I would like to purchase a Dell Printer, what do you consider to be a great speed for a colored laser printer?

Answer 1

OMG get a Dell photo AIO 964 it rocks

I LOVE DELL they help with all ur comp problems

Answer 2

NO NO NO Do not purchase a dell printer, the quality is and speed are no better than any other colour laser printer, however the cartridges will easily cost you double as you have to order them from Dell.

Hp is making some really nice, high quality fast colour laser printers, the cartridges are readily available and inexpensive compared to Dell.

Brother and Samsung also have some very very nice inexpensive high work load colour laser printers

Answer 3

I would avoid Dell if you are looking for a good printer.

Stick with HP when it comes to printers - especially laser - they are the people who invented most of this stuff in the first place, and they definitely have some of the best printers - you might pay a little more, but in the long run you won't regret it.

Answer 4

The best color laserjet printer out there is Konica/Minolta. Thier graphics are the best as their resolution starts at 2400 x 600. This will give you photo quality with standard copy paper. The 2500w is their starting price point and goes toe to toe with anything on the market as far as cost per copy, and copier life. Thier consumables are also cheaper than the competitors. The only drawback with the 2500w is that it is not Mac compatible yet. Every other model works with Mac. It has a pricepoint equal to or better than HP also.

Answer 5

Here's the specs on the Dell 3115cn... Knock yourself out!

Technology Printing
Tandem Xerography 1-pass system utilizing four OPC drum/toner cartridges and direct media transfer via transfer belt
Scanner
Device
Charge Coupled Device (CCD) array (1 per color x 4)
Twin cold cathode flourescent lamps
Method
Platen glass or Constant Velocity Transport (using ADF)
Fax
Integrated fax/modem supports the following protocols:
V.34 (max. 33.6 kbps)
V.17 (14.4/12/9.6/7.2 kbps)
V.33 (14.4/12/ kbps) receive only
V.29 (9.6/7.2 kbps)
V.27ter (4.8/2.4 kbps)

Performance 400 Mhz processor

Printing speed
Color: 17 PPM (A4) / 17.5 PPM (letter)
Mono: 30 PPM (A4) / 31.4 PPM (letter)
First Print Output Time (FPOT)
Color: 17 sec or less
Mono: 16 sec or less
Copying speed ("Scan once/print many" mode)
Same as printing speed
Copying speed ("Scan many/print many" mode using ADF)
4.8 CPM color
18.3 CPM mono
First copy out from idle state
27sec color
14.6sec mono
Fax 2
Up to 33.6 kbps fax speed with integrated fax modem
Approx. 1 minute transmission time for A4 size document using Super-G3 standard, 200x200 dpi, at 33.6 kbps
Interfaces Integrated USB 2.0: High-speed, type B connector
Integrated parallel: IEEE 1284, standard/ECP
Integrated Ethernet: 10Base-T/100Base-TX, TCP/IP (standard)
RJ-11 line/Tel-Set connections

Optional interfaces

Multi-Protocol Card (MPC)
Wireless USB LAN dongle (MPC card required for WLAN)
Capacities3 Standard (integrated) tray: 250 sheets
Optional feeder assembly: 550 sheets
Multi-Purpose Feeder: 150 sheets (or .59" envelope stack)
Automatic Document Feeder (ADF): 50 sheets
Page Descriptor Language(s) PCL5, PCL6, PS3
Memory RAM: 128 MB base, 1152 MB (128 + 1024 MB) maximum

Optional: 256, 512, or 1024 MB
Type: 200-pin DDR2 SoDIMM
ROM: 16 MB (executive) + 8 MB (fonts)

Resolution Printing
600 dpi resolution, 2400 dpi (image quality)
Scanning
Fast scanning: 600dpi
Slow scanning: 600dpi/300dpi
Duty cycle Average: 2000 pages/month
Maximum: 60,000 pages/month
Life cycle 100,000 pages or 5 years, whichever comes first
Operating system support Windows® 2000 Professional
Windows Server® 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows XP
Windows XP (x64)
Windows NT® 4.0
Novell® Netware® (3.x/4.x/5.x/6/6.5)*
Linux® (Red Hat® ES4, English)*
SUSE® 9.2/9.3 (English)**
Turbolinux™ 10 Desktop (English)**
UNIX® (Red Hat AS 2.1)**
HP-UX® (11.i)**
Solaris™ (9/10, English)**
Mac® OS X (10.2.8/10.3.9/10.4.x)**

*Customers with Gold contracts can receive "best effort" support but may be subject to additional fees.
**Drivers available but not supported by Dell.

(Optional MPC may be needed for protocols required by non-Microsoft® operating systems.)

Firmware Firmware upgradeable using local or networked connections
Remote management Embedded Web server: Allows for remote configuration and viewing through a Web browser across the network

OpenManage™ Printer Manager: Allows a hierarchical view of all networked printers; should provide one-to-many capability for installation and updates, user-set parameters for alerting and reporting, and document management tools