Pros
- Very low price
- High-quality text and graphics prints
Cons
- Networking option costs $119
- One paper tray, no upgrade options
At A Glance
This is the lowest-cost color laser to date, yet it offers better print quality than models costing several times more.
Manufacturer’s Description
The magicolor 2500W combines the convenience, independence and security benefits of a personal printer with the performance, quality and cost savings of color laser printing. This color laser printer is ready to print crisp business documents quickly, when and where you need them. Using and installing a magicolor 2500W is very straight forward.If you want a simple to operate personal color laser printer that will help your documents stand out from the crowd - look no further than the magicolor 2500W. The magicolor 2500W makes high-quality 2400 x 600 dpi-class prints with Enhanced Automatic Image Density Control (eAIDC) and Automatic ICC-based color matching. With a duty cycle of 35,000 pages per month, your magicolor 2500W color laser printer will be more than capable of handling your printing requirements during even the busiest of months. It easily connects to your system via its USB 2.0 port, making it compatible with Windows Server 2003, XP, 2000, Me, and 98SE operating systems.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | A00V011 |
| Inventory Number | 25342 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 32.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.032 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | No |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | No |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 1100 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 250 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 16.9 inches |
| Depth | 19.8 inches |
| Height | 13.4 inches |
| Weight | 44.0 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 200 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 1 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | No |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 2400 x 600 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 2400 x 600 dpi |
| Platform Support | |
| Printer languages supported | None |
| Postcript Type | None |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Very Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Good |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Good |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 19.4 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Color Output Quality | Good |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Good |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 34.17 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 4.6 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 2.5 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Good |
| Line Art Output Quality | Good |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 37.83 |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 13.04 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 40.13 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1.8 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Good |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 22.49 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 1.8 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 35.96 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Good |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 25.84 |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 24.38 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 2.8 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Very Good |
