Xerox B205 Wireless Monochrome Laser Multifunction Printer, 31ppm, 1200x1200 dpi, 250 Sheet - Print, Scan, Copy, Email

Xerox B205

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Xerox B205 Wireless Monochrome Laser MFP, 31ppm - Print, Scan, Copy, Email

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Buy: Xerox B205 Wireless Monochrome Laser Multifunction Printer, 31ppm, 1200x1200 dpi, 250 Sheet - Print, Scan, Copy, Email Cartridge Configuration: Single, Duplex: Manual

Your ideas never stop. Neither should your printer. Perfect for small work teams or the home office, the Xerox B205 Multifunction Printer give you performance and reliability you can count on, day-in and day-out. Because nothing should stand in the way of your next big idea.Print Your WayPrint securely from your mobile device, laptop or desktop with native AirPrint, Google Cloud Print, Mopria and Android support.Cut The Ethernet CordYour work is wireless. Now printing can be too. Easily connect to your network and start working. No Wi-fi? No ProblemWi-Fi Direct provides a secure connection from your printer to any device. So you can print wirelessly without a router or complicated setup.Plug And PrintPrint directly from any flash drive or external hard drive using the front USB port.Compact PerformanceLightweight enough to stow on a bookshelf. Quiet enough to live in the nursery. But ready to print fast with up to 31 black-and-white ppm Letter/30 black-and-white ppm A4.Features&#149; Compact, quiet and lightweight to fit perfectly in tight, busy spaces&#149; Color scanning helps you create electronic files in a flash. Save files to your network or desktop, or open them in an application&#149; Scan directly to USB, email, PC or network&#149; Keep your data secure with SNMPv3 and IPv6 network security protocols and Secure Fax Receive, which holds a fax until you log in to retrieve it

I have had 2 different printers in the past (Cannon, & Brother), but this Xerox by far is the best out of all 3. I'm sure that Cannon & Brother have quality printers, but this Xerox is great. It is super quick and ease of use is pretty quick. I would highly recommend this Product to others. 

Great printer

Must enable lan in menus to connect to network turned off by default. Needs a paper tray 2 but not an option Manual feeder is poor 

Works well once setup.

Never works - either wireless or USB-wired. Environmentally the worst printer of all time - it prints a status sheet ever time it starts - the aim being to run the ink down faster to ensure replacement ink is purchased. In short - a very large volume of heavy, useless, plastic to sit next to a desk. Spent hours trying to get this printer to work with no luck. 

Shameful waste of plastic and paper

This product has great features.

I was hesitant to purchase the XEROX B205 due to the multitude of bad reviews, mostly involving the random sheets this thing spits out. But it seems Xerox has listened to customers and disabled the Banner Page by default. Overall, the printer works extremely well, and I recommend it. However, it takes a little customization to get it just right. Hopefully this review will save you some trouble. GETTING CONNECTED First, I connected it via ethernet (a CAT5 cable plugged directly into my router). The printer has built in Wifi, but I don?t want to use that. Getting it to work over ethernet is simple, but not clearly explained in the instructions, so it was the most frustrating part for me. Here?s how I did it: Connect the printer and router with your own CAT5 cable (not included). Press the System button on the printer, press OK, scroll to Machine Status, OK, scroll to Network, OK, scroll to Ethernet then OK, Enable, OK, reboot the machine. If the Ethernet option is not available, first enable ?IPv4? in Network, reboot, then go back into the Network settings as written above and enable Ethernet. Basically, you have to tell the printer that it?s ok for it to use its own built in ethernet connection. It?s annoying, but that?s the only way to get it to work. Download the latest drivers package from the Xerox website, and you?ll be ready to print in minutes. TWEAKING SETTINGS Once that was completed, I used Netgear Genie to find my printer?s IP address on the router, and then logged into the printer settings through my web browser. Default login is ?admin? and then the serial number (on the back of the printer) as your password. Once you log into you printer through a web browser, go to Services -> Printing. Disable ?Device Start Up Page? and ?Error Page? if you want to save paper. If it?s printing the Banner Page, this is where you disable that as well. You can also download the latest firmware from the Xerox website and update it through the Maintenance section. This is recommended. PRINTING DARKER By default, the printer prints too light. I went into the Printer Properties dialogue and set the graphics to High Resolution, the ?Clear Text? to Maximum, and I bumped up the Contrast. Then save those settings because you have to manually select them every time you print (I haven?t figured out how to make my customizations the default). CLOSING THOUGHTS This is a great printer, it prints extremely fast, it warms up quickly, it scans and saves to USB, and the price is great. I haven?t tried printing from my cell phone yet, but that?s supposed to work seamlessly. This printer, however, is not a plug and play machine. Plan on taking 30-60 minutes getting it set up just the way you want it. If you?re willing to invest a little time into it, you can get a printer that comes with features that would normally cost over $300. 

A great printer once it is set up properly

For the price this is an OK printer but it doesn't stand out in any significant way. One significant deficiency, and this was my mistake in missing it, is that it does not provide automatic duplex print capability. Had I realized that I would have opted for another model which does. The wifi seems spotty and it sits within 8 feet of a router, Thus that capability is not useful for me and the print/copy functions are accessed by a USB connection. The print quality is about what one might expect from a laser printer but isn't any better than the six year old printer it replaced. In sum, it works and accomplishes basic tasks reliably, but if I had to do it again, I would opt for one of the more capable models. 

Decent printer

Nothing but problem printing takes great deal of time alway have to readjust setting xerox help several calls taking hour work for a day then problems start up again unable to register printer with xerox or they can not find my printers purchase Do not buy this product 

B205 printer scanner

This printer costs more than an inkjet, but it brings a lot to the table. I scanned a 10 page document in well under a minute, in color. I can print quickly, with expected laser print quality. I'd like 2-sided automatic printing, but one gets what one is willing to pay for. In 6 month's time, this printer will have paid for itself in saved supplies, time and frustration elimination. 

Great Printer, economical, no more inkjet cartridges to buy!!

Everything ready to use out of box; works well with my system, time saver

Ready to use quickly

The printer is not very good because even after hours of research and trying I couldn't get it connected to my Wi-Fi and I couldn't get the wasteful cover page to stop printing. Most items we print are only 1-2 pages, so to waste 1 page on a useless cover page is ridiculous. To make things worse, even after probably 5-6 hours of researching how to fix this, I was still not able to get it to stop. Very frustrating printer. 

Extremely annoying cover page and impossible to stop it.

Has worked very well and was fairly easy to setup and use.

Good little printer.

The champ

Just what I was looking for. Great for my school and scanning etc.
Quality is amazing and prints fast!

Very Nice Printer

Have to go through the settings to select the option to print or scan each time. Reinstall few times a week. 

Worst Printer

Cost of use in reasonable. Durable and dependable. Has never broken down. Will recommend for small clinic. Use this and do not sign up with any service company. 

Work Horse quality

This printer is easy to install, easy to use, and is compact enough to fit anywhere in your home office 

Good printer

We bought this because the device we wanted was on back order. I'm wishing now that I would have just waited. The machine gets jammed with paper daily and rollers work when they want to. I tried return it, but because we've had it more than 17 days we cannot. I've never heard of an electronic device not able to be returned. It doesn't have a fax, which I need, but this was the only machine available. The toner/ink is almost never available with the max pages to print and the smaller one takes 2-3 weeks to get delivered. Horrible machine. Hard to run a busy office with this machine. 

Not Good

This is an awesome, low-priced laser printer. Way better than any ink jet.

Best home printer I've ever had.

WOW FACTOR.....  EASY ORDER .. RECEIVIED QUICKLY WITHOUT ANY EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGE....SETUP EASY... FANTASTIC COPIES AND SCANS...HIGHLY RECOMENDED

WOW FACTOR

Works great. Very good printer, copier, and scanner. I hooked it  up with ethernet.

Great multifunction machine

I can't get it to stop printing a configuration page every time I turn it on. The print is very good.

config problem

On the basis that the product is only as good as the software that runs it, this printer is next to useless. The problems only begin with trying to get the machine configured. And what is clear is that I am not alone in finding this a thoroughly nightmarish experience, judging by other reviews. I fully understand that nothing is plug in and go these days, but equally most of us are not IT experts and expect simple instructions and an easy to follow set up process, for what is an everyday appliance to meet a domestic need. When I did eventually get the thing going (only after following assorted YouTube videos) it functioned only intermittently, before some error report popped up, or the whole thing had to be reconfigured with the wifi, as if once wasn't painful enough. What it is very good at doing is printing an unwanted 'configuration report' at every opportunity full of IT jargon of no use whatsoever to man or beast, before steadfastly refusing to operate, issuing another error report, and wasting more of one's valuable time trying to reconfigure the thing for the nth time. When will manufacturers realise that most of us would willingly sacrifice functionality for simplicity. I for one will be voting with my feet and buying a replacement printer elsewhere out of sheer frustration. 

Endless problems from start to finish

It makes good copies and prints well. I can't find out how to get it to stop printing a configuration page with every start.

Stoope printing a configuration page.

When it prints the quality is good the speed is normal. The issue lies with the fact I can't get it to print 9 out of 10 times and have yet to get the wireless feature to work at all. It is very frustrating. 

frustrating and disappointing

I like the speed and quality of the printer, but what a waste of paper. Every time I go to print it shots out a Configuration Report before I print. I mean what up with that and whats more frustrating is that it doesn't allow you to stop it or opt out of it. I'm returning it and hopefully get my money back. 

Too many wasted pages

Best I have gotten in years. Easy to use, easy to set up and easy add device.
One caveat is constantly printing first page for every print on each print.
That I can print from every device easily and smoothly, one page for every print can be excused.
I recommend it to anyone or small business for an affordable price.

Efficiency, easy setup and multifunction.

I would not recommend this printer because it prints too many printer information pages before everything I print. I have to constantly turn off the information pages before printing anything. This uses up copier paper and uses up ink. My understanding is that the laser ink tank for this printer costs about. $50.00 for a toner cartridge. 

This product has too many information pages printed each time I print.

Printer is compact, scans to a JPEG and prints quickly. It will work on both wifi and hard wired connection. The frustration is with the banner page printing. You have to disable it before each print job of the day. i have worked with Tech support and know how to disable banner printing but if i don't remember to do it before i start printing i was another piece of paper and ink. The disabling feature should last for more than one day. 

One frustrating challenge

The printer is a good choice for a home office that does not do much printing. I wish it had dual side printing. My biggest complaint is the unit printing a cover page with each job. What a waste of paper and toner. No one in support seems to know how to disable that function. 

Good for home office.

The printer comes with an instruction manual which is so utterly inadequate, they might as well not bother at all. For example, it's impossible to work out whether the printer can be used with Chrome OS via a USB (now a huge market) so beware. The wifi set up has to be worked out via YouTube videos because the instruction booklet, if that's what you call it, doesn't explain how to do it. Once you've figured it out (no thanks to Xerox) it works well (see below). But before you know it, the printer seems to have forgotten the wifi setting, meaning you have to go through the whole wretched process all over again. And without access to USB, which doesn't work apparently (either because it can't for unknown technical reasons, or there's no clear to configure it - who knows), the whole experience rapidly turns into a complete nightmare. Xerox have no one to blame but themselves. They could start by writing an instruction manual and provide it with the printer, which doesn't seem too much to ask. It does come with a hard disk which presumably has some instructions on it, but how many of us have a reader. A booklet in plain English is all we ask. Finally, trying to get through to Xerox support adds to the nightmarish experience. And when you do, they seem ignorant about the technical questions set out in this review, specifically whether the printer is compatible with Chrome and if so, how to print with it. In fairness, and in the interests of balance, on the occasions I managed to get the printer to work via wifi, it did a perfectly adequate job, was exceptionally quiet, with good printer quality. But getting there is such an uphill struggle, is it really worth it? 

Xerox B205 Wireless Monochrome Laser Multifunction Printer, 31ppm, 1200x1200 dpi, 250 Sheet - Print, Scan, Copy, Email

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