Dell 3010cn - Loads Of Pages You Don’t Need Replace

The Dell 3010cn color laser printer comes to us from the folks at Dell. This particular model delivers networkable, high-quality color laser printing for around the same price as a comparable black-and-white printer. For the small home-based business or office which needs a color laser printer for small workgroups, the Dell 3010cn may be the ticket. It also ships with Dell Printer Toner Cartridge; both color and black.

How heavy is it? It’s no lightweight, but at about 55lbs. it’s still a fairly easy printer to move around if you need to. Actually, it’s right in the ballpark for printers in this niche. Also, because it’s a color printer (and most are monochrome), that’s an added upside sure to soothe anybody who has a problem with its weight. It’ll fit in well enough in a corner of an office because it’s a bit over a foot square in size, which also makes it attractive to a small business.

How’s the Print Quality? The Dell 3010cn produces text at about 25ppm, which is more than acceptable for printers at this price point. Color printing knocks it down to 5 or so a minute, but quality is very good, so that’s a definite plus. With 600dpi of clarity, text and other printed materials should look good enough for general business purposes. And it can be a long time between maintenance sessions due to its 45,000 page-per-month duty cycle. That contributes to keeping down overall printer costs in the long run. Paper trays come in standard 250 sheet size and optional 450 sheet trays.

Compatibility. The Dell 3010cn Printer works well with MS Vista, XP, 2000 and also in a network with NT 4.0 or MS Server 2003. It also comes with Ethernet 10/100 or USB 2.0 ports, which are the standards for today’s computer data interface ports.

How Much Memory? The 3010cn comes with an installed 64MB of memory that can be upgraded to 576MB. With such a wide range, the unit should be able to handle most any print job.

Service and Support. For businesses, Dell’s standard “next business day” on-site service is provided for one year, along with 24/7 tech support. You can also add four more years of coverage for a nominal fee. Home customers are given the “at home” version of the business service plan, which is also extendable by 4 more years for the same nominal charge.

Dell 3010cn Toners. Using a Dell 3010 toner cartridge, the printer is easy enough to keep up and running. Installed cartridges are rated to a couple thousand pages, but longer-lasting units are available through Dell or several aftermarket cartridge makers. It’s not unusual, in casual usage, to go more than a couple years before needing new print cartridges. When you factor that in, per-page costs can be relatively low as compared to similar printers on the market.

Summary. The Dell 3010cn Printer packs a lot of features for not a lot of money, especially in comparison to what some color laser printers on the market are going for. Costing around the same as a good small business black-and-white networkable printer, the Dell will deliver reliable printing, good graphics and acceptable page-per-minute printing capabilities. They work with most Windows-based computer systems, and their USB or Ethernet connectivity is surprisingly easy to make work. Also, Dell Toner Cartridge are widely available and relatively inexpensive. For more information, check out our site http://www.qtoner.us.

- Ben Pate

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