Dell 2145cn Toner Cartridges

Dell 2145cn Printer Review

If your office needs a color laser printer with networking capabilities, consider the Dell 2145cn. It has a small size of 18.4x19.6x25.6 inches that won't take up too much space in any office. It does, however, weigh 79.4 pounds, which is very heavy. It can print, copy, scan and fax, meaning small offices could buy only this machine and have all bases for a business covered.

When printing and copying, four color Dell 2145cn toner cartridges are needed. These are filled with black, cyan, magenta and yellow printer toner. When printing, a resolution of 2400x600 dpi is obtainable, using the black or color Dell 2145cn toner cartridges. The laser printer and copier can both produce up to 21 pages per minute for both monochrome and color prints. It even has a maximum duty cycle of 65,000 pages. An automatic document feeder and a duel sided printing option are both standard.

The scanner is a color scanner, and it scans PDFs, TIFFs, BMPs and JPEGs. The fax has a 33.6 Kbps modem, and it can act as a standalone unit when needed. Windows, Mac and Linux are both supported by this machine. USB and ethernet connections are both available, and the machine does have networking capabilities.

Users and experts both tend to agree that this machine makes a great addition to offices everywhere. First, consumers find the print quality to be excellent. The duplex printing and scanning features are also highly reviewed. PC World raves that setup is simple, and they also think it comes with a good software bundle. PC world finds that the quality when printing monochrome documents is stellar as well. What the experts don't like is the confusing control panel. They also find the color quality using the color Dell 2145cn toner to be disappointing and the cost of replacement toners a big pricey. Overall, there are pros and cons with buying this all-in-one unit.