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Meet The Color Laser Printers In This Buyer's Guide

In this section we introduce the dozen printers we chose to cover, along with a handy features matrix to help you compare and contrast these units over a wide range of features. We begin with a list of the printers themselves, followed by the features matrix. Next you'll find a brief section devoted to each of the twelve printers we cover that describes its capabilities in more detail, and discusses its purchase and consumables costs, along with a product photo and links to additional information. In our conclusion, we mention several of the most compelling offerings, and award one or more units an Editor's Choice based on especially outstanding price/performance characteristics. Note that the two MFC models in the list are designated as All-In-One printers in their product names.

  • Dell 3110cn
  • Dell 5110cn
  • HP Color LaserJet 2600n
  • HP Color LaserJet 2840 All-In-One
  • Konica Minolta MagiColor 2550
  • Konica Minolta MagiColor 5440DL
  • OKI C3200n
  • OKI C7350n
  • Lexmark C534n
  • Lexmark C762n
  • Samsung CLP-600N
  • Samsung CLX-3160FN All-In-One
Dell 3110cn Dell 5110cn HP Color LaserJet 2600n HP Color LaserJet 2840 Konica Minolta MagiColor 2550 Konica Minolta MagiColor 5440DL
B/W ppm 31 40 8 20 20 27
Color ppm 17 35 8 4 5 27
Black Copy - - - 600x600 - -
Color Copy - - - 600x600 - -
Color Scanning N N N Y N N
Fax ppm - - - 20 - -
Scan Optical - - - 1200x1200 - -
Scan Enhanced - - - 19200 - -
DPI Color 600x600 1200x1200 600x600 600x600 9600x600 2400x600
DPI Black 600x600 600x600 600x600 600x600 600x600 600x600
Max sheet size Legal Legal Legal Legal Letter Letter
Envelope size #10 #10 #10 #10 #10 #10
Other Interfaces * Wireless 802.11 b/g, USB 2.0, RJ45, Parallel Wireless 802.11 b/g, USB 2.0, RJ45, Parallel Wireless 802.11 b/g,USB 2.0, RJ45 Wireless 802.11 b/g, USB 2.0, RJ45 USB 2.0, RJ45, Parallel USB 2.0, RJ45
Tray Capacity 400 650 250 375 200 500OKI
Toner Cartridges 4 4 4 4 4
Print 2-Sided Optional Optional N N Y Y
Expansion Slots 2 2 0 0 1 1
Monthly Duty Cycle 60000 95000 35000 30000 35000 60000
Color abbreviations: C=Cyan, lc=Light Cyan, M=Magenta, lm=Light Magenta, Y=yellow, b = black
* italics indicates an interface is an added-cost option (all HP printers also work with USB-attached external JetDirect devices)
  OKI C3400n OKI C7350n Lexmark C534n Lexmark C772n Samsung CLP-600N Samsung CLX-3160FN
B/W ppm 20 26 24 25 21 16
Color ppm 16 24 22 25 21 4
Color Copy - - - - - 4
Black Copy - - - - - 16
Color Scanning N N N N N Y
Fax ppm - - - - - N/A
Scan Optical - - - - - 600x1200
Scan Enhanced - - - - - 4800x4800
DPI Color 1200x600 1200x600 2400x600 2400x600 2400x600 2400x600
DPI Black 1200x600 1200x600 1200x1200 1200x1200 2400x600 2400x600
Max sheet size 8.5"x35.4" Legal Legal Legal Legal Legal
Envelope size #10 #10 #10 #10 #10 #10
Other Interfaces * USB, RJ45 USB 1.1, RJ45 Wireless 802.11 b/g, GbE, USB 2.0, RJ45 Wireless 802.11 b/g, GbE, USB 2.0, RJ45, Parallel USB 2.0, RJ45, *802.11 USB 2.0
Tray Capacity 400 630 550 600 350 150
Toner Cartridges 4 4 4 4 4 4
Print 2-Sided Optional Optional Y Y N N
Expansion Slots 1 1 1 1 0 1
Monthly Duty Cycle 35000 100000 100000 120000 45000 24200
Color abbreviations: C=Cyan,M=Magenta, Y=yellow, b = black
* italics indicates an interface is an added-cost option (all HP printers also work with USB-attached external JetDirect devices)

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