Xerox Phaser 6510/DN: wired color duplex with passcode-held jobs review

Color duplex for a wired printing routine

The Xerox Phaser 6510/DN combines color LED printing, automatic ordinary-paper duplex and a documented passcode-held job routine. It is a configuration to assess for a compatible USB or Ethernet office that prints documents but uses another device for scanning and copying.

The DN includes automatic two-sided printing, unlike the manual-duplex N. It does not include the wireless adapter supplied with the DNI. Xerox's US page says the Phaser 6510 is no longer sold as new, so confirm the actual unit's electrical edition, condition and available drivers before choosing it for reuse.

Keep the duplex choice tied to the loaded media

Letter, A4 and Legal fit the included main tray and bypass. Those ordinary sizes also fit the DN's automatic duplex range, from 140 by 210 to 216 by 356 mm. In a compatible print driver, choose long-edge or short-edge binding according to the intended page layout.

The type and weight restrictions still apply. The guide lists plain stock at 75–105 gsm and separately specified lightweight card stock through 176 gsm for duplex. A printer's ability to accept a heavy sheet in one-sided printing does not make every such sheet suitable for automatic turning.

The 250-sheet main tray and 50-sheet bypass provide 300 ordinary sheets under the detailed sheet's 20 lb/75 gsm capacity basis. Extending a tray for Legal makes it protrude from the front. Set the loaded paper size and type at the printer and in the driver after changing stock.

An additional 550-sheet drawer can raise total input to 850, but that capacity requires the option. The base configuration should be assessed at 300. The output tray's 150-sheet rating is a different part of the paper path.

Use the one-sided envelope instructions

Envelopes can use Tray 1 or the bypass, with Envelope selected as the media type. They are a separate one-sided routine, rather than part of automatic ordinary-paper duplex. Avoid unsupported window, clasp or padded envelopes.

The bypass holds no more than five envelopes. For Number 10, the instructions specify short edge first with flaps down and to the right. Other listed formats have their own orientations. Flatten suitable envelopes before loading and adjust the guides without compressing the stack.

USB, Ethernet and mobile printing serve different setups

Connect a computer directly to the rear USB Type B socket with a suitable cable and install its print driver. Ethernet instead connects the printer through a router or switch and provides access to the embedded web settings. The family includes a separately optional wireless adapter, so a DN without that hardware should not be planned as a Wi-Fi printer.

AirPrint or Mopria can still provide basic printing on a suitable shared network while the printer uses Ethernet. AirPrint requires IPP and Bonjour enabled, along with appropriate subnet discovery. A mobile app's controls remain separate from the desktop driver's paper and protected-job options.

The shared brochure also describes the WorkCentre 6515. That MFP's glass, feeder, scan-to-computer, copying and fax functions do not belong to the Phaser 6510/DN.

Release a Secure Print job at the button panel

In the compatible computer driver, choose Secure Print, enter and confirm a passcode, then send the document. At the printer, press Print Menu and navigate to Personal & Secure. Select the user name, enter the passcode using the arrow buttons and choose the intended job to print or delete.

This two-line button panel differs from the WorkCentre touchscreen. Personal Print does not use a passcode, so choose the protected job type deliberately. Verify that the required driver controls are available on the actual computer.

Plan supplies, workload and access around an earlier unit

The maker declares up to 30 one-sided Letter pages per minute in color or monochrome. A4 and duplex rates are separate. The regional detailed sheet recommends up to 3,000 regular monthly pages, while the US legacy page shows a different 4,000-page summary; 50,000 maximum duty is a separate ceiling.

Included toner declarations are 1,500 black and 1,000 pages per color under ISO/IEC 19798. Replacement cartridge capacities differ, and the four drums plus waste cartridge are separate maintenance items. Confirm regional compatibility before ordering.

Variant-specific tables list a body about 16.5 inches wide, 19 deep and 13.7 high at 52.5 pounds. Allow cover, output and extended-tray access beyond that outline. Choose an MFP for originals or an explicitly wireless configuration when those functions are essential.