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At 11:21 AM 11/9/2006, Peter J Murray wrote: >Hello > >We are looking to replace an HP4550N with a new network color laser. We did order a Dell 5110cn and received it yesterday, however the print quality is horrible. Text is not dark, photos and color PDF printouts are blurry, the 5 year old HP puts it to shame, and we are sending the 5110cn back. I even called Dell and went through the diagnostics, and the technician just said, you are exceeding the design limits of the printer, or something like that. forums.us.dell.com confirms that the 5110cn is no good. > >Part of the reason we are replacing the HP is due to age, and another annoying problem with it is that when it goes to sleep, printing to it won't wake it up, so you have to turn it off and then back on to get it to wake, and it takes around 5 minutes to warm up and calibrate. I suspect the jet direct card might be bad, so if anyone has a spare jetdirect 610N they are no longer using, let me know. > >So, I'm looking at another printer or fixing the problem with the HP4550N. Any recommendations, either way? (we'd like to spend $1200 or less, and also we'd like a printer that cheaper to operate per copy). I have no recommendations, but if you end up looking at one of the Konica-Minolta Bizhubs for which MSU has a lease program (http://copierprogram.msu.edu/Default.asp) I'd be interested in hearing your evaluation of it. John Gorentz W.K. Kellogg Biological Station