Xerox Phaser 8860

Xerox has come with a new product to break with the traditional business model of printer manufacturers. In traditional printer-manufacturing business printers are reall give-aways, while ink and toner cartridges are supposed to return their price as they user replaces them.

Xerox Phaser 8860 is a product that costs over 2500 USD and offers 3,2 cent copies, whereas very few color printers go below 10 cents for a copy. Actually, this low price per copy is due to the use of solid inks and not toner. The speed is 16 ppm, which is way lower than in competiting devices. Still, the cost per copy is unbeatable.



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