Konica Minolta MagiColor 2430DL Laser Printer (20 PPM, 2400x600 DPI, Color, 32MB, PC/Mac)

Konica Minolta MagiColor 2430DL

MagiColor 2430DL Laser Printer (20 PPM, 2400x600 DPI, Color, 32MB, PC/Mac) Review, by Paul,Jasper November 2, 2005

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• Latest User Reviews 1 review
• Reviewed by: Shinken1

  Duration of ownership: 2 Years

  Strengths: Small size, low cost

  Weaknesses: Paper handling, toner leakage

  Overall: I've had this printer for about 2 years and it has been problematic from the start. It frequently stops feeding paper and displays MEDIA JAM. I've had several emails and phone calls to Konica-Minolta tech support, but they have failed to resolve this issue. This is the same paper that feeds flawlessly on my very cheap but incredibly reliable HP 1012 laserjet, which I use for everyday B&W printing. Secondly, whenever I open the top to clear a paper jam, there is black toner everywhere. I've spoken with a tech at an authorized Konica-Minolta printer repair shop and was told that this is common in these printers. The results are that (1) I frequently have to clean off the laser window to stop streaking, and (2) every few weeks the printer LCD advises me that one of the toner cartridges is not loaded, so I remove it, clean off the black smudge on the contacts and reinsert it. Most recently, every time I start a print job the LCD says that the paper tray is empty, and I have to remove the paper and put it back in again to reset one of the sensors. I recently replaced this printer with a Xerox Phaser 6180n that seems to work flawlessly, has the same street price of around $400, and prints better quality color at about 20ppm instead of 5ppm because it's a single-pass printer. Also, I noticed that the Phaser does not loudly go clunk-clunk-clunk as does the 2430DL. From reading this review, you probably get the idea that I didn't like this printer very much, and you're right. My only regret is not replacing it sooner.

• Reviewed by: gordymac

  Strengths: Decent quality, network support, Mac support.

  Weaknesses: Now dead. Loud.

  Overall: I bought this printer shortly after it burst on the scene a couple of years ago. All the reviews were great, so I jumped on the bandwagon.Setup was okay. It uses a CUPS driver for Mac OS X, so, setup was seamless enough. Printer options were available via the printers web interface.When it prints you get 4 loud clunks as the paper passes through the 4 color stages. Also you also get 4 loud clunks when the printer goes into its energy saver mode. Also, ocassionally, the printer just would not print. The print dialog would just hang at 98%.Then, it died.

• Reviewed by: mylovelyyuchen

  Strengths: Fast printing on color;easy to set up;network ready;

  Weaknesses: noisy;

  Overall: Got this printer for about $180 and i am satisfied with it. The color printing speed is rather fast. The image is very sharp and color is vivid. It is very easy to set up and the network port is really handy. The drawback i think is the noisy control. I have to say sometimes it is really noisy in office enviroment. Overall, a good quality printer.

• Reviewed by: ab4321

  Strengths: Linux compatible

  Weaknesses: No user manual that lists button functions or instructions for programming included or available on the web. However, the buttons on the front panel are fairly intuitive, and once you have the DHCP or IP, etc. set up, it works fine.

  Overall: I was looking for a Linux compatible color laser printer because of the obvious advantages of that operating system. This one was recommended at LinuxPrinting.org. Since there was no user manual shipped with the printer, I had to call tech support to get the printer set up for FC3, and the first human couldn't help--I had to wait for the call-back. (There was no problem with the preloaded operating system.) What little I've printed so far, looks great to me. Now I have no problems printing from any machine on my LAN.

• Reviewed by: apikari

  Strengths: good print quality, expandable memory, network ready, Mac compatible, easy to setup

  Weaknesses: toner replacement is expensive

  Overall: I bought this a months ago and I am impressed with this color laser printerIt has very good print quality and has network support The paper tray holds up to 200 sheets of plain paper, is enough use for home or small business

• Reviewed by: apollo79

  Strengths: Great functions. Fast printer. Vivid color. expandable memory. network ready

  Weaknesses: Bulk, too heavy

  Overall: I bought this a few weeks ago and I am very very impressed with this color laser printer. Very fast printing and color is great. I love it very much, but it's a bit too heavy.