Dell 3110CN Printer Review

Last Updated on June 15, 2020 by Christian Ralph

Aimed primarily at small to mid-sized workgroups, this printer promises ease of use, low maintenance, low running costs and plenty of upgrading flexibility.

The CLP 3110cn is designed to handle large colour print jobs without flaking out, as some smaller, less well-specified printers are prone to doing. It has an image resolution of 600dpi, understands PCL 6, PCL5e and PostScript 3 emulation, which gives it compatibility with just about every document type. It has an internal processor running at 400MHz plus 128MB of memory — upgradeable to 1,152MB.

There’s a 250-sheet tray at the very bottom of the unit, plus a 150-sheet tray multipurpose tray at the front giving a standard paper handling capacity of 400 sheets. We think this is more than ample for small to mid-sized businesses and solo users, but compulsive tree-murderers can add an extra 550-sheet tray, taking the paper capacity to 950 sheets.

The 3110cn can be connected to a computer via a USB cable (included), but as the ‘n’ in its name indicates, it can also be connected to a network switch for workgroup printing. We like the fact it can be used with the Dell Wireless Printer Adaptor 3310, which operates on 802.11b/g networks and supports WEP and WPA security, but it can also be connected to a PC’s via parallel cable, which may be of interest to anyone who still uses floppy discs and tinkers with DOS in their spare time.