Dell Laser 3100cn Printer – The Efficient Home Business 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.

With the presence of its 4 individual toner cartridges, this printer can take up lots of space. This model is quite heavy, weighing 53 pounds. It has a multipurpose tray that can expand if you pull down the front panel of the printer. If your major concern is space, this unit is not good for you.

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.

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 is shipped with a 5,000-page yield cartridge and 4,000-page version for the color cartridge. You can also replace them with high-yield versions. A 5,000-page black cartridge cost $76, but you can get an 8,000-page version for $110. For the color cartridge, a 4,000-page type is available for $120, but you get an 8,000-page one for only $215. Using the high capacity versions can save you a lot of money. In fact, black prints are only 1.4 cents and 9.4 cents for colored ones.

The Dell 3100cn can print 23 pages per minute for black, which is fast for its class. As for mono graphics, it printed at a remarkable rate of 22 pages per minute, which is one of the fastest we have ever seen. However, color printing is somewhat slow with only 13 pages a minute.

The machine was able to print quality black text documents, but the letters are not as dark. The result was closer to dark gray. The same problem also happened when printing monochrome graphics. Areas that were supposed to be jet black came out as dark gray. As for it color printing, the result is somewhat mediocre. Blurriness and fuzzy edged were apparent when printing small letter. This made printing bar codes next to impossible. When printing photos, the color gradient showed some signs of banding. The printer used too much red, which resulted to weird looking prints.

The Dell 3100cn printer has a warranty that lasts for a year. However, you can pay the premium price to extend this warranty up to 4 years. The manufacturer also offers free around the clock technical support via telephone. You can also ask for help from the live chat support. Do not forget to keep Dell toner in stock. The cartridges can be easily found online. Just make sure you get the right Dell Laser 3100cn replacement toner.

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