Dell aims at giving its customers a very basic, affordable and yet high-quality colour laser printer. A very simple design, good quality prints at a good speed, that seems to be the formula Dell 2130 is made with.
The printer comes with a maximum resolution of 600 x 600 dpi, while this may seem less on paper, the print quality is very good, keeping in mind the low resolution and the low cost of the printer. The print speed varies between 20 ppm for monochrome to 16 ppm for colour printouts. The 4 Dell 2130 Toner Cartridges claim a good life, with black capable of 2500 pages and all the other 3 coloured cartridges claiming 1000 pages per cartridge. This combined with a heavy duty cycle of 40000 pages per month indicate a robust machine, ready to serve the needs of a medium sized office.
The connectivity is through LAN and USB, which limits its functionality a little. The input tray is of 250 sheets with an option of an additional tray which can take the capacity to 500 sheets, both being good numbers further cementing its intention to be a heavy duty machine. In effect, a 1000 print run would need just one refill of papers, and no refill of ink with Dell 2130 Toner Cartridges serving well for 1000+ prints. Dell cartridges are costly and thus the cost of operations come on the higher side.
The most interesting feature of the printer is its shape, looking like a perfect cube, the Dell 2130 scores high on style, though the printer is a bit on the heavier side and certainly needs a separate table for itself. The odd design, however, makes it a big large, and take its footprint on the high side.
Advantages:- Good quality printouts despite cost cutting measures
- Fast speeds
- Stylish design
- Cost per print is high
- Basic and less than functional web interface
This is a very robust printer intending to serve a mid-size office.It has a heavy duty work cycle, good input capacity, good speed along with good print quality as well. The offices these days have moved beyond the LANs and thus the lack of a wireless connectivity option does not serve it well. The Dell 2130, by all means, is a good printer for a small to the medium sized office, and the addition of a wireless option would get it near perfection.
Cartridge requirementsThe compatible Dell 2130 Toner Cartridges are:
- DELL 2130B Toner Cartridge
- DELL 2130Y Toner Cartridge
- DELL 2130M Toner Cartridge
- DELL 2130C Toner Cartridge
If the entire output is too light, it might be possible that the toner supply is very low, or the quality of the paper being used for printing does not meet the key expectations. Other reasons like low-quality or dried out Dell 2130 Toner Cartridges may also be responsible for poor print quality. Follow the steps below to solve such problems:
Step1: The toner cartridges may be low or need to be replaced. Confirm the amount of toner in each toner cartridge.
- Check the toner level in the status tab in the status monitor
- Replace the Dell 2130 Toner Cartridges as necessary
Step2: If the user is using low quality toner cartridges
This may affect the print results, as usage of low-quality cartridges degrades the quality of the printer.
Step3: Disable the Toner Saving Mode in the printer driver
On the advanced tab, ensure that the toner saving mode check box is not selected.
Step4: The print media surface may be uneven. Try changing the paper type setting in the printer driver. For example, change the plain paper to thick
For this on the Paper/Output tab, change the paper type setting.
Step5: Verify that the correct print media is being used for printing purposes. Refer user manual for the supported paper sizes. If not, use the print media recommended for the printer.
Step6: Ensure that the developer motor functions properly.
- Launch the toolbox, and click the machine check on the diagnosis tab
- Select the main motor operation check from the drop-down list box and click on the start button
- Click the play of sound button to check the motor sound
Step7: Ensure that the dispense motor for each Dell 2130 Toner Cartridge functions properly.
- Launch the toolbox, and click the machine check on the diagnosis tab
- Select dispense motor check (Yellow), dispense motor check (Magenta), dispense motor check (Cyan), or dispense motor check (Black) from the drop-down list box, and click the start button
- Click the play of sound button to check the motor sound
- Repeat the step 2 and 3 to perform dispense motor check for the rest of the toner cartridges