Konica Minolta Magicolor 4695MF Color Laser Multifunction Printer

The Konica Minolta Magicolor 4695MF is a color laser multifunction printer built for high-volume use. It's expandable, but very expensive ($1299 as of April 6, 2009)--and it falters on scan quality.

Setting up the Magicolor 4695MF is harder than it should be. The printed guide covers hardware installation and mixes wordless, sometimes puzzling illustrations with a few written instructions in 19 languages. (The rest of the documentation--including an on-screen user guide and a printed guide to basic operations--is thorough and well executed.) Installing via ethernet is a hassle--you have to load each component's driver manually. With USB, on the other hand, the drivers install themselves, though with scant explanation along the way.

The hulking unit occupies roughly 2 cubic feet of space and weighs over 120 pounds. The 250-sheet output tray sticks out to one side, which seems awkward and increases the unit's footprint--as does unfolding the 100-sheet multipurpose tray. The nondetachable main paper tray, which slides out from the base of the MFP, holds 250 sheets of letter-size paper (but not legal); an optional 500-sheet paper tray ($299) accepts ...

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