Dell Color Laser Printer 5100cn

Dell Color Laser Printer 5100cn
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Product Age Feb, 2006

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87 reviews

May, 2012

Dell Color Laser Printer 5100cn

  by Kristina Blachere (cnet.com) - Feb, 2005

cnet.com

Review: Editor's note: The ratings for this review have been changed since the original publication. (2/11/05) Color laser printers run the gamut in price, from the inexpensive Samsung CLP-500 to the premium Lexmark C762n. Treading the middle ground...

Inexpensive; fast print speeds; built-in duplexer; network ready; good service and support packages

Mediocre graphics print quality; dull-looking design uses cheap plastics

This respectable, middle-of-the-road color laser printer stands up to heavy network use but won't bankrupt the company.

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Dell 5100CN Printer

  by Paul Jasper (pcworld.com) - Jan, 2005

pcworld.com

The big and boxy Dell Laser Printer 5100cn is a $999 powerhouse that you can load up for high-speed, double-sided color printing.

The Web-based administration software is sufficient for a small office with few printers. The printed documentation consists of a setup poster, a quick reference sheet, an owner manual, and a user guide. The latter two have some overlap, with the user...

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Dell Laser Printer 5100cn

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After cutting its teeth on ink jets and monochrome lasers, Dell is now moving on to color lasers. The Dell Laser Printer 5100cn ($999 direct) is built around a Fuji-Xerox engine rated at 35 pages per minute for monochrome and 26 ppm for color. It...

Photo quality is in the top tier for color lasers. Good performance for the price. Maximum capacity with optional paper trays is 2,150 sheets

Text quality, at just short of very good, is relatively low for a laser printer

The Dell Laser Printer 5100cn color laser offers reasonably good performance, duplexing, and the option to boost paper capacity from 650 sheets to 2,150. Output quality is mixed, with better than average photos, middling graphics, and...

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Dell 5100cn delivers low-cost color printing

  by Dan Littman (infoworld.com) - Nov, 2004

infoworld.com

Even offices that work mostly with memos, spreadsheets, and other no-nonsense documents need color output sometimes. Dell's 5100cn addresses this need in a very affordable, low-maintenance package.

All in all, Dell’s 5100cn is a competent color printer at a price within reach of most workgroups. It's easy to manage, and its consumables are affordable. Plus, if you invest in some paper-handling add-ons, you could probably stretch the number of...

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Dell 5100cn

  by Paul Jasper (goodgearguide.com.au) - Jan, 2005

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The big and boxy Dell Laser Printer 5100cn is a powerhouse that you can load up for high-speed, double-sided colour printing.

Colour, high paper capacity, economical to run, fast printing, easy to network

Problems with image quality

The Dell Laser Printer 5100cn is fast and should be an economical choice for a workgroup that plows through paper, but its image quality could have been better.

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Dell 5100cn

  by (zdnet.co.uk) - Mar, 2005

zdnet.co.uk

This affordable, middle-of-the-road colour laser printer stands up to heavy network use.

Inexpensive, Fast print speeds, Built-in duplexer, Network ready, Good service and support packages

Mediocre graphics print quality, Dull-looking design uses cheap plastics

This affordable, middle-of-the-road colour laser printer stands up to heavy network use...

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Test: Dell 5100cn - FARBLASERDRUCKER - HARDWARE-TESTS

  by Ines Walke-Chomjakov (pcwelt.de) - Dec, 2005

pcwelt.de

Eine Maschine für Arbeitsgruppen mit niedrigen Kosten pro Seite.

Eine Maschine für Arbeitsgruppen, bei denen in erster Linie Durchsatz gefragt ist und Farbdruck als Zusatznutzen angesehen wird. Über den im Vergleich zum restlichen Testfeld relativ hohen Anschaffungspreis trösten die echt günstigen Verbrauchskosten...

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Great color quality

  by paulbernard52 (cnet.com) - May, 2011

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Love it!!!! Great looking print quality for my needs. Looks as good as the expensive printers we have at work.

Like Color Quality. Large Ink supply. Got it from a friend and I am very happy with it

It's big. And need's to reset (calabrate) itself - all the time

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Great when it works BUT...

  by fin_guy (cnet.com) - Jul, 2008

cnet.com

If you do a lot of low copy runs, it's great. If you want a real production printer, steer clear. I have use this for 4 years and under 40,000 copies and my printer is USED UP. Dell replaced it with a refurb with under 14,000 copies and it too, was...

This is a strong, multi user printer. It supplies are reasonably cost effective, and most of the time bullet proof. The print speeds when new, are great

Printing REAL productions runs (200 to 500 2 sided pieces) are a pain, and this printer has a major flaw in that when it reaches a certain print level, starts dumping towner because of over heating

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"Great when it works BUT..."

  by fin_guy (cnet.com) - Jul, 2008

cnet.com

If you do a lot of low copy runs, it's great.... 

This is a strong, multi user printer. It supplies are reasonably cost effective, and most of the time bullet proof. The print speeds when new, are great.

Printing REAL productions runs (200 to 500 2 sided pieces) are a pain, and this printer has a major flaw in that when it reaches a certain print level, starts dumping towner because of over heating.

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"Another example of disposability; died on me after three years of light use"

  by tedcheese (cnet.com) - Jun, 2008

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I printed < 21000 impressions out of this ...

excellent printer, until it died

it died an early death

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Another example of disposability; died on me after three years of light use

  by tedcheese (cnet.com) - Jun, 2008

cnet.com

I printed < 21000 impressions out of this unit before it started printing grey across the whole of every page. Went through tech support and replaced a few parts until being told there was nothing more they could do, that the unit is good as trash....

excellent printer, until it died

it died an early death

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Dell Color Laser Printer 5100cn

  by (cnet.com) - Jan, 2008

cnet.com

If you do a lot of low copy runs, it's great. If you want a real production printer, steer clear. I have use this for 4 years and under 40,000 copies and my printer is USED UP. Dell replaced it with a refurb with under 14,000 copies and it too, was...

This is a strong, multi user printer. It supplies are reasonably cost effective, and most of the time bullet proof. The print speeds when new, are great

Printing REAL productions runs (200 to 500 2 sided pieces) are a pain, and this printer has a major flaw in that when it reaches a certain print level, starts dumping towner because of over heating

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Dell Color Laser Printer 5100cn

  by (cnet.com) - Jan, 2008

cnet.com

I printed < 21000 impressions out of this unit before it started printing grey across the whole of every page. Went through tech support and replaced a few parts until being told there was nothing more they could do, that the unit is good as trash....

excellent printer, until it died

it died an early death

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"Can't get MDF tray to work"

  by Winterlink (cnet.com) - Aug, 2006

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I have spent months trying to figure out how ... 

Pretty cheap when I bought it

Size, Drivers, Support, Ink Use

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Can't get MDF tray to work

  by Winterlink (cnet.com) - Aug, 2006

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I have spent months trying to figure out how to print postcards with this thing. I've concluded that there is a known issue with the feeder tray that makes this impossible. I posted 5-6 posts on the Dell Support forums and never found an answer... only...

Pretty cheap when I bought it

Size, Drivers, Support, Ink Use

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"Poor quality - high cost per page printer"

  by hvanesch (cnet.com) - Jul, 2006

cnet.com

Initially when using this high capacity print... 

Initial print quality

Reliability and cost per page, Dell support

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Brand Dell

Dimensions & Weight

Depth18.2in/22.9in
Height18.2in/22.9in
Weight77.2lbs
Width16.8in

Environmental Standards

ENERGY STAR Qualified Yes
EPA Energy Star Compliant Yes

Header

CompatibilityMac / PC / Unix/PC
ManufacturerDell
Model5100cn
Packaged Quantity1
Product LineDell Color Laser Printer

Miscellaneous

ColorIon silver / Midnight gray
Microsoft CertificationWorks with Windows Vista
Vista CertificationWorks with Windows Vista

Modem

Type None

Networking

TypePrint server

Printer

Connectivity TechnologyWired
Duplex PrintoutDuplex
InterfaceEthernet 10/100Base-TX / Parallel / USB
Language SimulationPCL 5E / PCL 6 / PostScript 3
Max H-Resolution B/W600dpi
Max H-Resolution Color600dpi
Max Media Size (Standard)A4 (8.25 in x 11.7 in) / Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
Max Printing Speed (ppm)35ppm
Max Printing Speed Color (ppm)25ppm
Max V-Resolution B/W600dpi
Max V-Resolution Color600dpi
Media TypeCoated paper / Envelopes / Labels / Plain paper / Transparencies
Monthly Duty Cycle Range (Printer Class)50,000 - 99,999 pages
Output TypeColor
PostScript SupportStandard
TechnologyLaser
Total Media Capacity650sheets
TypeWorkgroup printer

RAM

Installed Size128MB
Max Supported Size640MB

Scanner

Type None

Service & Support

Type1 year warranty

System Requirements

OS RequiredApple MacOS 9 / Apple MacOS X / HP-UX / Microsoft Windows 95 / Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP / Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 / Microsoft Windows Server 2003 / Novell NetWare 3.x / Novell NetWare 4.x / Novell NetWare 5.x / Novell NetWare 6 / Novell NetWare 6.5 / Red Hat Linux 8.0 / Red Hat Linux 9 / SunSoft Solaris 9 / SuSE Linux 8.2 / SuSE Linux 9.0/Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP / Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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