Xerox WorkCentre 4260X: Legal glass scans and a configured wired filing routine review

A wired Legal-document station with separate print and scan strengths

The Xerox WorkCentre 4260X fits a document team producing monochrome paperwork while scanning originals in color. Its full Legal-size glass is useful for longer pages that should remain stationary, while a 100-sheet feeder handles suitable loose stacks and automatic two-sided originals. The X configuration also includes embedded telephone fax.

The deciding setup requirement is network filing. The documented Ethernet scanner needs its destination and template configured; connecting a print queue does not complete that work. USB computer printing and scanning to a portable USB drive are different routines.

The current US Xerox shop identifies WorkCentre 4260 as discontinued. Verify the exact 110 V X edition, condition, installed options and compatible software before treating an individual machine as an office solution.

Use the Legal glass when a feeder is unsuitable

The original evaluator explicitly identifies an 8.5 by 14 inch platen glass for copying and scanning Legal originals. Letter and A4 also fit. This is more useful than a Legal feeder alone when a longer page is bound, fragile or otherwise unsuitable for transport.

For suitable stacks, the detailed specification lists a 100-sheet duplex automatic document feeder. Its original-size range accommodates Letter, Legal and A4. Automatic capture of both original sides is confirmed, but the reviewed sources do not establish a single-pass mechanism. Choose a separately confirmed scanner if one-pass capture is essential.

Color scanning is supported even though the printer makes monochrome pages. The scan-resolution table gives color a 300 by 300 dpi maximum, separately from the higher setting available in other scan modes. Color capture and color printing should therefore be treated as different needs.

Make the network destination part of the routine

A scan template collects the destination and image settings for a filing job. A repository means the configured network folder or server location receiving the scan. The destination must be set up and accessible before the panel workflow can deliver files.

At Services Home, choose Network Scanning and the appropriate template. Confirm output color, original sides and filing choices. The original guide distinguishes temporary panel changes from persistent template settings and does not let an ordinary panel selection freely replace the configured destination.

For loose pages, remove clips and staples, load face up with the first page on top and headings toward the machine's left, then adjust the guides. Place a stationary original face down at the glass's top-left registration arrow. Check a completed file at its intended destination before relying on a longer batch.

The US X base has 600 input sheets

The exact US configuration table gives the X one 500-sheet main tray and a 100-sheet bypass, totaling 600 ordinary sheets at 20 lb, 75 gsm. Their stated size ranges include Letter, Legal and A4. The automatic-duplex table independently confirms those three output sizes.

The XF package adds an extra drawer, high-capacity feeder and finisher. Those additions change capacity and working space. Combined-family documentation describes other tray counts, so compare an actual unit with the exact US configuration rather than counting every pictured drawer as standard X equipment.

For envelopes, use the instructed bypass routine with short-edge feeding and flaps facing up. Adjust the guide and confirm size and type. Envelope loading is a separate one-sided job, with its own limit, rather than the bypass's ordinary-paper sheet rating.

Choose passcode release for sensitive computer jobs

Secure Print holds a supported computer job until its PIN is entered at the printer. In the compatible Windows driver's Paper/Output controls, selecting Secure Print opens the passcode dialog. Send the prepared job, then use its code at the control panel to release it.

A Confidential watermark only adds a label to a page. Sample Set holds remaining copies after a sample, while Delay Print schedules output and Saved Job stores work for reuse. These serve different purposes from confidential release. The included hard drive supports the documented arrangement; optional card and accounting systems require separate checks.

Embedded fax requires the X's configured analog telephone line. Server fax has its own optional enablement and network setup. Neither a working Ethernet printer nor a USB cable supplies that telephone service.

Plan workload, supplies and access around the actual machine

The manufacturer declares up to 55 one-sided Letter pages per minute, 53 A4 and 40 Legal. Automatic-duplex rates are separate. Recommended regular output reaches 30,000 monthly pages; the 250,000 duty figure describes a different maximum. These are source declarations, not measured performance.

Supplied toner is declared at 12,000 pages and replacement toner at 25,000 under ISO/IEC 19752. The imaging drum and maintenance kit have separate identities and approximate life conditions. A toner replacement does not refresh every wear component.

The exact X body is 24.5 by 19 by 25.5 inches and 98 lb. Allow additional space for the open glass, feeder, side bypass, service covers and ventilation, plus any separately installed drawer or finishing equipment.