Konica Minolta magicolor 1600W printer reviews – the cheapest color laser printer in the market

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konica1600w What can be better than having a well designed and economical color laser printer on your desktop? The Konica Minolta magicolor 1600W is one such printer. It is an extremely economical device. The street price of this printer is mere $180. This printer is arguably the cheapest color laser printer currently available in the market. The 1600W boasts of extremely fast printing abilities and provides extremely clear and crisp text and images.

As far as dimensions are concerned, this printer is a small one. In case of color laser printers, the smaller the printer, the better is for you. The printer measures about 10.9 inches by 15.6 inches by 15 inches. This means that the printer will not take much space near your desktop. This feature makes this printer an ideal tool for a home office or as a separate printer on a desktop in any office. The paper capacity of this printer is about 200 sheets. This ensures you do not have to go through the process of refilling the paper tray too very often. Setting up this device is a very simple affair.

Just take out the printer, load paper in it, plug in to the power supply and you are good to go. The printer is shipped with an installation disk that contains drivers for Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP.

The speed of the printer is extremely good. As compared to other printers in its class, this printer steals the show. The black and white text printed by this device is extremely crisp and sharp. The printer prints these at a rate of 20 pages per minute. The same quality of output is provided with color prints. The printer prints color prints at a rate of 5 pages per minute.

The graphics quality, with crisp and vibrant colors, in color prints is way above that given by other printers of this class. The printer gives a running cost of 2.9 cents per BLACK AND WHITE page and 16.6 cents per color page. The company also gives a one year parts-and-labor warranty on the printer. As final words, it can be said that Konica Minolta magicolor 1600W is an impressive color laser printer and the best choice to go for in the category of color lasers.