Konica Minolta magicolor 2+ GXE Color Laser Printer

Konica Minolta magicolor 2+ GXE Color Laser Printer
Manufacturer: Minolta
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The QMS magicolor 2+ blasts through business documents with ease, printing up to 16 black-and-white or 4-8 color pages per minute.Prepared for a diverse group of users, all the QMS magicolor 2+ models includes a standard, auto-sensing 10BaseT/100BaseTX Ethernet interface and support for the most popular page description languages, including PostScript, PCL, and PDF. The QMS magicolor 2+ uses QuickChange consumables that are fast and easy to replace. And they're high-capacity to last and last-up to 10,000 pages. Here's the productive way to print. The QMS magicolor 2+ accepts preformatted PDF, PostScript, and PCL files directly-no source application or drivers required! Just use QMS CrownView to browse your system for the file, then click "print." You've never seen printer management tools like these! They're smart, powerful, and you don't have to be a network guru to use them.
Amazon.com Product Description
Whether you're looking for a printer for your home office or to network your workgroup, the QMS magicolor 2+ GXE laser printer will meet your needs. It offers easy high-speed color printing and flexible paper handling plus convenient networking features.

Printing at 16 ppm in black and white and 4 to 8 ppm in color, the magicolor 2+ GXE provides high-quality results on a wide array of media types and paper sizes including envelopes, transparencies, labels, thick card stock, and glossy paper stock. It features 2,400 x 600 dpi resolution in all paper sizes with built-in color control features and automatic color adjustment. Its standard paper tray holds up to 250 sheets with the option to add a 250-sheet lower feeder and 250-sheet universal cassette. For added convenience, the magicolor 2+ GXE allows you to check printing status and receive notification when printing is completed.

The QMS magicolor 2+ GXE is equipped with an auto-sensing 10/100Base-TX Ethernet interface for easy installation and management of network printers. Add the optional SC-200 scanner, and you've got a handy digital color copier.

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2530 Dl Color Laser

Average customer rating:

Replace your inkjet now!
Great printer for the money!
Very nice printer for the money
OUTSTANDING QUALITY

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2530 Dl Color Laser

Manufacturer: Konica
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Includes - high-yield toner cartridge
2400 x 600 dpi resolution
Up to 20 ppm (pages per minute) in black & white
Up to 5 ppm in color
64MB of RAM built-in (expandable to 576MB)

ASIN: B000I7VK0E

Product Description

Konica Minolta magicolor 2530 DL Network Color Laser Printer - Color laser printers have always been known for two things; stunningly crisp and clear prints, and a high price tag. But that was then and the magicolor 2530 DL is now. You get advanced color laser printing at a price that is well within the budgets of the small office or workgroup. It delivers 2400 x 600 dpi resolution color prints at up to 5 pages per minute. It also does black and white in up to 20 pages per minute. It can also connect to a standard Ethernet network for print sharing among multiple users. Read on for a complete list of this machines' amazing capabilities. Connects to a Windows, Macintosh, or Linux compatible computer via USB 2.0 or a network via Fast Ethernet 35,000 page-per-month duty cycle Paper Input - up to legal (8.5 x 14) / Adjustable 200-sheet multipurpose tray PictBridge 1.0 compatible Unit Dimensions - w/ tray cover 16.9 (w) x 19.8 (d) x 13.4 (h) Unit Weight - w/o consumables 38.2 lbs.

Customer Reviews:

Replace your inkjet now!.......2007-04-17

Installing this printer on my home network of Macs and PCs (both wired and wireless) was actually a pleasure! Kudos to the software developers at Konica Minolta for making drivers and installers that work perfectly and ship with the product! We were tired of ink jet printers always running out of ink, drying out, printing streaky and generally being useless whenever we needed them. We've only owned this printer a month but so far it is the perfect replacement printer for an inkjet. It is a four-pass printer so it is slower than one-pass versions but it still beats any ink jet I've ever owned. It is fast for just black and white. It is also has a nice small footprint (for a color laser). The only cons are it comes with smaller starter cartridges (but that's one reason the price is so low), and replacements are expensive, and it prints very dark on the Mac so I always use the quartz filter to lighten the output for photos.

Great printer for the money!.......2007-03-26

This printer has turned out to be a great option for our company! Networking is simple and it works flawlessly for our employees. The only negative is that it is very slow but we were aware of that issue prior to purchase. If you are looking for a good quality networked color laser printer for not alot of money, I highly recommend this device.

If you are planning on using it heavily to print multiple copies of color documents, I would recommend stepping up to a model that boasts better speed.

Very nice printer for the money.......2007-01-27

I was amazed to find this printer at Sam's Club for about the same price as a "really good" inkjet (as if they actually exist). I am very happy with the Magicolor. It is a bit loud and slow, but prints very nicely. The toner should last at least 3 times as long as inkjet cartridges, so that evens out the price of replacing the toner. For the budget minded who are sick of inkjets (and who isn't), this is a good option.

OUTSTANDING QUALITY.......2006-11-25

I never had or used a laser printer before buying this Magicolor 2530 Dl Color Laser printer. By now I have had it a little more then a month. It is so much better then any of the three HP inkjet printers I have owned it makes me question my past judgement. Because of never working with terms like 'toner' or warm-up, I called the tech phone number, and boy' are they super friendly and helpful. In no time they had me printing bright true-to-color photos, which is what I bought it for in the first place. The printer works best using LASER paper, although when my inkjet paper was used,it pleased me too. The only downside comments I have are the minute or so wait time for the printer to warm up and orient itself, and it is somewhat noisy ...but am I glad I have it!

Average customer rating:

Magicolor 7450 Color Laser Printer

Manufacturer: Konica
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Konica Minolta Magicolor 7450
Ledger, A3+ (12.25 in x 18 in)
up to 24.5 ppm (mono) / up to 24.5 ppm (color)
capacity: 350 sheets
Parallel, Hi-Speed USB, 1000Base-T

ASIN: B000GFHQKG

Product Description

If you're looking for an office printing solution that offers the ultimate in quality, power, speed and versatility, you've found it. It's the Magicolor 7450 - Konica Minolta's top of the range printer. Equally at home with high-volume print runs as it is with high coverage/low volume graphical output, it speeds through any print job in no time. With flexible media handling and high-yield consumables keeping user interaction to a minimum, this is a printer that meets the demands of users right across the board.

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2400W Color Laser Printer (5250220-100)

Average customer rating:

Magicolor 2400W - Disaster
Bought 2, both failed
Konica Minolta Magicolor 2400W Color Laser Printer
Works great!
Good prints but too many problems

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2400W Color Laser Printer (5250220-100)

Manufacturer: Konica
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Konica Minolta Magicolor 2430DL Color Laser Printer (5250221-100)

Accessories:

Iogear USB Print Server
IOGEAR GUC1284B USB To Parallel Adapter

Product Features:

2,400 x 600 dpi resolution in black and color
Up to 5 ppm color, 20 ppm black print speed
35,000-page maximum monthly duty cycle
32 MB standard memory
USB 2.0 interface, optional Ethernet; PC compatible

ASIN: B0007IG202

Product Description

Konica-Minolta's Magicolor 2400W Printer is a small, quick and powerful laser printer that offers an alternative to smaller ink jets. It can perform any print job in less time and with quality results, from letters and reports to family photos and fun flyers. No special paper is required - this versatile printer accepts multiple paper types for multiple uses: Plain paper for everyday printing, glossy paper for photos, label stock for address and CD labels, thick paper for cards and brochures, and envelopes for mailings. With toner cartridges that last up to 4,500 prints and a duty cycle of 35,000 pages per month, this color laser offers print after print of quality. Paper handling up to legal (8.5 x 14) Hi-speed USB 2.0 interface with optional Ethernet 10/100BaseTX Compatible with Windows XP, 2000, Me, and 98SE

Customer Reviews:

Magicolor 2400W - Disaster.......2007-06-26

Having owned and operated a Konica-Minolta Magicolor 2400W for the last year and a half I am not surprised this item has been discontinued by the manufacturer. I purchased a brand new unit which promptly broke down in days of installation. Minolta did replace it with a REFURBISHED unit. Strange, I bought new and they replaced it with a used unit.
The printer is incredibly noisy and dirty - it spills a lot of toner inside the printer so you get to clean it frequently if you want clean printing. The toner is outrageously expensive. Replacing all four toner cartridges is more expensive than buying a new printer.
Break downs and error messages are a fact of life with this printer. Konica Minolta's web page help site is of no help what so ever. Unless you somehow forgot to remove the packing tape when you first installed the unit, all help does in recommend you call customer service.
After 18 months of repeated frustration I pulled the plug and went with HP color laser printer.

Bought 2, both failed.......2007-06-03

Very good picture quality for a color laser unit but mechanically very cheap. First page printout is slow but speeds up for multiple copies. I bought 2 to use in my home office and both failed mechanically within 6 months. I would not consider Konica Minolta again due to the cheap quality.

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2400W Color Laser Printer .......2007-04-08

Fantastic print quality. Looks like it came right from a professional photographer on all the colors. True color throughout.

Works great!.......2007-01-04

My first post and I just felt that I had to write a positive review after seeing all the negatives. I got a refurbished one at a discounted rate (less than $150) a couple days ago. B/W text printing is amazing as usual for lasers; colour printing isn't bad at all (under 2400x600 dpi). Unless you look at it up close, you won't notice the pixels.

I don't have the printer long enough to really comment on it's build quality... however, I just want to point out that if you want to print on thick stock (anything > 24lb) you have to go into Printer Preferences and choose "thick stock" under the Paper tab. I just printed using a 32lb stock and it works fine! I noticed that under the "thick stock" setting, the paper feeds slower; presumably to prevent jamming.

Noise level is acceptable to me. The other laser printer I used was one from Samsung and they don't sound any different.

Overall, I'm extremely happy with it for the price I paid.

Good prints but too many problems.......2006-12-20

I bought it because it was cheap ($200); I thought it was less than the cost of the ink cartridge set but it needs a black cartridge after only a couple of thousand pages so, as another reviewer said, the cartridges must be "starter" cartridges. A full set of cartridges cost 50% more than the machine. Print quality is good, and it's fast when printing black-only. But it's noisy -- lots of loud clanking, like someone's inside with a hammer, and machinery whirring. There's no envelope feed so printing an envelope or 4x6 card requires removing paper stock and resetting paper guides; printing 4x6 cards produces jams, if they can print at all. The machine is discontinued so this is all academic now. I'll probably buy a black cartridge but when the color cartridges need replacement I'll probably replace the machine instead. At the time, I could have bought an HP color laser for $100 more; I should have. I've seen the HP operate -- smooth, quiet, with an envelope feed, easily the better buy.

Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430 DL Color Laser Printer

Average customer rating:

Fast But Expensive

Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430 DL Color Laser Printer

Manufacturer: QMS
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

10/100Base-TX RJ-45 Standard
2400 x 600 dpi Maximum Resolution
21 ppm Maximum Color
Manual Duplexing Standard

ASIN: B00061U8XW

Product Description

Get extreme speed and bold, high-impact color with the magicolor 5430 DL from KONICA MINOLTA. It pumps out pages at up to 21 ppm and makes challenging jobs look so easy. Plus it's equipped with network-ready gear and a quick set up package. All at an extremely good price.

Customer Reviews:

Fast But Expensive.......2005-05-17

At the time I purchased this color laser, it was the best of the home consumer color laser printers available. What sold me was its blazing speed for both B&W and color printing. I have since added a second paper tray devoted exclusively to envelopes. While it is certainly a professional machine, therein lies one of its major drawbacks, i.e., no single feed envelope feeder slot. You have to manually change the feeder configuration and the software preferences each and every time you print even a single envelope. Sometimes the software gets stuck and won't revert to letter feed, and I have to shut it off and reboot to get it to go back. This is a very expensive printer to operate. Adding options is very costly. The unit is now as large as a Volkswagon too. I have had it about 8 months and am down to 1/4 left on the toner (an average home user and not doing photo printing). To replace the four toner cartridges will cost as much as the entire printer cost. It is hard to find supplies because this is a rare printer on the US market. Konica Minolta seems to aim it at the overseas market. I wish when they sell it here they would support it as well. In the end, as in all high technology, I should have waited to get a newer model at half the size and half the cost. It prints well though, and boy is it fast.

Konica Minolta magicolor 2200 Color Laser Printer

Average customer rating:

Get Ready to PAY, PAY, PAY!
BAD BAD Printer
Went OUT after only 3500 pages!
don't move it
If you like buying parts 2200 is perfect.

Konica Minolta magicolor 2200 Color Laser Printer

Manufacturer: Minolta
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

1,200 x 600 dpi resolution
20 ppm black print speed, 5 ppm color; manual duplexing
Heavy-duty capacity, up to 35,000 prints per month
32 MB memory, expandable to 96 MB
Parallel and standard 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet interfaces

ASIN: B0000560EZ

Product Description

For Windows workgroup printing with the works, the Magicolor 2200 DeskLaser color laser printer can save you both time and money. At up to 5 color pages or 20 black-and-white pages a minute, the DeskLaser can replace slower color inkjet and monochrome printers. With standard Ethernet and parallel interfaces, large and small workgroups can share the benefits and savings of color laser printing. Its low cost per page allows you to use it for all your business printing. When you want an economical and productive color printer, it's the Magicolor 2200 DeskLaser that gives your business the competitive edge it needs to get results. The Magicolor 2200 DeskLaser even offers extra document handling, such as high-volume paper input, two-sided printing, and mailbox features to make your printing even more productive.

Amazon.com Product Description

For professional-quality printing in both crisp black and vibrant colors, Minolta's QMS Magicolor 2200 DeskLaser printer offers 1,200 x 600 dpi resolution and a fast paper throughput of 16 to 20 ppm for black and 5 ppm for color. It's powered by a 100 MHz image-processing engine to optimize your business text, graphics, and photographs. Plus, the 2200 includes an auto-sensing 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet network interface that supports printer resource sharing within your office.

The Magicolor 2200 accurately handles both business and large home print job requirements. It's equipped with a standard 500-sheet tray plus a handy multipurpose input tray for printing labels, envelopes, and transparencies; and it prints on letter, legal, and executive stationery (16- to 24-pound bond) and on heavy card stock (up to 90-pound index). The 2200 permits manual duplexing.

Upgrades and options can significantly boost the power of the Magicolor 2200. It comes with 32 MB RAM standard, expandable to a maximum of 96 MB. A 500-sheet lower feeder, autoduplexing unit, and five-bin mailbox are options to speed larger printing tasks and busier offices. (Minolta estimates the duty cycle at an exceptional 35,000 prints per month, assuming a 50/50 mix of color and monochrome).

This substantial printer (at over 85 pounds) measures about 18 by 21 by 20 inches. It will be a central tool to your office productivity, as it is packaged with all the essentials you need to get started, including four toner cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, and yellow). The Magicolor 2200 runs on all versions of Microsoft Windows and is backed by a one-year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Get Ready to PAY, PAY, PAY!.......2004-08-14

I've owned the Minolta Desklaser 2200 for 1.5 years. My first printer had a motherboard crash within 6 months!

I had just refilled the printer with toner, $500.00, and a $275.00 Transfer Belt.....

Minolta paid for a new machine which has run OK so far. Now it needs a new Transfer Belt....there goes another $275.00.

Did I mention how quickly you will be paying for Oil Rollers? We run through one every couple of months!! They are $50.00 a pop.

The quality is good but this machine is designed to eat you out of house and home.

Get ready to pay when you buy one of these babies!!!!

BAD BAD Printer.......2004-07-22

Don't buy a warranty! Its not worth it. Warranties don't cover any consumables. The whole printer is a consumable, except the housing. Consumables don't last even close to what is spec'd.
Mine has 46,000 prints and I've spent $4,200.00 on consumables!!! Very bad.

Went OUT after only 3500 pages!.......2004-05-06

I lvoed this printer when I first got it. Thank God I bought the extended warranty! After only 3500 pages, it needed EXTENSIVE servicing, because the fusing motor went out. The extended warranty wouldn't authorize the reparis, as it was $900.00! They did refund my purchase price, so now I am looking for something else....

DONT BUY if you expect it to last long, especially for the price!

don't move it.......2004-03-12

This unit worked well out of the box with a little more than I cared for setup. But, we moved it down the hall to another office and it hasn't worked properly since.

If you like buying parts 2200 is perfect........2004-01-31

I have owned this printer for 6 months now. I got it for a small home office where I could print invoices (black and white) and print color without hooking up my inkjet. I liked the fact that it had a 500 sheet paper tray and prints quickly. For the price I did not know what to expect, but I have quickly found out. If you want a disposable color laser printer this is the printer to get. I am still on the origional color toner cartridges and I replaced the black toner about a month ago. The oil roller has been replaced as well as the opc drum. For the price of toner and parts it is cheaper to buy a new printer keep to old one and maybe you will get lucky and a different part that did not break on the first one will go first and you will have the part. I also own the minolta 2300dl it prints a much better picture in color than the 2200. If I knew the problems with this one I would not have bought the 2300.

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2430DL Color Laser Printer (5250221-100)

Average customer rating:

Facts About This Printer
Get what you paid for
Unreliable
Love It, Love It, Love It
Great printer and very affordable

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2430DL Color Laser Printer (5250221-100)

Manufacturer: Konica
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

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Product Features:

2,400 x 600 dpi resolution in color and black
Up to 5 ppm color, 20 ppm black print speed
Slot for PictBridge enabled digital cameras
200 MHz processor, 32 MB memory, expandable to 544 MB
USB 2.0 and Ethernet interfaces

ASIN: B0007IG21G

Product Description

The Konica-Minolta Magicolor 2430 DL Color Laser Printer was built for those who'd like to share. The high-resolution, high quality printing delivers sharp, crisp images and text every time, whether you're on a Linux, Mac or Windows machine. Its multipurpose tray allows printing on on a variety of paper weights in letter or legal size: Plain paper, letterhead, thick stock, glossy stock, transparencies, labels, postcards and envelopes. Through the camera direct photo port, users can print pictures directly from PictBridge-compliant digital cameras directly. Camera Direct Photo Print - Direct connect to easy-access USB host port(PictBridge 1.0 compatible) Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and Ethernet 10/100BaseTX interfaces Compatible with Windows from 98SE to Windows Server 2003, Mac OS X 10.2 and up, Linux RedHat 8.0 and up, SuSE Linux 8.1 and up Dimensions(WxDxH) - 16.9 x 19.5 x 13.4 (430 x 502 x 341 mm) Weight - 39.6 lbs. (18 kg) empty; 44 lbs. (20 kg) loaded

Amazon.com Product Description

A color laser printer from Konica, the 2430DL delivers both reliability and performance. Its 2,400 x 600 dpi maximum resolution results in accurate and detailed prints that are perfect for a wide range of small business applications, while print speeds of up to 5 ppm for color and 20 ppm for black and white will have your jobs done quickly and efficiently. A 35,000-page maximum monthly duty cycle ensures the 2430DL performs reliably even in heavy-use environments, and first page out in as little as 12 seconds means you won't waste time waiting on your printer.

The 2430DL comes with 32 MB memory of standard memory that's upgradeable to 544 MB, a 200 MHz processor, 200-sheet standard paper input tray (an optional 500-page tray is supported), and 200-sheet output tray. For digital photo enthusiasts, a PictBridge port is built-in, so you can easily print photos directly from your compatible camera. Automatic color calibration helps you to get accurate prints every time.

The 2430DL accepts plain paper, thick stock, glossy stock, OHP transparencies, laser quality labels, and envelopes. Supported sizes range from 3.62 by 5.83 to 8.5 by 14 inches. A high-speed USB 2.0 port allows you to easily connect a computer or other supported USB device, while a built-in 10/100 BaseTX Ethernet port allows you to take full advantage of network functionality. Compatible with PC operating systems only, the printer is backed with a one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
Printer, starter kit (one each of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toner cartridges yielding up to 1,500 letter pages), OPC drum cartridge, user's guide; Ethernet and printer cables not included

Customer Reviews:

Facts About This Printer.......2007-06-18

Laser printers are very complex and much more delicate in some ways than inkjet printers. However, they can offer significantly lower page costs and higher quality as long as you stay within the toner 'coverage percentage' recommend by the cartridge. Here are some facts:

1) For envelopes or thicker paper, there are levers you must adjust inside the printer to run this-- otherwise it might smudge or jam.
2) 32MB isn't enough RAM, but you do NOT have to use Konica Minolta RAM. Just use an appropriate DIMM and it works find. I found an old one I had and installed it, the printer sees it and uses it fine.
3) This, as with all lasers, needs to sit on a _flat_ and _level_ and FIRM surface. The frame/case must not be torqued or it may cause alignment problems/stresses that cause it to not operate properly.
4) The two-sided doc feeder works great (if you add that option, but it's pricey).
5) If you want reliable network operation, said a hard-IP inside the printer so that your driver always points to the same place on the network.

Printing is great, but remember- the cartridges that come with it are STARTER cartridges. When you buy cartridges, it can be expensive, but definitely get the High-Yield cartridges. It's only slightly more expensive than the normal ones, but your per-page cost goes down.

As for the 'klunky-noises,' this is the internal mechanism rotating toner cartridges into place, with a ferris-wheel mechanism. It has 4 toner cartridges and only one paper path, so in order to reduce the size of the printer to make it manageable by a human, they move the toner cartridges, rather than make the printer huge.

Over time, as long as you stay within the 4% coverage model, a laser is far, far, far cheaper than an inkjet printer, and the output won't smear or bleed.

Be careful when changing toner that you absolutely do not get toner in the mechanism, this can cause headaches and make it not feed properly. Also, periodically, blow compressed air through the paper feed to avoid paper dust.

I've had mine years and years and it continues to perform. My only complaint is the toner is a little pricey.

Get what you paid for.......2007-05-30

Bought this printer 1 year ago. After the first month the control chip died and returned it for a new printer. After 1 year the printer died again, again it was the control chip but unfortunately the printer was out of warranty. The chip cost $150, the printer cost me $200. I just bought a new black toner. I would rate this a 4 had it not been for the quality issues.

Unreliable.......2007-05-22

This is a decent printer as far as quality goes, but it's way too fussy.

Took me quite alot of trouble shooting to get the drivers installed, hooked up, and printing properly. When I say "quite alot" I mean several attempts over several days. Finally I got it working, and it worked well for about a week. But then another week when by where I didn't print anything, and when I finally went back to print something, it had stopped communicating with my computer again. I had to do the trouble shooting all over - VERY FRUSTRATING! I thought I was getting a great deal, but I feel like I got a lemon.

Love It, Love It, Love It.......2007-02-24

This printer has been a workhorse for my small business over the course of the last two years. I don't mind spending the money to get the toner cartridges because the quality is second to none for what I paid for the color laser printer.

It DID take some setting up when getting it to cooperate with my Mac but I would hope in the past two years Konica Minolta has taken steps to help us AppleJobHeads by upgrading the set up software to be more user friendly for the growing Mac population.

I highly recommend this printer for the small business owner who does printing of brochures and wants something more polished than the typical ink jet chaos that is out there.

-Mare
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Great printer and very affordable.......2006-11-01

We have 2 of these in our home office and really like both of them. I've gone through many other ink-jets and b/w lasers. Wish they made an affordable color laser that would output 11x17, though.

The note about the envelope switch is important. What happens is there are a couple of shipping levers that you must pull off before using the printer (via strings) which are connected to, or near, the envelope switch. The strings exit though where the paper comes out at the top of the printer and are hidden. When you pull off the shipping levers, it can easily trip the envelope switch without you realizing it. I can't imagine how many needless returns Minolta has had due to this issue. I probably would have returned it myself after another 15 mintues of troubleshooting.

This printer is fairly cheap to run IF you buy ink refills and smart reset chips on ebay. All four cartridges can be refilled for about $150.

Konica Minolta magicolor 3300 DN Color Laser Printer

Average customer rating:

Fast Color Laser

Konica Minolta magicolor 3300 DN Color Laser Printer

Manufacturer: QMS
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

Acoustic Research Spikemaster SM-BG8 8 Outlet Block, Standard Protection Surge Protector (White)
APC BE350U 350VA Back-ups Es
Office Depot(R) Extra Bright Multipurpose Paper, 8 1/2 x 11, 20 Lb., 104 Brightness
Netgear USB Mini Print Server (PS121)
Netgear FWG114P 802.11g Wireless Firewall with USB Print Server

Product Features:

1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution
Up to 26 pages per minute, 15 ppm duplex
500-sheet input cassette plus 100-sheet multipurpose tray
Ethernet 10/100BaseTX, USB 1.1, and parallel interfaces
PC and Macintosh compatible

ASIN: B0000CA2H2

Product Description

The magicolor 3300 takes its job seriously. A high-speed business printer, this color laser sprints into action at your request to deliver documents fast. Combined with its versatile design, the magicolor 3300 is well equipped to handle the ordinary and extraordinary demands of the office on the go. With the click of 'Print', the magicolor 3300 reacts fast, printing up to 26 pages per minute (letter), 24 ppm (A4), in black & white and full color. A tandem, single-pass engine powered by PRISMLASER Technology gives the magicolor 3300 its quick, reliable performance. The magicolor 3300's got the office covered, supporting Windows, Mac, UNIX, and Linux. It also includes a 10/100BaseTX Ethernet interface for high-speed user access.The magicolor 3300 prints on envelopes, plain paper, labels, glossy stock, and transparencies and supports media from postcard (3.5" x 5.5") to banner size - up to 8.5" x 35.4"! With 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution, the magicolor 3300 produces excellent business graphics, highlight color, and attention-grabbing images to make business documents stand out.When your business moves to the next level, the magicolor 3300 can do the same with an extra 500-sheet or 1, 000-sheet feeder to maximize paper input. A standard feature on the DN model (optional on the EN), an automatic duplexer creates two-sided documents while reducing paper usage and costs.

Customer Reviews:

Fast Color Laser.......2004-02-25

Just purchased this unit to print postcards on heavy stock paper, two sided. Works great on Win 2000/XP and terrible on Win98 across network. Prints photos FAST and very sharp. 500 sheet feeder hangs occasionally with heavy paper, multi feed slot pulls card stock through flawlessly. I don't expect many problems with a $2000 printer and didn't find many other than the Win98 problem and the cost of replacement toners, $450 for all 4 toners. Duplex feature is oddly buried in the printer properties dialog box, almost impossible to find, you'd think since the duplex feature is what sets this model apart from the other magicolor unit Minolta might make it easier to use. I don't have any experiences with other color lasers so your mileage could vary.

Konica Minolta magicolor 3100 Fuser Kit with Feed Rollers

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Konica Minolta magicolor 3100 Fuser Kit with Feed Rollers

Manufacturer: QMS
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Contains - Fuser Kit with Fuser Feed Rollers

ASIN: B00006B84S

Product Description

Konica Minolta is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance color and monochrome document printing solutions for office automation, electronic publishing, graphic design, and advanced imaging applications. The Konica Minolta product family redefines network printing by combining feature-packed, performance printing with easy and cost-effective operation.

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2450 Color Laser

Average customer rating:

Affordable little workhorse
Single worst printer I have ever owned
Works For Me
My search is over, this printer is magical !
Garbage

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2450 Color Laser

Manufacturer: Konica
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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At-a-glance toner gauges
9600 x 600 dpi Maximum Resolution
20 ppm Maximum Monochrome
Ethernet 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 Standard

ASIN: B0009KVTWE

Product Description

No more tiling. Throw away the tape and X-acto blades. At last, a color laser printer that handles oversize tabloid prints. You can print your entire full-bleed tabloid design complete with cropmarks on QMS MagiColor 330 color laser printer. Professional, eye-catching color makes the QMS MagiColor 330 perfect for printing both comps and final prints. Driven by a 150 MHz NEC series processor and QMS Crown controller architecture, the QMS MagiColor 330 can turn out 4 full-color pages ,16 black and white in a minute. No problem meeting those deadlines! Botth PostScript and PCL 5c emulations are supported by MagiColor 330 to ensure compatibility with all your software applications. Don't limit yourself to plain paper. The QMS magicolor 330 handles envelopes, transparencies and labels as well and all in full color!

Customer Reviews:

Affordable little workhorse.......2007-05-08

I will admit that my techie husband and I spent hours on the phone with tech support to get setting for dynamic/static IP address set up correctly. Our firewall was not allowing the network to "see" the printer, and I had to reinstall the driver in every computer in the network everytime I moved the printer to a different node (we rearrange our office from time to time...)

Despite the challenges, my whole office has been VERY happy with the quality and speed. We have printed about 50K copies, and about 20K full color pages. We have used several different card stocks without difficulty. We have had a problem with a white streak down the right side of every page, but the cost to repair is not worth the trouble. We plan to buy another one when this one dies. We purchased for $400 at staples - it was worth that just for the cartridges and drum.

My boss has even used this printer for printing photos on glossy-ish paper for his kids school projects. Not photo-quality, but still great for the money.

Single worst printer I have ever owned.......2007-04-13

I have owned dozens of printers, due to my job. I'm not prone to hyperbole, but this is the worst printer, BY FAR, that I have ever worked with. It is incredibly noisy, but the worst part is that the network connection is utterly useless.

To begin with, it took several updates to get the printer to be recognized on the network. This was mentioned in the Macworld review, but the firmware of the unit I bought was later than the firmware upgrade in the reveiw or on the Web site, so I was disappointed in that.

More than anything else, we get Printer Not Responding errors 9 out of 10 times we print. 100% of the time after the Energy Saver kicks in, it won't wake up from the network even with the AppleTalk protocol (a solution suggested elsewhere). The server that is supposed to be in the printer has NEVER worked for us, although another reviewer got it to work only on each startup (never again after Energy Saver mode became active.

The quality of the output is good, but I haven't been able to print enough to agree with the expense of replacement parts. The only way we can print even REMOTELY reliably is via USB, which defeats the purpose of the purchase.

I hate this printer and buying another Konica/Minolta product is very unlikely.

Works For Me.......2007-01-27

I don't know if this is the best color laser printer but it works just fine for me. The setup instructions were not very clear and I had to do some printer name changing to get it to work on my network. I have not had a single problem once it was setup.

My search is over, this printer is magical !.......2007-01-08

I needed good quality waterproof results. I loved Epson pigment inks. They were not only waterproof but you could print bumper stickers, outdoor announcements, photos, brochures, t-shirt transfers and even temporary tatoos at a high definition. The problem is that one needs to constantly use the pigment ink to avoid them clogging the head nozzles and if they clog, the printer cleans itself by spitting more ink. So the ink consumption was very expensive and within a year or so the inkjet printer may become permanently clogged.

I always considered color lasers but their price was high, they are very big, and there was still complaint on the low quality of graphics and photos. Well I found researches that tested the Magicolor 2450 and they said it offers the best photo/graphic quality they have seen in color lasers. Their prices keep dropping specially the Magicolor 2450 which it seems like it will be substituted very soon by newer models which may not be built as good as this one. I read that Minolta wanted to make a special statement with the 2450 to say that color lasers can do as good job printing pictures as the inkjets.

I bought it hassle-free from Tiger Direct and received it sooner than what I expected for standard shipping. It's one of the smallest color lasers. It doesn't offer clear installation information but if you have experience with printers it will be mostly self-explanatory.

It took me long time though to figure out why the printer and computer weren't communicating. I first tried connecting to PC win ME via ethernet router then through parallel following their (poor) instructions and then with my experience but it hanged when trying to install the driver. So I will try to install them manually like I had to do eventually with my two apple mac computers.

Both apple computers (10.28 & 10.4) found the printer fast through AppleTalk. I think it was good that I assigned the printer a permanent IP address from the PC first. Still the right drivers for the macs to be able to talk to the printer were installed manually after the self-install didn't do the job. I'm sure I will be able to make it happen for the PC later. So the 2450 is working perfectly as a fast network printer for my apple computers.

If you don't have experience with printer drivers and printer installations I wouldn't try installing this printer. Why am I still giving it 5 stars? Because of its own merits. I don't think this guy should be penalized for the Japanese person that failed to fully explain the installation alternatives and offer troubleshooting help. Not even their website was helpful. Once you get this printer installed right... BEHOLD! High quality photos from iPhoto, labels, brochures, cardstock, documents, graphics from Illustrator on plain paper without banding... gradiants are smooth; the text is so black and crisp even at the smallest font size. It obeys exactly anything the macs tell it to do. The photos are no different than my previous Epsons (just may not print glossy enough for you but can send to a photo-lab). I'm sure I will start finding photographical issues later but it produces high quality prints the way it is. So, I don't mind unscrambling its installation difficulties as long as it delivers what I needed in the first place.

There is a Phaser color printer built as good as this one with the same components but I investigated that the cost for the toners is much higher for the Phaser than for this Minolta version.

Garbage.......2006-11-05

The color is great, but it is hard to believe how negligent and incompetant they were in creating their widely sold printers (in all Staples stores,etc). Ridiculously noisy, extremely long warm up cycle, which occurs EVERY time you open the lid, etc. Constant "jams" because the rollers do not pull the paper properly, no way to retsart after a "jam" except to lift the lid and wait for the 2 minute warm up cycle, using anything but the cheapest thin paper will cause all kinds of pseudo jam problems, will cancel your job for you (thanks), and very bizarre preferences in terms of matching paper type as listed in printer, with paper type in your software.. If they dont match, it is a printer error (duh), causing you to take 2 or 4 extra steps every time you print.

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2430 DL Color Laser Printer

Average customer rating:

Run Don't walk
Excellent office printer - with some issues.
WORST ever for printing envelopes!

Konica Minolta Magicolor 2430 DL Color Laser Printer

Manufacturer: Konica
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

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Simplicity and Dependability- Factory-installed consumables let you set up and start printing almost

ASIN: B0009SC03I

Product Description

2430DL ColorLaser + X31 Camera

Customer Reviews:

Run Don't walk.......2007-05-30

This is the worst product I have ever purchased. I bought the printer for light use and in less than 100 pages printing it died. Konica told me to buy random parts from them that didn't work. Then they told me to take it to one of their technicians. Wasted more money than the printer was worth. There's a reason no one has a Konica printer. They are horrible. Don't waste your money like I did. Horrible.

Excellent office printer - with some issues........2006-02-17

I found the 2430 DL to be a compact, attractive, relatively fast printer that produces high quality B/W and color prints. Business graphics print very nicely though it doesn't reproduce photographs well. The photographs that I've printed have a sepia cast and muddy appearance.

As an earlier reviewer noted, the fusing of the image on envelopes is incomplete, resulting in a smearable print. Moreover, the envelope printing procedure requires you to remove the paper, adjust the paper alignment guides, open the printer(!) and flip two levers. Once you are done... reverse the process. We print evelopes occasionaly and one at a time so this isn't a workable solution. We kept an old printer just for envelopes. I can see why another reviewer, who needs envelope printing, gave this printer a poor rating.

The print driver is clean and has lots of nice features and doesn't take over your computer or fill your task list with background programs like some other popular printers.

Built-in networking worked like a champ right out of the box.

Like other color lasers the printer makes some noise. I can't really judge if it is worse than the others, since this is the only one we have heard outside the stores. It is silent when not in use, but makes a variety of mechanical clicks, clunks and whirs when printing.

Conclusion: As a small office printer, where envelopes and photos can be printed elsewhere, the 2430 DL is an excellent choice. The price is very reasonable as well.

WORST ever for printing envelopes!.......2005-12-27

I have had nothing but problems printing envelopes with this printer. Odd sizes jam, and will NOT print. When an evelope does make it through this printer (standard size #10s), the print does not fuse to the envelope and smears. And yes, I have changed the tension levers for envelopes before before printing. I would only give this 1 star because it does print 8.5in X 11in standard weight paper just fine, but I want more options from a printer than this.

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