Laser Printer Advice

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Basically, I'm sick of having so many inkjet printers break down on me over the years and how retardly expensive cartridges are to replace. I'm looking to invest at most $300 in a new laser printer that does color as well. The only specifics I have for this new printer is that it has to be reliable, quiet, long-lasting toners, includes a toner with the package, and size.
 
From my experience the HP Lasers like the 1300 series are very good but they are black and white only. If you want a color laser Xerox has a nice for for around $600 to $900. The HP 2600 series one is noisy but good too. Minolta makes nice laser products as well, I have a friend that has nothing but praise about his.
 
I believe the previous poster meant 3100cn. That's the one I got.

That would be my vote. Have one sitting right beside me. I got it when they were $349 with free shipping.

I also got the 256MB RAM upgrade for something like $50, which I highly recommend. You can not print large photo's in photo mode with the standard 64MB RAM. It's not enough.

Be aware, this is not some tiny Samsung desktop printer. It is fairly large and weighs around 90 pounds when all together.

-Larry

anthongy817 said:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/print_3000cn?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

Dell 3000cn color laser printer.

I got this about a week ago, and i love it. It is on-sale for $339 right now, it was only $319 last week. But $339 - $35 ($35 off $300 coupon) = $304 with free shipping. Dell charges tax in certain states though.
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Not to derail your thread, but between the 3000cn and the 3100cn, what's the difference between them aside from the extra paper tray and the multi-latform driver disc? It looks like they are the same thing. Also, the model number on that sounds like an okidata model number. Anyone who is making the chassis/innards on these for dell?

 
I ordered a 3000cn

How much memory should be in one of these for full page color printing at a decent speed? it comes with 64MB already in it. I'm holding off on ordering more for now.
 
Has the Dell been reliable for everyone? I wonder who is making that printer for them?
 
More than you would think.

Paper Capacity
Toner Capacity (2K each for the 3000, 4K each for the 3100).
The toner alone makes up the cost of the difference.
The 3000 has no built-in fonts. The 3100 has a full compliment.

That's a good enough start.

-Larry

uzor said:
Not to derail your thread, but between the 3000cn and the 3100cn, what's the difference between them aside from the extra paper tray and the multi-latform driver disc? It looks like they are the same thing. Also, the model number on that sounds like an okidata model number. Anyone who is making the chassis/innards on these for dell?

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The 3000/3100N is Fuji-Xerox based.

-Larry

benamaster said:
Has the Dell been reliable for everyone? I wonder who is making that printer for them?
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isnt there a way to use the 4k color cartridges for the 3100 cn for the 3000 cn?

TechLarry?
 
The 3100cn doesn't have any price drop on it right now. The 3000cn is still $339.

If this is for your own personal use, then the 3000cn is perfect. If it is office based, then i guess you can opt for the 3100cn.
 
I've read that question before but unfortunately I do not know the answer.

Check the Dell web site. If they are compatible, I'd think they would offer them.

-Larry

killa62 said:
isnt there a way to use the 4k color cartridges for the 3100 cn for the 3000 cn?

TechLarry?
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Ah, that's a bummer. I got mine during the $349/free shipping sale.

However, at $399 the 3100cn is only $61 more and the extra 2000 pages worth of Toner alone more than makes up for that.

-Larry

anthongy817 said:
The 3100cn doesn't have any price drop on it right now. The 3000cn is still $339.

If this is for your own personal use, then the 3000cn is perfect. If it is office based, then i guess you can opt for the 3100cn.
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Man, that's gotta be the biggest racket there is. I just did some checking on the Dell site and found some interesting results for the 3100cn.

STORE............COST.........SHIPPING
Home................$499..............Free
Sm. Bus............$399..............Free
Med/Lg. Bus......$499..............$80 (ground)
Edu..................$479..............Not specified (but not free)


All for the same damn thing. And I know that it is worse for actual computers.

 
we bought the 3000 for $399 with free shipping to replace our HP 4500DN

Pros:
Very fast startup from standby
Small and lightweight
Software setup on the client machines were easy

Cons:
Colors not as good as my HP4500DN
Have to lower print resolution to less than 300dpi on an 8x10 picture to get it to print, I think I used 150 to 200dpi. My HP4500DN also has 64megs of Ram and prints 8x10 @ 300DPI.

Also, will Dell price match thier prices?

Oh, they have refurbished 3000cn printers for $199.
 
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