The Dell 3110cn printer is a color laser printer. It is an ideal option for a small business or home office. It has good print quality and speed. It comes network ready and has add on options of duplexing, a wireless adapter, and memory upgrade. The Dell 3110cn toner allows it to perform to meet every professional standard.
This printer puts out quality text and graphic printing. It prints 31 ppm in black and white at a maximum of 600 x 600 dpi. In color it prints about 17 ppm when left at default settings. It is a little slower on strictly color graphics, but still has great output. For even better color quality, take the time to calibrate the color printing.
It comes with a total of four cartridges. The black cartridge will print 5,000 pages. The color cartridges are cyan, magenta and yellow. Each cartridge will print 4,000 pages. There are cartridges that will print 8,000 pages. The printer can print up to 60,000 a month. The projected cost per page is 1.4 cents for black and white printing and 9.4 for color printing.
The printer tray has 250 sheet drawer. This can print standard paper sizes, including legal. There is also a multipurpose tray. This is accessed by pulling down the front of the printer. The multipurpose tray holds 150 sheets. It supports the same paper sizes, but can also print envelopes and labels. The two trays allow for using two separate pages sizes at the same time. It has settings to print on glossy and plain paper, as well as thicker stock paper. The available additional paper drawer will hold an added 550 sheets. This option costs an additional $200, but if you need the additional drawer it may be worth it. The combination of the three drawers holds 950 sheets.
It comes standard with a 10/100 Ethernet, 2.0 high speed USB port and a parallel port. The Ethernet port allows network printing. The connection also allows you to see how much toner is being used and when it is necessary to order new toner. The ability to have it reordered automatically also exists. There is a wireless adapter available for wireless printing. This costs about $150.
The printer has a 400 MHz processor that allows it to perform its various tasks quickly. It comes with 128 MB of RAM. This can be upgraded to 1,152 MB, including the 128 standard. The high end of the upgraded memory is more suitable for network printing, but a small upgrade will free up computer memory faster as the printer memory will be able to store the documents that need printing. One memory expansion slot is available.
It is a sizable printer and needs space. It comes in standard black and silver housing. It is 18.5 inches tall, 15.8 inches wide, and 19.1 inches deep. More space will be needed with the multipurpose tray open. It weighs in at 53 lbs.
The Dell 3100cn printer is available for about $499. If you look around you may find it for less. At this price it is most suitable for a small or home business. It may be a little pricey for the casual home user. It can handle the multiple business tasks of letterhead, invoices, and brochures by producing professional looking black and white and color printing.
These professional appearing prints come from the Dell 3110cn toner performing at peak levels. Dell toner offers this standard in their products, great value and execution. Replacement toner online is also a great value and a help to any office budget.
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