Xerox WorkCentre M940

by Xerox

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 7.6 x 11.4 inches ; 26.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004Z1S3
• Item model number: 6R929
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 13, 2000

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

The Xerox M940 is a high-quality printer, copier, and scanner in one compact package. It's rated to print and copy at 12 ppm in black and 7 ppm in color. Plus, it features 1,200 x 1,200 dpi printing resolution, 600 x 600 dpi scanning resolution with 30-bit color depth, and a flatbed design to accommodate originals of many shapes and sizes.

To set up the M940, we followed the Getting Started guide--carefully unpacking the unit, inserting the two print heads and four print cartridges, and connecting the power and USB cables. Then we followed the driver software's onscreen instructions to install additional components and third-party utilities. The setup process was easy but unusually lengthy at about 30 minutes.

To test the M940, we scanned, copied, and printed a variety of documents in both color and monochrome using all of the printer's modes (draft, express, normal, and best) and printing on plain, coated, and photo papers. Prints and copies in draft mode were faded and grainy and showed unwanted banding (a horizontal striping effect). Express mode brightened the color and reduced the banding. Normal mode eliminated the banding and greatly reduced the graininess. Best mode provided sharp edges, vivid and more accurate color, and excellent transition from one shade to another. However, in all modes, reds appeared more orange and pinks more purple than they did in the original. Text documents showed similar improvements from draft mode to best, with the latter being only slightly distinguishable from the output of a laser printer.

Printing speeds were good but nowhere near the manufacturer's rating. A single heavy-color copy required 30, 39, 75, and 135 seconds, respectively, for each of the four modes. A single monochrome copy required 21, 33, 50, and 68 seconds. For day-to-day operation using express mode, you can expect about 4.3 monochrome and 2.6 color pages per minute. These results are comparable to those of other multifunctions in this class. The M940 required several minutes to print photographs in best mode, but on photo paper the results are excellent--definitely worth the wait.

The M940 comes with QuickLink III so that you can fax your scanned originals or send them via email. (Note that you cannot dial numbers directly from the unit's control panel, as no keypad is included.) It also includes a document cover, input paper tray, output tray, multipack ink cartridges, print heads, USB cable, power cord, software CD-ROM, user's guide, getting started guide, and USB installation card. It is backed by a one-year warranty. Overall, the M940 is a good all-purpose multifunction unit, ideal for offices with modest volume needs. --Mike Brown

Pros:

• Easy to set up and use
• Prints very sharp text
• Great all-in-one compromise

Cons:

• Lengthy software setup
• Slow color printing in best mode
• Inaccurate reproduction of red shades

Product Description

Toner Cartridge for HP LaserJet 8100 Series, 8150 Series, Black Features solid blacks and smooth grays. Tested and inspected to ensure that it is reliable and dependable. No more mess -- cartridge installs quickly and cleanly.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fast, excellent print quality, good scanning, nice software, April 24, 2001

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Ryan K Hickey (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Xerox WorkCentre M940 (Office Product)

I am very happy with my M940. B/W printing is excellent on high quality inkjet paper. Color photo printing is a little grainy and the colors don't exactly match. (I haven't tried Photo gloss paper yet though.) The speed is very good in my opinion. I also have scanned a few images. Overall, scanning is very good, maybe not for a graphics professional, but fine for web pages or e-mailing photos. The software provided is excellent. The OCR software works great! The scanner/image software is nice too and very easy to use. Copier functions are menu driven on the LCD display, includes enlarge, reduce, lighten/darken. Very easy to use. Overall, the M940 does everything pretty well. For ~the price it is a GREAT product!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful printer - get the M950, though, July 6, 2001

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M. Mahan "mamahan" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Xerox WorkCentre M940 (Office Product)

The M940 is a fantastic printer - great color, easy to use, all that you'd really want in a printer. The bundled software is incredible, the OCR software works seemlessly, converting printed documents into soft-docs in minutes. Installation had only the traditional snags (i.e. my machine has problems recognizing the modem, so the fax software doesn't function). Speed is a bit tepid to those used to high-speed lasers, but who cares, you're finally home, right? Two suggestions: buy the M950 and make sure that you don't depend on the USB cord if you ever 'Sleep' your machine. If you ever plan to do any significant photocopying or scanning, you will quickly realize how much the automatic document feeder would mean to you. Hand scanning is quite laborious. Also, Windows 2000 does not handle USB devices well after 'Sleeping' and you will not be able to contact the printer after waking up your computer (at that point you'll have to reboot to talk to your printer). Buy the IEEE parallel cord (it should cost no more than $...) to solve the problem.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New is better, January 2, 2001

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R. R. Overs (E. Amherst, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Xerox WorkCentre M940 (Office Product)

This replaced a 7 year old Canon Laser copier.. I really love it - I copied an 8x10 colored picture with almost perfect results can't tell the difference with out a magnifying glass. A fast B&W letter in the draft mode (it's very good and acceptable for most conditions)-- about 10 seconds. Buy it, I don't want to be the only one to own it.