Oki C5100 Gives Value For Money With Generic Toners
The Okidata C5100 printer's performance is very good when compared to laser printers in similar pricing ranges. It has only one drawback and that is its large size. It occupies a good amount of your desk space. But, if size does not matter to you, then this is very good printer for you.
The Okidata C5100 has a ton of features optional on it. Just to begin with, it has a single pass engine which can print up to 12 color pages per minute and up to 20 black and white pages per minute. This makes it one of the faster products within this price range. The Okidata C5100 has a 250 sheet feeder also, and an auto duplex option is also available. Further characteristics are a 10/100 Ethernet network port and an USB 2.0 port.
The printer contains four different colors of toner cartridges, one for each color it uses to print. This is a remarkably efficient system because if the cyan ink is all used up, then you don't need to purchase all the color toner, just the cyan one. The Okidata toner, unfortunately, lasts for less pages than your average toner, and an whole set will set you back about $150, if you purchase generic.
The solid ink produced by the specific brand have noticeably higher prices. Some websites had the set of four toners for about four hundred dollars! I would recommend the generic branded toners because they perform the same job at a lower price.
Okidatadata 5300 is another printer manufactured by the same company. The printer has double the amount of RAM in comparison to Okidata C5100 and twice its processor speed. But the printer speed is equal; the Okidata 5300's ink prints twelve color pages per minute and 20 black and white pages per minute.
Hopefully, these details about color laser printers has been helpful in telling you the different features that these two machines have and the price of the ink toners that people factor in when purchasing a new printer. The price of ink is always of great importance, so make sure you look into the price of ink along with the price of the printer.
Oki c5100 can process 12 color pages and 20 black and white pages per minute and has new single pass design. It has 250-sheet feeder, 10/100 Ethernet port, USB 2.0 connectivity, and four toners - black, magenta, cyan, and yellow. The Oki toner yields fewer pages than a typical toner. The Okidata 5300 printer made by the same brand has twice the RAM as its predecessor, and double processing speed, but same printing rate. Both these color printers are good buys though its advisable to take the time to research and compare ink costs along with printer costs.
Published August 17th, 2007
Filed in Business, Technology
