Xerox Phaser is the brand name for a line of color and monochrome

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produced and sold by

Xerox Xerox Holdings Corporation (; also known simply as Xerox) is an American corporation that sells print and electronic document, digital document products and services in more than 160 countries. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut (ha ...

. Some Phaser printers use Xerox

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. Phaser printers were originally manufactured and marketed by

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, of

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The Acquisition of the Tektronix Color Printing and Imaging Division by Xerox

Xerox acquired the Tektronix Color Printing and Imaging Division, including the Phaser brand, in 2000. The Phaser brand has become a key component of Xerox's office product portfolio, and the company continues to expand the product line. One of the more important aspects of the acquisition of the Tektronix divisions is that Xerox decided to keep the Tektronix staff and support services, as Tektronix was a well known name for high-performance and high-quality printers.

The Phaser 7700 Series

The

Phaser 7700 Series of color laser printers use the

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Operating System on its 20GB PATA IDE Hard Drive. The 7700 Series is a wide format duplex-capable laser printer capable of printing up to 12x18 page sizes. The average 8.5x11 Letter size speed is 23 pages per minute.

Xerox Phaser 6100

The Xerox Phaser 6100 is a low-price office color printer. The ''New York Times'' reported in 2004 that "revenue from color machines .. represents about 25 percent" of the company's revenue.

Other models

The Xerox Phaser 2135 was a 21 page-per-minute color printer that printed at 1200 dots-per-inch. Other models were the 7500N, the 6700 and the 3600.

References

External links

Xerox website

Xerox Office Website

Xerox Phaser Color Printers Web Site
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