Panasonic ONE-PASS COLOR LASER PRINTER ( KX-CL500 )

by Panasonic

Product Details

• Item Weight: 75 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 76 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000098XIK
• Item model number: KX-CL500
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 16, 2003

Product Description

The PANASONIC WORKiO KC-CL500 eliminates the barriers to network color printing for small to medium size businesses! The KC-CL500 provides optimum performance, quality, speed, ease of use and networkability, all in a compact, affordable, low maintenance design. PANASONIC one-pass technology delivers high quality color printing up to 16 ppm ( Letter / A4 ) in color and 21 ppm black & white. Interfaces include Ethernet ( 100 Base-TX / 10 Base-T ), USB 1.1 & IEEE-1284 ( Parallel ) 64MB memory onboard (accepts up to 512MB) OS Support - Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0 (w/ SP-3+), 2000, XP or Mac 8.1 > 10.1.2 w/ PostScript 3 upgrade Embedded web server with remote administration & maintenance tools Dimensions - 15.5H x 16.5W x 21.1D Actual print speed will vary according to use

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheap construction and poor service; bad combination, February 14, 2004

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"mverley" (Cannon Beach, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Panasonic ONE-PASS COLOR LASER PRINTER ( KX-CL500 ) (Office Product)

I purchased this printer about 2 weeks ago. I have yet to print one page that I am completely satisfied with. After assembling and installing the printer, I began by printing a few test pages. The printer went through a few pages just fine, then made a loud grinding noise and displayed an error. I attempted to call Panasonic's tech support, only to discover they are open from 9-5 EST M-F; I had to wait until the following morning. They shipped me a new color print cartridge (they would not ship me a new printer, as their warranty claims). The new cartridge would not print Cyan color. They sent me a third cartridge that seemed to work, but on closer inspection there were horizontal lines across the paper. I printed several pages (as recommended by the manual) and am still seeing the lines. I am now down to about 50% of my color toners (at about $60 each), have wasted over a ream of paper, and still have a broken printer. I would not recommend this product to anybody.

Followup:
After a few faxes (the emails were returned as undeliverable) Panasonic shipped me new toner cartridges to replace the wasted toner. The 3rd color print cartridge they sent seems to be working fine, although it took over 200 pages before the lines disappeared. Although the printer works now, my initial problems have left me with a negative attitude toward this Panasonic product.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for the price, March 18, 2005

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John J. Tollefsen (Lynnwood, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic ONE-PASS COLOR LASER PRINTER ( KX-CL500 ) (Office Product)

As an owner of laser printers for more than 10 years, I was worried that a less than $1,000 laser printer could perform adequately. Was I surprised! Excellent quality and speed. Love the two sided copies. Even the high priced cartridges is a blessing compared to the dirty cleanup of the old laser printers. We are making this printer an office standard.