Advantages: Quality prints, quiet Disadvantages: A little expensive to run
The Magicolor 2550 is positioned as one of KonicaMinolta's entry level colour laser printers, well almost entry level, as it offers some very nice features without taking the price of the device too high.
The specification on offer from this full colour model is a cracking 20ppm (pages per minute) in monochrome and 5ppm in full colour. The native resolution is 600dpi with a x4 dithering method which beefs this up to an effective 2,400dpi. The model on review here is the standard model, which has 128MB of memory, is network ready and offers Postscript 3 printer language in addition to PCL6 and PDF support.
The 2550DN which is the next model up adds a built-in duplexer and has 256MB of memory, it also adds Pictbridge support for direct connection of a compatible digital camera. Both models are capable of handling a monthly duty cycle ...
Advantages: Vivid colours, reliable, prints beautifully Disadvantages: Photo printing quality is only 7/10 in my rating
We bought our Konika Minolta Magicolor 2350 laser printer four years ago. We use it at home but I print quite frequently. We decided to buy this printer because it is specially designed for optimal performance in Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, and other environments as well. This was important for us, as I use Windows but my husband is an IT professional and uses several other operation systems on his computers and sometimes also he wants to print something. He worked for a company where there were a lot of printers of this type and he had really good opinion about them. This opinion hasn?t changed since then.
Price of the printer and cartridges
When we bought it, it was on offer, so it was ?only? £650. It was a serious discount because its full price is £900.
There are four cartridges in it plus the drum cartridge, we had to change ...
Advantages: Excellent picture quality, range of functions, lens quality, anti shake function Disadvantages: Viewfinder not the best, low light autofocus
Although KonicaMinolta have now ceased making cameras, there are still a few of these around (and warranty/service has been handed over to Sony).
The A200 is the last of KM bridge mount digital cameras in the pro-sumer market. It has a 8m pixel CCD and 28 to 200 (35mm equivalent) manual zoom lens - much better than a motor driven lens which tend to have noticeable "stops".
Although fairly big (not quite as big as a D-SLR) and quite heavy, the range of functions available from fully automatic to fully manual with a number of programme modes in between means that you get pretty much all the benefits of a D-SLR in a smaller, more convenient package. It's no pocket camera however.
A number of items standout:- the excellent quality lens (which has very little barrel distortion or vignetting) and which can take both wide ...
Product Information for "Konica Minolta pagepro 1350EN" »
Processor
Processor
200 MHz
Networking
Networking
Print server
Connectivity Technology
Wired
Data Link Protocol
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
Manufacturer's product description
When it comes to a small workgroup laser printer in a professional environment, a few fundamentals are paramount: compatibility, reliability, speed, ease of operation and high quality printing. The PagePro 1350EN has all of these, in one compact and durable unit. Printing at 20 pages per minute, the PagePro 1350EN has all the speed required to print letters, reports, memos, presentations and other material quickly and efficiently. And with 1200 x 1200 dpi print resolution, your documents are clean, crisp and business-like. The PagePro 1350EN is simple to use and cost-effective to run, saving you both time and money. With a high-capacity toner cartridge making replacement infrequent, the PagePro 1350EN is the low expenditure solution for everyday use.
