Phaser® 6510

Printer died catastrophically slightly after a year when warranty was over, and only after mild use (!). Toner cartridges are ridiculously expensive. Would not buy again or recommend to anybody.

I have had a number of other brand color laser printers in the past and they have all failed to meet my expectations, they failed prematurely or would have required costly repairs to bring them back to a usable condition. This time around I decided to spend a little more and buy a Xerox and I am glad I did. Print quality is excellent, for home use the printer is quite fast in comparison to other color lasers that I have had in the past. Changing toner cartridges is quick, clean and painless, by far a better more user friendly design then any other competitive product that I have had.

I should have change my old printer years ago. This is fast and delivers great quality, what more could you ask for

My printer will not center page borders, which I need to use every week when preparing church service bulletins.

Easy to use and setup, very good printer

(Get the DN for 2 sided printing or the DNI for 2 sided printing AND wireless connectivity. The driver is the same for the non duplex model (6510 N) so to enable 2 sided printing with the DN or DNI the optional duplex unit must be checked as “installed” in device settings or configuration tabs within printer properties.) The 6510 has color accuracy and print quality so good that I am trying to overlook the problems with the driver and software. It has been mentioned by other reviewers that if you only need 1 type and size of paper you are fine. Otherwise, allow plenty of time to find and adjust settings. The machine is great but hiring away some HP software expertise would help. Print quality is such that I pasted my company logo into the letter and envelope templates and no longer order stock from the printing company. I do mainly letters and envelopes and load tray 1 with envelopes and 8.5 X 11 in the bypass tray. (additional capacity is available via an optional 550 sheet tray) Configure the unique settings (once then name and save) for each type of print task with regard to tray selection, orientation, size/type of paper, etc. in the printer driver configuration and life is good. (I have yet to figure out how to print #9 envelopes or custom sizes but setting it up to print a “monarch” is the workaround for a #9.) The 6510 replaced my 30 yr. loyalty to HP and I was concerned about the switch. (The print quality of 2 HP color laser jets eventually deteriorated into a light washed out look.) Once I invested some time reading the manual, adjusting the settings on the control panel and within the printing preferences dialogue, the results were actually better than I hoped in terms of price, performance, and print quality. (I am glad I did not forgo the 6510 based on some of the negative reviews as there seems to be a correlation between results and the time it takes to get the settings right.)