Pros
- Fast, high quality text prints
- Plenty of paper capacity
Cons
- Glossy photos lacked color saturation
At A Glance
This model offers plenty of paper capacity, plus fast text printing and high quality at an excellent price.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 3100CN |
| Inventory Number | 24992 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 64.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.576 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 | 1 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 340 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 82 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 16.7 inches |
| Depth | 16.5 inches |
| Height | 21.0 inches |
| Weight | 72.0 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 400 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 1 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 3 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 2400 x 600 dpi |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | PCL6, PCL 5e, Adobe PS 3 |
| Postcript Type | Standard |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Superior |
| Print quality: Color photo | Good |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Superior |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 17.8 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Color Output Quality | Good |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Superior |
| Color Photo (secs) | 26.53 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Good |
| 5 x 7 Photo (secs) | 25.64 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Superior |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) | 19.41 |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 17.08 |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) | 47.95 |
| Color Photo, Normal Settings | 26.53 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 33.73 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 2.3 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Superior |
| Color Photo, Best Quality Settings | 25.64 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 2.3 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 31.52 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Good |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 3.4 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Superior |
