The Konica Minolta Magicolor 3100 is a color laser printer that is ideal for small to mid-size offices and workgroups. The printer has a monthly duty cycle of 30,000 pages per month. The printer is easy to use, and has a wide array of features to accommodate the offices that need room to grow. The printer’s relatively low price also makes it an attractive option for operations on a budget.

The set-up process for the Magicolor 3100 is quite simple, compared to other color laser printers. The printer comes with an optical photo conductor (OPC) unit. Insert the OPC unit, snap the four toner cartridges into place, turn them and then pull out the strips in the cartridges that restrain the toner. At that point, the printer will be ready to print. The printer features Parallel, USB and Ethernet connectivity options.

The Magicolor 3100 comes with one black toner cartridge (1710490-001) and three color toner cartridges-cyan (1710490-004), magenta (1710490-003) and yellow (1710490-002). The black toner cartridge yields approximately 8,500 pages. The color toner cartridges yield approximately 6,000 pages each. The Konica Minolta Magicolor’s specially formulated Microfine Toner minimizes printer cleaning requirements and reduces waste. Other printer supplies include a Genuine OEM Transfer Unit (1710494-001), which yields approximately 18,000 pages; a Genuine OEM 110 Volt Fuser (1710495-001), which yields approximately 100,000 pages; and a Genuine OEM Imaging Drum (1710552-001), which yields approximately 30,000 pages.

The printer uses a technology called PRISMLASER, which works to increase the printers speed, improve print quality and reduce power consumption. The Konica Minolta Magicolor 3100 has a maximum resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi for both color and monochrome documents, which produces decent-quality images and crisp text. The revolutionary PRISMLASER technology also enables all four colors to print at the same time, which means your documents can have up to 16.7 million colors available for printing-a much wider color spectrum than offered by other color laser printers. The printer produces color and monochrome documents at 16 pages per minute, which is slower than comparable printers. The Konica Minolta Magicolor 3100 comes equipped with two paper trays and has a media capacity of 600 pages.

The Magicolor 3100 comes equipped with 256 MB of installed memory, which can be expanded to 512 MB. The printer also comes equipped with a duplexer, which is ideal for offices that anticipate high-volume double-sided printing. Other notable features include built-in networking capabilities and automatic color control. The printer’s low fusing temperature toner also works consumes minimal power, which will help reduce your energy consumption and keep cost low.

Overall Specs:

• Print Speed: Monochrome – 16 ppm; Color – 16 ppm
• Memory: 256 MB; Expandable to 512 MB
• Resolution: 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi
• Duty Cycle: 30,000 pages per month
• Paper Capacity: Input – 600 sheets
• Connectivity: Parallel, Ethernet, USB 1.1
• Dimensions (w x h x d): 17.3 in. x 25.1 in. x 17.5 in.

Wil works in the printer supplies industry and has extensive background working with small business printers including the Minolta Magicolor 3100 and urges you to shop around when looking for replacement Konica Minolta Supplies as prices tend to vary from one retailer to another.