Xerox Phaser 4600N: wired monochrome printing with included secure release review

Included secure release, with duplex still optional

The Xerox Phaser 4600N is an earlier monochrome laser printer with USB, Gigabit Ethernet and passcode-held Secure Print in the standard configuration. Its important tradeoff is that automatic two-sided printing remains optional. A confidential-job requirement and a duplex requirement therefore produce different answers for this exact suffix.

The later US configuration table lists a 100-sheet multipurpose source and a 550-sheet main drawer, totaling 650 ordinary sheets at 80 gsm. DN adds the duplex unit, while DT adds another drawer. The printer itself has no scanner, copier or fax.

Secure Print does not require the optional disk

Xerox's original US comparison explicitly says Secure Print works without a hard drive. The user guide confirms Normal Print and Secure Print on all configurations. The optional 160 GB disk is required for Sample Set, Personal Print, Delay Print and Saved Job instead.

In a compatible driver, select Secure Print and enter the intended passcode. At the printer, open Menu, Jobs and Personal & Secure Jobs, choose the user name and enter the same code. Then select Print All or an individual job and confirm the requested action.

The guide warns that secure jobs sharing a code may be released together. Keep that behavior in mind when submitting several confidential files. A fixed code length and retention after power loss remain unestablished here; the documented held-job routine does not promise persistent disk storage on the base N.

Check the paper edition and actual drawer

Letter, Legal and A4 are positively supported in both included paper sources. Match the guides, panel size/type settings and driver selection before sending a job. The normal multipurpose and main-drawer media limits differ, so specialty stock should not inherit the ordinary-paper routine automatically.

There is a real source difference in capacity. The 2010 guide lists 520 main-drawer sheets at its stated 80 gsm basis, while the later 2014 US configuration table specifies 550 at 80 gsm. This assessment uses the later exact US total of 650 and preserves the earlier figure. Check the actual installed drawer and loading line when evaluating a particular machine.

Extra drawers, the high-capacity feeder, finisher and mailbox are optional. They are excluded from the standard count. The family comparison's general duplex rows also do not override the exact N column, which lacks the included duplex module.

Occasional envelopes have a smaller allowance

The bypass instructions allow at most ten suitable envelopes, loaded print side up against the right edge after removing curl. Choose the actual envelope format and media type and the appropriate driver source. Use laser-compatible paper construction, with no windows or metal clasps.

That small envelope routine is separate from the ordinary 650-sheet total. Envelopes do not inherit automatic duplex, even if an optional module has been installed for ordinary documents.

Connect the computer through the correct port

USB 2.0 provides direct compatible computer printing. Ethernet supports a configured network and the CentreWare Internet Services management interface. The front USB flash-device port is a separate host function, and the original US comparison specifically excludes a parallel interface.

Internal wireless is optional. Native AirPrint and Mopria remain unestablished for this model; Bonjour discovery and a PC Mobile Express Driver entry do not establish phone-native printing. Verify the actual operating system, driver and administrator settings before adopting an earlier unit.

Keep Letter speed and ordinary monthly volume distinct

The original guide and US comparison declare 55 one-sided Letter pages per minute and 52 A4. The US table separately gives 45 Legal. The neighboring 4620 has a different 65 Letter headline. These manufacturer figures are not measured throughput, and optional-duplex rates do not describe standard N operation.

The current US reference page gives up to 30,000 pages per month. The 275,000-page duty figure is explicitly a maximum for one month that is not expected to be sustained regularly.

Verify supplies, power and body clearance

Family replacement toner is declared at 13,000 or 30,000 standard pages under ISO/IEC 19752. Exact US starter yields remain unestablished; regional starter information does not prove an American package's contents. The US 110 V maintenance kit is also distinct from the regional 220 V kit.

The exact US configuration list identifies 4600/N as 110 V. The original guide gives a 476 by 541 by 420 mm body, approximately 18.74 by 21.30 by 16.54 inches, at about 77.16 pounds. Its weight is slightly higher than the regional brochure's 34.6 kg figure. Allow additional paper-loading, output, open-cover, service and ventilation room.