Dell Laser 3100cn Printer – The Master Home Office Printer

Posted by tomgreen on March 19, 2010

The Dell 3100cn printer is a fair priced unit designed for a small office. This printer costs approximately $500, which is a considerable price for its features and performance. You can also customize this model, but it may be quite expensive. The Dell 3100cn cartridges is what you want.

This machine can uses up big space due to its 4 individual Dell compatible toner. This printer is quite heavy since it weighs 53 pounds. Aside from this, it has a multi-purpose tray that expands whenever you pull the printer’s front panel down. However, if you are trying to save some space, you might want to reconsider.

This printer has 2 paper trays. The tray on the top can store 250 sheets, while the multifuctional tray holds 150 sheets. The output tray can be customized to hold 550 sheets for $230 approximately that makes it a total of 950 sheets. The Dell 3100cn printer also includes a $200 duplexer that can be added as part of your upgrade options.

The machine has a blazing fast 400 MHz processor. It also includes a 128MB memory that can be upgraded to 1 gigabyte. A built-in Ethernet port is available if you want to connect this printer to a work group. However, you can also take advantage of the optional wireless adapter, which cost around $150. A USB and parallel port can is also available on this device.

The package includes a 5000-page yield cartridge for black and a 4000-page yield version for the colored one. You may also replace these with high-yield cartridges. You can get a $76 5000-page black cartridge but you can also purchase a $110 for an 8000-page version. For the colored version, you have the option to buy a 4000-page type for $120. On the other hand, you will also be able to purchase an 8000-page colored version for only $215. It is true that you can save a lot if you buy the high yield versions. Black prints can actually be bought for only 1.4 cents, while for colored prints they are available for only 9.4 cents.

This unit has the capacity to print 23 pages per minute for black. For monochrome graphics, it can print at an amazing 22 pages per minute, which is one of fastest we have seen in a for printer under the same price range. However, color printing was a bit slow. It can only print 13 pages per minute.

This device is able to print quality black text documents. It gives a result of a dark gray color and not as dark as pitch black. This also occurs in printing monochrome graphics. For color printing, the machine’s quality is about average. It gives a blurry and fuzzy edged small letter prints whic brings printing bar codes close to impossible. When it prints photos, it shows some banding with the color gradient. It uses excessive red color that results in weird looking prints. Keep your printouts looking crisp replacing the Dell Laser 3100cn printer toners when needed.

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