The Dell 1700n black-and-white laser printer is a good choice for a small business or a home office that’s ready to experience convenient workgroup printing without busting the budget to have network readiness. This laser printer can nicely handle a network of several busy people as with 200MHz processor it can print 15,000 maximum pages monthly. The text and graphics quality of 1700n laser printer are acceptable for forms, reports and homework as compared to other laser printers.
This laser printer measures 5.5 by 13.9 by 9.8 inches (WDH) and weighs 27 pounds, average for a desktop laser. The Dell 1700n comes with a single, built-in 10/100 Base-T Ethernet, USB 2.0, and parallel ports without cables. Dell 1700n uses cheap toner cartridge for printing. The cheap cartridge of this printer cost about $99.95 for 3000 pages. The company also offers 6000 page cartridge for just $89.95.
With 32MB of memory, the Dell 1700n will easily handle documents for a small office or a home. Laser printer 1700n comes with two 100-pin DIMM slots for more DRAM, which Dell sells at $29.95 for 32MB, $39.95 for 64MB, or $49.95 for 128MB. The 1700n’s driver menus feature roomy, tabbed windows and large image buttons for picking print quality up to 1,200dpi. The other options of this laser printer include multiple page or n-up printing, booklet and poster layouts, draft mode, and a halftone option.