The representative of the well-known brand in the market of office equipment and printing Xerox Phaser 3010 is considered the best printer for home use in Russia. Many users and sellers compare it with a tractor that will work in any conditions, with unlimited workload and minimal financial maintenance costs. Review, description, specifications and owner reviews will allow the reader to get acquainted with Xerox products.
Representative of an inexpensive segment
Laser Xerox Phaser 3010 is positioned on the market in a budget niche (up to 10,000 rubles). Resource photoconductor drum is 30 thousand pages, and this limits the use of the printer for commercial purposes. The manufacturer does not hide that the cost of replacing the main component of the device will cost the buyer the price of a new laser printer. For home use, such a resource guarantees full printing for several years.
An integral task of many monochrome printers for home use is high resolution printing - 1200x1200 dpi. Users who work with graphs, charts, figures, and tables will like the device, because the manufacturer announced high resolution images when printing.
Specifications
For laser printers, a print speed of 20 pages per minute is the norm, and you should not focus on this. The main advantage is the support of all existing operating systems. The Xerox Phaser 3010 laser printer does not require software installation: drivers for it are already available in the database of all OS manufacturers (Windows, MacOS, Unix, Linux).
The manufacturer with the format and density of the paper solved the problem . Media of any size (from A4 to C5) are defined at the driver level, and the data is transferred to paper as the user intended. The density of the sheet is allowed in the range of 60-165 grams per square meter (it is quite realistic to print both on cardboard and tracing paper).
First introduction to the Xerox Phaser 3010 Printer
The fact that a representative of the best office equipment manufacturing company in the world is hiding in a box can be guessed by the appearance of the package: it is huge and informative. An image of the device itself, a description of all technical specifications, a brief history of the brand, transportation warnings and much more are present on the side faces of the box.
The Xerox Phaser 3010 printer is packaged with dignity, as many owners say, it will not be possible to damage the device, even if you play football with the box. It should be noted that after removing the printer from the packaging, the user will have to remove a few meters of protective tape, which the manufacturer has fixed all the moving components of the device. Only the equipment confuses: the power cable, the USB interface extension cable and software disks look somewhat poor against the general background.
Build quality and ergonomics
Apparently, the manufacturer did not save plastic. This is evidenced not only by the thickness of the elements of the Xerox Phaser 3010 printer case, but also by its weight, it is almost 5 kilograms - for a cheap and compact device, busting. On the other hand, this is an indicator of the reliability that the manufacturer provided for the end user, because a flimsy device will fail more quickly.
If we talk about ergonomics, then when assembled, the printer is quite compact and does not take up much space on the desktop. However, if you open the paper feed tray, the device becomes quite voluminous. Xerox technologists also worried about the appearance: the white plastic case blends nicely with the blue paper feed and output trays. There is also a modification on the market in graphite finish, but as the owners note in their reviews, spilled toner is hard to see on black plastic.
Refueling problems
The only drawback that stops many buyers is the presence of a blocking chip on a toner cartridge. The resource of one company refueling is enough to print 1000-1500 pages. Officially, the manufacturer said that refilling the cartridge is not possible, as there is a print lock at the printer firmware level. But the toner for the Xerox Phaser 3010 is not cheap (about 2000 rubles). Naturally, a potential buyer is not financially interested in such an option.
There is a solution to the problem, but many users are skeptical about it. Any toner refueling organization can unlock the chip and allow the owner of the printer to independently service the cartridge, which also has a working resource (5000 pages). Like it or not, the buyer will still have to purchase a new toner unit.
Easy to maintain
The Xerox Phaser 3010 laser printer is pretty easy to maintain. To replace the toner, you only need to open the protective hatch located on the front of the device. The toner cartridge is available for withdrawal. Access to the stove and the pick-up rollers is done after opening the back panel. But, as many owners claim in their reviews, in the next 2-3 years, the user does not need to look there. However, it is sometimes recommended to clean the paper pick-up rollers from dirt, otherwise paper may jam.
There are questions for the waste toner bunker. It is located inside the entire printing system, and to access it you need to completely disassemble the device. On the other hand, specialized workshops are involved in cleaning it. Their service includes refueling the Xerox Phaser 3010 and removing waste material. Just the owner needs to control this issue.
Connection and setup
As noted earlier, the user will not have any problems with determining the printer by the operating system. Even a child can supply power and connect the device via USB. The main thing is not to forget to install a cartridge for the Xerox Phaser 3010 before use. Then everything happens automatically. However, to access all printer settings, it is still recommended that you install software. Linux and Unix computers do not have this option. Only printing is available, and you will have to fine tune through the console.
Owners of wireless access points (Wi-Fi routers) with print server support will also be satisfied. Any router available on the market for low-cost devices is easily identified by the Xerox Phaser 3010 printer. For this reason, many customers have chosen a well-known brand.
Print quality
On the manufacturer’s official website, in stores and service centers, they are silent about the printing technology itself , calling it the generally accepted name - laser. In fact, the Xerox Phaser 3010 printer is LED. Hence the print resource of 30 thousand pages (this technology has one and a half times higher). The difference can only be seen when printing photos at a resolution of 1200x1200 dpi. For LED technology (a laser is thinner than an LED), graininess of the image is inevitable.
On the other hand, toner for the Xerox Phaser 3010 will be more economical to use when printing, hence the cartridge life of a small size. Text, graphs, charts and bitmap images in low resolutions on paper will look realistic, you should not even doubt it. It is worth noting that the printer has a large amount of RAM - 64 megabytes. As the owners note, with the processing of several jobs containing graphic elements, the Xerox device copes in seconds and prints without any hesitation.
Conclusion
Inexpensive representative of a budget class is quite acceptable for a home user who prints no more than 1000 pages per month. The Xerox Phaser 3010 printer has no monthly load limit: you can complete the task and up to 30 thousand pages, but then you will have to change the drum unit, which costs the same as a new printing device. Print quality, toner and power consumption are all at the highest level and made for a home user who values his time and wants for a little money to get a fully functional, economical and high-quality printer.