Okidata C5150N LED COLOR PRINTER 12PPM ( 62421701 )

Okidata C5150N LED COLOR PRINTER 12PPM ( 62421701 )
Manufacturer: Okidata
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
For professionals who keep a close eye on their image as well as the bottom line, the compact OKI C5150n Digital Color printer is like two printers in one. It combines fast, high-quality OKI color and monochrome output with a low purchase price and low cost per page, so it can take the place of slower color inkjet and mono machines - and stretch your budget. The OKI C5150n printer turns out up to 12 full-color and 20 mono pages per minute, with the first color page printing in just 14 seconds, the first black & white page in as little as 9 seconds.1 And those are crisp, bright pages at 1200 x 600 dpi. The OKI C5150n has a standard paper capacity of 400 sheets (300-sheet paper tray and built-in 100-sheet multipurpose tray for labels, envelopes, transparencies, and card stock up to 110 lb.) That can expand to 930 sheets with an optional 530-sheet 2nd tray - and more sheets means fewer user interventions. What's more, with an OKI C5150n you can print on banner-size sheets up to 8.5" x 47.24" in length. And, with its optional duplexer, you can produce 2-sided pages at close to rated engine speeds. With high-speed USB connectivity, your workgroup can share the advantages and efficiencies of this productivity-enhancing printer. An internal OkiLAN 10/100 Base-T print server enables industry-standard network protocols and enhances network management through access to printer menu settings.
Amazon.com Product Description
Okidata offers an affordable digital color desktop printer that's network-ready and engineered for greater productivity. For professionals who keep a close eye on their image as well as the bottom line, the compact OKI C5150n is like two printers in one: It combines fast, high-quality OKI color and monochrome output with a low purchase price and low cost per page, so it can take the place of slower color inkjet and mono machinesand stretch your budget. How? LED technology provides laser sharpness at a low cost--the design is similar in concept to laser printing, but an LED digital printhead is used as the light source.

The OKI C5150n printer turns out up to 12 full-color and 20 mono pages per minute, with the first color page printing in just 14 seconds, the first black-and-white page in as little as 9 seconds. And those are crisp, bright pages at 1,200 x 600 dpi resolution (print speeds under ideal conditions).

The OKI C5150n has a standard paper capacity of 400 sheets (300-sheet paper tray and built-in 100-sheet multipurpose tray for labels, envelopes, transparencies, and card stock up to 110 lb.). That can expand to 930 sheets with an optional 530-sheet second trayand more sheets means fewer user interventions. What's more, with an OKI C5150n you can print on banner-size sheets up to 8.5 by 47.24 inches. And, with its optional duplexer, you can produce two-sided pages at close to rated engine speeds.

With high-speed USB connectivity, your workgroup can share the advantages and efficiencies of this productivity-enhancing printer. An internal OkiLAN 10/100 Base-T print server enables industry-standard network protocols and enhances network management through access to printer menu settings. OKI is so confident in the reliable performance of the C5150n that it provides an industry-leading five-year warranty on the four color printheads, and a one-year limited printer warranty with Overnight Exchange and optional coverage extensions.

What's in the Box
C5150n printer, starter toner cartridges (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), power cable, user guide and set-up guide, warranty information; printer cable not included

Okidata C5150N LED COLOR PRINTER 12PPM ( 62421701 )

Average customer rating:

NO Buyer's Remorse--Greatest printer EVER!
Oki - Freedom at last from inkjets!
Fast, good color, and good software support
High Quality, Low Price
User Review of the Okidata 5150 Color Laser Printer

Okidata C5150N LED COLOR PRINTER 12PPM ( 62421701 )

Manufacturer: Okidata
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Office Electronics | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics

Office Depot(R) Extra Bright Multipurpose Paper, 8 1/2 x 11, 20 Lb., 104 Brightness
APC BE350U 350VA Back-ups Es
Acoustic Research Spikemaster SM-BG8 8 Outlet Block, Standard Protection Surge Protector (White)

Product Features:

LED technology for laser-sharp 1,200 x 600 resolution
Up to 12 ppm color, 20 ppm monochrome print speed
32 MB standard, expandable to 288 MB
10/100 Base-T Internal Ethernet Print Server
USB 2.0 interface, PC and Mac compatible

ASIN: B0002D6PUY

Product Description

For professionals who keep a close eye on their image as well as the bottom line, the compact OKI C5150n Digital Color printer is like two printers in one. It combines fast, high-quality OKI color and monochrome output with a low purchase price and low cost per page, so it can take the place of slower color inkjet and mono machines - and stretch your budget. The OKI C5150n printer turns out up to 12 full-color and 20 mono pages per minute, with the first color page printing in just 14 seconds, the first black & white page in as little as 9 seconds.1 And those are crisp, bright pages at 1200 x 600 dpi. The OKI C5150n has a standard paper capacity of 400 sheets (300-sheet paper tray and built-in 100-sheet multipurpose tray for labels, envelopes, transparencies, and card stock up to 110 lb.) That can expand to 930 sheets with an optional 530-sheet 2nd tray - and more sheets means fewer user interventions. What's more, with an OKI C5150n you can print on banner-size sheets up to 8.5" x 47.24" in length. And, with its optional duplexer, you can produce 2-sided pages at close to rated engine speeds. With high-speed USB connectivity, your workgroup can share the advantages and efficiencies of this productivity-enhancing printer. An internal OkiLAN 10/100 Base-T print server enables industry-standard network protocols and enhances network management through access to printer menu settings.

Amazon.com Product Description

Okidata offers an affordable digital color desktop printer that's network-ready and engineered for greater productivity. For professionals who keep a close eye on their image as well as the bottom line, the compact OKI C5150n is like two printers in one: It combines fast, high-quality OKI color and monochrome output with a low purchase price and low cost per page, so it can take the place of slower color inkjet and mono machines—and stretch your budget. How? LED technology provides laser sharpness at a low cost--the design is similar in concept to laser printing, but an LED digital printhead is used as the light source.

The OKI C5150n has a standard paper capacity of 400 sheets (300-sheet paper tray and built-in 100-sheet multipurpose tray for labels, envelopes, transparencies, and card stock up to 110 lb.). That can expand to 930 sheets with an optional 530-sheet second tray—and more sheets means fewer user interventions. What's more, with an OKI C5150n you can print on banner-size sheets up to 8.5 by 47.24 inches. And, with its optional duplexer, you can produce two-sided pages at close to rated engine speeds.

What's in the Box
C5150n printer, starter toner cartridges (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), power cable, user guide and set-up guide, warranty information; printer cable not included

Customer Reviews:

NO Buyer's Remorse--Greatest printer EVER!.......2006-07-20

I was so fed up with inkjets...the cartridges that run out so quickly, clog, require that you wait for cleaning cycles, and are just plain slow in general, not to mention how expensive supplies are, and how the stupid prints practically smear when the humidity in the room goes up.

I found the OKI C5150 with a rebate and an amazing shredder thrown in for free, got it all for less than [...].

The thing works flawlessly. It set up with no problems, even including the onboard TCP networking capability. And OKI supports Mac very well. (When OS X Tiger came out I had to wait a little while while OKI rewrote the TCP driver, but in the meanwhile it printed via USB just fine.)

(I wanted to add that the TCP drivers came out and work just great.)

My biggest worry was when I saw that a new set of toner carts would cost as much as the whole printer...well, I'm still using the STARTER carts--which have less than half the toner--more than six months later, and I just got a low toner warning! So, the carts may be expensive to buy...but they LAST FOREVER!!

Also, it's NOT a laser printer--it uses LED "arrays", one for each color. So whereas a laser printer has a spinning mirror to charge the drum which has to make a pass for each color, the OKI has four LED bars--all inline allowing a straight paper-path--and images the print in a single path. Apart from being much more reliable--nothing moves but the paper and drum--since the LED bars are fixed it seems to me (not an expert, just smart...) that the alignment or "registration" between the colors will always stay accurate--a very good thing.

It's fast, quiet, makes beautiful, sharp prints with a glossy sheen--even photos are nice, though maybe not as good as a top inkjet.

Right now I'm puzzling over whether to risk paying less for non-OKI replacement carts. But overall, I have just one thing to say: BUY THIS PRINTER NO MATTER WHAT. It is just everything you want in a printer!

Oki - Freedom at last from inkjets!.......2005-11-14

Having gotten disgusted with the newer inkjet products and the inkjet manufacturers who (1) have made it their mission to sell inkjets that now cannot be calibrated to save black ink and (2)can now only make a profit if they vastly overprice inkjet cartridges, I, a poverty stricken person who wished only to print without worry that the ink would run out or the printer heads would become clogged or a myriad other niggling doubts about the effacy of inkjets in general, decided to buy a COLOR LASER PRINTER.

My friends deplored my decision citing high costs for toner, darkly implying ever more skyrocketing costs, and mostly "Gee, they're SO expensive!"

Ladies and Gents, after carefully considering my options I purchased my OKI C5150n in April of 2005. The size of a small sea turtle (and with much of the same charm!) I solved the size issue with a wheeled platform the glides easily from beneath my desk. (This I only have to do when I change cartridges.) The set up was a breeze! It worked perfectly the first time and ever since!

And it's FAST! After it warms up, whether color or B/W, the pages fly out. I believe the listed speeds (20ppm b/w, 12 ppm color)for copies are much much slower than what is reality. The way it is designed effciently allows for easy access to both media trays. The LCD lighted menu lovingly tells you what the Oki is thinking and also permits you to delve more deeply into its programming.

Now in late June my laptop decided to have cardiac arrest. Undismayed I loaded the software onto my desktop which is Windows 98. The printer and the desktop refused to talk to one another so I called Oki. First of all you quickly get real live people with whom to speak. Secondly they love talking to people like me. Thirdly they live to solve your problems.

The tech with an eager chuckle said no problem and sure enough within 3 minutes the printer and the desktop had kissed and made up. Then he winsomely asked "Is there anything else I can help you with? How's your toner going. Don't replace your toner until the printer days so. It will tell you to order toner but do not replace it until the printer says so!". He was almost sorrowful when I had no real problems for him.

I admit that I will call for tech support whenever I feel it remotely necessary. But the support from Oki is outstanding. They remind me of the old Maytag repairman ad where the repairman sits in avid anticipation for a call.

It sips ink and toner as if itself had to pay for them. In fact I only just replaced my starter Black Toner (starter cartridges are only about a quarter filled!)after an unbelievable 1820 pages printed. And I was able to purchase the 5000 page capacity cartridge on-line for 44.00!!!! WOW

When the Oki advised me to order toner I again called tech support to discuss several options I had researched. They advised how to discover just how much toner I had left and how many pages I had printed (at that time 1600).

I will admit that I generally use the draft and toner saving settings under "job options". From what I have observed there is very little difference in the appearance unless one is doing watermarks.

It took 220 more pages to empty the Black toner. The replacement was easy, very nearly effortless. What really impressed me was Oki provides a pre-paid self-addressed UPS mailing label to return the used cartridge.

I am well pleased no let's say ecstatic with my Oki. No longer do I begrudge myself the printing of a web page. No longer do I worry if the printer is going to function. I am blissful in the knowledge when I push the print button, my Oki will step up and PRINT!

As for my friends, I will save the cost of my Oki most likely in 12-18 months just in not having to buy ink every 3-4 weeks at anywhere from 30-50 bucks a shot for black and god knows what for color.

Want a printer and company that exists to simplify your life?

Buy Oki.

Fast, good color, and good software support.......2005-09-02

I have an Apple running Mac OS 10.4 which can result in sloppy support from many companies. Okidata, however, has brand new updated drivers that work well with my computer. I have yet to experience any bugs etc. The networking only took a few seconds to set up on OS 10.4 and all the computers in the house can now use it.

The print quality is very good for a printer in this price range. It is true that it will not print a photo as well as an inkjet, although some photos are almost as good. I have noticed that laser printers in general are not good at dealing with light. In other words, shadow and light structure are often impaired. However, the pixilation is pretty good and most pictures do not appear grainy when printed on fine print mode. The ink does have a glossy look to it as I think okidata has wax based toner, not sure about this, which helps pictures look more professional.

I did a lot of research on this printer before buying it and have come to the conclusion that is is the best you can get for the price. The ppm specification seems to be correct. You will not go wrong buying this printer.

However, if you want to get even better photo quality you may want to just get an inkjet.

High Quality, Low Price.......2005-03-21

This is an excellent printer.
- It is easy to service and change cartridges
- The toner is reasonably priced
- The print quality is outstanding. It produces a glossy finish on the page, so for presentations etc they look great. Pictures are above average, but not photo quality...that is what Costco at 19cents a print is for :)
- It is quiet (MUCH quieter than the HP2550)
- It prints fast and does not take forever to warm up (about 15-20 seconds)
- It has a straight paper path (no noise from a cycling drum)
- It has a good paper tray that does not cause jams.
- It came with a good amount of toner in the original cartridges. I am not sure if they were full or not, but I got LOTS of prints out of them. So did my kids :)
In general it has proven to be a great printer and I have no regrets. It was on sale, with a rebate, and I had a coupon so I paid a litle over 400 dollars.
Highly recommended.

User Review of the Okidata 5150 Color Laser Printer.......2005-01-04

Prior to purchasing the Okidata 5150N color laser printer, my wife and I spent several hours on the web searching for user reviews of color laser printers. Based on only a few user reviews (all positive) of the Okidata 5150N color laser printer, we purchased this printer. We are delighted that we made the purchase. This printer takes the place of Epson inkjet printers that were continually suffering clogged heads if not used for a week or so and for which purchasing the inkjet cartridges was a frequent and expensive necessity.

From the moment we arrived home with our Okidata 5150N the entire experience of unpacking it and installing it has been a pleasure because of the care and attention to detail shown by Okidata in their packing of the printer and in the clear installation instructions which they provide (with separate manuals in six different languages!). We had our color laser unpacked, hooked up, and printing within 20 minutes. Installation of the drivers and other software provided on three CD's by Okidata with the printer was fast and straightforward. The printer was installed on a USB 2.0 hub attached to a P4 running Windows XP Pro SP2. By installing the Okidata drivers for the 5150N on our other two networked computers, we were quickly able to begin using the printer on those computers as well. Note that the 5150N also comes complete with an ethernet print server as well which is rare for a color laser printer in this price range.

We have been extremely pleased with the speed and quality of the prints made on the 5150N. This includes both text, business color graphics including web pages, and color photos printed on Hammermill laser photo paper. While Okidata thoughtfully provides a utility for color matching which is useful in printing photos, I have found that the auto color setting of the 5150N also does an excellent job on photos as well as everything else. In fact, the Okidata 5150N does almost as good a job with photos as my Canon i9900 photo inkjet printer which I believe represents the current state-of-the-art in consumer level inkjet photo printers.

If you are used to printing large jobs of many pages on an inkjet printer, you will be really impressed with the speed of the 5150N. My 5150N is in Power Save mode (using 20 watts only) for most of the time since it is used only occasionally by my wife and I for print jobs, but the first page rolls out in about 20 seconds after clicking on print on our computers and the speed with which the remaining pages appear is a joy to behold. We anticipate that the cost per page of using the 5150N will be significantly less than that of using any inkjet printer.

The physical size of the 5150N is noteworthy and a clear level desk space area is necessary for locating the printer. The construction quality of the printer is first rate, and the printer driver provided by Okidata is straight forward, includes lots of features for enhancing printing, and runs flawlessly.

We have now printed several hundred pages of images, graphics, and text on several different weights of paper without a single paper jam or other problems.

I highly recommend this printer to anyone considering the purchase of a color laser writer.

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