Thursday, March 19, 2009

Dell 5210n - Remarkable Capacity At An Impressive Price

By Ben Pate

In working with the Dell 5210n laser printer, you'll soon find that it and the Dell 5210n toner cartridge make a good team. The 5210n delivers satisfactory print speeds and acceptable print quality, has a list price under a grand, and seems tailored for medium computer network printing duties.

Output capacity. The included 250 sheet paper tray is adequate for most medium-duty printing requirements. It can hold a massive 2600 pages with the inclusion of optional 500 sheet trays. The 5210n is also rated for monthly duty cycles of 200,000 pages, which should be as much as any medium-size workgroup would need under most any circumstance.

Connecting the Dell 5210n. The printer comes standard with USB 2.0 and 10/100 Ethernet ports, which is pretty unremarkable. However, it also has the ability when using its optional wireless 802.11 network adaptor to almost eliminate every cord or cable from the equation. IT folks love a clean workspace, and the 5210 can give it to them.

Print Quality. Printing quality is good. It delivers 1200 by 1200dpi, which makes for a sharp, crisp appearance on the paper. Graphics production is also solid, and it produces good-quality black and white page output, with no fuzziness or granularity to pictures or other items on the page.

How much Memory? The 5210n comes standard with 64MB, which is acceptable though a bit on the low side, these days. But you can quickly and cheaply expand it all the way up to 576MB, making it a player in the high-speed, high-output laser printer field. With memory as cheap as it is, there are no worries about cost, either.

Ease of use. This Dell workgroup laser printer offers high quality and high volume to mid-sized entities. It offers fast 40 pages-per-minute high-volume printing to medium workgroups. Its fast printing speeds can help any business improve its productivity. Other, more complicated print jobs, such as duplex, may reduce page output down to about 30 or so ppm. Because of the variety of interface ports on the printer, it can be pretty ease to hook up, too.

Toners and Maintenance. The Dell 5210n, like most Dell products, is set up with one year of 24/7 on-site service, if needed. That can be extended a further 4 years, for a fee. The Dell 5210n laser toner cartridge puts out 10,000 pages and optional cartridges can double that amount, which makes the Dell unlikely to see much in the way of service calls. - 22787

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