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Xerox Phaser 3150

B&W Pages per Min.: 22 • Max. B&W dpi: 1200-by-1200 • Tray Capacity, pages: 300 • Price When Reviewed: $349
Xerox Phaser 3150 (Front)
Xerox Phaser 3150 (Front)
65.2 Fair
Last updated
November 19, 2007
Test Center Reviewed by
Melissa Riofrio
Pros
  • Very crisp, black text
  • Comes with full-size toner cartridge
Cons
  • Pricey for what you get
  • No duplexing features
  • Pricing:Expensive: $349 (11/5/2007)
  • Performance:Fair: 63
  • Features:Fair: 61
  • Design:Good: 74
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing Expensive: $349

Expensive: $349
Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $99.99

Performance Fair: 63

Fair: 63
Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm) 21 
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 19.38 
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 37.07 
Text Output Quality Superior 
Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm) 5 
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 15.75 
One-Page Webpage (secs) 13.93 
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) 18.24 
Color Output Quality Good 
Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) 19.27 
Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
300dpi Line Art Image (secs) 16.27 

Features Fair: 61

Fair: 61
Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed 32 
Maximum Amount of RAM 32 
Dimensions
Dimensions 14.4 by 17.8 by 10.9 
Weight (pounds) 22 
Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min. 22 
Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi 1200-by-1200 
Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type PCL 
PCL Emulation PCL6 
Interfaces
Parallel Port Yes 
Serial Port No 
USB 1.1 Yes 
USB 2.0 Yes 
Ethernet No 
PictBridge No 
Drivers
Macintosh No 
Windows 98 Yes 
Windows NT Yes 
Windows 2000 Yes 
Windows XP Yes 
Linux Yes 
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 400 
Standby Power Draw (watts) 15 
Multifunction Printer Specs
Fax Memory (pages) 0 
Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard 2 
Number of Input Trays, Maximum 2 
Tray Capacity, pages 300 
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays 300 
Manual Feed Slot Yes 
Maximum Paper Size Legal 
Output Tray Capacity 150 
Auto Duplexer No 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 24 
Saturday Support Hours 24 
Sunday Support Hours 24 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle 15000 
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields 3500 
Bundled Items
Included Hardware USB Cable 
Included Software Print Drivers, Status Monitor 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category Xerox printers need to be more reliable, say readers, who gave the company below-average grades for severe problems and for usability. Xerox�s scores have changed very little since our last R&S survey. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Worse than Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Worse than Average 
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use Worse than Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Average 

Design Good: 74

Good: 74
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