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 cartridges.
This machine can uses up big space due to its 4 individual Dell laser 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.
The machine has a blazing fast 400 MHz processor. It also includes a 128MB memory that can be upgraded to 1 gigabyte. A built-in Ethernet port is available if you want to connect this printer to a work group. However, you can also take advantage of the optional wireless adapter, which cost around $150. A USB and parallel port can is also available on this device.
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.
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.
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 using Dell 3100cn toner cartridge has a 1 year warranty.
Do not forget to keep Dell cartridge in stock. The printer toner refill can be easily found online.