Xerox VersaLink C9000DT

The Xerox VersaLink C9000/DT is the top of the VersaLink single-function color line — a 55 ppm A3 color laser printer for corporate marketing, design, and in-house print teams running 20,000-50,000 pages a month. It prints up to 55 ppm color and black on letter (long-edge feed), 40 ppm on legal, 32 ppm on 11x17 A3, and 27 ppm on 12x18 SRA3. First page out is 10 seconds black / 10.5 seconds color, resolution is 1200 x 2400 dpi, and it's rated for a 270,000-page monthly duty cycle (Xerox recommends up to 30,000). Standard capacity is 1,140 sheets (100-sheet bypass + two 520-sheet trays, the /DT designation), expandable to 5,140. Stock support is the heaviest in the VersaLink line: bypass simplex up to 130 lb. cover (350 gsm), duplex up to 110 lb. cover (300 gsm). The C9000 ships with a 320 GB HDD standard (the only VersaLink that does), 4 GB memory, 1.6 GHz dual-core processor, and a PANTONE-approved spot color table with a custom spot editor — features the C7000/C8000 don't get standard. The 5-inch capacitive touchscreen and ConnectKey app platform are shared with the rest of the family. The thing buyers regret: ordering it for letter-only workflows. If you don't need A3 and PANTONE matching, the C600 is the same speed at a third the footprint and half the price.