Pros
- Great design; helpful troubleshooting
- Generous paper capacity; cheap toner
Cons
- Expensive
- Sluggish printing graphics
At A Glance
You get a lot of good stuff for the price; shell out an extra $100 for the duplex-equipped model.
Manufacturer’s Description
The Phaser 3600DN laser printer brings Xerox quality and superior performance to single users and small workgroups with demanding productivity.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 3600DN |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 128.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.512 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| Wireless connection | 802.11 |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | No |
| Parallel Port | 1 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 675 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 80 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 15.7 inches |
| Depth | 18.8 inches |
| Height | 15.1 inches |
| Weight | 39.0 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 700 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 0 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 4 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 1200 x 1200 dpi |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | PCL6 and 5e |
| Postcript Type | PS3 emulation |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Superior |
| Print quality: Color photo | n/a |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Good |
| Copy quality | n/a |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 35.5 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | n/a |
| Color Output Quality | Good |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 3.7 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Good |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 12.04 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 10.18 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 21.96 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 5.9 |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 10.09 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 9.81 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 17.56 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 16.02 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 6.4 |
