Pros
- Low price, $199 duplexer option
- Economical to run
Cons
- Slow color printing
- Ugly manual tray design
At A Glance
The 3110cn is economical to run, and takes an optional duplexer that costs just $199. It's slow to print in color, however.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 31BSD3 |
| Inventory Number | 25340 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 128.0 MB |
| Memory max | 1.152 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| Wireless connection | 802.11b |
| USB 1.1 | No |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | No |
| Parallel Port | 1 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 420 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 95 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 15.8 inches |
| Depth | 19.1 inches |
| Height | 18.5 inches |
| Weight | 52.9 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 400 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 1 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 2 |
| 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 |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | HP PCL 5e/6 - 81 fonts; Postcript Level 3 Emulation - 136 fonts |
| Postcript Type | standard |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Very Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Good |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Very Good |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 25.3 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | n/a |
| Color Output Quality | Fair |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Very Good |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 111.24 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 3.3 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 1.4 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Good |
| Line Art Output Quality | Very Good |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 23.35 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 18.18 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 30.8 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 0.5 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Superior |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 15.36 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 0.6 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 18.08 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Fair |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 107.63 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 42.19 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 1.7 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Very Good |
