SKU:

101R00474-BK-Drum

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

101R00474

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

10,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Drum Unit

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

The unit I just pulled out of my printer is stamped 101R00474 — is this that part?

Yes. 101R00474 is Xerox's part number for the black drum unit in this printer line, and this listing is the single compatible version of it: one drum unit, rated for up to 10,000 pages of imaging life, priced at $32.88. Order by the number on the unit you removed and you cannot land on the wrong consumable — the toner cartridge for the same machines is a different part with a different number, and this is not it.

How is a drum unit different from a toner cartridge?

Toner is the powder that becomes the text on the page; the drum is the light-sensitive surface the image is written onto before it transfers to paper. A toner cartridge runs empty and is swapped out many times, while the drum behind it keeps imaging until its surface wears. That is why the two parts run on separate clocks and carry separate part numbers — when print quality fades in ways a new toner cannot fix, the drum is usually the part that has finished its life.

What does the 10,000-page drum life mean in practice?

It is the number of pages the unit is built to image cleanly before wear starts to show — about 20 reams of paper. At $32.88 for the unit, the imaging surface works out to roughly 0.33 cents per page. A printer doing a few hundred pages a month takes years to reach the rating; a busy one gets there far sooner. The count is pages imaged, not months on a shelf.

How do I tell it is the drum failing, and not the toner?

Look for faults that do not care how much toner you have: spots or marks that repeat down the page at regular intervals, streaks, grey background shading where the page should be white, and output that stays tired-looking even with a fresh toner cartridge fitted. Those defects live on the drum's surface. Changing toner again will not cure them; changing the drum will.

Which printers does this drum unit fit?

The same 101R00474 unit serves both machines in this line: the Phaser 3260 and the WorkCentre 3215. One is a straightforward desktop printer and the other a multifunction machine, but they share the same drum — if your machine is either of those two models, this is its drum unit.

What warranty and delivery come with it?

Every drum unit we sell is covered by a one-year warranty and free returns for a year, as set out on the shipping and returns page. Orders ship from our IL, PA, GA and CA warehouses, and support runs Monday to Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST. The rest of the range for these machines sits on the Xerox toner page.

About This 101R00474 Drum Unit

The single, ordered by its number: one compatible 101R00474 black drum unit for the Phaser 3260 and WorkCentre 3215, rated for up to 10,000 pages of imaging life at about 0.33 cents a page, for $32.88. Not a toner cartridge and not a bundle — the imaging unit itself, matched to the part number stamped on the drum you took out.