Dell 3100cn - A Cost Effective And Functional Business Printer

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:31:06 EST

The Dell 3100cn weighs a hefty 72 pounds, but the great output, and its rapid grayscale speeds outweigh the poundage. This color laser printer does a wonderful printing job; its color graphics are outstanding, with photographic detail that you might expect to get from an inkjet printer. The black text, which is the common use for a laser printer has clarity that ranks among the best in its class. The Dell 3100cn is a sensible buy for a network able printer.

The Dell 3100cn has a toner carousel. This design forces you to consult the LCD to move colors one by one to the front, so you can't manually pop cartridges in and out of the machine as easily as you can. Dell 3100cn toner cartridges are well priced if you consider the 4000 page output that they can deliver. It is cost effective printing at its best.

This printer has a large 400 sheet paper tray and four 4,000-page toner drums. You can purchase an extra 500 sheet paper tray which will increase the paper capacity. You can also add a "duplexer" that allows for two sided printing; with this unit, the driver software lets you shrink several documents to fit onto one sheet of paper.

The Dell 3100cn only has three front mounted buttons below the LCD screen; they are the menu, cancel, and select buttons. The select button is surrounded by four way arrow keys. This makes adjustments into a menu choosing method, and some of the functions and adjustments require a few steps rather than on push of a button. This can be daunting for some, but it really is easy to learn.

The Dell 3100cn has a 22ppm grayscale text speed, which implies that this printer can compete in a heavy text printing situation, such as in a workgroup. The gray tower of the Dell 3100cn color laser printer is about 21-inches high and has a 16-inch-square footprint. This Dell 3100cn comes with three ports: USB 2.0, parallel, and Cat 5 for network printing. The Dell 3100cn comes with 81 fonts and Symbol Sets, 35 PCL fonts, and 136 PostScript fonts. This permits compatibility with multiple fonts, high end graphics, and certain publishing software.

The Dell 3100cn's print quality is exceptional. Black text is crisp and readable even with the smallest sized fonts. Grayscale graphics have even gradients and fine, sharp details. Color text was good. For a laser printer, the color graphics and the photographs were high quality, and have great color matching with smooth gradients.

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Dell 3100cn - A Cost Effective And Functional Business Printer