Pros
- Can handle the traffic of a big office
- Excellent Web-based network tools
Cons
- Produced thick text with jagged edges
- Color graphics output looked muted
At A Glance
Full-featured multifunction printer can handle the traffic of a big office, but it produces mediocre output.
Manufacturer’s Description
The C2424/DP produces 24 pages per minute for copies and prints. That means 600 x 600 dpi printing on any paper. Insert your paper input trays and print or copy up to 1150 sheets a whack. A standard 50-sheet Duplex Automatic Document Feeder provides two-sided printing as well. Its output bin can handle 250 sheets at a time. The C2424/DP can hold paper as large as 8.5" x 14" and it comes with a storage cart, eliminating the need for extra paper storage space.The C2424/DP also has other exciting features like Enhanced PrintingScout for instantly displaying pop-up help if attention is needed during print jobs, Phaser Installer for automatically getting you printing in seconds and PhaserSMART remote diagnostic tools providing automated Internet-based support. The C2424/DP scans with outstanding speed, quality and reliability with 600 x 600 dpi resolutions. It has never been easier to bridge the hard copy and digital worlds. Color scanning enables a fast, easy transition from on-paper to on-screen and on-line. Plus, scanning images from hardcopy directly into common applications like Microsoft Word and PowerPoint helps office workers create higher quality, professional documents.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | C2424DP |
| Inventory Number | 24283 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 512.0 MB |
| Memory max | 1.024 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Display | |
| Display type | Monochrome |
| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | No |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 115 watts |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 21.0 inches |
| Depth | 26.0 inches |
| Height | 24.0 inches |
| Weight | 93.0 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 625 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 1 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Standard |
| Max Input Trays | 4 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Scanning | |
| Scanner Type | Flatbed |
| Maximum External Bit Depth |
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| Maximum Scan Resolution | 600 x 600 |
| Optical Scanning Resolution | 600 |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | PCL 5c |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Fair |
| Print quality: Color photo | Fair |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Fair |
| Copy quality | Fair |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 11.2 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Color Output Quality | Fair |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Fair |
| Color Photo (secs) | 19.99 |
| 5 x 7 Photo (secs) | 20.24 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Fair |
| Total Scan Time, Line Art, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-LAmax1-Average) | 10.52 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Poor |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) | 18.17 |
| Total Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-2x2maxmax-Average) | 16.02 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 19.48 |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) | 30.85 |
| Color Photo, Normal Settings | 19.99 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 53.74 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 3 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Poor |
| Color Photo, Best Quality Settings | 20.24 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 3 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 14.32 |
| Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 4.84 |
| One-Page Copy (secs) | 14.38 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Fair |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 5.5 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Fair |



























