Frequently Asked Questions

Who should buy ten drum units at once — and who honestly should not?

Ten units make sense for institutions and service-minded buyers: schools, clinics, multi-desk offices and anyone responsible for keeping a row of these machines printing all year. Bought the other way, ten singles cost $328.80; this pack is $162.44. But if you run one printer at home volumes, be honest with the maths — ten drums hold 100,000 pages of imaging life, which could take a single light-use machine a decade to consume. Buy the size your fleet actually turns over.

What is the per-unit and per-page cost at this quantity?

$16.24 per drum — the lowest per-unit price in this range — and about 0.16 cents per imaged page across the 100,000 pages the ten units deliver. Versus ten single purchases you save $166.36. Nothing about the drum itself changes at this tier: each unit is the standard 101R00474, individually packaged and rated at 10,000 pages.

What does a stock of ten change operationally?

It removes the drum from your ordering cycle entirely. Whoever looks after the machines keeps a shelf quantity, swaps a unit the moment output quality says so, and reorders once a year or so instead of after every failure. For a caretaker or IT contact supporting several rooms or sites, that predictability is the real product here — the drums are almost incidental.

How do we control a stock this size properly?

Three habits. Keep the units sealed in a dark, dry store — the drum surface is light-sensitive, so boxes stay closed until the day of the swap. Date each box on arrival and always fit oldest first, so the stock rotates instead of ageing at the back. And keep a simple count: when the shelf drops to two or three, that is the reorder signal, long before any machine is waiting on a delivery.

Which machines will these ten units serve?

All ten are the 101R00474 drum used by the Phaser 3260 and the WorkCentre 3215. Because both machine types share this one drum, a single bulk stock covers a mixed fleet without sorting spares by model.

What cover and delivery come with a bulk order?

Every unit is covered by a one-year warranty and free returns for a year, as laid out on the shipping and returns page. We ship from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, with support available Monday to Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST. The full range for these machines can be browsed on the Xerox toner page.

About This 101R00474 10-Pack

The institutional stock: ten compatible 101R00474 black drum units for $162.44 — $16.24 a unit, $166.36 saved against ten singles, and 100,000 pages of imaging life in the store room for the Phaser 3260 and WorkCentre 3215. An annual drum supply for fleets and facilities, bought once at the range's lowest unit price.