Saturday, June 1, 2013

Lexmark C524

Having to buy cartridges for your inkjet all the time is a real problem with all of us who have to print a lot of documents every day. It’s strange how people tend to think that they have saved money by buying a normal inkjet but fail to realize that in the long run it costs more as you have to change cartridges more frequently with an inkjet than replacing toners if you have a laser printer. I have a lot of printing to do at the office, and recently I switched over to the Lexmark C524 color laser printer.

The laser printer saves me a trip to the store every few weeks for buying cartridges. The Lexmark C524 has four toners installed for black, magenta, yellow and cyan. The color prints resolution is 1200x1200 dpi and the image quality is great. I have much better color prints than I used to have with the inkjet. Not to mention the fact that any photo in high-quality costs much more with the inkjet.

The Lexmark C524 advertises a speed of 20 pages per minute. It is a little less than that in practical use as the machine takes thirty to 50 seconds in warming up. So for single prints, you have to wait for a while but the average speed is fine for batch printing. Toners need not be replaced that frequently and if one color toner runs out you need to replace that only so it’s still more economical than the inkjet.

I found the software that comes with the printer pretty simple to install and run. The printer is also compatible with Unix on the PC. It might not take you more than ten minutes to start printing after unloading the box. I have not yet encountered any software problems and the printer does not jam, something that frequently takes place with my inkjet. This model in the series has both a USB and parallel port but there is no Ethernet option so if you have a large workgroup using the same printer than there is a little problem with the Lexmark C524 as you cannot connect it to over a network.

The superior quality of color printing, especially high-quality photos, and the economy of the Lexmark C524 makes me really satisfied with my purchase and I recommend this model of laser printer for all those small offices where there is a lot of color printing required.
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Friday, May 31, 2013

HP LaserJet 3020 3030 configuration page

To print a config page from the LaserJet 3020 or LaserJet 3030:

- Press the Menu/Enter button
- Scroll to the right until "Reports" is displayed
- Press Menu/Enter
- Scroll to the right until "Config. Report" is displayed
- Press Menu/Enter
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn

Most people are pretty reluctant to purchase a device that offers a large number of functions because they believe the variety of use may come with compromising essential requirements like speed or quality. However this is not always true. The Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn is a laser color printer that produces great color and black and white prints at a tremendous pace and is also not very expensive to buy.

The Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn is the perfect work group printer with a 1200dpi resolution. At a speed of 26 pages per minute this machine starts producing excellent and well defined images after a warm up time of merely 10 seconds for black and white prints and 15 seconds for color prints. The 550 sheet input tray and speed makes this printer extremely fast and saves a great amount of time that could be wasted due to slow results using other machines.

The users can utilize its 256MB expandable memory and feed documents without fearing for their security because the Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn has data encryption and copy control system to prevent data leakage. The chassis has an LCD display and a toner drum to maximize user convenience and reduce the hassles associated with changing them. It is a an “intelligent” machine due to the embedded smart device monitor which administers the toner and paper level as well as job progress and emails connected users in case of any discrepancy.
Moreover, the users can use the built in PictBridge feature for printing images through a digital camera. The integrated network communication system, USB and Ethernet portals enhance interaction of the printing system with all connected users. The Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn laser printer is highly compatible in a variety of work environments as the minimum system requirements for it include everything like Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, UNIX, Apple MacOS X 10.1 or later, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Apple MacOS 8.6 - 9.2 as well as Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP.

For business or office, use any picture, text, image, graph or diagram can be printed on several print mediums like envelopes, transparencies, labels, plain paper, and recycled paper. No matter how many prints you require or which medium you wish to choose, the quality of the final product remains the same - excellent. The Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn is a fast, reliable and efficient machine available at a highly affordable price. It is a true work companion for business owners.
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