The good news is it's the least expensive of the bunch and offers the fastest overall print speed. The bad news is its output quality is disappointing, and its cost per page is the highest, at 2.7 cents. Like these units, the P8 is a GDI-based printer with a 512K buffer, which you can't expand. But the print speed is rated at a faster 8 ppm. An interesting feature is the inclusion of two parallel ports, which lets you connect to two PCs simultaneously.
Paper follows a sharp path through the unit and drops into a bin on top of the printer.
If you want a straighter path, you can direct output through a slot on the front of the printer by flipping a switch. The P8 won't print on card stock, and its print driver doesn't support watermarking, booklet printing, or manual duplexing. Using Xerox's Super Image Enhancement Technology and the P8's 600 x 600-dpi printhead, the printer offers the highest interpolated resolution of the group, at 1,800 x 600 dpi. Despite the high-resolution claim, the P8's output quality doesn't measure up to the competition's. At all resolutions, text appeared somewhat jagged on close inspection.