Xerox DocuPrint C8 Personal Color Inkjet Printer

by Xerox

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 13.8 x 17 inches ; 8.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00000JFO0
• Item model number: C8
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

The DocuPrint C8 prints lively 600 x 600 dpi color photos and graphics on plain paper and produces even better results of 1,200 x 600 dpi on glossy photo paper. This ink jet also offers five pages per minute of crisp text printing--all for at a very affordable price.

To set up the DocuPrint C8, we plugged in the AC power, connected the parallel cable (not included), turned on our PC, inserted the CD-ROM, and followed the on-screen setup instructions. After restarting Windows, the New Hardware Wizard requested that we locate the printer driver, which we found on the CD-ROM in the \langus\win 95 folder.

To print a test page, we started the Xerox DocuPrint C8 Status Window application and clicked the Maintenance tab, where we found options to print a test page, to clean or change the ink cartridges, and to perform alignment. Total setup time, including cleaning and aligning, was about 15 minutes.

In our test of the C8, we printed text in a variety of fonts, sizes, and colors. Using the printer's three modes--Draft, Normal, and High Quality--we printed five Draft pages of mixed color and black text in 336 seconds (0.9 pages per minute), five Normal pages in 315 seconds (1 ppm, faster than Draft), and two High Quality pages in 735 seconds (0.2 ppm). We also printed half pages of black text--five Draft pages in 90 seconds (3.3 ppm), five Normal pages in 145 seconds (2.1 ppm), and three High Quality pages in 136 seconds (1.3 ppm). (To reach the printer's stated 5 pages per minute, we had to print blank pages.) Draft text was banded and uneven. Normal text demonstrated marked improvement but was still a bit fuzzy, especially on italic fonts. Best text was quite sharp, with only a few tiny, stray dots.

We also printed an 8-by-10-inch color photo. The Draft sample required 91 seconds (0.7 pages per minute), Normal required 165 seconds (0.4 pages per minute), and Best required 619 seconds (0.1 pages per minute). Our test printer had a color ink flow problem, which affected the tint. We were unable to correct this problem by cleaning the head or by adjusting settings in the software, but our photo print samples were still very sharp.

Overall performance of the Xerox C8 was commensurate with a very low price, although the printing speed slower than we expected.

Pros:

• Good value for a low price
• Compact, lightweight design

Cons:

• Slow color printing
• Extremely slow color-photo printing
• Printer cable not included

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Printer for the money!!, October 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Xerox DocuPrint C8 Personal Color Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

Just got one and am very pleased!! I feel that the quality and feed are much better than other low end printers I have owned in the past( Canon, Lexmart ) I am also very pleased at the price of replacing the ink cartridges. You just can't find a better value any where.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a GREAT printer for the low price, September 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Xerox DocuPrint C8 Personal Color Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I did not even know Xerox made these inkjet printers, but this one is very compact and gives good quality for a great price. Maybe it's not as good as some other expensive photo models, but for my small business it's just fine for plain paper printing of financials, letters, invoices, web pages, etc.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Printer Sucks!, September 6, 2000

By 

Andrew Miller (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Xerox DocuPrint C8 Personal Color Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I purchased this printer thinking I was finding a bargin, but it has more problems than any half decent piece of crap should. The tiny ink tanks inexplicity empty with the smallest of printing jobs, and they are in convient indvidaul colors, so you have to buy four and not just two. If you ever have to move it and thus unplug this plastic freak, the print head will become clogged and ruined, which costs half the price of the total printer. And since it is the one thing that breaks it is not covered in the warrenty. I got this printer less than three months ago, and it is already broken beyond repair. Any printer that can not be unpluged with out fear of breaking is not worth making (that means you Xerox!). DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER. It is the epitome of plastic evil!