Xerox Workcentre 3225 Firmware Update
So far, it's all as advertised. Unboxing is simple.
It's smaller than I thought it would be. I replaced a Brother MFC7860DW with this one and it actually takes up LESS space in my small home office area than the Brother did.
Set-up to get it up and running was easy. It takes a little bit longer than some other brands, but one must realize that this is real office equipment, not really so much a consumer product. It's like the difference between a KitchenAid mixer and a Black & Decker in terms of quality.
The machine recognized my wireless network instantly, and was easily set up on a PC and three Macs. I've read some folks say that set-up was a terrible process, yadda, yadda, yadda, but I've got to think these people didn't read the manual first. I read the manual and simply followed the procedures. It was fine on the first try. With respect to the output results, I'm happy with the print quality.
I think it's a bit better than my Brother was. The ease of use is just fine. Anyone who's ever used a modern Xerox office machine will feel right at home. It works exactly how you think it would, no surprises. I rated it four stars, not five, for speed because while the speed of output is certainly more than acceptable, but I've seen faster.
The faster ones I've seen also cost a lot more, though. So, again, it's fine.
Build quality seems what one would expect of a Xerox product, in other words, it looks and feel like it should last for years. One thing I wish it had was paper tray capacity for a whole ream of paper, but in this price class nothing else has that, either, so it is what it is. I ordered an extra high-capacity toner cartridge with my purchase as I'm pretty sure the one that comes with the machine is only a 'starter' one and I didn't want to take the chance on running out even though I know it will warn you, by default at 10% remaining, when to get more toner.
Bottom line: so far I'm completely satisfied with it. It does what Xerox says it will do in the way Xerox says it will.
I think it's a great, little machine. So far, it's all as advertised.
Unboxing is simple. It's smaller than I thought it would be. I replaced a Brother MFC7860DW with this one and it actually takes up LESS space in my small home office area than the Brother did. Set-up to get it up and running was easy. It takes a little bit longer than some other brands, but one must realize that this is real office equipment, not really so much a consumer product.
It's like the difference between a KitchenAid mixer and a Black & Decker in terms of quality. The machine recognized my wireless network instantly, and was easily set up on a PC and three Macs. I've read some folks say that set-up was a terrible process, yadda, yadda, yadda, but I've got to think these people didn't read the manual first.
I read the manual and simply followed the procedures. It was fine on the first try. With respect to the output results, I'm happy with the print quality.
I think it's a bit better than my Brother was. The ease of use is just fine. Anyone who's ever used a modern Xerox office machine will feel right at home. It works exactly how you think it would, no surprises.
I rated it four stars, not five, for speed because while the speed of output is certainly more than acceptable, but I've seen faster. The faster ones I've seen also cost a lot more, though. So, again, it's fine. Build quality seems what one would expect of a Xerox product, in other words, it looks and feel like it should last for years. One thing I wish it had was paper tray capacity for a whole ream of paper, but in this price class nothing else has that, either, so it is what it is. I ordered an extra high-capacity toner cartridge with my purchase as I'm pretty sure the one that comes with the machine is only a 'starter' one and I didn't want to take the chance on running out even though I know it will warn you, by default at 10% remaining, when to get more toner.
Bottom line: so far I'm completely satisfied with it. It does what Xerox says it will do in the way Xerox says it will.
I think it's a great, little machine. So far, it's all as advertised. Unboxing is simple. It's smaller than I thought it would be.
Xerox Workcentre 3225 Firmware Update Windows 10
I replaced a Brother MFC7860DW with this one and it actually takes up LESS space in my small home office area than the Brother did. Set-up to get it up and running was easy. It takes a little bit longer than some other brands, but one must realize that this is real office equipment, not really so much a consumer product. It's like the difference between a KitchenAid mixer and a Black & Decker in terms of quality.
The machine recognized my wireless network instantly, and was easily set up on a PC and three Macs. I've read some folks say that set-up was a terrible process, yadda, yadda, yadda, but I've got to think these people didn't read the manual first. I read the manual and simply followed the procedures. It was fine on the first try. With respect to the output results, I'm happy with the print quality. I think it's a bit better than my Brother was.
The ease of use is just fine. Anyone who's ever used a modern Xerox office machine will feel right at home. It works exactly how you think it would, no surprises. I rated it four stars, not five, for speed because while the speed of output is certainly more than acceptable, but I've seen faster.
Xerox Workcentre 3225 Manual
The faster ones I've seen also cost a lot more, though. So, again, it's fine. Build quality seems what one would expect of a Xerox product, in other words, it looks and feel like it should last for years. One thing I wish it had was paper tray capacity for a whole ream of paper, but in this price class nothing else has that, either, so it is what it is.
I ordered an extra high-capacity toner cartridge with my purchase as I'm pretty sure the one that comes with the machine is only a 'starter' one and I didn't want to take the chance on running out even though I know it will warn you, by default at 10% remaining, when to get more toner. Bottom line: so far I'm completely satisfied with it. It does what Xerox says it will do in the way Xerox says it will. I think it's a great, little machine. My wife and I decided to upgrade from our aging Xerox 3210 (which still works without ever needing service despite the decent volume we run through it) for something that was of comparable size, speed, and that featured WiFi with Apple AirPrint. This fit the bill nicely, and with the discounts we paid less than we did originally for our 3210. The only feature I was surprised to see deleted was the Scan-to-USB function.
But frankly, I am a network administrator, and we use network scanning even at home like we do at work; as such, it's not an issue for us. So far I'm really impressed with this printer. It's fast printing, and VERY fast thinking.
Workcentre 3225
Boots up in under 10 seconds. Also, though it means supplies will technically (in the long run) be just a little more expensive, I like having the drum and toner separate, less waste, and costs are little easier to swallow up front because you take smaller bites so-to-speak. So far, it's all as advertised. Unboxing is simple.
It's smaller than I thought it would be. I replaced a Brother MFC7860DW with this one and it actually takes up LESS space in my small home office area than the Brother did. Set-up to get it up and running was easy. It takes a little bit longer than some other brands, but one must realize that this is real office equipment, not really so much a consumer product. It's like the difference between a KitchenAid mixer and a Black & Decker in terms of quality. The machine recognized my wireless network instantly, and was easily set up on a PC and three Macs.
I've read some folks say that set-up was a terrible process, yadda, yadda, yadda, but I've got to think these people didn't read the manual first. I read the manual and simply followed the procedures. It was fine on the first try. With respect to the output results, I'm happy with the print quality. I think it's a bit better than my Brother was.
The ease of use is just fine. Anyone who's ever used a modern Xerox office machine will feel right at home. It works exactly how you think it would, no surprises. I rated it four stars, not five, for speed because while the speed of output is certainly more than acceptable, but I've seen faster. The faster ones I've seen also cost a lot more, though.
So, again, it's fine. Build quality seems what one would expect of a Xerox product, in other words, it looks and feel like it should last for years. One thing I wish it had was paper tray capacity for a whole ream of paper, but in this price class nothing else has that, either, so it is what it is.
I ordered an extra high-capacity toner cartridge with my purchase as I'm pretty sure the one that comes with the machine is only a 'starter' one and I didn't want to take the chance on running out even though I know it will warn you, by default at 10% remaining, when to get more toner. Bottom line: so far I'm completely satisfied with it. It does what Xerox says it will do in the way Xerox says it will. I think it's a great, little machine.
I just purchased my first of these WorkCentre 3225, and I was excited by the clean fresh look of the printer. We are replacing a set of aging Workcentre 3220 printers and I thought this would be a good fit.My first thought is about the toner cartridge - it is new and not compatible with the existing printers - OK, I expected that; time will tell about the value there.2nd is the setup. I use the printer webpage to setup the printer for our domain.2a. The drivers only come in an install program - windows 2008 server could not install the printer until I ran the install on the server.2b. The email list can no longer be 'uploaded' - you must type in each one.2c. The scan-to-email is not working - it immediately prints an error page.3rd is support; it is fairly new, and so far there is no forum or help info for the odd email issue.I like Xerox printers, and I am sure I will like this eventually, but the initial setup has been disappointing so far.