Xerox

Xerox C235

Color laserToner

The colour sibling of the B235 and a rare thing at the price: a colour laser multifunction with a 50-sheet feeder, fax, duplex printing and Ethernet for under four hundred dollars. Twenty-four pages a minute in colour and black is respectable for the class. The cost line is where it hurts, and where it hurts more than the Brother equivalents: the black cartridge is rated 1,500 pages against Brother's 3,000, so it is roughly 5.4 cents a black page before colour enters the picture. The three colour toners are $96.99 each from Xerox's own store, which puts a four-colour page near twenty-five cents — the Brother HL-L3280CDW does the same page for nearly a quarter less. Forty-six pounds and fifteen inches deep, so measure first.

Approx. price: ~$399
Cost per mono page: 5.7¢
Cost per colour page: 25¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages: ~$876
Print speed, mono: 24 ISO ppm

Best for

A small office that needs colour laser copying and faxing and is buying on purchase price rather than running cost.

marks an estimate. Computed from the consumable's ISO page yield and its list price. An estimate. Purchase price plus ink or toner over the pages shown, assuming four mono pages for every colour page. Price is an approximate snapshot from our last catalogue update.

What it costs to own

Black consumable: Xerox 006R04383 black toner · 1,500 ISO pages · ~$84.99
Colour consumable: Xerox 006R04384 colour toners · 1,500 ISO pages · ~$96.99 each
Cost per mono page: 5.7¢
Cost per colour page: 25¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages: ~$876
Cost to own, 200 pages/month for 3 years: ~$1,086 (7,200 pages)

Computed from the consumable's ISO page yield and its list price. An estimate. How this is worked out

Cost to own · 5,000 pages

Xerox C235~$876
~$399 printer + ~$477 supplies
HP Color LaserJet Pro M255dw~$756
~$379 printer + ~$377 supplies
Brother HL-L3280CDW~$666
~$344 printer + ~$322 supplies

purchase priceink or toner. An estimate: purchase price plus 5,000 pages at each printer’s computed cost per page, assuming 4 mono pages for every colour page. Printers whose consumable price we could not source are left out.

Specifications

Manufacturer-published figures. Cost lines are computed from the consumable figures above and are estimates.

Approx. price: ~$399
Cost per mono page: 5.7¢
Cost per colour page: 25¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages: ~$876
Cost to own, 3 years: ~$1,086
Technology: Laser
Ink system: Toner
Inks: 4
Black consumable: Xerox 006R04383 black toner · 1,500 pages
Colour consumable: Xerox 006R04384 colour toners · 1,500 pages
Third-party ink lock: No
Ink subscription: None offered
Print speed, mono: 24 ISO ppm
Print speed, colour: 24 ISO ppm
Functions: Print · Copy · Scan · Fax
Two-sided printing: Auto
Document feeder: 50 sheets
Two-sided scanning: No
Paper capacity: 250 sheets
Max paper size: Legal
Borderless photo: No
Resolution: 600 × 600 dpi
Connectivity: Wi-Fi · Ethernet
Mobile printing: AirPrint · Mopria
Display: Mono LCD
Dimensions: 16.1 × 17.4 × 15.4 in
Weight: 46.1 lb
Released: 2021

Features

24 ppm in both black and colour
50-sheet document feeder with fax
Automatic two-sided printing
250-sheet input tray
Wired Ethernet and Wi-Fi

Document feeder Auto duplex No ink lock Ethernet Fax

In its favour

A colour laser multifunction with feeder, fax and duplex for under $400
24 ppm in colour, the same as in black
Ethernet and Wi-Fi, administered through a proper web interface
Output is dry and permanent, unlike any inkjet here

Against it

A 1,500-page black cartridge gives about 5.7¢ a mono page, near the bottom of the laser field here
Near twenty-five cents a four-colour page, the dearest colour laser page here
46 lb and over 15 inches deep
Monochrome LCD, no touchscreen
600 dpi output means photos look photocopied

What owners say

Distilled from owner discussions and long-term published reviews

Xerox is the brand nobody mentions in home-printer discussion, which is why this machine is worth knowing about: a colour laser multifunction with a 50-sheet feeder, fax, duplex printing and Ethernet for under four hundred dollars is a genuinely aggressive specification.

The cost line is where it loses. The black cartridge is rated 1,500 pages against Brother's 3,000, which works out to roughly 5.4 cents a black page — the worst laser figure here before colour toner is even considered. It is also built and supported as business equipment, which means a competent web interface and a spartan front panel, and fewer people around to ask when something goes wrong.

What owners like

A colour laser multifunction with a 50-sheet feeder, fax and duplex under four hundred dollars, which owners note is unusual
Administered through a proper web interface rather than a phone app
24 ppm in colour, the same as in black
No supplies lock and no account requirement

Common complaints

A 1,500-page black cartridge is half what Brother's equivalent holds, which makes it the worst laser cost per page in this catalogue
46 lb and over 15 inches deep
Monochrome LCD with no touchscreen
Owners outside business environments find parts and support harder to come by than for Brother or HP

Questions that keep coming up

Why choose Xerox over Brother or HP?

Price for the feature set, mainly — a colour laser multifunction with a 50-sheet feeder, fax and duplex under $400 is hard to match. It is also administered like business equipment, through a web interface rather than a phone app, which suits people who want a printer on a network without an account. The trade is worse cost per page and a smaller community to ask for help.

How expensive is the toner?

The black cartridge is rated 1,500 pages at around $81, which is about 5.4¢ a black page — roughly sixty percent more than a Brother mono laser. Colour toner prices could not be sourced, so no colour figure is published here. Budget for colour laser toner being the most expensive consumable class in this catalogue whichever brand you buy.

Is it too big for a home office?

It is 46 lb and over 15 inches deep, which is substantial for a home. It is designed to sit on a floor stand or a sturdy table in a small office rather than on a desk. Measure before buying, and account for clearance at the feeder and the output tray.

Computed from the consumable's ISO page yield and its list price. An estimate. Owner notes are a summary of what people who own the machine report, not a test result — there is no lab behind this site.