Recently, I was asked to give an opinion on the Phaser 790 printer and Xerox Phaser 790 toner for a friend who was looking for a new printer for her small non-profit. Being a small agency, they really don't have the funding to afford a huge printer with all the bells and whistles. They just needed a functioning printer until more funds could be secured.
The nature of working for a charitable organization is that there is never enough money; in this area the Phaser 790 perfectly matched the needs of my friend's agency. Because it is no longer available new it can be hard to find this model, but when it is it can be had for a sizable discount from online vendors or used electronics shops.
The 790 isn't the fastest printer I have seen but with speeds of 11 pages/minute for black and white and 6 for colour it would suffice for this agency. The most common use that a printer is put here is to produce attention grabbing worksheets for the client and that is usually done in advance of lessons. When it's not possible to print early the speeds would allow worksheets for 30 clients to be printed in about 5 minutes.
When you compare the 790 to other printers available at its price point, you find that it generally has a much larger paper input capacity. With a maximum capacity for 1400 sheets, staff can load it and forget about it. Saving them time that would be better spent working with clients. The only thing in shorter supply around NPOs than money is time, so this should be considered a positive for the 790.
The final point I will mention is that the Xerox 790 comes with a standard 6 GB hard drive, which can be used to save documents that require multiple printings. Again, the major draw that I saw here was the fact that this could save the agency a little bit of time.
The Phaser is not without its negatives however. I feel that the lack of any USB ports is detrimental to productivity as flash memory continues to become cheaper and more present in the workplace. It may not be a commonly accessed feature, but one I feel the staff at this agency would come to miss. The Phaser 790 comes with a standard 10/100 ethernet switch built in as well as a bi-directional serial port.
While the price of used equipment can be seen as a benefit the possibility of increased maintenance costs must be factored in. There are always risks associated with purchasing second hand merchandize, and especially since the ability is so important to the work done, I consider this a major drawback of the 790.
The nature of working for a charitable organization is that there is never enough money; in this area the Phaser 790 perfectly matched the needs of my friend's agency. Because it is no longer available new it can be hard to find this model, but when it is it can be had for a sizable discount from online vendors or used electronics shops.
The 790 isn't the fastest printer I have seen but with speeds of 11 pages/minute for black and white and 6 for colour it would suffice for this agency. The most common use that a printer is put here is to produce attention grabbing worksheets for the client and that is usually done in advance of lessons. When it's not possible to print early the speeds would allow worksheets for 30 clients to be printed in about 5 minutes.
When you compare the 790 to other printers available at its price point, you find that it generally has a much larger paper input capacity. With a maximum capacity for 1400 sheets, staff can load it and forget about it. Saving them time that would be better spent working with clients. The only thing in shorter supply around NPOs than money is time, so this should be considered a positive for the 790.
The final point I will mention is that the Xerox 790 comes with a standard 6 GB hard drive, which can be used to save documents that require multiple printings. Again, the major draw that I saw here was the fact that this could save the agency a little bit of time.
The Phaser is not without its negatives however. I feel that the lack of any USB ports is detrimental to productivity as flash memory continues to become cheaper and more present in the workplace. It may not be a commonly accessed feature, but one I feel the staff at this agency would come to miss. The Phaser 790 comes with a standard 10/100 ethernet switch built in as well as a bi-directional serial port.
While the price of used equipment can be seen as a benefit the possibility of increased maintenance costs must be factored in. There are always risks associated with purchasing second hand merchandize, and especially since the ability is so important to the work done, I consider this a major drawback of the 790.
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After weighing the potential of the Xerox 790, I chose to offer a conditional recommendation. We were also able to find a deal on the Xerox Phaser 790 toner, so I thought that this would be a viable option for them. Check out our site http://www.qtoner.us.
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