The black and white printing produces clean and crisp characters. The color printing gives high quality graphic and text printing. The maximum black and white output is 31 ppm, but this will vary depending on usage. The black and white resolution is 600 x 600 dpi. The color output is somewhat slower at a maximum for 17 ppm. For the best color quality, take the time to calibrate it.

It comes with a total of four cartridges. The black Dell toner cartridges will print 5,000 pages. The color cartridges are cyan, magenta and yellow. Each cartridge will print 4,000 pages. There are cartridges that will print 8,000 pages. The printer can print up to 60,000 a month. The projected cost per page is 1.4 cents for black and white printing and 9.4 for color printing.

The printer tray has 250 sheet drawer. This can print standard paper sizes, including legal. There is also a multipurpose tray. This is accessed by pulling down the front of the printer. The multipurpose tray holds 150 sheets. It supports the same paper sizes, but can also print envelopes and labels. The two trays allow for using two separate pages sizes at the same time. It has settings to print on glossy and plain paper, as well as thicker stock paper. The available additional paper drawer will hold an added 550 sheets. This option costs an additional $200, but if you need the additional drawer it may be worth it. The combination of the three drawers holds 950 sheets.

There are assorted connections available on this printer. The 10/100 Ethernet port is ready for networking. When the printer is set up for networking it is possible to be notified when toner cartridges are getting low, see ongoing toner cartridges levels, and even have auto re-order of them when low. There is also a 2.0 high speed USB port and a parallel port. For about $150 a wireless adapter can be purchased for wireless printing.

The printer has a 400 MHz processor that allows it to perform its various tasks quickly. It comes with 128 MB of RAM. This can be upgraded to 1,152 MB, including the 128 standard. The high end of the upgraded memory is more suitable for network printing, but a small upgrade will free up computer memory faster as the printer memory will be able to store the documents that need printing. One memory expansion slot is available.

It is a sizable printer and needs space. It comes in standard black and silver housing. It is 18.5 inches tall, 15.8 inches wide, and 19.1 inches deep. More space will be needed with the multipurpose tray open. It weighs in at 53 lbs.

At $499, the Dell 3110cn printer is a deal for the quality it produces. This is not the printer for typical home use. It is best used as a tool for a home or small business. It handles multiple jobs with professional color and black and white printing producing invoices, letterhead, brochures and other business necessities.

These professional appearing prints come from the Dell 3110cn toner cartridges performing at peak levels.Dell Color Laser toners offers this standard in their products, great value and execution.The printer toner cartridge online is also a great value and a help to any office budget.