Advantages: Cheap, good quality printout, free scanner until end of march 2004
Disadvantages: Expensive duplexer, non-networkable

...production, it is a laser printer that can print duplex (on both sides), with manual operation, or you can buy an automatic duplexer for around £215 pounds (which seems a little steep.) The 2300W is intended as a personal printer and is not recommended for networks. This could be a disadvantage for some, however for us it is ideal. There is a simple set up guide in the box, but for detailed operating instructions you have to access the PDF file on the disk. Around the £430 mark you won't get much better, the only thing to rival it is the Epson 1900 colour laser which has a lower DPI... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Clunky, Noisy, Toner Leakage, Paper Pickup Problems, Sensor Problems, Cheaply Built, The List Goes On...

...We bought 6 of these printers back in early 2005 and after 1 year, were riddled with different problems - e.g. paper not picking up, numerous paper jams, "cyan/magenta/yellow/black toner not installed" error messages (will get to this one later), video underrun error (which basically colour washed the whole page it happened to be printing at the time.) Even after a month we had to call konica minolta to send out a printer engineer because 2 of our printers refused to pick up any paper, and these 2 still have trouble picking up paper even now. The insides of these printers can get very dirty with toner which will cause a whole load of other problems like the "X toner not installed" error messages mentioned above. It seems that due to what looks like a design fault - where by the electrical contacts for the printer cartridges... Read review

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Advantages: Outstanding Quality, Reliability
Disadvantages: Use of System Resources

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Advantages: Easy install, great interface options, very fast black output
Disadvantages: colour output very, very slow at A4 size

...have to see a big sheet of steel with the connection sticking out? minolta dropped the ball a bit there. I have one other little gripe that minolta really should listen to: "please, please put a back light on the display" the display is awkward to read except in very good light. The installation was very easy - especially important on my mixed OS home network. wizards for windows are included on the software CD and a pretty easy PPD install is available for linux/unix which worked straight away. thats a rarity! The machine has one or two disadvantages over inkjets though, firstly it takes a while to wake up. when you switch it on it can take up to 5 minutes to be ready to print, although it more usually about 2 minutes, and it tends to make quite a lot of noise going about it. secondly its outout is not quite as good as a top... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent picture quality, range of functions, lens quality, anti shake function
Disadvantages: Viewfinder not the best, low light autofocus

...Although Konica Minolta 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... Read review

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Advantages: compact, fast, good quality prints, economical to run, good price
Disadvantages: start up noise (But I think this is the same with most laser printers)

...We tried to buy a Magicolor 2400 but printerland.co.uk had sold out and offered this machine for only a very little more. We paid £175 (GBP) including VAT. My first print was an A4 colour photo onto budget 80 gsm office paper and the print quality was as good as our old HP inkjet and so much faster. The picture quality was good enough to frame and hang on the wall. Although maybe not as sharp as it might have been had it been professionally printed, you had to look very closely to see the difference. It popped out in under 5 seconds - much faster than the manufacturer's specs. What we bought this for was to print brochures for my wife's business. It churns out good quality prints on 100gsm textured paper much cheaper than if we went to a printers - and it gives us the flexibility of changing the brochure regularly. My wife is very... Read review

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Advantages: Infinately (well almost) settings, accurate settings, only for the keen photographers
Disadvantages: autofocus and metering inaccurate, not good for occasional snappers

...I bought a Minolta Z2 about 6 months ago. I have been an avid amateur photographer for years, done the photographic clubs etc, got bored with the expense of processing etc and I have always had Minolta cameras. But then the digital cameras came along and changed all that. There aint nothing wrong with Minolta’s reliability, but there’s certainly an air of cheapness of the finish when it comes to Konica, but times are hard, they’re squeezing more and more out of nothing and that costs nothing. But it seems to me that as Minolta are still in control of the upper markets (e.g. 7Hi). It looks like Konica have stamped their position on the lower end cameras, i.e. this one and its predecessors: Z1, Z10 blah, blah. The workings have definitely the stamp of Minolta, I just hope that the Konica haven’t compromised with the quality... Read review

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Advantages: reasonably light, great picture quality, long lens, anti-shake works well
Disadvantages: poor evf quality, slow shutter response

...lockup problems when the camera froze up, this was recified by downloading the latest firmware revision fro the Minolta website Hope this helps you... Read review

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Advantages: Small, excellent quality output, takes glossy paper and networkable too
Disadvantages: Slow to print in full colour

...Having paid £250 for this printer, I have found it to be an outstanding quality colour laser printer for home use. To start by looking at it's size, the printer takes up much less desk space than my previous colour laser printer. It is 430 mm wide, 395 mm deep and 341 mm high. On the front of the printer is a fold down tray were you feed in the paper,