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Color printers used to be too expensive to have many of, and too slow to be efficient in an office. Not only were the printers themselves expensive, the toners used to be extortionate. Oki is part of the color laser revolution that changed all that, and with the OkiData C5100n, they continue bringing quality color laser printing to an office near you.
The advent of the single pass laser is what turned things around for laser printers. Once restricted to 5 or 6 pages a minute, they can now print as quick and sometimes faster than monochrome. The C5100n can output at a rate of 12 pages per minute in color and 20 monochrome, which is more than enough for a device of this size.
The prints are of a quality mainly seen in products more expensive than this one. Images are equally impressive, the C5100n outputs some great quality photographs with real richness to them. Color reproduction is clear and accurate while mono used good grayscale to simulate the shades.
Setting the C5100n up was as easy as unpacking it and connecting it up. Once powered the network was automatically configured and were up and running in minutes. It was just a matter of loading the drivers and we were ready to go. The paper drawer holds 300 sheets and the multipurpose feed tray another 100. That is upgradeable to 930 if you need it though if you purchase the optional paper drawer. The memory is also upgradeable, although it would be hard to imagine needing to do so. The built-in 32Mb is plenty enough for daily use.
Starter toners are included which are good for a thousand sheets each. So it’s just as well replacements are easy to acquire and reasonably priced. A new black toner will last for 5000 pages, as will the color ones. It’s actually quite unusual for color toner to last as long as black but Oki seems to be able to make color last a little longer than many of its competitors.
We would have no hesitation recommending the C5100n to any office. It is competent enough to handle even the most demanding print jobs and won’t let you down.
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OkiData C5100n
The advent of the single pass laser is what turned things around for laser printers. Once restricted to 5 or 6 pages a minute, they can now print as quick and sometimes faster than monochrome. The C5100n can output at a rate of 12 pages per minute in color and 20 monochrome, which is more than enough for a device of this size.
The prints are of a quality mainly seen in products more expensive than this one. Images are equally impressive, the C5100n outputs some great quality photographs with real richness to them. Color reproduction is clear and accurate while mono used good grayscale to simulate the shades.
Setting the C5100n up was as easy as unpacking it and connecting it up. Once powered the network was automatically configured and were up and running in minutes. It was just a matter of loading the drivers and we were ready to go. The paper drawer holds 300 sheets and the multipurpose feed tray another 100. That is upgradeable to 930 if you need it though if you purchase the optional paper drawer. The memory is also upgradeable, although it would be hard to imagine needing to do so. The built-in 32Mb is plenty enough for daily use.
Starter toners are included which are good for a thousand sheets each. So it’s just as well replacements are easy to acquire and reasonably priced. A new black toner will last for 5000 pages, as will the color ones. It’s actually quite unusual for color toner to last as long as black but Oki seems to be able to make color last a little longer than many of its competitors.
We would have no hesitation recommending the C5100n to any office. It is competent enough to handle even the most demanding print jobs and won’t let you down.
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