Xerox Phaser 6700DN: wired color documents with 700-sheet input and duplex review

A wired color printer for ordinary office documents

The Xerox Phaser 6700DN combines automatic print duplex with two standard paper sources: a 150-sheet multipurpose tray and a 550-sheet main drawer. The nominal 700-sheet input supports ordinary Letter, Legal and A4, while USB and Gigabit Ethernet provide the documented computer connections.

DN is a print-only color laser configuration. Its touchscreen does not add scanning, copying or fax. Compared with the taller DT and DX variants, it also lacks their extra included paper equipment; the Productivity Kit with hard disk remains optional on DN.

Keep paper size, source and duplex settings together

The original guide explicitly lists Letter, Legal and A4 in the normal trays. Automatic two-sided sheets must fit 140 by 210 mm through 215.9 by 355.6 mm and the documented 60–220 gsm range, with the relevant media-type restrictions. The three ordinary sizes fit that routine.

Set the actual size and type at the printer and in a compatible driver. The driver's duplex and binding settings determine how pages turn; a two-sided option does not make unsupported specialty media suitable. Small formats, envelopes and transparencies must not inherit ordinary-paper duplex simply because they appear elsewhere in a media list.

Envelopes use either Tray 1 or Tray 2. Xerox recommends Tray 2 when printing more than five at a time, with size-specific loading and Envelope selected in the driver. Use paper envelopes and avoid windows, metal clasps, padding, heat-activated glue and press-and-seal flaps. The 700-sheet ordinary-paper total is not an envelope stack allowance.

A precise stock-weight basis for the entire nominal input count is unestablished. Optional 550-sheet drawers, the 1,100-sheet feeder and the office finisher can change the installed arrangement, but they are excluded from DN's standard count. Check the actual machine rather than relying on a family image showing an expanded tower.

Choose a direct computer or configured network route

USB 2.0 connects directly to a compatible computer. Ethernet supports a configured network and the embedded CentreWare Internet Services interface for printer status and settings. The guide specifies Category 5 or better network cable and initial printer setup before software installation.

The print languages include Adobe PostScript 3 and PCL 6/PCL 5c emulation, with 1 GB standard memory expandable to 2 GB. Verify the actual operating system and driver support before adopting an older printer. External wireless is optional; Bonjour discovery and a PC Mobile Express Driver entry do not establish native AirPrint or Mopria.

Confidential release needs the optional disk

The original guide requires an optional hard drive for special job types. DN therefore does not include ready-to-use Secure Print merely because it has encryption, a color touchscreen or standard RAM collation.

With the Productivity Kit and a suitable driver, Secure Print uses a four-to-ten-digit passcode. At the panel, touch Jobs, Personal and Secure Jobs and the assigned private folder. Enter the same code, choose the job and touch Print; the job is deleted from the disk after printing. Sample Set and other stored-job routines have their own behavior.

Read the speed table by paper and quality mode

The guide declares standard-quality continuous one-sided output at 47 Letter or 45 A4 pages per minute, the same in color and monochrome. Standard two-sided output is separately 38 Letter or 36 A4. Photo mode has lower declarations. These are manufacturer figures, not measured output or a guarantee for every graphics job.

The current exact US reference page shows up to 15,000 pages per month. The brochure's 120,000-page duty figure is explicitly a maximum for one month that is not expected to be sustained. Use the ordinary-month figure when planning regular work.

Verify supplies and the actual physical footprint

US standard replacement toner is declared at 7,100 black and 5,000 pages for each color. High-capacity versions are 18,000 black and 12,000 for each color under ISO/IEC 19798. Starter yields remain unestablished. Imaging units and the waste cartridge have separate maintenance conditions based on average four-page Letter/A4 jobs.

The original US list establishes the 110 V DN. Its exact guide table gives a 22.4 by 20.3 by 16.9 inch body at 93 pounds, while both brochures list a 22-inch width. Use the larger width for planning, verify the actual unit and leave additional loading, cover, output, ventilation and service room.