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• Combines printing, scanning, stand-alone faxing and copying in one compact unit
• Offers printing speeds of up to 33 ppm for A4 and 35 ppm for LTR paper formats
• 600x600 DPI | UP TO 35 PPM LETTER | 366MHz PROCESSOR | 256MB RAM | BUILT-IN DUPLEXER & NETWORKING
• Integrated facsimile offers a transmission speed of up to 3 seconds/page
• Comes with 3-Year Next Business Day Onsite Response

The specs are great and we got it for a reasonable price originally (in 2008). It performed perfectly for about the first 8-9 months. Luckily we had an extra long warranty for what was to come. After those 9 months, we changed the printer approximately 5 times, that is not an exaggeration. Every single time we got a new printer, within 4 months we had to change it again for a new one through the warranty. Issues included jamming of envelopes, large black splotches on pages printed, unreadable print quality, jamming of paper, bad connectivity with computer... We did not abuse the printer or do anything to cause these issues. It was used normally in a small business. Our warranty has finally run out and we have just put up with the last issue of the "printing" dialogue not disappearing from the printer even after it has finished printing a job (we have to press cancel every time on the printer in order to begin the next job).

I agree with the positive reviews in saying that it is a great printer, but after long term use, I personally have had a terrible experience. Dell has been great with the warranty and has replaced it many times, but of course this is extremely annoying. Maybe you will get lucky and not have as many issues!

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I have had one of these in my small office and go through about 3000 pages a month. Every function, even the feeder, works like a champ. This has been a real work horse. And I know, over the last 14 years I have gone through all brands. This is the only one that still works as well today as when I first bought it.

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CONS:

generates a lot of heat (not energy efficient despite the energy star label)

very noisy even when idling (only quiets down when it goes into power save mode)

slow warm up (once it is ready it prints fast but it takes a long time to warm up and by the time it does, brother''s laser printer has already dished out the same job elsewhere in the office due to no warm up phase and simpler user interface)

does not save settings despite the message "saving settings..."

unable to save scans on our domain server due to lack of security compatibility settings(technical support says that this is a "product limitation" and thus will not honor warranty for this issue), must save on local workstation then copied over...(thus does not meet my definition of a network printer/scanner)

must use high resolution for images to be copied legibly (slower than other copiers that copies legibly without high res setting)

bulky footprint (takes up a lot of desk space)

high yield toner does not last 6000 pages nor does low yield lasts 3000 pages (it will still print but only part of the paper is legible)

more expensive than brother (initial unit costs more, cost per page is more, more time spent trouble shooting, more time wasted by technical support, more down time during warranty replacement)

poor technical support (waste of time)

PROS:

prints duplex

compatible with 64-bit OS and 32-bit OS, xp, windows7, vista, etc.

handles large workloads well

no addition drum unit to replace, simply replace the entire machine when it is time

has USB interface

Other notes:

Jam rate is not significantly worse or better than brother

ADF is not significantly worse or better than brother

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Have had my Dell 2335dn for a little over two years. OK until recently when I started have frequent paper jams. Called Dell and at first the lady said they would send me a replacement. Then, she called back and left a short message on our answering machine that our product was out of warranty. Well, I knew that and never expected them to replace it but certainly was willing for them to do that when the lady said she was going to. So, I called back to see if someone could tell me how to stop the paper jams and the second lady said the best thing I could do was buy a new machine. I can assure Dell that I will not be buying a new Dell copier. Two years is not long enough for a machine to last.

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I''ve only had our printer for a couple of months now so, after reading some of the other reviews, I''m a bit leery that this thing will suddenly start acting up at some unknown point in the future. However, as of this time, it''s been working without a glitch (with the exception of an occasional paper jam, usually when duplexing.) It''s MUCH faster than my old HP mutli laser but the HP was at least 10 years old so it''s not a fair comparison. (In fact, the old HP was still working very well with the exception that you had to feed the sheets one page at a time. Annoying as that was, the only reason I replaced the HP was because it was no longer supported by any recent version of Windows.) As another reviewer mentioned, working the front panel controls can be tedious. I was spoiled by my simpler HP, where a touch of a single button allowed me to do nearly everything I needed. With this Dell printer, I have to press a lot more buttons to do the same or similar tasks. It''s also pretty darn BIG, but that''s because of the duplexing mechanics, the flat-bed scanner, and the internal paper tray. Make sure you can place it where you have plenty of room. You will need to open the front, the back (for certain applications), and you need to be able to lift the scanner cover so it needs plenty of elbow room in all directions beyond its already large footprint. Also, the power consumption is beastly compared to my old HP laser. We actually had to do some rewiring in the office because this beast sucks up so much energy, it was driving the UPSs for the computer crazy. (Actually, it''s STILL doing it. I have to do some more shuffling to try to redistribute the power load.) If you can, I''d suggest keeping this printer on a circuit that does NOT include your computer(s). If you must put it on the same circuit, make darn sure you have an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) installed on the computers to protect them from brown-out conditions that may potentially damage them. In sleep mode, it uses about 18 watts but when it''s actively working, this thing is a glutton for power. The manual says "less than 600" watts but I suspect it may spike higher than that.

It''s also a lot noiser than my ancient HP but part of that is because it has a lot more moving parts (the duplexing, for example) and I don''t find the noise bothersome unless it''s running continuously (which doesn''t happen here.) It is very nice to be able to print both sides of a page without manually feeding the sheets back into the machine and, even after a couple of months, the beast''s speed still surprises me. It''s also nice to have the feed paper out of sight, protected from dust and damage, instead of hanging out of the machine, like with my old multi. I do wish that it had a setting for 6-3/4 envelopes but it doesn''t. You have to choose "Custom" and plug in the dimensions. On the plus side, it''s a lot more accepting of smaller paper sizes than my old machine. With the old HP, anything less than 1/2 a sheet made printing iffy. This Dell printer will accept paper as small as an index card and, so far, has been very accurate with the printing, with no skewing like the old one.

I''m no computer whiz but the set-up was real simple even with our often cranky Windows 7. (Despite being a clean install on brand new computers, we have fequent networking issues with Win 7; but the printer so far! has not had a single blip.)

Would I recommend this printer? I''m a bit hesitant to say. It''s quite fast; it duplexes (a feature I love); it has a built-in flat-bed scanner; it tucks the feed paper away, safe and sound; and it accepts stock as small as an index card (just make sure you open the back panel so small items have a straight pass-through.) We have had no networking issues with it but, apparently, others have. It takes up a lot of space in a small office, it sucks up a lot of power when it''s working, it sometimes takes a lot more button-pushing to do tasks, and the front panel isn''t instantly intuitive, though it''s not rocket-science either. I do not regret buying it (so far and especially for the price/features) but I also wouldn''t recommend it for everyone, especially not for people who are techno-phobes. That said, my husband CAN operate it alone but only for the simplest tasks because a) the controls are not particularly intuitive, b) the extra features mean there''s extra complications, and c) the man wouldn''t read an operating manual if his life depended on it.

Recommended for its ease of set-up (though not always ease of use), features especially for the price, and speed.

Not recommended for those who are intimidated by technology and/or instruction manuals, have very limited space, and/or very limited power.