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Konica Minolta Magicolor 2430DL review

7.5

Editors' Rating

Very Good

8.6

Members' Rating

Excellent

Typical price:£ 345

Verdict

The Magicolor 2430DL is a good bargain colour laser with convenient, although unimpressive, straight-from-camera printing... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Inexpensive
  • Fast on text
  • First colour laser to print straight from PictBridge cameras
  • Includes Ethernet
  • Windows, Linux and Mac compatible

Cons

  • Colour prints are good, but not great
  • Small paper tray
  • Comes with starter cartridges only one-third full
  • Requires extra memory for PictBridge printing

Key Specs

Size (W x H x D): 43 x 34.1 x 39.5 cm
Weight: 20 kg
Printer technology: laser
Maximum print speed (b&w): 20 ppm
Printer language support: Konica Minolta Raster Language
Built-in devices: 2-line-by-16-character LCD
USB: yes
Ethernet: yes
RAM installed: 32 MB
Operating systems supported: Windows XP, Server 2003, 2000, NT 4.0, ME, 98SE; Mac OS 9.04 or later, OS X 10.2 or later; RedHat Linux 8.0 or later, SuSe Linux 8.1 or later

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Member Opinion

8.6

Average Member Rating

Excellent

4 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

Excellent printer for the price

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8.5

Excellent


Mike Brown

Mike Brown

Excellent small office network colour printer!

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10

Perfect


Roy Judd

Roy Judd

Good all rounder for low volume laser printing

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8.5

Excellent


michael seston

michael seston

I find the machine very noisy when printing

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7.5

Very Good


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