Can anyone help?? w/MFP solution

Hi Michelle:

Please contact me at (703) 385-0101 or SBreault@VirtualCopier.com. Art Post suggested we discuss a solution. We are located outside Washington, DC. EST (Eastern Standard Time) = GMT-5

Thank you,
Steve Breault
VircoSoft, LLC

No Dplex printing, no neteork scan, no duplex fax, 166MHZ processor (slow for MS applications), paperport scans are proprietary!

Cost per page with out service and parts is .02333 per page. Wonder what a hassle it would be to chnage the fuser when needed.

Dell MFP Laser Printer 1600n



Dell's first laser-based all-in-one (AIO), the Dell MFP Laser Printer 1600n, is a mixed bag. On the plus side, you'll find better print quality than most monochrome lasers produce and such features as a fax modem and a 50-sheet ADF. Very much on the minus side, however, are performance scores more appropriate for an ink jet than for a 22-page-per-minute (ppm) laser printer.


The 1600n is the first Dell offering that's not based on a Lexmark engine. Dell says that from now on it will design all its own printers and that any given model may use a Fuji Xerox, Kodak, Lexmark, or Samsung engine. We determined that the 1600n uses a Samsung engine.

At 18.0 by 17.7 by 16.7 inches (HWD) and 34.1 pounds, the 1600n is small enough for one person to handle easily. Physical setup is typical for a monochrome laser, and network setup is fully automated. One unusual touch is that the default setup option installs both a GDI and PCL driver, with the GDI driver set as the default in Windows. You also have the option of installing a PostScript driver.

We were surprised to find that the 1600n's fax and scan features were available only to a directly connected computer. Dell says that's because it expects the 1600n to be used primarily as a directly attached AIO, with one computer connected to the USB port and others printing to it over the network. This means that, even though it's a network device, you have to scan a file to the local computer and then copy (or e-mail) the file to the PC where you ultimately want the file. The process is similar for faxing: You either have to print out anything you want to fax and walk over to the 1600n, or move the file over to the system attached to the 1600n and fax from there. In a shared environment, this is a major annoyance.

Performance on our tests (run via the network connection, using QualityLogic's testing software and equipment; www.qualitylogic.com) was surprisingly slow. Our 50-page Word text file, which most lasers print at close to the rated engine speed, took 7 minutes 18 seconds—a sluggish 6.8 ppm. Total time for our business application suite was 21:22, compared with 8:42 for the Brother AIO and 9:01 for the Canon ImageClass MF-5500.

The unit fared better for output quality, with ratings of just short of excellent for text and good for photos and graphics. But the output quality does not make up for its performance, which is barely a match for the fastest ink jet AIOs we've tested. That makes the 1600n hard to recommend.

As far as the Minolta, I would attack this unit with our AC204 or the 1515MFP, again it will come down to a knock out feature, try to determine if there is a certasin feature on the Ricoh that the customer needs, then hammer hoem the advantages and benefit to the customer.

I will try to have more info on the 1610