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(More customer reviews)I have been using this printer for a few weeks and so far I'm thrilled. It's compatible with Mac OS X, Windows (from 95 to XP) and Linux, has built-in network support and a PictBridge connector in front.
The best part is how lightweight it is for a color laser printer. It also has a very small footprint. Inkjets are often deceptive in that respect, because they require a lot of space in front and back for the paper holders; the 2430DL does not need any of that.
Its energy saver mode is extremely economical (1W) and the printer wakes up immediately and can print with almost no warm-up time.
On the negative side, the paper drawer is very shoddy, and the printer is fairly loud when operating (that includes regular clacks and whirrs while in energy saver mode, don't set it up in your bedroom!)
To the reviewer complaining about the toner not fixating on the page: your printer is set to envelope mode. Check the manual (you can download it from Konica Minolta's web site) and flick the two little yellow switches with the envelope icon to the down position: problem solved!
This printer can be found (refurb) for two hundred. Don't pay more. It comes with low capacity toner cartridges (1,500 pages) and you'll find out toner cartridges are very pricey. Ebay to the rescue: you can actually buy toner powder to refill the cartridges for fairly cheap (about a hundred for a four color set) and turn your starter cartridges to high capacity cartridges (4,500 pages). No need to replace the microchip on the cartridges (that's an additional cost): all you need to do is set the "on error" mode in the engine settings to "continue", and voila. The only problem is the orange error light blinking continuously to report the printer is out of toner; if you can live with that, the savings are very significant. Refilling the cartridges is extremely easy.
There is a duplexer option available, unfortunately it costs as much as the printer. The memory extension capabilities are limited: only one standard PC-100 DIMM, up to 512MB (you may be able to reuse some RAM from an old PC)
I couldn't be more pleased with my 2430DL. Printing is extremely fast, even the first page when the printer wakes up from energy saver mode. I have been using HP 8550 color laser printers in the office for a while, and I think the 2430DL not only prints better quality (better color, better uniformity, better resolution) but also does it faster. I thought I might miss PostScript (unlike the more expensive 2450 model, the 2430DL uses a page description language called LavaFlow), but so far it's performed flawlessly printing from Macs and Windows XP.
This is probably the very best color laser value right now, and I recommend it very highly.
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