Dell Laser 3100cn Printers – The Accomplished Small Office Printer

The Dell 3110cn printer is a mid-priced machine built for small home offices. The machine cost around $500, which is good price for its performance and features. Enhancements are also available for this printer, but some of them might be a little expensive. Get Dell Laser 3100cn printer toner.

This machine can uses up big space due to its 4 individual Dell printer toners. 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 unit has 2 paper trays. The paper tray on top can store 250 sheets and the multipurpose tray can have 150 sheets. The output tray can be upgraded to hold 550 sheets. It will cost approximately $320 making a total of 950 sheets. This model also has an optional duplexer for $200.

This unit has a tremendous and fast 400MHz processor which also includes an internal 128MB memory. The memory can be expanded to 1 GB. There is an internal Ethernet port, which would makes the machine easy to connect to a network or workgroup. On the other hand, a wireless adapter can be purchased at $150 for added convenience. The device also has a parallel and USB port.

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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