Konica Minolta magicolor 3100 Color Laser Printer

 (3 customer reviews)

I can't say what occurred with the previous reviewer. My guess
is he was referring to the 2200 (a much slower color printer)
or was driving the 3100 via a parallel cable.I got the printer today and have printed just about everything
in sight, including 8.5x11 inch pictures (1536x2048x16 million
color digital camera images) in regular and fine quality mode.
Certainly it takes the printer longer to print these images,
but thats 15 seconds verses instantaineous. Note that I use
a 100bps ethernet to drive it.The image quality looks great to me. I picked this printer
because if you add duplexing and a 500 sheet tray to their
lower end printer(the 2200), both options I need, you get
approximately the same total price as well as a printer that
is MUCH slower in color, has a fraction of the CPU speed and
does not do Postscript 3.The 3100 DN is a win, and gives both a better price and smaller
size than the equivalent HP...Read more

I bought this for home office use, and am more than impressed with the output quality. Photographs look as good as the originals, and the autmatic duplexing is terrific.

After 3 weeks with helpful Minolta tech support staff I have discovered that it is normal and OK for this printer to take 12 minutes to print one 8' x 8' regular photograph at 300 dpi at the printer's lowest resolution. That is way too long to be practical in a business environment. I regret the purchase.