[Pc_Support] Dell 3100cn Color LaserJet with PostScript and LPD for $329.40 shipped!

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 19:12 -0400, Max F Lang wrote:
> Brian, we use the LJ2550 at work for printing color lab reports in 
> physician offices. This is a printer I'm coming to know well...
> The built-in print server is an onboard DirectJet 625. You can't 
> remove it, but it's exactly the same thing firmware-wise. Does the 
> usual IP, IPX, IPP and AppleTalk, with both an easy browser and 
> telnet session based interface. They come with 32M ram standard.
> The toners included in the box are exactly the same carts you buy. 
> They are rated for 6K pages in color, and the black cart is rated 
> for 7K. And that's about what we get. They're not noobie carts at 
> all, and yes, replacements are $$$, even at our corporate discount.

I think this Dell 3100cn is different.  It's a Fuji-Xerox engine,
cartridges are 4,000 sheets/each.

> The 2550 is a dumptruck of a printer: big, heavy, and awful slow to 
> start. It usually takes about 20 seconds to start printing. But 
> just like a dumptruck, once it starts going, it doesn't want to 
> stop. In fact, the printer is best for long print jobs, where it 
> just keeps printing along. For those clients who just print out a 
> couple pages at a time, we usually will just put in a Lexmark Optra 
> color inkjet, since it will usually finish a small job before the 
> 2550 is even fully warmed up to start a job.

I think most Lasers are like that in general.  15+ seconds to first
page, a few break 10 seconds, but rarely.  Most colors are 20+ seconds
to first page.

I'm still going to have my Lexmark Optra E310 connected to my PC and my
wife's HP LaserJet 1220se connected to her PC, so those devices will
still be options.  The new Dell 3100cn will be located in between our
two rooms (connected to the network) so either of us can grab things off
of it.

> Beware, though: we are somthing of a Citrix shop, and the 2550 just 
> plain does not work with Citrix. In those rare cases, the only 
> color LJ that works consistently is the earlier color 2500. Which 
> you can still buy from HP new, they just don't advertise it and 
> will try to deny at first.

Worst case I will use WTS, but not Citrix, at home.


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