Xerox WorkCentre 6515/DNI: included wireless and single-pass color scanning review

The wireless configuration still needs a planned network

The Xerox WorkCentre 6515/DNI brings an included wireless adapter to a color LED multifunction device with automatic print duplex and a 50-sheet single-pass scanner. It is a useful configuration to assess when a compatible office wants infrastructure Wi-Fi, color documents and automatic capture of both sides of loose originals at the same machine.

The DNI suffix matters. The DN has USB and Ethernet with wireless offered separately; the DNI includes the adapter. Neither suffix adds a larger scanner glass or the optional extra paper drawer. Xerox's US page says the family is no longer sold as new, so evaluate the actual machine and current software support rather than treating these specifications as a new-stock offer.

Set the primary connection before configuring scans

The rear USB Type B port serves a direct computer cable. Ethernet connects through a suitable router or switch, while infrastructure Wi-Fi joins the office wireless network. With the adapter enabled, select the intended primary network. The guide reserves services including WSD scanning and scan-to-SMB for that primary connection.

For network capture, install the supported scanning software or configure the destination computer's shared folder and credentials. WSD needs its own enablement and discovery. Choosing Wi-Fi in the printer's settings does not, by itself, create a computer destination.

USB scanning is another documented arrangement. It requires a suitable application and TWAIN/WIA for Windows or ICA for Mac. In the application, select the printer and choose the glass or document feeder. A front USB memory socket instead handles supported flash-drive routines; it is not the computer-cable connector.

Wi-Fi Direct is a distinct peer connection and is disabled by default. It can support compatible direct printing, but do not assume every configured network-scanning function transfers to that route. Basic AirPrint and Mopria can use a suitable shared network, with the printer connected by Ethernet or infrastructure Wi-Fi. The app's available settings should be checked independently.

Single-pass capture suits loose double-sided documents

The feeder reads both sides automatically in one pass. It accepts Letter, A4 and Legal originals within a 5.5-by-5.5 to 8.5-by-14-inch range. Its capacity is 50 sheets on 75 gsm stock, with a stated 60–125 gsm media range. Load undamaged loose sheets face up, top edge first, and adjust the guides.

Use the glass for suitable books or originals that should not pass through the feeder. The scanner-specific tables give it an 8.5-by-11.7-inch maximum, covering Letter and A4. Legal feeder support should not be substituted for Legal glass support. Optical scanning is specified up to 600 by 600 dpi with color capture; the driver's side and color choices remain separate settings.

Use the included sources for ordinary duplex

The main tray holds 250 sheets and the bypass 50, totaling 300 ordinary sheets on 20 lb/75 gsm paper. Letter, A4 and Legal fit both included sources and the automatic duplex path under the relevant media conditions. Plain duplex stock is listed at 75–105 gsm; labels and envelopes have separate one-sided instructions.

Envelopes can use Tray 1 or the bypass. The bypass has a five-envelope limit and format-specific loading directions, rather than its ordinary 50-sheet capacity. Extend the main tray for Legal and allow for its protrusion. The additional 550-sheet drawer raises total input to 850 only when installed.

Protect jobs and separate fax from the computer connection

Secure Print creates a passcode-held job in a compatible computer driver. At the panel, select Jobs, Personal & Secure Jobs and the appropriate folder, then enter the code. Printing deletes the secure job. Personal Print does not use that passcode, so a waiting job is not necessarily protected in the same way.

Embedded fax needs a dedicated active analog line at the LINE connector, plus the fax number, country, name and dialing configuration. Wi-Fi does not supply that telephone service. Check any separately proposed server-fax arrangement on its own conditions.

Allow for maintenance and realistic monthly use

The maker's one-sided print declarations are up to 30 Letter, 28 A4 or 24 Legal pages per minute in color or monochrome. The detailed sheet recommends up to 3,000 regular monthly pages, despite a different 4,000-page US webpage summary; 50,000 maximum duty is a separate limit.

Included toner declarations are 1,500 black and 1,000 pages per color under ISO/IEC 19798. Replacement toner, four drums and the waste cartridge have separate yields and regional identities. The base body is about 16.5 by 19.9 by 19.7 inches and 67.7 pounds. Leave operating access beyond those dimensions, and choose a larger glass or explicitly higher included input when those needs decide the purchase.