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Konica Minolta Magicolor 5430 DL Printer

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Pros
Text prints looked sharp and well formed
Cons
Slow text output speed
Mediocre color printing

Performance: Poor: 53
Features: Superior: 95
Design: Good: 75

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
Color Output Quality	Fair
Color Photo (secs)	28.7
Color Photo Quality	Fair
Color Photo, Normal Settings	28.7
Grayscale Output Quality	Very Good
Line Art Output Quality	Very Good
One-Page Grayscale Graphic	29.09
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs)	29.09
Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default)	Fair
Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best)	Fair
Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best)	Very Good
Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default)	Very Good
Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default)	Very Good
Ten-Page Word Document	202.28
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	202.28
Tested Color Graphics Speed (formerly pf-PCWColorSpeed)	2.4
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	2.4
Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed)	0
Tested Text Speed (formerly pf-PCWBWSpeed)	3
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	3
Text Output Quality	Very Good
Three-Page PowerPoint Document	75.22
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs)	75.22
Three-Page Word Document	66.36
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	66.36
Two-Page Excel Document	48.99
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	48.99

Text Printing
Text output quality	Very Good

Performance
Print quality: text/color graphics	Very Good/Fair
Speed	Poor
Rated speeds	21 ppm monochrome; 21 ppm color
Tested speeds	3.0 ppm text; 2.4 ppm graphics
Ease of use	Good
Features	Good
Maximum true resolution	600 by 600 dpi color, 600 by 600 dpi monochrome
Maximum resolution	1200 by 600 dpi color, 1200 by 600 dpi monochrome
Maximum paper size	Legal
Standard input capacity	250 sheets input, one tray
Paper feed options	Straight paper path, no manual feed slot
Interfaces	Parallel, ethernet
Size (width by depth by height), weight	16.7 by 20.5 by 17.3 inches, 66.4 pounds
Support polices	Good
Warranty	One year
Support hours	12-hour weekday toll-free support

What You Should Know about the Magicolor 5430 DL Printer

Duplex Printing a Must for Busy Offices

A printer with duplex capability contains an internal mechanism for turning the paper over to print on the other side. (This is not to be confused with the manual duplexing that some printers offer, where driver software walks you through the process of turning over the paper yourself.) Any high-volume office should seriously consider this feature. The duplexing process slows down your print job a bit, but it also immediately cuts your paper use in half -- good for your budget, good for the environment.

Reviewed by: Andrew

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Fast 21 Pages per min, color and BW. I use it for power point presentations and it sure is good enough. Printing at 21 ppm makes a big differance than 3 ppm with an ink jet.

Weaknesses: the initial toner cartridges are only going to print about 2,500 sheets at less than 5% coverage

Overall Evaluation: toner is expensive if you buy the three pack it's about $400 and the black is about $100. If I get 6,000 pages claimed it will be better than the ink jet I'm using. Time will tell, I paid $499 for the unit at sams.