Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600W Laser Printer

by Konica-Minolta

• The magicolor 1600W is the smallest laser printer.
• Print documents in both B&W and color at 1200 x 600 DPI
• Exceptional Quality Print Output: Create smoother, more realistic looking images
• Easy to Connect: Ready to go out of the box, the magicolor 1600W
• Flexible Paper Options: Print on a variety of media

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The magicolor 1600W is a personal color laser printer for home or office. Stylish and compact, it measures a mere 15.6" x 15" and uses the smallest workspace of any color laser thanks to its fold away trays and total front panel accessibility. Yet this super small printer offers big features. Windows compatible, the magicolor 1600W sports a USB 2.0 interface for a quick direct connection. Printing is fast at 20 ppm BandW and 5 ppm color, and with a monthly maximum print volume of 35,000 pages, you can count on it in a crunch. The printer uses 1200 x 600 dpi resolution along with Simitri HD Polymerized Toner to create outstanding color prints that won't ever fade or smear--and cost just pennies a page. Easy to use, small and quick, the magicolor 1600W personal color laser printer is made just for you.

Its small footprint will leave more working space at your desktop. View larger

Compact And Stylish Design

Space will not be an issue for the magicolor 1600W. This printer is the smallest color laser printer ever offered from Konica Minolta. Its small footprint, which is one of the smallest in the industry, will leave more working space at your desktop. As another benefit, the paper input and output trays can be closed when printer is not in use to minimize space even more.

Stylish and compact, super small printer with big features. View larger

Simitri HD Polymerized Toner creates outstanding color prints that won't ever fade. View larger

Smallest Workspace

The 1600W offers the smallest workspace when compared to other color laser printers. Competitive models require space for pulling out the paper input tray, side air flow ventilation or for paper jam access at the rear of the printer.

Simitri HD Toner

Simitri HD polymerized toner produces exceptional output. Its particles are smaller and more uniform in size and shape than conventional pulverized toner, providing smoother, more natural images; richer gradation and sharper text.

Environmental Friendliness

Simitri HD toner operates at a much lower temperature--saves up to 15% energy. The production of Simitri HD toner emits 40% less pollutants than the production of conventional pulverized toners. Toner cartridges are included in the Clean Planet Program--return empty cartridges to Konica Minolta free of charge where 99% of the cartridge mass is recycled.

About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc., a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, brings together unparalleled advances in security, print quality and network integration via its award-winning line of Bizhub multifunction products (MFPs): Bizhub PRESS and PRO production printing systems, magicolor color printers, and pagepro monochrome printers. Konica Minolta also offers advanced software solutions, wide-format printers, microform digital imaging systems, and scanning systems for specialized applications. Konica Minolta delivers cutting-edge services and support to keep businesses ahead of the curve, including optimized print services, managed IT services, and business development services.

Technical Specifications

• Interface: USB 2.0
• Print Method: Laser, 4-Cycle
• Print Speed (monochrome): 20 ppm
• Print Speed (color): 5 ppm
• Warm-up Time: 30 seconds
• Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi; 1200 x 600 dpi
• Monthly Duty Cycle: 35,000 prints
• Processor: 80 MHz ASIC
• Memory: 16 MB
• Printer Emulations: Host-based GDI
• Paper Sizes Supported: Letter, Legal, Executive, Folio, Govt. Letter, Govt. Legal, Letter Plus, Statement, A4, A5, A6, B5, B6
• Noise Levels: Operating: 50 dB(A); Standby: 29 dB(A)
• Power Consumption: 1100W maximum
• Dimensions: 15.6" x 15.0" x 10.9" (396 x 380 x 275 mm)
• Weight: 29 lb. (13 kg)

Which Konica Minolta Color Laser Printer is Right for You?

	magicolor 1600W	magicolor 1650EN	magicolor 3730DN	magicolor 4750EN / 4750DN
Perfect for	Home Office, Small Business	Small Business, Small to Medium Workgroups	Small Business, Small to Medium Workgroups	High Volume, On-Demand Printing
Maximum Speed	5 ppm color 20 ppm B&W	5 ppm color 20 ppm B&W	25 ppm color 25 ppm B&W	31 ppm color 31 ppm B&W
Resolution	1200 (equivalent) x 600 dpi	9600 dpi class x 600 dpi	2400 (equivalent) x 600 dpi	4800 dpi-class x 600 dpi
Standard RAM	16 MB	256 MB	32 MB	256 MB
Maximum RAM	16 MB	256 MB	32 MB	768 MB
Internal Hard Disk				Optional
Media Types	Plain & Recycled Paper Letterhead Envelopes Laser-Quality Labels Up to 110 lb Index Stock	Plain & Recycled Paper Letterhead Envelopes Laser-Quality Labels Up to 110 lb Index Stock	Plain & Recycled Paper Letterhead Envelopes Laser-Quality Labels Glossy Stock Up to 110 lb Index Stock	Plain & Recycled Paper Letterhead Envelopes Laser-Quality Labels Glossy Stock Up to 110 lb Index Stock
Standard Interfaces	USB 2.0	Fast Ethernet (10/100BaseTX) USB 2.0	Fast Ethernet (10/100BaseTX) USB 2.0	Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000BaseTX) USB 2.0 USB 1.1 for USB Flash Drive Direct Print
OS Support	Windows 7/Vista/Server 2003/XP/2000	Windows 7/Vista/Server 2003/Server 2008/XP/2000 Mac OS X (10.2+) Linux Red Hat 9, SUSE 8.	Windows 7/Vista/Server 2003/Server 2008/XP/2000 Mac OS X (10.2.8, 10.3.9, 10.4, 10.6)	Windows 7/Vista/Server 2003/XP/2000 Mac OS X (10.2.8, 10.3.9, 10.4/5/6) SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop
PDLs	Host Based	PostScript 3, PCL 6	Host Based	PostScript 3, PCL 6, XPS 1.0, PDF 1.7*, JPEG/TIFF* Direct Print
Standard Paper Handling	200-Sheet Multipurpose Tray	200-Sheet Multipurpose Tray	Single Sheet Multipurpose Tray 250-Sheet Cassette Automatic Duplexing	100-Sheet Multipurpose Tray 250-Sheet Cassette Automatic Duplexing (DN)
Optional Paper Handling		500-Sheet Cassette Automatic Duplexing		500-Sheet Input Feeder Unit
*Requires optional hard disk

Product Description

The magicolor 1600W A4 colour laser printer is the perfect choice for students or the home office. Reliable and durable, it also brings the benefit of low colour printing costs. With a chic design and compact build, the magicolor 1600W is an attractive addition to your workspace. Its tiny footprint and compact size make the magicolor 1600W perfect for small spaces and ideal for your home office. Its quiet operation turns it into a comfortable desktop device. As a GDI printer the magicolor 1600W delivers five colour or 20 black and white pages per minute, features 16 MB memory and is fully compatible with the Windows environment. Save time and money by producing all your documents in-house on the magicolor 1600W. It effortlessly handles stationery, envelopes, cd labels, colourful presentations and more.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

194 of 196 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome December 18, 2009

By Tom o'Bedlam

Amazon Verified Purchase

DECEMBER 18, 2009: Printer just arrived. I'm printing tickets in b&w and passes with photos in color. And I'm also making signs with a vinyl cutter. So, I print a sheet of tickets in b&w. beautiful. Now I try printing the passes with the color photo. THE COLOR PHOTO ON WHITE CARD STOCK CAME OUT WAY BETTER THAN MY INKJET ON PHOTO PAPER! WOW. Blown away. OK, now I'm getting reckless. I cut a piece of sign vinyl 8x11 and put it in. I'm thinking the fuser could melt the vinyl and my brand new printer could turn to umhm in seconds. Or would rub off. Nope, it printed beautifully and fused just fine to the vinyl. It's not often you buy something and it turns out way better than you expected.

One more thing: Did you check the price of the toners for this thing? That's right, $270 for all four toners. Or $370 for the high capacity toners. They are selling this printer for a loss, hoping to make it back on the toners. Well, Konica Minolta folks, don't read this, but I'm buying another one just for the toners. (and the drum $89) (and the fuser unit $110) (and having a spare printer instead of buying the extended warranty $119) I don't think switching starter toners from one printer to another will work. You just have to switch printers.

UPDATE 1. April 12, 2010: The low toner light came on for the black after about 300 pages. after printing another 150-200 pages the printer stopped. (out of black toner) I didn't have time to try the toner refill kit, so I put in a high-capacity black toner ($79) and everything is fine.

UPDATE 2. November 19, 2010: still on the original color toners. I'm getting ready to print a big color pass order for a film festival. OOPS: loaded a sheet of sign vinyl upside down, wrecked the fuser roller. Must I order a new fuser for $109.95 plus 9....95 shipping, and tell the client to wait for 10 days? NOPE, just opened the spare printer, swapped fusers, back on line in 2 minutes! (the toners, fuser, and drum in this printer are all modular, they slide in and out - a truly excellent design) the extra printer has already paid for itself and I haven't needed the toners yet!

UPDATE 3. September, 2011: Doing a big batch of art gallery invitations, full color both sides, black background on one. I recently got a big inkjet printer, an Epson PHOTO 1400, and I decided to try that. NOPE, the laser printed MUCH BETTER, darker blacks, not to mention much quicker and cheaper and, of course: no smearing. The yellow toner light just now started blinking and the fan is making a funny noise (I think as a result of the vinyl accident). So when the copier shuts down (if it does) because of low toner, I'll switch printers and start using my backup printer, and save this one for parts...

UPDATE 3˝: Finished my 100 cards (50 pages of glossy card stock), now all 3 color toner lights are blinking. My fault - I used a 4-color black for the black background on my cards to get that wonderful deep black which the ink jet couldn't match, and that used up a lot of toner. The cards look great, though.

UPDATE 4 January 2012: Finally stopped (out of color toners) So did I go to Sears and pay $245.70 for 3 color toners? NOPE, I just put this printer in storage and got out my spare printer that cost me ninety six bucks, and I'm printing again.

UPDATE 5 March 2012: On printer #2, Black low toner light blinking already. I think now they set the chip to blink after 100 pages. But my high capacity toner is still in printer #1 and I still have my toner refill kit waiting unused, so I will try that soon. Now you can get one of these printers new at Adorama for $99 DELIVERED which is less than the cost of ONE toner! I bought a third printer.

UPDATE 6 May 2012: Black toner light on continuously, but printer continues to print. Time to try a toner refill kit (12.47 and good for 2 refills). Easy: Take off the cap on the end of the toner cartridge, pour in new toner, put the cap back on, take a tiny Phillips screwdriver and remove the old chip (one screw) and put in the new one that came with the toner, and voila! back in business. (There is a video on YouTube that shows how to do this.)

Last year I made 2 large outdoor signs with 12" X 22" photos on vinyl, did one with the Epson 1400 inkjet, one with this printer (3 sheets wide). (I didn't use the clear vinyl protective layer on top of either one) After 8 months outdoors, the inkjet photo is badly faded and the laser one looks great. Love these printers!

UPDATE 7 July 2012: Printer #2 still working fine. Just bought a new $600 inkjet printer, Epson R2880. Photo print off: the Epson on expensive presentation matte paper, this laser printer on glossy plain paper. The laser printer photos are still way better! I boosted saturation and contrast on the picture for the inkjet in Photoshop, still the laser comes out ahead. I use the inkjet for fine art photos, but for your snapshots, brochures, posters, tickets, etc. the laser is better, not to mention a lot cheaper.

UPDATE 8 September 2012: Just finished a run of 40 8˝ x 14 concert posters with full page photo background, cyan and yellow low toner lights are blinking. These printers are still available, I saw them for $79 delivered the other day. Should I buy a fourth one? To buy just ONE toner cartridge is $76.70 plus shipping... I buy $100 worth of ink and special paper for the Epson inkjet printer every few weeks, why hesitate spending $79 for laser toner once a year? At some point they are going to run out of these printers and then I'll be sorry. Also consider the cost of paper: special inkjet paper can cost upwards of $1 a sheet. This laser printer prints on plain paper, card stock, glossy plain paper and glossy card stock, which is only a few cents a sheet at most.

UPDATE 9 February 1013: Printing a lot of copies black only (if you select B/W in the quality menu, it prints really fast), I'm getting a faint double image. When I print one page at a time, the prints are perfect. I think this is due to the cheap black toner refill kit I used for the black. The price of these printers is creeping up: now it's $109 delivered. A high capacity set of all four toners is up to about $500. Do the math.

UPDATE 10 March 2013: Yellow toner light on steady, cyan light blinking, magenta light off. Trying the $41 toner refill kit I bought on ebay. They say do not let the toner completely run out before you refill. Pull out the toner cartridge, pop off the plastic plug with a pair of pliers, pour in the toner, put the cap back on, take off the old chip, put on the new chip (one screw) with the holes up, and put the toner cartridge back in. Rotate to the next toner. (push the rotate toner button, and one toner light comes on to tell you which toner is up.) Repeat for the other colors. Now all three color toner lights are blinking. I guess this is what happens with the toner refill kit from tonersz. The black low toner light is off, I used a refill kit from Toner King for that. Anyway, the printer is working fine.

UPDATE 10˝: TROUBLE! When printing in color, I'm getting faint streaks over the whole page. I'm blaming this on the toner refill kit I got from a company tonersz on eBay. When I select b&w printing on the quality menu, I still get good printing, no streaks. The $11 black toner refill kit I bought on eBay came from a company in New Jersey: tonerkingllc, and it is working ok. So I am trying the $44 color refill kit from them to refill the color toners from printer #1 which is in storage. Tempting to just buy another printer, the price is up to $139. Note that is the lowest price - you can also spend $200 or even $300 for one of these printers. OK, refilled the toners. (this took an hour and involved the vacuum cleaner and a lot of moistened paper towels for cleanup) OK, it prints, low toner lights are off, but magenta color is too bright and a little streaky. Switched the magenta toner with the one from Toner Warehouse. Now streaks are gone and skin tones look better. What an ordeal, though. I'm sorry I didn't buy another printer when they were $79.

UPDATE 11 April 2013: Refilled toners not working out well. Print quality has declined. Inkjet photos are now better (on inkjet paper.) Quality is borderline between professional and home. Sometimes it prints fine, sometimes there is extra toner as grey streaks or a pink cast or faintly streaky photos. I sometimes have to run a few blank pages through to clean it out. It is fine for home use, but the next time I have to do a professional print job, if this printer messes up, brand new printer #3 is coming out of storage, and I will order another one for a backup. Live and learn. A set of 4 genuine (new, not refilled) toners for this printer is $314, or $349 for high capacity. A new printer with starter toners is $139. Which is the better deal? Read more ›

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Make sure you update driver and firmware before using. March 17, 2010

By Adamtron

This is a great value for the money and the print quality is fantastic. I was also impressed by the speed. It used to cost about $500 for a decent color laserjet, so to get one for $150 or less is great. It is similar in size and quality to ones that we use at my work (I work in a law office). I did have some big problems initially, so I have to subtract a star for that. The setup was fairly easy- you basically remove all the packaging and connect the usb and power cord. The driver install was OK, but I was disappointed that I did not get any "driver install successful message" or any prompt for a test page. I went to print a photo and got a flashing orange "error" light. I had to run a 2nd program which they include that told me that status of the printer was "memory full". I kept getting a "memory full" error no matter how small the file (even a 500 kb photo). I turned the printer off and on, checked all the cables, rebooted the PC. Nothing worked. So I ended up having to go to the Konica Minolta website to download a new driver. That didn't fix the problem. So then I had to download two kinds of new firmware and that finally resolved the issue. It killed about 2 hours of my time troubleshooting this. I have Windows Vista 64-bit, so it's possible there were compatibility issues and perhaps other people will not have this problem. But I would encourage everyone to go to the Konica Minolta website and download the latest driver and firmware BEFORE using this product.

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Good printer.......but not for card stock! November 30, 2009

By Janet Lowe

Amazon Verified Purchase

The 1600W had been recommended to me by a Konica Minolta representative during a telephone conversation in which I explained that my current Konica Minolta Magicolor 2300DL (which I loved) was finally dying out. Upon receiving the new 1600W, I tried to print flyers on 110 lb card stock (which I frequently do) only to find out that the printer kept jamming and the printed copy was awful. When I called Konica Minolta to advise them of my problem, I was told that the 1600W does not support card stock and would only take a maximum of 58 lb paper. Needless to say, I was upset and disappointed, as that was not a topic that was covered in my conversation with the KM rep. I thought she was recommending a printer that was comparable to the 2300DL, but obviously not. If you planning on using ONLY paper, the ease of use, print quality, and noise level should be fine. I DID return the item, and I must say that I was very impressed with the "no hassle" attitude of the seller. It definitely pays to shop through Amazon for service and dependability.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Read this before you do your install! July 21, 2011

By JB

Amazon Verified Purchase

I was a little worried when reading other reviews and finding some people have had trouble with an error message before even printing one page, but for the price I figured it was worth a shot. I made sure to download the newest driver for my operating system from the Konica Minolta website and figured if I followed the directions line by line how hard can a printer install be, I have never had a problem with the 2 other printers I already went through this year. Well as soon as the driver was installed and I was prompted to turn on the Printer I got the dreaded flashing error warning with a paper jam right away, before it even got warmed up. Well I loaded the paper correctly like it said to and I have the right type of paper so let me turn it off, pull out the jam and try again. Did that and bam same thing. I googled the model number and found out that on every fix website everyone is having the same problem and no one knows what to do. Some professionals say the cartridges may be misaligned and all this ridiculously crazy stuff but then I thought for a second, it is trying to feed paper in before the machine is even warmed up. How about if I just take the paper out even though the directions say to have it in. So I cleared the jam, turned off the printer and took out the paper and restarted the machine. Well it cycled through the warmup process and once the machine was flashing the green ready, I put the paper back in and tried printing a test page. It printed with no problems and I haven't had an issue since. It may just have been a fluke but if you have the same problem try taking the paper out and let the machine go through it's warm up cycle first, not everytime it warms up but just the first time when it prompts you during install to turn on the machine.... Hope this saves you new buyers some time. I haven't had an issue since (knock on wood)but I will update this if I have any other problems. Please let me know if this stupid little trick works for anyone else. Read more ›