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Specs
Type: color laser multifunction printer
Functions: Print, scan, copy, fax
Connectivity: Ethernet, USB, Wi-Fi
Data storage slots: USB Host
Print speed: 33ppm
Max paper size: Letter/legal/A4
Print quality: 1,200×1,200dpi (4,800×4,800 enhanced color)
Memory: 2GB
Apple AirPrint: yes
Consumables included: 4 x setup cartridges (1,500 black, 1,000 color pages)
Dimensions/Weight: 479 x 475 x 491 mm (WxDxH)/60lb/27kg
With its rapid print rate of 33ppm (pages per minute), duplex printing and scanning and a modular design that can expand its paper capacity in step with your growing business, the Xerox C325 is a significant step up from the Xerox C235. The extra $100 buys you a higher spec and premium features such as duplex scanning.
The Xerox C325 is essentially a rebadged Lexmark CX532adwe and since Xerox bought the Chinese-owned brand in 2025, I’ve been keen to see what, if any, improvements have been made.
Xerox C325: Design and build
The C325 looks like a typical Xerox MFD (multifunction device) with its two-tone grey plastic and large ADF giving it a top-heavy appearance. One big difference though, are the four square toner cartridges and their compartment at the side of the printer.
Previously, Xerox had always housed its elongated torpedo-shaped cartridges in the center of its printers. The advantage here is that you can swap out your empties as easily as if they were inkjet cartridges. Frustratingly, the Xerox and Lexmark cartridges are not interchangeable.
The Xerox C325 is larger than the C235, with the overhanging ADF and scanner bed being raised up so the unit is almost 50cm tall. The footprint, however, is reasonably compact and in order to load Letter or A4 paper, you first need to extend the main tray beyond the rear panel by an inch or two.
The 4.3-inch tilting touchscreen control panel is both detailed and sensitive and there’s a USB Host port conveniently located close by. All other connections are at the rear. It looks and feels like a sturdy piece of office equipment that would withstand the demands of a workgroup. For my home office, though, I’d prefer the smaller Xerox C235.
Xerox C325: Features & specifications
In addition to key features such as auto duplex, Wi-Fi with AirPrint and Mopria and embedded security software, the Xerox C325 also has a DADF — that’s a duplex automatic document feeder. The ability to scan both sides of a stack of documents saves a whole lot of standing around the printer and is something only upmarket MFPs can do.
With its fast print rate of 33ppm, powered by a 1.2Ghz processing and 2GB inbuilt memory, the Xerox C325 has a higher spec than the C235 in every department. It holds a similar amount of paper (251 sheets of Letter or A4) but this can be upgraded to 901 sheets with the purchase of additional cassettes, while the deeper out-tray can hold 120 sheets. The manual feed slot is useful for printing envelopes and headed letter paper and the USB Host port is handy for scanning directly to a USB thumb drive.
The native print and scan quality is the usual 600×600 DPI (dots per inch), but this is enhanced to 4,800 DPI for best quality color prints. It can recognize and print on a wide range of media up to Letter or A4 size and up to 216gsm in weight. The only absent feature that might have improved this model is NFC (near field communication) which could have enabled more secure printing in a shared office.
Xerox C325: Setup and operation
The Xerox C325 comes with pre-loaded setup cartridges, so the initiation is simple and should only take a few minutes. My printer fired up quickly and launched straight into the setup procedure, which can be done via the touchscreen.
You can use the free companion app called Easy Assist and use your smartphone to help, but I tried both methods and found it faster to use the printer’s own touchscreen interface, which is particularly responsive and easy to type on.
The first test sheet you get from a new laser printer often looks faded as it takes a page or two for the toner to feed through, but this one printed crisply right from the box. In both setup and operation, the Xerox C325 responds promptly making it a pleasure to use.
Xerox C325: Performance
The Xerox C325 printed a whole range of documents with the speed and accuracy you would expect from a printer at this price, but its bright and vivid presentation with color prints gives it an edge over the competition.
The advantage is most noticeable when printing photos on laser photo paper. The Xerox produces a slighter lighter image with more discernible detail than rival lasers such as the HP Color LaserJet Pro 4201dw thanks to its strong contrast. You can still see the pixels that comprise the image, so it cannot compete with an inkjet photo printer for photos, but it is very good with mixed color documents.
And like most laser printers, it’s more consistent at printing text than your average inkjet. Characters always look sharp on plain paper and remain legible down to the smallest point size. The Xerox 325 churns out long Word documents at around 33ppm in simplex mode and about 22ppm in duplex mode, which is to say that it can turn the page over quickly.
The Xerox C325 also makes a great photocopier, thanks to a combination of a speedy scan rate and that valuable duplex scan function. Place your documents to be copied on the 50-sheet ADF (or DADF in this case) and each page will be sucked in, copied on both sides and duplex printed in a few seconds. Copies are so faithful it’s hard to tell them apart from the original.
Xerox C325: Consumables
With the Xerox C325, you get four pre-installed setup cartridges containing enough toner for 1,500 black and white pages and 1,000 color pages, while the highest capacity carts available for this model will yield up to 8,000 black pages and 5,500 color. It works out at around 3 cents (2p) per black page, and 12 cents (9p) per color page, which is quite competitive.
However, the Lexmark CX532adwe, on which this model is based can take even higher capacity cartridges promising yields up to 15,800 mono pages and 8,800 color with a slightly lower CPP (cost per page). This seems to be the main difference between the two MFDs, so for very high print volumes, the more expensive Lexmark makes more sense.
Xerox C325: Maintenance
The only parts that might need replacing apart from the toner cartridges are the black and color imaging drums. These cost several hundred dollars each, but the good news is that they last so long, Xerox says it’s unlikely you’ll need to renew them.
Xerox C325: Final verdict
The Xerox C325 fills its roll as a do-it-all workhorse for a busy workgroup well. It has all the key features you could ask of an office printer, with single-pass duplex scanning being a real bonus. It has the paper capacity and upgradability to satisfy a growing business and pretty good toner capacity too, though it has to be said, the near identical Lexmark CX532adwe manages even higher yields. T
he intuitive touchscreen makes it easy to use and the print and scan rates are impressive. Crucially, the print quality also lives up to expectations. The black text output is good, if unremarkable, while the color output is especially strong with lots of detail and bright color. In short, this is a great multifunction device for the office.
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