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Konica Minolta Magicolor 2450 Color Laser
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Media Handling
| Manual Feed Slot | Yes |
| Maximum Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum paper size, height | 14.0 inches |
| Maximum Sheets With All Paper Trays | 700 |
| Output Tray Capacity | 200 |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 1 |
| Maximum paper size, width | 8.5 inches |
| Standard input sheet capacity | 200 |
| Duplex printing | No |
Platform Support
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General Features
| PostScript Type | Standard |
| Printer Emulation Type | postscript 3 |
| Media slots | |
| PictBridge compatible | No |
| Printer languages supported | PCL 6 |
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Pros
Front USB port
Cons
Graphics printing is slow
Text output was heavy and fuzzy
Bottom Line
Features and performance are similar to the Xerox Phaser 6120n, but graphics output was lackluster. Has PCL and PostScript.
Konica Minolta MagiColor 2450
Magicolor 2450 Color Laser Review, by Paul Jasper November 2, 2005
This $699 Konica Minolta MagiColor 2450 printer offers little to justify the extra cost over the almost identical-looking Konica Minolta MagiColor 2430DL and similar Xerox Phaser 6120n, both of which cost about $200 less.
On glossy paper our photos abounded with dithering patterns, and skin tones turned orange. On plain paper the same image looked grainy, with banding and horrific facial colors.
Text printing was heavy and fuzzy. Lines didn't look solid in our line art print. Only the grayscale print impressed us, as its overall lightness allowed for smooth gradients and good shadow detail in the image.
The printer doesn't have a manual bypass slot--you can feed envelopes only from the main tray. You can add a 40GB hard disk for $349; with it, you can store and print PDFs and password-protected documents.
Using the same high-capacity toner cartridges and imaging drum as the 2430DL, the 2450 offers estimated costs of 2.2 cents for black pages and 11.0 cents for color pages.
Like the 2430DL, the 2450 has a front USB port, though it doesn't do anything--yet. Konica Minolta says it will soon release a free firmware upgrade that will enable printing from PictBridge-compatible digital cameras.
Upshot: Graphics printing is slow, and the features fail to justify the high price.
Paul Jasper
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PCWorld Lab Results
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Performance Comparison with Similar Printers
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Performance
| 5 x 7 Photo (secs) | 62.99 |
| Color Output Quality | Fair |
| Color Photo (secs) | 54.24 |
| Color Photo Quality | Poor |
| Color Photo, Best Quality Settings | 62.99 |
| Color Photo, Normal Settings | 54.24 |
| Grayscale Output Quality | Good |
| Line Art Output Quality | Poor |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic | 24.68 |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) | 24.68 |
| 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) | Poor |
| Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) | Good |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Poor |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Fair |
| Ten-Page Word Document | 41.53 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 41.53 |
| Tested Color Graphics Speed (formerly pf-PCWColorSpeed) | 1.6 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 1.6 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 1 |
| Tested Text Speed (formerly pf-PCWBWSpeed) | 14.4 |
| Tested Text Speed (ppm) | 14.4 |
| Text Output Quality | Fair |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document | 136.4 |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) | 136.4 |
| Two-Page Excel Document | 36.86 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 36.86 |
Text Printing
| Text output quality | Fair |
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Reviewed by: kyletreece
Strengths: Color picture quality decent
Weaknesses: LOUD, customer service is horrendous if you have a problem, does not play well with a Macintosh
Overall: I researched a host of color laser printers, and found that this particular model was rated highly by critics. Purchased it. Yes, it's a great printer, if you don't mind several loud booming, crashing, sounds before your documents are ready to print. And the printing isn't quick, either. When I say loud, I mean LOUD, like my neighbors complained to my landlord when I used it, like shaking the table it's on - yeah, that loud. Customer service was a joke when I had a problem and actually was hung up on because there was "no supervisor on duty." You cannot default to a B/W mode, you have to choose B/W each and every time before you print. Avoid Konica-Minolta and the Magicolor printers altogether. Trust me.
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