Happy with 5110?

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I currently have a 3100cn, and overall I am happy with the printer, except for the print speed with colour pages. I am looking at the 5110 because the specs show a huge increase in colour printing speed. I had a last minute need to print 10 copies of an 8-page brochure this morning, and the output time drove me nuts! I need to know, from those who are using it, how happy they are, and whether or not they are having any issues.

Thanks for sharing your experiences with this printer.

Mike

fudgieguys · Answer

I guess it would depend on the print settings. This will change the output speed if you want best, good or normal print settings. Much depends on how much interpretation the printer does for the type of design and different color schemes.  FYI.

rickstacy · Answer

I've had a 5110 for about a month now. The speed is very good. Warm up time is short and printing is very fast including duplexing. The only thing is that it stops and calibrates for 30-45 seconds every once in a while during a run. No big deal - it starts right back up and goes on for quite a while. The only issue I'm concerned about is toner cost. So far I have run about 2600 copies (mostly letters and stationary - light on pictures and few broshures)and I'm showing 60% on black and 80% on the color cartridges so I think I'm dooing ok. The cost of replacement cartridges is pretty expensive though.

Rick Stacy

analogkidd · Answer

First page out is pretty painful, but once the job starts, it blasts out pages, be they B&W or Color.  Image quality is good, and the driver is nicely configurable.   I actually came here to see if anyone had tips on making first page out faster.  If printing a small doc, it is a bit of a culture shock going from an HP 4100 to this:  The HP would have the doc done by the time I reached the printer, but the 5110 shows 'Calibrating Please Wait...' when I get there.  Seems to take about a minute to get this first page out.  But like I said, then they come flying out.

MikeShaw · Answer

What's with this 'Calibrating Printer' business anyway? Even if I am printing a purely black and white text document, it can't get to the end of more than a handful of pages without going through this process. Colour I can understand, but B&W? Thanks for all your feedback. Mike

shakeypoos · Answer

I have the same problem too - the printer spends as much time calibrating as it does printing - very frustrating !

I've tried fiddling with the preferences, but nothing seems to make any difference. Any ideas anyone ?

Jon

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