The area where the Konica Minolta lasers shine is post cards. If you're
making them for profit, it is SO much more economical and the results are
fantastic.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Ian Manners
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:50 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Minolta color lasers and fangs
>
>
> I picked a Minolta QMS Magicolor 2300DL Color Laser Printer
> off the street a few weeks ago, finished cleaning it lastnight,
> all 4 toners are full, with a new drum kit fitted.
>
> Network port, USB, and parallel. Very nice unit, has a web
> interface for servicing and setup.
>
> What was wrong with it ?
>
> Display said "Drum unit not in place" or something similar, on
> a closer look I could see where the drum in place contacts (on
> the printer) to the fuse link on the drum had been bent against
> the chassi.
>
> Lucky it hadn't burnout the limiting resister on the control PCB.
>
> Bend them back with round nose pliers and it works 100%, will
> do some test printing tonight to see what photos look like.
>
> The graphic test I did is superb but I tend to think that photo
> printing wont be as good as a good inkjet due to only 3
> cartridges, and also prior experience, like I said, will find
> out tonight anyway.
>
> Hope the later models dont clean the drum and transport unit
> after each job though, apart from that I'm impressed by the
> Minolta build quality and design, as well as the interface.
>
> Least I can get some use out of it until the toners gone then pick
> up a more recent model.
>
> Cheers
> Ian Manners
> http://www.comkal.net/
>
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