The essentials of imaging keeping black & white on the run magicolor 3100 Cheetah Color Laser...

The essentials of imaging

keeping black & white on the run

magicolor 3100 Cheetah Color Laser Printermagicolor 3100 Cheetah Color Laser Printer

All specifications & pricing are subject to change without notice


magicolor 3100 Cheetah Color Laser Printer

At 16 ppm color and

b&w, it’s the fastest

magicolor laser

printer yet!



Based on PRISMLASER Technology, the magicolor 3100 is a single-pass, tandem color laser printer

PHOTO REACTIVE IMAGE SPLITTING MODULE



PRISMLASER Technology images all four toner colors on a page simultaneously to create full-color output

• 2 to 4 times faster than traditional, 4-pass color laser printers

• Better registration & print quality than LED printers

• Fewer replacement consumables

• Better cost of operation & ownership



PRISMLASER Technology in action



Standard Features

Speed - color

Speed - b&w

Resolution

Toner

Auto duplex

Paper input

Paper output

Paper size

Memory

Emulations

Interfaces

16 ppm

16 ppm

True 1200 x 1200 dpi

Microfine, PhysicoChemical

Standard

600 sheets

250 sheets

Up to 8.5 x 14 inches

256 MB

PostScript 3, PCL 6, PDF

10/100BaseTX Ethernet,

USB, Parallel

HOT ITEM!



Optional Features

Paper input

Hard drive

Memory

Interfaces

Languages

Other

1,000-sheet feeder

2.1 GB Internal IDE

Up to 384 MB

Token-Ring, DECnet-

TCP/IP, SCSI

LN03+, CGM,

ImageServer

Time of Day clock



Target Customer

• Business workgroups• Smaller businesses can use

the printer as their primary printing resource

• Workgroups in larger organizations are bestserved by the printer’s speed, standard duplexing, & low cost per page



• Weight• Shipping - 101.2 lbs. (46 kg)• Installed - 76.8 lbs. (34.9 kg)• Without consumables - 64.2 lbs. (29.2 kg)

• Dimensions (W x D x H)• Shipping - 22.5 x 29.5 x 31.7 inches (571 x 750 x 806 mm)• Installed - 17.3 x 25.1 x 17.5 inches (439 x 638 x 445 mm)

• Duty Cycle • 60,000 impressions per month

Print Engine



• Crown III controller architecture

• 350 MHz MIPS CPU

• 256 MB SDRAM (up to 384 MB)

• 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution

• 10/100BaseTX Ethernet, Parallel, & USB interfaces

• PostScript 3, PDF, PCL 6, HP-GL, & Line Printer languages

• One optional network interface

• Optional internal IDE hard drive

Controller



• Multitasking architecture • Improves workgroup productivity

• Multiprotocol CrownNet interface • Enables seamless connectivity between systems

• Support for device management standards• Enables easy printer and network administration

• Support for network printing protocols • Eases transition into new operating standards

Controller : Crown Architecture



• Protocol support• TCP/IP• IPP• IPX/SPX• NetBEUI / NetBIOS• AppleTalk• USB

Controller : Platform & Protocol Support

• Platform support• Windows 95/98/Me• Windows 2000• Windows NT 4.0• Windows XP• NetWare 6 (NDPS)• Mac OS 8/9• Mac OS X• UNIX• OS/2 • VAX/VMS



Controller : Printer Management

• PageScope Network Printer Management• Designed for system administrators• Provides printer security, support, and information-gathering capabilities• Attractive, easy-to-use form minimizes wasted time and improves network productivity• Easily accessed from any computer on the network using a standard Web browser



Controller : Printer Management

• CrownView Printer Management & Monitoring• Designed for any printer user• Conveniently review printer & print job status, check consumable

levels, order consumables on-line, generate printer statistics• Easily accessed from the desktop using any Web browser


• AIC (Automatic Image Calibration)• For great quality without hands-on adjustments

• Automatic ICC-based color matching• Generates best possible color based on a

page’s contents

• Windows ICM & Apple ColorSync profiles

• Profile downloading

• PANTONE certified

• SWOP, Eurocolor, & Commercial Press emulations


Controller : Color Support



Paper HandlingBuilt-in automatic duplexer

500-sheet input cassette100-sheet multipurpose tray

250-sheet output bin

1,000-sheet high-capacityinput feeder (optional)



Paper Handling

• Built-in automatic duplexer• A standard feature not found in base-model 4-pass color laser and LED

printers• Significant saver in paper costs and filing space

• 500-sheet input cassette

• 100-sheet multipurpose tray • Ideal for printing labels, envelopes, transparencies, heavier stock

• 1,000-sheet high-capacity input feeder• Two 500-sheet cassettes for heavier print volumes

• 250-sheet output bin



Paper Handling

• Supports a variety of media• Paper, transparencies, labels,

glossy stock, thick stock, envelopes

• Supports a range of paper weights

• 16 - 20 lb. Bond (60 - 85 g/m2)• Up to 80 lb. Cover / 110 lb. Index

(216 g/m2) • Supports Letter/A4, Legal, Envelopes



Print Quality

• 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution

• PRISMLASER Technology• One-pass printing for best registration

with no distortion

• Automatic color calibration and registration adjustment

• No effort to achieve best quality output

• New Microfine PhysicoChemical toner technology



Print Quality : Microfine PhysicoChemical Toner

• Smaller particle, uniform in size & shape• Produces finer lines, more detailed lines, better halftones

Microfine PhysicoChemical Toner Conventional Toner




Microfine PhysicoChemical Toner is

formulated to produce high-quality

text, lines, and graphics.




• Contains wax within the toner• Creates an oil-less fusing system• Means one less consumable to buy and replace

• Creates high transfer efficiency• For low power consumption, less waste toner created, less media

dependence

• Produces high-quality output on recycled & plain copier paper, monochrome transparencies

• No need for special media for best output



Consumables

• 7 user-replaceable consumables• Cyan, Magenta, Yellow Toner (6,000 prints @ 5%)• Black Toner (8,500 prints @ 5%)

Color-coded toner

“PRISM” Imaging Unit

• “PRISM” Imaging Unit (30,000 prints)• Transfer Unit (25,000 prints) - includes

bias transfer roller/waste toner receptacle• Fuser Kit (100,000 prints) - includes fuser/feed rollers



Consumables

• Low cost per print• Low cost per print in black & white and color makes the magicolor 3100

affordable to use all day, every day

1.5¢ 9¢



A Competitive Comparison : Letter/A4 models

Printer

M-Q magicolor 3100

Xerox Phaser 1235N

Lexmark C750 DN

Oki 7400 N

Street Price

$2,999

$2,635

$3,771

$2,802

Speed

16 color16 b&w

12 color20 b&w

20 color20 b&w

12 color20 b&w

Engine Tech.

TandemPRISM LASER

TandemLED

TandemLaser

TandemLED

Paper Handling

600 std1000 opt

duplex std

630 std1000 opt

1,100 std2,000 opt

630 std1000 opt

Resolution

1200 x 1200

1200 x 600

1200 x 1200

1200 x 1200

Toner Cap.K/CMY

8.5k / 6k

10k / 10k

6k / 6k

10k / 10k

Duty Cycle

60k

60k

60k

50k

PDL

PS3PCL6

PS3PCL5c

PS3PCL6

PS3PCL5c

Ethernet

100Base std

100Base std

100Base std

100Base std

Items in RED denote best in class — Cheetah’s got this territory covered!



A Competitive Comparison : Ledger/A3 models

Printer

Xerox Phaser 2135N

Oki 9200

Oki 9400 DXN

Lexmark Optra 1200C

Street Price

$5,725

$4,540

$5,820

$3,349

Speed

21 color26 b&w

21 color26 b&w

21 color26 b&w

12 color12 b&w

Engine Tech.

Tandem LED

Tandem LED

Tandem LED

Tandem LED

Paper Handling

650 std1650 opt

650 std1650 opt

650 std1650 opt

duplex std

350 std 850 opt

Resolution

1200 x 600

1200 x 600

1200 x 1200

1200 IQ mode

Toner Cap.K/CMY

15k / 15k

15k / 15k

15k / 15k

6.5k / 6.5k

Duty Cycle

83k

83k

83k

20k

PDL

PS3PCL5c

PS3PCL5c

PS3PCL5c

PS2PCL6

Ethernet

100Base std

100Base opt

100Base std

100Base opt (+$499)



At 16 pages per minute

color & black and white,

the magicolor 3100 has the

speed you need to survive.


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