Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600W Color Laser Printer

by Konica-Minolta

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 15.6 x 10.8 inches ; 31.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 40.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001Q3KMUI
• Item model number: A034011
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #17 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Printers > Laser Printers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 23, 2009

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.

Customer Reviews

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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, December 18, 2009

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Tom o'Bedlam (Vermont) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600W Color Laser Printer (Electronics)

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 copier 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)

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 copier 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 fusers and start using my backup printer, and save this one for parts...

UPDATE 3½: 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.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

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

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Janet Lowe (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600W Color Laser Printer (Electronics)

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.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the price, October 9, 2009

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It's Me (CT. USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600W Color Laser Printer (Electronics)

this is a very good product for the price.. i don't print much, so it is fine for my small business. i have to say the color quality is much better that i thought it would be. it is noisy but for price and quality of the print i can live with it. i've only had mine for a few weeks now, but i haven't had any problems yet. the only thing i suggest if you're looking to buy this product is check the price regularly, because it fluctuates between $119 to $199.