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The Color Laser Printer Guide: Vendor & Product Profiles
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T
he OKI C7350hdn ($1,669) is the next step up in the
line. It starts with 320MB of memory, and the hard disk
i
s standard equipment. Automatic duplexing is standard,
as is PostScript.
The C7550 models print at a somewhat higher resolu-
tion than the C7350s, namely 1,200dpi versus 1,200 x
600dpi. PCL and PostScript are standard features.
The C7550n ($1,516) comes with 192MB of memory
and an optional hard drive. The C7550hdn ($2,029) is
similar, but it has standard duplexing and a standard hard
drive.
The memory on all models can be expanded to
1,024MB (1GB), though we doubt there’s much advan-
tage to going over 512MB. It’s hard to imagine anyone
needing that much memory, even with complex color
print jobs, but it’s there if you want it.
OKI has a lot of competition in the under-$2,000 cate-
gory from printers that are at similar speeds in color.
Check out Ricoh’s SP C410DN, Konica Minolta’s magi-
color 5450, and Xerox’s Phaser 6300, for example. The
OKI C7350 does hold its own in terms of paper handling,
especially in output, where it offers more than the mini-
mal 250-sheet output trays of its competitors.
In terms of
consumables costs
, the C7350 does pretty
well, at around 9.5¢ in color. It is not so good in black-
and-white (2.4¢).
OKI now has some strong competition,
but it’s a strong
workgroup printer family and, thanks to an increase in
speed, still competitive.
Chart entries — pa
ges 101–102
OKI Printing Solutions C6100n
OKI Printing Solutions C6100dn
OKI Printing Solutions C6100dtn
OKI Printing Solutions C6100hdn
26ppm full color
32ppm b
lac
k & w
hite
Sum-up: Speedy yet economical color laser family.
T
hese ne
w models of
f
er far better speed than most econ-
om
y models, with a very strong 26ppm in color and
32ppm in b
lack-and-white.
The basic technology on the series is similar to that of
other OKI Printing Solutions models. These models are
ideal f
or small w
or
kg
r
oups doing low-volume color print-
ing
.
Aside fr
om their affordable speed, they have a solid
set of features.
The family members now being sold are:
● The C6100n, which has a 500MHz processor, 256MB
of memor
y, a 400-sheet paper supply, an optional
hard drive, standard PostScript, and comes Ethernet-
ready ($899).
● The C6100dn, which adds automatic duplexing
($1,049).
● The C6100dtn, which adds a standard 530-sheet input
tray and also has automatic duple
xing standard
($1,249).
● T
he C6100hdn, the same as the 6100dtn (except for
the 530-sheet tray), and with a built-in 40GB hard
drive.
At 26ppm color, 36ppm black-and-white, these printers
offer speeds that would have been quite amazing a few
y
ear
s a
g
o. That OKI can offer such speeds starting under
$900 shows how far the industry has come.
Paper supplies consist of a standard 400-sheet tray but
no bypass tray. You can also add a 530-sheet paper tray,
which comes standard with the C6100dtn, to the n, dn,
and hdn models
.
OKI hasn
’
t r
eleased the output pa
per
-
handling ca
pa
bility f
or these models.
By our calculations, the cost of operation is above aver-
age. Black-and-white pages cost around 1.72¢, and the
color cost is 11¢, also a bit higher than the 10.0¢ per page
cost we think of as moderate.
T
he C6100 models compete w
ell in the lo
w-end mar
ket
se
gment,
and if you need PostScript, they work with it as
OKI C6100
Consumables costs at-a-glance
Price
Yield
Full-color cost per page
Black-and-white cost per page
Black toner $75.00 6,000 $ 0.013 $ 0.013
Cyan toner $130.00 5,000 $ 0.026 N/A
Magenta toner $130.00 5,000 $ 0.026 N/A
Yellow toner $130.00 5,000 $ 0.026 N/A
D
rum, black
$
70.00 15,000 $ 0.005 $ 0.005
D
rum, cyan
$
73.00 15,000 $ 0.005 N/A
Drum, magenta $73.00 15,000 $ 0.005 N/A
Drum, yellow $73.00 15,000 $ 0.005 N/A
TOTAL PER-PAGE COSTS
$ 0.1098 $ 0.0172
10.98 1.72
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