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®
Phaser
3600
letter-size
black-and-white
laser printer
®
Phaser 3600
Laser Printer
Evaluator Guide
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About this Guide This Evaluator Guide introduces you to the Xerox Phaser 3600 laser printer, explains its key features and performance advantages, and provides guidance throughout your printer evaluation process. Contents Section 1: Introducing the Xerox Phaser 3600 Laser Printer 3 Product Overview 5 Phaser 3600 Configurations and Accessories Section 2: Evaluating Laser Printers 6 Overview 7 Evaluate Ease of Installation, Management and Use 9 Evaluate Productivity 11 Evaluate Reliability S
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Section 1: Introducing the Phaser 3600 Laser Printer Product Overview The Phaser 3600 laser printer combines surprisingly high-end performance features with consistent day-in-day-out reliability — all in a compact device that’s built to keep your productivity high and your costs low. The power to please The Phaser 3600 laser printer brings Xerox quality and superior performance to single users and small workgroups that demand superior productivity. • Fast printing performance delivers results
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The capacity to do more The Phaser 3600 laser printer offers more printing features for fast-paced businesses, while additional options further expand the printer’s capabilities. • Automatic two-sided printing is standard on the Phaser 3600DN, and available as an option on the Phaser 3600B and 3600N models. • Helpful administration tools, like CentreWare IS internal web server, make it fast and easy to manage everyday usage. • With a simple layout and easy-to-read two-line display, the front
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Xerox Phaser 3600 Laser Printer Configurations Phaser 3600B Phaser 3600N Optional The Phaser 3600B configuration includes an impres- Builds on the Phaser 3600B with the addition of: Optional accessories let you tailor-fit the Phaser sive mix of print features. 3600 laser printer to your specific needs, with more Controller: capabilities, paper capacity and features. Performance: • Connectivity — 10/100BaseTX Ethernet Paper Handling: • Print speeds of up to 40 ppm (letter), 38 ppm (A4) • 18 MB
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Section 2: Evaluating Black-and-White Laser Printers Overview Based on continuous study of our customers’ productivity requirements, Xerox recommends that the following criteria be used when evaluating which black-and-white laser printer to purchase for your office. Ease of Installation, Management, and Use Does the printer offer an installation process simple enough for nontechnical users? Does it include helpful tools that simplify day-to-day management? Productivity Will the printer keep
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Evaluate Ease of Installation, Management, and Use Installing printers can be challenging, whether in a large organization or small office. The process includes integrating the printers into your existing office environment and may include connecting them to your network infrastructure. If network printing is a require- ment, evaluate the ease with which drivers can be deployed to multiple users. Also, evaluate the management tools delivered with the printer, and whether they will ease the tas
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Xerox office services Xerox offers a host of productivity-enhancement services for managing an office’s docu- ment output and asset infrastructure. Such services deliver measurable business results by leveraging a powerful set of office technologies, business processes, methodologies and software tools to reduce costs and improve productivity. These offerings are summarized in Section 3 of this guide. How the Phaser 3600 laser printer exceeds the ease-of-use requirement: Front panel interfac
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Evaluate Productivity Productivity is a critical consideration when evaluating which printer to purchase for your office. Does the printer deliver the level of performance required to support the workload of a busy single user or a small workgroup? Does it produce sufficient print quality? Can the printer be expanded to meet a workgroup’s evolving needs, and does it offer the media flexibility to support a variety of jobs? How the Phaser 3600 laser printer exceeds productivity requirement: P
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Media support The WorkCentre 3600 laser printer offers scalable paper capacity to handle the diverse needs of offices of all sizes. Paper capacity starts at 600 sheets, with an optional maxi- mum capacity of 1,100 sheets. Paper capacity and media support offered by the WorkCentre 3600 laser printer include: • Standard trays: – Tray 1 (Multipurpose tray): Up to 100 sheets; custom sizes from 3 x 5 in. (76 x 17 mm) to 8.5 x 14 in. (16 mm x 356 mm); 16-43 lb. bond to 60 lb. cover / 60 to 163
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Evaluate Reliability Office productivity is tied directly to the reliability of the devices upon which users depend. Consider whether the printer is rated to handle your expected day-to-day print volume. If a problem occurs, does the manufacturer stand behind its product with timely and effective service and support? How the Phaser 3600 laser printer exceeds the reliability requirement: Day-to-day operation With a rated duty cycle of up to 00,000 pages* per month, and a recommended Average M
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Section 3: Configurations, Specifications, Supplies, Support and Additional Information Sources Configuration Summary The following sections provide details about the various Phaser 3600 configurations, available options and supplies, and more helpful information. 3600B 3600N 3600DN Up to 40 ppm letter, 38 ppm A4 Speed Duty Cycle 200,000 pages / month Paper Handling Paper input Standard Tray 1 (MPT): 100 sheets; Custom sizes: 3 x 5 to 8.5 x 14 in. / 76 x 127 mm to 216 x 356 mm Tray 2: 500
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Specifications Specifications ® ® Device Management Phaser Installer, CentreWare IS Embedded Web Server*, CentreWare Web*, Global Print Driver*, Font management utility* ® Apple: Mac OS 8.6–9., 10.1–10.5 Print Driver Support ® Linux: Various OS including Red Hat 8-9, Fedora™ Core 1-4, Mandrake 9.-10.1, SUSE 8. -9. ® Microsoft: Windows 000/XP/ 003 Serv er, 98/me/NT4.0, Vista Unix: HP-UX, Sun Solaris™, SCO ® Xerox: Walk-Up Print Drivers Connectivity: USB .0, IEEE 1394 P arallel, 10/10
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Support and Additional Information Sources Unrivaled Service Xerox Office Services Support Additional Information and Support Sources Asset Management Services Behind every Xerox product is a large net- What’s in the box: • Asset Optimization and Tracking work of customer support that’s unrivaled — Process and tools to optimize an • Phaser 3600 printer in the industry and available when you enterprise’s office output infrastructure need it. Xerox service professionals use • Print cartridg
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