An ideal printer for a small business and a home based business is the Dell 3110cn printer. It is a good quality versus price color laser printer. Out of the box it is ready for networking and has an available memory upgrade, a duplex, and a wireless adapter.
The black and white printing produces clean and crisp characters. The color printing gives high quality graphic and text printing. The maximum black and white output is 31 ppm, but this will vary depending on usage. The black and white resolution is 600 x 600 dpi. The color output is somewhat slower at a maximum for 17 ppm. For the best color quality, take the time to calibrate it.
There are a total of four cartridges that come standard with the printer. These are black, magenta, cyan and yellow. The color cartridges yield about 4,000 pages each and the black cartridge produces 5,000 pages.
There are high-yield options for all four cartridges that print 8,000 pages. The printer itself can handle a max of 60,000 pages per month. The cost of printing black and white documents is about 1.4 cents per page and 9.4 cents per page for color.
There are two print trays that are standard for this printer. There is the 250 sheet drawer in the printer and a multipurpose tray that holds 150 sheets of paper. The multipurpose tray is accessed by pulling down the front panel of the printer. Use both trays simultaneously for printing to different size paper.
If the combined 400 sheet trays are not enough, there is another drawer for an additional cost. The drawer will hold 550 sheets for a combined total of 950 sheets and will cost about $200. The drawers will all hold plain, glossy and thick stock paper in all the standard paper sizes. The multipurpose tray allows for custom size paper, as well as envelopes.
For wireless printing there is a wireless adapter option available for approximately $150. There is also a 10/100 Ethernet port that supports network printing. The networking option allows the user to be kept up to date on the levels of each printer cartridge, alerting when any of them is low and can reorder automatically when needed. A USB 2.0 high speed port and parallel port are also standard.
A 400 MHz processor comes standard allowing for quick execution of printing tasks. The RAM memory is 128 MB, but can be upgraded up to 1,152 MB. The maximum upgrade will benefit users of network printing, preventing slow printing and back up of print jobs. A smaller upgrade will free computer memory if there are a lot of print jobs to be done. One memory expansion slot is also standard.
A printer cart may be a consideration as this is a sizable printer. The multipurpose tray will also need support in front. It comes in silver and black standard. It sits 19.1 inches deep, 15.8 inches wide and 15.8 inches tall, weighing about 53 lbs.
The small business or home business owner will benefit from the quality and price of the Dell 3110cn printer. It is more than is needed for the typical home user. It will consistently produce professional grade letterhead, invoices and brochures in black and white and color.
The product this printer produces is a direct result of the Dell 3110cn toner and this is where Dell toner shines. From first page to last, this toner will perform to your satisfaction.
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