Xerox VersaLink B7025 Review: Multifunction, Flexible, Scalable and Secure Printer

Xerox not only adding new products in its family, moreover its developing perfect solution for the work environment. The recent Xerox Versalink B7025 multi-function printer is suitable for any work environment, setting up new or want to add in the existing one. It comes with the ConnectKey solution that lets admin setup the machine easily and quickly.

Xerox VersaLink B7025 Review: The compact multifunction machine

The Xerox VersaLink B7025 monochrome multifunction printer has a compact design. It can easily fit in the corner of your office Or can replace the existing printer space without looking for additional space. The single device packs power and performance into a compact size. Copy, print, scan or fax in a small footprint while delivering output in paper sizes up to A3.

The Xerox VersaLink B7025 has print speeds of up to 25 pages per minute. You can scan hard copy documents in color directly to your desktop for efficient workflows.

The new, interactive user interface gives you more opportunities to choose the settings you need to do your best work. Quickly and easily print monochrome documents, reduce or enlarge the size of your document, select text or graphics mode or set the output to one or two-sided. You can even fine-tune how light or dark you wish your final output to be so your documents always match your job’s specifications.

Xerox VersaLink B7025 Review: The productivity ecosystem

Xerox has improved its ConnectKey technology to create a modern workplace that boosts the productivity. This enables users to get connected through a wide range of devices, mobile, and cloud connectivity. Additionally, Xerox expanding its apps' library to improve functionality and usability of the device.

The ConnectKey looks like a tablet with a touchscreen that offers intuitive user experience. The gesture-based touchscreen let you control the operation as well as customize the functionality as per your convenience. It enables you to install the device in your existing or new network setup using the new installation wizards. no need to have network expertise, get started with little or no IT support.

The touchscreen is quite responsive and has gesture control, so it might take some time to get familiar with it. You can easily customize your home screen so you get easy access to the apps you use most. There are plenty of cloud-hosted services, that lets you use your device to print and scan from anywhere.

It also adds multi-level protection for both documents and data. Meaning the machine is ready to guard against and eliminate emerging threats and meet or exceed regulatory compliance. ConnectKey Technology utilizes a comprehensive set of capabilities that prevents malicious attacks, the proliferation of malware, and misuse of/unauthorized access to the printer, whether from transmitted data or direct interaction with the device.

It runs on a comprehensive Firmware Verification test, either at start-up or when activated by authorized users. This provides alerts if any harmful changes to the printer have been detected. Not only attacks, ConnectKey go beyond that and prevent intentional or unintentional transmission of critical data to unauthorized parties. From protecting printed materials by not releasing documents until the right user is at the device, to preventing scanned information reaching beyond its intended recipient. Xerox also protects all your stored information, using the encryption.

Xerox Managed Print Services enables you to work efficiently and manage resources more effectively. It has several tools that let you control every printer or multifunction printer in your network. You can easily monitor your usage and perform backup and restoration operations. You’ll gain more control over costs, reduce strain on IT resources and improve overall performance.

The Xerox App gallery has plenty of applications to choose from. You can extend the capabilities of the Xerox machine and optimize the digital workflows. Using the native apps you can manage all the productivity tasks as well as simplify print, scan, and copy functions. Additionally, it provides access to contact lists and frequently used locations, while apps available through the App Gallery allow users to download serverless apps like Print from Dropbox and Scan to Microsoft Office 365 directly from the user interface.

The all-in-one printer comes with 2 GB of internal storage capacity, additionally, you can expand it up to 320 GB by adding external storage.

Xerox VersaLink B7025 Review: Paper trays

The printer comes with two trays – one standard and one bypass tray. You can add 520 pages in a single tray and 100 sheets in bypass tray. If it's not enough for your business, then you can still add more trays in the printer, means a scalable printer for your network.

Xerox VersaLink B7025 Review: Print and scan quality

We tested its printing capability, in our standard ISO test with 5% ink coverage, it printed 5 A4 pages in about 16 sec with the first page out in 8 seconds. While printing 100 pages, it took 4 min 5.23 secs. Using the cloud services, we got 1 photo page print in approx 1 min. The test included text pages, graphics pages and pages with mixed content for both black and white. The output quality is excellent and text looked sharp and detailed. The print quality of the image comes with good amount of details and sharpness.

The optical resolution of the scanner is 600 dpi (dots per inch is a unit of optical resolution). It scanned an A4 image in just 3 sec with a whole lot of details and vibrant colors. While scanning the A3 page it took around 5 sec only. The bunch of 25 pages, got scanned in just 24 sec, meaning less than one second for one page. The depth of output color is commendable and sharp. To copy any document it takes only 10 sec. And using the OCR, it was more than 85% accurate to convert the language.