is great too.
2. Most environmental product. The other competitors told us how much energy is used on the 8700 and was not environmental. But Xerox said it is best carbon footprint and showed us reports from multiple 3rd party companies and backed it up. Plus there is no waste because there is no toner cartridges.
We are really happy. A little louder than the other products but benefits outweigh the noise.
October 31, 2012
Xerox 8700 Great for Networked Office Environment
We run a high quality, high volume spay/neuter clinic in the Baltimore-Washington, DC area. We have a network of PC's. As a high volume service we needed a fast printer that could easily and quickly print client records, certificates and receipts. We also needed to print big colorful flyers advertising our services. We also needed other standard office equipment: copier, fax machine and scanner. However we didn't have room for each individual machine, so an All in One was our best solution. We've worked with Xerox Phasers before and were very happy with the outputs.
The ColorQube 8700 was basic set up pretty easy to install and set up. It has a pretty fast warm up time and so far very few problems with paper jams, etc. It has tons of capabilities in terms of networking with the office network, our web server and the internet in general. However, in order to get some of the options working you do need more than basic knowledge about your network and sever.
October 31, 2012
Love the Print Quality
We've already had a part replaced; the side paper tray has never worked; it's slower to print from our very old HP BUT we do enjoy the quality of the printing and ability to print 2-sided. Also ink is much more expensive than we anticipated and seems to disappear more quickly than we'd like.
May 16, 2013
Problems with Scanning, Strange Ink Cubes, Poor Printing on Cardstock
We purchased this to replace a less expensive HP printer. The solid ink technology is certainly interesting, but at least on this printer it was problematic.
We used it for printing color charts on thick cardstock. The "ink" peeled off or scraped of like wax.
The scanner stopped working frequently, and it wasted quite a bit of ink every time the machine turned on. I don't think that solid ink technology works well, or at least not on this machine.
May 16, 2013
Issues are solved and then return
Our machine was installed with no instructions on how to use it. Will not print when coping a 1/2 sheet of paper, keeps sending "Original size not detected" message. Xerox installed new software for this problem, worked for 1 week,now it's back to not coping small notes. No notification of update needed from Xerox. Have to call several people and fight to get a technician in to look at it. Overall poor service.
May 16, 2013
Great Machine
This machine is great! The print quality is superb and the machine is easy to use. It has great functionality from scanning to printing. I love the feature that I can program how a job is scanned by scanning multiple parts and blending then into one document. I would recommend the ColorQube 8700 to anyone with a small to medium size business.
May 16, 2013
Colorcube 8700
We are somewhat unhappy with the color cube since we originally purchased the unit. If it were not for your very competent service employee Michael chamberlain and his manager Ivan Francis we would have returned the unit for a more user friendly and economical unit. Your employees have worked to great lengths to keep our company up and running during the miriod of issues we faced. The Orignal printer had so many issues it was swapped for a refurbished unit. The second unit has functioned much better. The main issue is the excessive cost of wax toner. We are printing about 2500 pages a month and going through toner on a bi monthly basis at the average cost of $600 per order. When we were sold this into we were quoted about 1/3 of this. We print word documents for the most part with about 5% requiring color. If this unit continues to be this costly we will looking to replace it with more cost effiecent unit. I hope that you can come up with an alternative toner or longer lasting product for small business. We will not recommend this unit to others due to the expense.
May 16, 2013
Great Printer
Printer is great the print processor is really slow but overall works great
May 16, 2013
