Pros
- Fast; impressive photos on plain paper
- High-capacity input trays
Cons
- Confusing paper-tray design
- Orangey cast to photos on special paper
At A Glance
Cheap ink and good speed are balanced by orangey fleshtones and a crowded paper-tray design.
Manufacturer’s Description
Advanced All-in-one Home Office Printer offers Ethernet connectivity and maximum 4800 x 1200 color dpi with microscopic droplets as small as 2 picoliters. Prints 30 monochrome pages per minute with 600 x 600 dpi, 20 color pages per minute and a photo lab quality, borderless 4 x 6 photo in approximately 46 seconds. Delivers rapid document copying and scanning with 30-sheet auto document feeder. Features a 1.8 liquid crystal display and USB connector, and color scanning with 2400 x 4800 dpi. Printer has Super G3 High-Speed fax with 40 coded speed dials, 100-page capacity and copy scaling from 25 to 400 percent. Includes printer cable. Energy Star qualified.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | 2186B002 |
| Inventory Number | 30843 |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Display | |
| Display type | Color |
| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | Yes |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 21 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 45 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 100.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 18.2 inches |
| Depth | 18.9 inches |
| Height | 9.4 inches |
| Weight | 22.3 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 300 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 0 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | CompactFlash |
| SD card | SD Card |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 4800 x 1200 dpi |
| Scanning | |
| Scanner Type | Flatbed |
| Maximum External Bit Depth | 48| |
| Optical Scanning Resolution | 2400 by 4800 |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Very Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Very Good |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Good |
| Copy quality | Very Good |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 9.1 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | Good |
| Color Output Quality | Very Good |
| Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 12.92 |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 40.09 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 5.5 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 3.4 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Very Good |
| One-Page Line Art, Maximum Resolution | Good |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 43.31 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 10.87 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 85.64 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1.5 |
| Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 6.2 |
| Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 6.23 |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 19.58 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 38.87 |
| Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 11.16 |
| Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 6.23 |
| One-Page Copy (secs) | 12.42 |
| Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 6.2 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 16.33 |
| One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | Fair |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 17.44 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 3.2 |
