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Oki Printing Solutions C3200n

B&W Pages per Min.: 20 • Color Pages per Min.: 12 • Max. B&W dpi: 1200-by-600 • Max. Color dpi: 1200-by-600 • Tray Capacity, pages: 400 • Price When Reviewed: $399
Oki Printing Solutions C3200n (Front)
Oki Printing Solutions C3200n (Front)
77.2 Good
Last updated
October 06, 2006
Test Center Reviewed by
Paul Jasper
Pros
  • Sharp, solid text output
Cons
  • Grainy and over-saturated color images
  • Potentially high cost per page
  • Pricing:Very Inexpensive: $399 (7/16/2007)
  • Performance:Good: 72
  • Features:Good: 71
  • Design:Very Good: 80
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing Very Inexpensive: $399

Very Inexpensive: $399
Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $29.99
Standard-Capacity Color Cartridge - $55.49

Performance Good: 72

Good: 72
Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm) 11.6 
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 32.8 
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 51.85 
Text Output Quality Good 
Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm) 4.3 
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 27.61 
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) 32.61 
Color Photo (secs) 23.42 
Color Output Quality Fair 
Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) 2.6 
5 x 7 Photo (secs) 23.42 
Color Photo Quality Poor 
Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) 21.92 
Grayscale Output Quality Fair 
Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Line Art Output Quality Superior 

Features Good: 71

Good: 71
Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed 32 
Maximum Amount of RAM 288 
Dimensions
Dimensions 16.7 by 22.1 by 13.6 
Weight (pounds) 57.3 
Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min. 20 
Color Pages per Min. 12 
Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi 1200-by-600 
Max. Color dpi 1200-by-600 
Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type GDI 
Interfaces
Parallel Port No 
Serial Port No 
USB 1.1 Yes 
USB 2.0 Yes 
Ethernet Yes 
Media Card Readers None 
PictBridge No 
Drivers
Macintosh Yes 
Windows 98 Yes 
Windows NT No 
Windows 2000 Yes 
Windows XP Yes 
Linux No 
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 950 
Standby Power Draw (watts) 120 
Multifunction Printer Specs
Fax Memory (pages) 0 
Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard 2 
Number of Input Trays, Maximum 2 
Tray Capacity, pages 400 
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays 400 
Manual Feed Slot Yes 
Maximum Paper Size Banner 
Output Tray Capacity 250 
Auto Duplexer No 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 24 
Saturday Support Hours 24 
Sunday Support Hours 24 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty
Cost per Page, Black 0.02 
Cost per Page, Color 0.04 
Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle 50000 
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields 1500 
Color Ink/Toner Yields 1500 
Bundled Items
Included Hardware Power cable 
Included Software ColorSwatch, ColorCorrect, Direct Network Printing 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category Oki didn’t make a big splash in our survey, earning average reliability marks for its printers. It didn’t receive enough votes for a support score. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Average 
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Average 

Design Very Good: 80

Very Good: 80
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