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Summary: Massive Driver Issues on a Network!!
Review: After having owned the 2200 version of the Minolta Color series, I was very pleased with the product. Naturally, I assumed a newer model would be at least as proficient as an older model - never have I been more incorrect!I purchased 2 of the 2300W printers on March 5, and after spending countless hours on the phone with Tech Support, and having one of their reps confirm that their drivers are "questionable" - 20 days later I am boxing both printers back up and returning them! Moral - Newer is not always better!!
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Summary: Beautiful Color in Efficient Printing
Review: After multiple trips to Kinko's paying a fortune for color printing, I decided the new generation of personal color lasers made it time to buy. With an important print job coming up, my research period was short. After leaning towards the HP personal color laser (based simply on HP reputation), I discovered this beauty. My decision was certainly swayed by its much higher print resolution -- after all, anyone willing to pay the price of a personal color laser is someone who's interested in print quality. However, I was also impressed by advertised print speed and cost. Well, I was not disappointed on any front. The color graphics are incredible. While this is not a 'photo quality' printer (and, in fact, cannot even use special glossy papers), it produces superior printed material that's well suited for any professional business presentation. Even photos print with what I would call very high quality. As mentioned in previous reviews, start time can be slow if it starts from 'sleep' mode and has to spool a big job. But once it's gets cranking, watch out! It speeds through jobs quickly. (One interesting concept I got from my resesarch was the difference in print speed for black vs. color pages in a color laser printer. For a color page, it actually makes 4 passes over the page, once for each toner color. For black printing, it's simply one pass, hence the drastic difference in speed.) With a PC World article estimating costs per sheet for color printing at around $0.30 for an ink jet printer and under $0.03 for color laser, you have a great feeling each time a color sheet lands on the output tray! So far, my only complaint is the inability to handle non-standard sized print media. Its 'universal' input tray gives you the impression you should be able to use any size media that fits in the tray. However, the manual makes it clear that it's only designed for approved sizes and types of print media. I found this to be true when I attempted to print invitation size envelopes, which is impossible to do (they immediately jam). Also, lack of a 'single feed' slot for envelopes is missed. However, all-in-all, this is a great printer which produces superior output. I've gotten many compliments on the printed material I've produced. Any soho person with print needs cannot help but be impressed by this unit. And believe me, the 'sticker shock' I had after leaving Kinko's each time is NOT missed!
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Summary: language linx
Review: Here's the bad news (which by the way is not so bad, so please, read on) - It weighs a ton. I had not realized how heavy these things are. No big deal. I managed to pick it up on my own while my husband was out of town. So is this bad news? Could certainly be worse.
One more thing, it pulls 15 amps of electricity and that's alot. At first, I plugged it into a power strip which is surge protected and when I turned on the printer it required so much electricity that it turned off my computer. This baby needs its own outlet. And, I will probably have to call an electrician to correct the problem or at least look at the plug to make sure I don't cause a fire one day. But so what, it's a powerful machine and that's what I am looking for. It's just something to consider.
Now to the good news: I am extremely pleased with the quality print for the price I paid. I printed some sample color brochures and they looked wonderful.
Some may have mentioned the speed in other reviews but ya' know it's a whole lot faster than my bubble jet and I don't have to wait several hours to print a large document.
It's incredibly user friendly. I had absolutely NO problems with the drivers and because it has a parallel port and usb port you don't have to go out and buy a new computer or a bunch of extra "stuff" to plug it into your computer.
It's a cute machine, and I feel very confident that it will suit my home and small business needs.
For the price I recommend it!! For once I am happy to say that you don't get what you pay for, you get more!
thanks!
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Summary: Great Personal Laser Printer
Review: I have had the printer for only a few days so far, and it has been the best printer for the price. It is also the smallest color laser printer i have seen so far. When it comes to speed the printer has it and this has been the best laser printer for color pictures that i have ever used. The print quility is far greater than any other color laser printer i have used in the past.
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Summary: Konica Minolta QMS 2300W <> NT 4.0 Compatible
Review: Note that the 2300W driver will not work with NT 4.0 !!! But, if you buy the 2300DL for $100 more, the driver software that comes with the 2300DL will support NT. Installing the 2300DL driver for NT does not allow you to print over LPT1 via cable to the 2300W printer - you get "error - wrong printer". The only solution is to upgrade the computer's OS to W2k or XP. Color photo output on plain paper only. Color quality is good - tested from XP Pro via USB. Suits my needs and am keeping the printer.
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Summary: Good on price, bad on photo quality, noise, power thirsty
Review: Pros: good price, fast mono printing, O.K. color graphic.
Cons: _ cheapo design
_ limited memory, unupgradeable (unexpandable)
_ do not support any kind of print server (I am really frustrated @ this problem)
_ noisy, It keeps screaming until you put it in standby mode. When printing, it sounds like a dryer machine is running.
_ power thirsty
_ bad on photo quality (I don't understand why someone said this one gives out a good photo quality. My photo was printed out with terrible white background, and picture is dotty)
I just don't want to be so mean to Konica, so I gives it 3 stars due to it good price. Otherwise, I don't recommend this printer. I recommend Dell 3100cn
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Summary: So far so good
Review: Seems to be a great printer, drivers work well, no XP trouble. Prints slow (One page per 50-60 seconds) with long pauses between pages, till the entire print job is spooled, then easily meets the specs of 4 pages per minute. TIP: Since I routinely print 200-300 pages per job, I set the driver to NOT print first copy till the entire job spools; The job spools much more rapidly and then the printer prints continuously. Now I am much more than pleased.
Had it for about 45 days and have done about 2000-3000 bochures so far. Print quality is excellent to my eye.
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Summary: So far, not good
Review: This is an initial review. I can't tell you how the printer does because I can't get it to function. First, it caused my battery back up/surge protector to turn itself off. Then I tried several times to uninstall and reinstall the driver. While my PC (running XP) can detect that there's a printer, there's no communication. I keep getting the message that it needs a certain DLL file. Can't find it. Their website is no good. I wrote them an email so hopefully, I'll be able to edit this. Keep in mind I'm not your average computer user. While I'm not an engineer, I've done my fair share of installations, upgrading, troubleshooting, etc... If anyone who read this knows the solution, please feel free to share it. I got this printer for a great price but it does no good if it won't work.
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Summary: Not all good, not all bad
Review: This printer was purchased as the main printer on a small home network (5 computers). This is the first color laser I have owned so I did not know what to expect.
1. It is heavy and requires more space than I thought.
2. I have yet be able to use it through the printserver. 2 other printers are online with the network.
3. Changing the spool settings speeded it up somewhat but still slow.
4. Noisy and warm up takes awhile.
5. Quality is good, price per copy seems to be good.
6. Would probably buy it again
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Summary: Great deal - and you can upgrade the memory!
Review: Unlike what somebody said previously in these reviews, you can upgrade the memory for this printer. I purchased a 256MB DIMM and upgraded the stock/onboard 32MB to 288MB. As I print over the network to this printer from multiple PC's, the extra memory should help spooling big documents. Overall, I love the price for the features. My only gripe is that I do tend to see long pauses between jobs, and warm-up time to start a job after power-saving mode is often a full minute or so. So, if you're not in a hurry, this is a great printer! For the price, I can deal with the wait. :)
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