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Dell Color Laser Printer 1320C

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Pros
Great photo quality; easy setup
Toner cartridges are easy to replace
Cons
High toner cost per page
Confusing control panel

$97.42 - $249.00
From 4 Merchants

Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $299 (8/25/2008)
Performance: Good: 79
Features: Fair: 61
Design: Good: 79

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Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $299

Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $60

Standard-Capacity Color Cartridge - $79

Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 79.99

Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 79.99

Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 79.99

Performance

Good: 79

Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	12.4
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	27.45
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	62.76
Text Output Quality	Very Good

Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	4.2
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	21.68
One-Page Webpage (secs)	16.86
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs)	19.27
Color Output Quality	Superior

Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	3.1
Sports Action Shot (secs)	19.39
Color Photo Quality	Very Good

Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	3.4
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	17.73
Grayscale Output Quality	Good

Grayscale Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Grayscale Glossy Output Quality	n/a

Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm)	3.6
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	16.62
Line Art Output Quality	Very Good

Scan Tests (in seconds)
Overall Scan Quality	n/a

Copy Tests
Copy Output Quality	n/a

Features

Fair: 61

Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed	64
Maximum Amount of RAM	64

Dimensions
Dimensions	15.6 by 16.6 by 14.8
Weight (pounds)	37.8

Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min.	B&W PPM:16
Color Pages per Min.	Color PPM:12

Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi	600-by-600
Max. Color dpi	600-by-600

Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type	Host based Printing system

Interfaces
Parallel Port	No
Serial Port	No
USB 1.1	Yes
USB 2.0	Yes
Ethernet	Yes
PictBridge	No

Drivers
Macintosh	No
Windows 98	Yes
Windows NT	Yes
Windows 2000	Yes
Windows XP	Yes
Linux	No

Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts)	0
Standby Power Draw (watts)	0

Multifunction Printer Specs
Fax Memory (pages)	0

Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard	1
Number of Input Trays, Maximum	1
Tray Capacity, pages	250
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays	250
Manual Feed Slot	Yes
Maximum Paper Size	Legal
Output Tray Capacity	150
Auto Duplexer	No

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	24
Saturday Support Hours	24
Sunday Support Hours	24
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty
Cost per Page, Black	0.12
Cost per Page, Color	0.15

Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle	35000
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields	2000
Color Ink/Toner Yields	2000
Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	2000
Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	2000
Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	2000

Bundled Items
Included Hardware	Standard toners: 1,000 page cyan/yellow/magenta toners; 1000 page black toner
Included Software	Dell Toner Management System, Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool, Dell ColorTrack2, Dell OpenManage Printer Management System

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	Printers are Dell’s weakest category, according to our survey. Readers gave the vendor below-average grades for phone service, ease of use, and reliability.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems	Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Average
Reports of problems that render a product unusable	Average
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use	Worse than Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Worse than Average

Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support	Average
Overall quality of vendor's phone support	Worse than Average
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service	Average
Overall quality of service	Average

Design

Good: 79

Dell Color Laser Printer 1320c Review

by Melissa Riofrio

- Dell's Color Laser Printer 1320c offers surprisingly good color quality for a low acquisition price. Its toner is expensive, however, and its control panel is confusing.

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User Reviews for Dell Color Laser Printer 1320C

Reviewed by: brycepgh

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: small form factor, price, DPI, web server

Weaknesses: Extra tray is pricey, the manual feed opening could be bigger

Overall Evaluation: Great printer. Supplies are reasonable (and now available at retail stores), good features, PCL and PS drivers included. You can also check the toner levels if you hit the printer's IP in your web browser, very helpful!
Reviewed by: npasic

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: quality, network capability, easy to setup

Weaknesses: Output is alittle slow and paper jams take a couple of tries to clear, no LCD screen

Overall Evaluation: This is a great printer. It produces nice crisp pages at a economical price. We use it ~1000 pages per quarter, so our usage is not high. I would definitely recommend for a small office that wants to produce color without going through a print shop.