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We have collected 2 reviews of the Dell 3330dn. Experts rate Dell 3330dn 7.5/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Dell 3330dn and Dell Laser printers.
The Dell 3330dn Laser Printer ($599.99 direct) is the kind of workhorse mono laser that's easy to like. It offers fast speed, a low running cost, and reasonably good paper handling. Its text quality is a touch subpar for a mono laser, but perfectly acceptable for the vast majority of small offices and workgroups. Most important, it delivers a more than reasonable balance of features for the price. Like the Editor's Choice Lexmark E462dtn ($749 direct, 4 stars) that I reviewed a few months ago, the 3330dn is aimed primarily at micro and small offices. The default paper handling features include an automatic duplexer for printing on both sides of a page and a 300-sheet paper capacity divided into a 250-sheet tray and 50-sheet multipurpose tray. If you need more capacity, you can add a 550-sheet optional tray ($99.99 direct) for a total of 850 sheets, which should be ample for most small offices and workgroups. Physical setup is absolutely standard. Set the 10.2- by 16.6- by 14.5-inch printer in place, remove the packing materials, and load paper. Installing the printer on a network is also reasonably typical: Plug in an Ethernet cable and run the automated installation routine.
The Dell 3330dn monochrome laser printer may not look exceptional, with its compact footprint, low price ($599 as of April 5, 2010), and rather basic feature set. But it offers impressive speed and print quality, plus plenty of connectivity and other ways to grow. It would be a good choice for a busy small or medium-size workgroup. The 3330dn blew through our formal PCWorld Labs tests almost as quickly as did the Lexmark E460dn, which it closely resembles. It printed plain-text pages at a swift 23.8 pages per minute, and it handled a variety of color graphics at a good average speed of 7.5 ppm. As often happens, the printer ran slower when connected to a Mac, turning in page rates of 18 ppm for plain text, and 4.3 ppm for a document with mixed text and color graphics (printed as grayscale). Text quality was perfect, but graphics quality was marred by noticeable banding and a limited midrange of grays that made round objects and shadowy areas look too dark or too flat. The printer's monthly duty cycle of 80,000 pages indicates that Dell built it for high-volume use. The 3330dn is a jack of all connections, too: You may attach it directly to a computer or NAS box via USB; to your local network via ethernet; or even to an old-school print server via its parallel port.
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Dell 3330DN Laser Printer - Monochrome - 40 ppm Mono - 600 x 600 dpi - PC, Mac, SPARC | $272.99 | See it |
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Dell 3330dn Laser Printer - Monochrome Laser - 40 Ppm Mono - 1200 X 1200 Dpi - | $440.76 | See it |
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Dell 3330dn Mono Laser Printer | $549.99 | See it |
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