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Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL Review

Overview:

The Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL is a laser printer that is built for small to medium-sized work groups that demand efficient performance and significant improvement in document production. Offering consistent speeds and stability, the Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL will give users the needed ease office work, while maximizing cost and space saving measures.

Pros:

The Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL has speeds of 20 pages per minute for both color and monochrome outputs, for A4 paper types. First page out results are also consistent, producing prints as fast as 14 seconds, also for both monochrome and color prints. The Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL is also impressive when it comes to its warm up time, as the machine is ready to go in as fast as 35 seconds. Aside from having consistent printing speeds, the Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL also has excellent quality when it comes to its resolution, with a superior 2,400 dots per inch print resolution that allows users to produce professional-looking print outputs that are essential for their business or work group needs. Other available resolutions for the Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL are 1,200 x 600 dpi and 600 x 600 dpi.

The Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL is supported by ARM9 926EJ-S 200 Mhz processor for handling print outputs, with a memory that has 64 MB capacity. Its memory, while standard, can be upgraded to a maximum of 576 MB. The Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL also supports PageScope Raster language for pirnter emulations. For color support, it handles enhanced Automatic Input Density Control (eAIDC) that allows for better detail in print outputs. Other color support features are automatic color matching and ICC device profiles.

The Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL has a USB 2.0 high speed interface that supports Microsoft's Plug and Play technology. This enables users to connect USB enabled devices such as digital cameras to the 5430DL for easier and faster printing.  The Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL also has standard interface support for Ethernet, DHCP, TCP/IP, HTTP, IPP, SNMP and Raw port among others. For operating system support, this laser printer offers compatibility and support to Windows operating system environments, from Windows 98 to Windows XP and Mac OS X versions from 10.2 or higher.

Among the features offered by the Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL is its compact design. Its design features a box-type shape that is smooth on the edges and corners, with a black main frame that has a white side panel that is below its main control display panel. With its dimensions measuring 520 x 420 x 420 mm, the Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL is compact enough to be put in a small office.

For its paper handling capabilities, the Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL has a standard lower feeder unit with 250 sheets on its input capacity. For maximum holding capacity, its input unit can have up to 1,250 sheets. For its output tray, it features a face down tray that also has 250 sheets on its capacity. Automatic duplexing for the Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL is optional,  which would allow the 5430DL to print on two sides of the paper simultaneously. It also has a multi-purpose feeder unit with a capacity to hold 250 pages, a lot when compared to other printers that usually only hold up to 50 or 100 sheets maximum. Its multi-purpose feeder unit is able to handle A4, A5, B5, Letter, Legal, J-card, Envelope and also customized paper types.

Cons:

The Konica Minolta MagiColor 5430DL, while being relatively compact, is quite heavy, with a registered weight of 30 kilograms, without its consumables. Including its consumables, its weight can reach up to 40 kilograms, a bit heavy when you consider that this laser printer is not multifunction. Its control panel display is also a bit of a letdown, with only a 2-line text display, which some user might find difficult to view and use.