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Summary: Don't let low buying price fool you
Review: As of today I have almost 3,000 pages printed and replaced my third set of toners. At $140. per color this has brought the price much higher than any expensive machine I "could" have gotten.I called Oki today to see if I can return the printer & since it is just two weeks beyond the thirty day period from dealer I bought it from.....I cannot return it.
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Summary: Don't let low buying price fool you
Review: As of today I have almost 3,000 pages printed and replaced my third set of toners. At $140. per color this has brought the price much higher than any expensive machine I "could" have gotten. I called Oki today to see if I can return the printer & since it is just two weeks beyond the thirty day period from dealer I bought it from.....I cannot return it.
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Summary: Best value for the money
Review: I am very impressed with this printer. Print quality is outstanding. Print speed is very fast. Comparing the print speed in color to our HP at my work, the C5100n is about 3 times faster. Printer footprint is pretty small so it fits on most home computer desks. I bought mine from Amazon for $640.00 including the $30.00 off for getting the Amazon Visa. A color laser/led printer with all of these features, print quality, and speed for this low price is incredible. Very happy.
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Summary: warning to network admins
Review: If you plan to install this printer on a network, think twice. Using the latest driver and built-in NIC, even on a fast switched network, you will probably not get the rated 'time-to-first-page' performance. As print jobs are processed at the workstation (no PCL emulation), the time needed for the data to leave the queue and get to the printer can mean an inconvenient wait standing at the printer to grab your pages. Evidently, Oki has known about this for some time. I gave 2 stars as the web-mgmt interface is pretty good.
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Summary: Please DO NOT BUY this toner eating machine!
Review: Please do not buy this printer. You will spend so much money on toner cartridges. Not just because the toner cartridges are expensive, but because the printer needs a new toner cartridge every 400-500 pages. It is terrible. The printer constantly says "Order "K" toner" , then Order "C" toner, then "Order Y Toner", then Order M toner. One day it will show you have 95% toner left, the next day it will say you have only 8% left, "Order Y toner" and you haven't printed a thing. Tech support will tell you to "shake the toner cartridge", well you can "shake it like a polaroid picture" and it won't do any good. Once this printer needs toner, it will not forget about it. The red light will stay on and the display will say "Order Toner". Also, once it determines it needs more toner, that's it, the printer won't print anything. Not even black. Please, take my word for it, stay away from this toner eating machine. You will be sorry at around 400 pages, and you'll get to 400 pages before you know it.
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Summary: Please DO NOT BUY this toner eating machine!
Review: Please do not buy this printer. You will spend so much money on toner cartridges. Not just because the toner cartridges are expensive, but because the printer needs a new toner cartridge every 400-500 pages. It is terrible. The printer constantly says "Order "K" toner" , then Order "C" toner, then "Order Y Toner", then Order M toner. One day it will show you have 95% toner left, the next day it will say you have only 8% left, "Order Y toner" and you haven't printed a thing. Tech support will tell you to "shake the toner cartridge", well you can "shake it like a polaroid picture" and it won't do any good. Once this printer needs toner, it will not forget about it. The red light will stay on and the display will say "Order Toner". Also, once it determines it needs more toner, that's it, the printer won't print anything. Not even black. Please, take my word for it, stay away from this toner eating machine. You will be sorry at around 400 pages, and you'll get to 400 pages before you know it.
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Summary: Excellent Printer For The Price
Review: The OKIDATA C5100n is a fast printer that works well with text and graphics. However, if you are looking for a photo printer. The C5100 is not for you It prints photos very quickly, but they are darkened, and not yet up to the standards set by modern day inkjet printers. The C5100n has built in TCP/IP Connectivity making it easy to print through a network. The included software is easy to install, and the printer's built-in web server makes it easy to configure. This printer is well worth the money. It is more than enough for the average home-office user, and small business users will be impressed with it's speed and quality.
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Summary: Good Printer
Review: Where I work (up to 30 users for these purchases), I was responsible for bringing two C5100N's into the workplace. At the time I purchased them, September 2003, there was little information on them. The goals I had were merely to bring color to the workgroup at a slightly-more- affordable-than-inkjet and definitely more affordable than outsourcing color. My experience: I agree that the photos aren't the best. They look GREAT (or, much better) on cardstock, and the finished-look of laser gives a more professional look than inkjet, to some extent. The price was right for us, and the results were acceptable for an organization that is used to using a mimeograph for volume color, one color at a time. Since our emphasis isn't on speed of first output (nobody is really near the printer), the time to first print is not really applicable. Duplex cardstock is an iffy proposition. IF the settings are correct, it should work, and does work. Consumables are used pretty fast, to be sure. To maintain stock, I've been purchasing up to 4 each C,M,Y,K monthly, and have purchased three sets of imaging drums since September. (I'm supposed to: 21000 images on one printer, and 32000 on the other). The web interface is *great*, and tells anyone who wants to know, what they need to know. I've recently purchased a third unit for another department. Understand that the toners are rated for 5% coverage, so printing 'coated' paper is going to reduce your output significantly. In all, we have increased our color visibility in ways that we wouldn't have touched either in inkjet or outsourcing. The costs are only of consumables, so we don't have to worry about leasing a color copier. When our user's needs start becoming more toward photo-ready artwork, we'll consider moving to a more advanced model. But when it comes to an Excel Chart or just getting the printout in color, we're pretty happy. Pro: Workgroup color at a decent print speed, and for what was needed, a good price. Images are fixed on paper. Networkable out of box. Rather decent technical support. Con: Color is put in distinct points on paper, so no smearing or mixing allowed like inkjet. Slow-ish first page to print, but afterwards makes up for it. Conclusion: If photos matter, this probably isn't for you. But, if you primarily need clipart, graph, chart, and text color, and want to do some volume of it, this may be a great addition to a workgroup or department.
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