ColorQube™ 8870

Quick Facts - ColorQube 8870

The ColorQube 8870 starts at $2,899. see models and prices Colour: up to 40 ppm Black: up to 40 ppm Unique solid ink colour technology with low colour running costs for busy offices Xerox solid ink printers produce up to 90% percent less waste, have up to 30% lower lifecycle energy demand and up to 30% smaller carbon footprint than comparable laser printers First-page-out time of as fast as 5 seconds Maximum paper size: 8.5 x 14 inches Resolution: up to 2400 FinePoint™ Standard paper capacity: 625 sheets Maximum paper capacity: 2,200 sheets Network connectivity standard on all models True Adobe® PostScript® 3™ Duty cycle of 120,000 pages per month Minimum dimensions (w x d x h): 16 x 20.5 x 14.5 in. What comes in the box show/hide contents Solid Ink Rainbow Pack plus a preloaded starter stick of each colour (total capacity: 3,000 per colour1) Maintenance Kit (10,000 pages2) Power cord Software and documentation Also need to copy, scan or fax? Consider the Phaser 8860MFP colour multifunction printer

Competitive Edge - ColorQube 8870

Low cost colour – the ColorQube 8870 printer offers low total cost of ownership (TCO) by providing color printing at black-and-white prices Xerox solid ink printers generate up to 90% less waste than comparable laser devices and, from manufacturing to transport to end of life, solid ink printers have up to 30% lower lifecycle energy demand and up to 30% smaller carbon footprint Solid ink's environmental benefits (PDF) Unique solid ink colour technology is only offered by Xerox What is Solid Ink? more features Cartridge-free design means that loading ink is as easy as loading a stapler - no other printer manufacturer can make that claim Watch video about solid ink close   Bundled GreenPrint software helps you print only the pages you want, reducing paper and toner usage learn more about GreenPrint Fastest first-page-out time (as few as 5 seconds) in its class More powerful controller than competitive products, with 512 MB memory standard and 1 GHz processor Small ink stick boxes conserve storage space compared to bulky toner cartridges No need to purchase expensive paper – solid ink prints dense, saturated colour on a wide range of office media, including recycled paper Colour By Words colour correction lets you select desired colour modifications from a simple drop-down list Show me more about Colour By Words

Cost-Saving Features - ColorQube 8870

Colour for black-and-white prices so you can afford to print all your documents in attention-grabbing colour The print volume advantage: If you print at least four reams of paper each month, the ColorQube 8870 will deliver a total cost of ownership that’s the best deal going more features Save on shipping costs due to smaller solid ink packages compared to toner Save real estate in your offices with ink packages that are small enough to fit in a desk drawer Save paper with standard two-sided printing N-up feature prints multiple pages on a single sheet, saving paper, ink and money

Print Quality Features - ColorQube 8870

Incredible detail and halftones thanks to 2400 FinePoint™ print resolution Solid ink gives your documents rich, vibrant colours on all media, including recycled paper Wide media range, including plain paper, labels, envelopes, card stock, business cards, and glossy media more features True Adobe® PostScript® 3™ and PCL 5c emulation print languages ensure your jobs are printed accurately every time Consistent, vivid colour from the first page to the last – no colour degradation over time PANTONE®-approved solid-colour simulations and Xerox colour correction technology deliver results that always match your expectations

Everyday Printing Features - ColorQube 8870

Fast print speed gets your jobs out quickly – as quick as 40 ppm colour and black-and-white Print when you’re ready with a first-page out-time as fast as 5 seconds Two-sided printing is just as fast as single-sided – and saves paper more features Easy expandability lets you add memory to enable more time-saving features, as well as a paper capacity that’s expandable to 2,200 sheets Simplified driver management with Xerox Global Print Driver and Xerox Mobile Express Driver Colour By Words colour correction lets you adjust the colours of your prints, ensuring you get the colours you want. Colour By Words now includes support for English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Show me more about Colour By Words Feed heavy media through any tray Full compatibility with Windows, Mac and Linux environments Small ink stick boxes conserve storage space compared to bulky toner cartridges High monthly duty cycle of up to 120,000 images means you’ll get a reliable colour printer that will last for many years to come

Environmental Features - ColorQube 8870

Solid ink printer and consumable technology mean up to 90% less waste, up to 30% lower lifecycle energy demand and up to 30% smaller carbon footprint than comparable laser printers Typical energy consumption on the ColorQube 8870 has been reduced by 30% from the Phaser 8860 Bundled GreenPrint software helps you print only the pages you want, reducing paper and toner usage learn more about GreenPrint more features EarthSmart print driver settings make it simple to save paper with easy access to two-sided and 2-up features The Intelligent Ready feature learns your usage patterns to optimize power consumption and productivity The ColorQube 8870 is Energy Star qualified

Product Reviews

ColorQube 8870 4.2 5 12 12 Great This printer is an amazing machine. I love the clors and how anything I print looks a step above any other printer I have, The only draw back is the speed especially once it has been running for some time. Once I look back at this draw back I would still buy another and did buy a second machine. May 22, 2012 My experience with the 8870 ColorQube We had seen the 8870 ColorQube demonstrated and so I purchased one for our new business. We print artwork, bulletins, cards, and other things. We are small, so the speed is not an issue as we do a lot of one-offs. We are just amazed at the variety of things we can do with it. The pass thru allows us to use thinker material and we get great color each time. Advantages: Color quality I can market. Amazing flexibility. Disadvantages: Takes a while to warm up when it has been asleep and is a bit noisy.... however not as bad as a laser jet that I had. May 14, 2012 Tres bon produits L'encre n'est pas toujours égal lors d'un impression. on voit certaines petites ligne sur les impressions. May 10, 2012 SLOW Noisy waste of money After reading a few reviews I thought this unit would work for me. Duty cycle of 120,000 per month sounded good 40 PPM. sounded reasonable. Well it prints one page every 10 seconds = 6 PPM. My first run was 700 pages I was thinking it should take ABOUT 20 min. It took two days. This unit is very noisy. had to move it out of the office April 29, 2012 Great printer, with a few small drawbacks Pros: solid ink has a nice sheen,if you use cheap copy paper, people will think you're using nice paper when it comes out of this machine. its also very fast and the software/web interface is the best I've seen in a printer... very detailed stats and easy to use. Solid ink also really is easier and faster then toner, which has quite a bit of value. Now, the cons: its loud, when a page comes out, someone thinks the door was shut, and the warm up time if you don't want the machine sucking energy all day out of the power saving mode, is about 90 sec. Its very quiet during the warmup, so unlike our lasers, everyone thinks its doing nothing while waiting for that 1st page out. My other big complaint is if the power goes out or the printer has an error and reboots (pretty rare), you're out of commission for 10+ minutes, and is going to use 2 pages and at least a dollar of ink to reboot, especially annoying when I have photo paper in that tray. I realized I needed to put this thing on battery backup with the power blinks we have here in Florida. Many error messages print the message onto the page rather then displaying on the screen, even when I enabled the option not to print error messages, I'd rather get them by email. The software for printing from phones doesn't seem to work well, I'd also like to see it connect to Google Cloud Print through a firmware update. February 21, 2012 like the low print costs Excellent print quality-easy ink loading. and best of all lost cost color printing. October 27, 2011 Astonishingly economical high quality color printer Xerox has turned the standard printer business model on its head with this printer! Instead of pricing the printer cheap and the consumables high (the "razors and razor blades" model), they charge a higher, but reasonable, price for the printer, and sell the consumables for less than you would believe. (Google "xerox cost per page" for Xerox's figures). We have two printers from this line, and our measured cost per page is even less than half of Xerox's advertised figures. With this printer, you can really get away with not having separate monochrome printers. I give the 8870 only a "good" for speed, but only because of the longer-than-laser-printer warmup time. The actual time to print if the printer is already warm is amazingly fast - presumably because of the single-pass printing strategy. This printer has many advantages: 1. True Adobe PostScript - more likely to correctly print PostScript from Adobe applications. 2. Excellent internal web server design. Easy to understand and use. "Printer cloning" feature for easy configuration of additional 8870's. 3. The Job Accounting feature gives you detailed information about consumable use for each print job. 4. Much reduced packaging waste compared to laser technology. No toner cartridges to return. 5. Better availability due to the fact that ink can be added at any time. You don't have to worry about the possibility that one of four toner cartridges may run out during someone's important print job. 6. The color is at least as good as laser technology. Possible drawbacks are: 1. The economics of this printer get better with higher volume. The warmup delay effects go away if the printer is used frequently. If you have a low printing volume, this printer may not be appropriate for you. 2. It is difficult to write on the output (eg. with a pen). 3. Lamination of output using a heat process probably won't work. 4. Neither solid ink nor laser technology can compete with inkjet technology for photo-quality color printing. But the latter has much higher cost, and solid ink is fine for most purposes. In summary, if you have a medium to high printing volume, this printer is fantastic! October 25, 2011 I love my ColorQube!!!! This printer provides EXCELLENT color image quality at a price that is hard to beat. I am very happy with this purchase and it seems to be built extremely well. Good Job Xerox!!! July 13, 2011 2next>>   ›See product overview

Software Solutions - ColorQube 8870

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1 Average standard pages. Average Continuous Composite CMY Yield in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711. Yield will vary based on image, area coverage and print mode.

2 Approximate pages. Declared Yield on Drums based on an average job size of 3 pages A4/letter size. Declared Yield on Fusers based on A4/letter size 20 lb (75 gsm) pages. Drum and Fuser Yields will vary based on job run length, media type, size, weight, orientation, and usage patterns.