The Dell 3110cn Printer: An Ideal Office Companion

For quality color laser printing, the Dell 3110cn printer is a satisfactory choice. It has both quality and print speed. It comes with options such as a wireless adapter, memory upgrade, a duplex addition, and extra paper trays. It is suited best for those with a small business or a home based business, although there will be nothing lacking in the prints produced by the Dell Color Laser 3110cn compatible toners.

The print resolution is 600 x 600 dpi in black and white printing. It will print up to 31 ppm in black and white and 17 ppm in color at the default setting. Color graphics will print a little slower, but it will still be of satisfactory quality. Some time should be devoted to calibrate the color printing to get the best graphic printing.

It comes with a total of four cartridges. The black Dell compatible toners will print 5,000 pages. The color cartridges are cyan, magenta and yellow. Each cartridge will print 4,000 pages. There are cartridges that will print 8,000 pages. The printer can print up to 60,000 a month. The projected cost per page is 1.4 cents for black and white printing and 9.4 for color printing.

There are two print trays that are standard for this printer. There is the 250 sheet drawer in the printer and a multipurpose tray that holds 150 sheets of paper. The multipurpose tray is accessed by pulling down the front panel of the printer. Use both trays simultaneously for printing to different size paper. If the combined 400 sheet trays are not enough, there is another drawer for an additional cost. The drawer will hold 550 sheets for a combined total of 950 sheets and will cost about $200. The drawers will all hold plain, glossy and thick stock paper in all the standard paper sizes. The multipurpose tray allows for custom size paper, as well as envelopes.

There are assorted connections available on this printer. The 10/100 Ethernet port is ready for networking. When the printer is set up for networking it is possible to be notified when toner cartridges are getting low, see ongoing toner cartridges levels, and even have auto re-order of them when low. There is also a 2.0 high speed USB port and a parallel port. For about $150 a wireless adapter can be purchased for wireless printing.

The printer has a 400 MHz processor that allows it to perform its various tasks quickly. It comes with 128 MB of RAM. This can be upgraded to 1,152 MB, including the 128 standard. The high end of the upgraded memory is more suitable for network printing, but a small upgrade will free up computer memory faster as the printer memory will be able to store the documents that need printing. One memory expansion slot is available.

It is a sizable printer and needs space. It comes in standard black and silver housing. It is 18.5 inches tall, 15.8 inches wide, and 19.1 inches deep. More space will be needed with the multipurpose tray open. It weighs in at 53 lbs.

The small business or home business owner will benefit from the quality and price of the Dell 3110cn printer. It is more than is needed for the typical home user. It will consistently produce professional grade letterhead, invoices and brochures in black and white and color.

These professional appearing prints come from the Dell Color Laser 3110cn printer toner cartridges performing at peak levels. Dell Color Laser cartridges offers this standard in their products, great value and execution. The toner cartridge online is also a great value and a help to any office budget.