Print/Copy Quality; Print/Copy Productivity - Dell 2335dn Manual

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 Administrators can enter e-mail addresses and e-mail groups within the Address

Book tab of the embedded Web page, which allows users to retrieve the address at

the control panel.

 Users can scan a document to a USB memory key via a port on the front of the unit.

 Standard PaperPort 11 software provides users with advanced scanning and docu-

ment management features such as scan to PDF, Word, Excel, Word Pad, Photoshop

and FTP, as well as OCR capability.

 Dell ScanCenter lets users quickly scan documents over the network into applica-

tions such as e-mail and photo and text editors.

Print/Copy Quality

PRINT/COPY QUALITY

 Image quality in print mode was good overall. Text was rated Good, with above aver-

age darkness and average sharpness and smoothness of curves and serifs, while

characters displayed some breakup. Line art was also good overall, as fine lines didn't

always remain distinct, consistency of line thickness was average, circles showed

some breakup and diagonal lines exhibited an average amount of stair-stepping. Half-

tone pattern and range were both rated Good; greyscale was clearly visible from the 2

to 97 percent dot-fill levels with distinct transitions between most levels, while cover-

age within levels displayed some graininess and minimal banding. Solids were good

overall due to above average darkness and average consistency of coverage.

 Image quality in copy mode was good overall. Text was rated Good, with average

darkness, sharpness and smoothness of curves and serifs, while characters showed

some breakup. Line art was also good overall, as fine lines didn't always remain

distinct, consistency of line thickness was average, circles exhibited some breakup

and diagonal lines displayed an average amount of stair-stepping. Halftone pattern

and range were rated Good and Fair, respectively; greyscale was clearly visible from

the 29 percent—15 being the minimum coverage area on the original—to 91 per-

cent dot-fill levels with distinct transitions between few levels, while coverage within

levels showed some graininess and minimal banding. Solids were good overall due

to above average darkness and average consistency of coverage.

Print/Copy Productivity

PRINT/COPY PRODUCTIVITY

 The 2335dn Multifunction Laser Printer's productivity using the PCL driver to print

BLI's job stream, which replicates typical traffic in a multi-user environment, is above

average compared to A4 laser/LED monochrome multifunction printers in this class

tested to date; in fact, its actual tested running speed is the fastest.

 However, its productivity using the Adobe PostScript driver in this test is among the

lowest. BLI technicians attribute this to the unit pausing between jobs in the test

suite.

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Lab Test Report

GOOD/GOOD

August 2007

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Dell 2335dn Multifunction Laser Printer

GOOD/GOOD

VERY GOOD/GOOD

VeRY GOOD/GOOD

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