Pros

  • Very crisp, black text
  • Comes with full-size toner cartridge

Cons

  • Pricey for what you get
  • No duplexing features

At A Glance

This otherwise acceptable printer has better-featured, cheaper competition.

Manufacturer’s Description

You heard right, the speedy Phaser 3150/B Laser Printer prints at 22 ppm with the first page out in less than 10 seconds. Thanks to its 166MHz RISC processor and 32MB RAM now you can enjoy these incredible speeds. Meanwhile, this printer features a maximum 1200 dpi resolution for exceptional quality, and its duty cycle reaches 15,000 pages per month, so you don't have to worry about overworking it.You'd expect to find such high performance in complicated machines, but the 3150/B is easy to use. Its dual USB 2.0 and Parallel connectors allows you to fit the printer in a variety of work environments and it uses IBM ProPrinter and PCL6 emulations with automatic sensing and switching.The 3150/B gives you unparalleled printing flexibility. It comes with a standard input capacity of 300 sheets and you can print on a variety of media types ranging in size up to legal. The 3150/B provides a variety of other duties including fit-to-page, N-Up printing, watermarks and poster printing.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number 3150B
Inventory Number 30768
Memory
Memory size 32.0 MB
Memory max 0.032 GB
Requirements
Operating System Compatibility
  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Linux
Ports and Connections
USB 1.1 Yes
USB 2.0 Yes
PictBridge No
Parallel Port 1
Serial Port No
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 400 watts
Standby Power Draw (watts) 15 watts
Faxing
Fax page memory capacity 0.0
Dimensions
Width 14.4 inches
Depth 17.8 inches
Height 10.9 inches
Weight 22.0 pounds
Media Handling
Standard Number of Input Trays 2
Standard Input Sheet Capacity 300
Manual Feed Slot 1
Automatic Duplexer Not Available
Max Input Trays 2
Maximum Paper Height 14.0
Storage Media
Compact flash No
Resolutions
Monochrome horizontal optical resolution 1200 x 1200 dpi
Platform Support
Printer languages supported PCL6

Performance

PCWorld Test Center (Quality)
Print quality: Text Superior
PCWorld Test Center (Speed)
Print speed: Text 21  ppm
Performance
Color Output Quality Good
One-Page Webpage (secs) 13.93
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 15.75
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) 18.24
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 19.38
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) 19.27
Tested Color Speed (ppm) 5
300dpi Line Art Image (secs) 16.27
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 37.07