Does anyone have experience of both these printers I wonder?
I have owned a C1100 for 5 months and have incidentally had 2
replacement machines under warranty. To date I have always used new
Epson toner cartridges but according to the status monitor the life of
the photoconductor unit is coming to an end, and I believe this signals
a good time to try filling refilling the toners due to the diminished
financial risk in compromising the remaining warranty by doing so.
AIUI the C3000CN is a similar machine and uses the same toners so seems
a natural alternative when the photoconductor dies. Are there any
other issues which I should be taking into account please?
J
The prior answer is incorrect. The Epson C1100 is a rebadged
Fuji-Xerox C525A. In the Dell world this translates to BOTH the
cn3000 and the cn3100. I own a 3100 and, if you are looking at the
Dells it's the one you should consider for the following reasons:
The 3000 ONLY uses replacement toner carts rated for 2,000 pages. The
3000 also has only one page input/MFT.
The 3100 uses replacement carts rated at 4,000 pages and comes with
fully filled 4,000 page carts, not half filled starter carts. The 3100
includes a 2nd paper drawer (which you MUST use, the machine will NOT
boot without the drawer attached) and a bult-in ethernet port.
Since the 3100 is often available on sale for barely more than $100 or
$120 than the cn3000, it's clearly a far better 'buy' even before you
finish the original set of toner carts.
BTW the carts for the 3000 and 3100 ARE basically identical, but Dell
has made just enough modifications to insure the 3100 carts will NOT
fit the 3000...
Now I have been looking for someone who owns an Epson version of this
printer series to ask the following questions:
1. In both Dells, you cannot change paper size or type for any drawer
without changing the settings in: the application printer driver, the
OS printer driver AND ALSO changing the settings on the machine itself
by drilling down thru the menus. Failure to make changes at the
machine itself results in endless "mismatch errors". Does the firmware
in the Epson version of this printer also require the printer settings
be reset ? It should be evident that this 'requirement' makes the
ability to use the networking features of the 3100 far less useful.
2. EVERYONE who owns a Dell 3000/3100 complains that it
creases/wrinkles/mangles envelopes. A few have found, after
painstaking effort and trial, brands of standard envelopes that 'sorta
minimize' this problem, but none have found a real answer. Many of us
have a b&w laser option for envelopes and simply have given up
bringing them anywhere near the Dell.
3. Be aware that Dell 'support' for these printers is a joke. All
technical questions go unanswered. Problems during warranty will get
you a replacement printer, but it's clear that Dell techs not only
don't know anything about these printers, they have no interest in
learning anything about them...
